Monday, February 05, 2007

Quick weekend updater. Friday was round two of winterlicious. Flora, Helen, Dave and I had dinner at the Ultra Super Club in Toronto, a pretty swanky kinda place. It seemed like a pretty "hip" place to be, but let's talk about the food. First off, there was not salt or pepper at the tables, I think it's cuz at these kind of places the chefs are insulted if you ruin their creation by adding salt/pepper.

For starters, I had a spinich and egg drop soup with wontons, a white twist to an asian classic. It was pretty tasty, I especially liked the wontons. Yeah, it was good, but didn't feel like I was blown away by it, needed a little more salt and maybe some pepper.

For the main course, I had some kind of salmon. I thought the salmon was really good, but not quite as good as the scallops I had at the other restaurant. But, I will say that the portion was definately much larger. I wouldn't say it was a good size, but I wasn't hungry after the meal.

For dessert, I had some kind of apple tart thing. It was really good, and not too sweet. But, I'd say the chocolate mouse thing I had at the other restaurant was tastier.

Overall, here's my expert critique on these two restaurants. In terms of atmosphere, Ultra looked more like a happening kind of place. The place was decorated nicer, and seemed like a place people might hang out after work. I'd say I liked the food better at Celestin, but, the portion sizes were also smaller. So, there ya go, that's my fine dining until Summerlicious.

In non food related news, went to London to visit Jon on Saturday. It was fun, mostly just hung out and stuff. Got to watch an episode of "The Joy of Painting" featuring the famous Bob Ross. What a mellow guy!

Sunday, had a busy day in the office. That's right, spent Super Bowl Sunday in the office. Well, looks like I'm gonna have an insanely busy week here in the office. Things are wrapping up for my project, but there's still so much to be done. Will we be able to get it all done in time? I really dunno. At least I got home in time to watch the game. Hokay, back to work!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

oh piac, ultra actually sucked when i went there for our christmas party. true, the salmon and streak are good .. but I hate having to stand around waiting for food iwthout a place to sit. and the portions are SO SMALL