Labour Day Dinner

Being a meat lover, a fan of steak in particular, The Keg is always my go to place for steak. Right before the summer ended, I took my parents to the north end location of The Keg and even with reservations, we had to wait a little over an hour. Every time I visit The Keg, it's always busy so you know they have great food!

Casesar

Mustard Salmon

Caesar salad with chicken 

Top Sirloin and Atlantic Lobster Tail

Somewhere different

After hearing many people rave about Coliseum Pizza & Steak, I finally got the chance to give this place a try! I usually try places far south or in downtown so it was nice to try something different. Despite the location of this restaurant, the interior is very homely and surprisingly it is very spacious inside.

The Top Sirloin ($24.95) came with a slice of garlic toast, a potato, and I had an option of adding mushrooms. I really recommend getting the mushrooms with it because they were my favorite part. After giving us our food, the waiter came by with "condiments" for our potatoes!

New York Steak ($28.95)

I wasn't a huge fan of this Pina Colada because the taste of alcohol was really strong, it basically just tasted like rum with a coconut scent.

New favorite Japanese restaurant

In my honest opinion, I truly believe that 124th street has a few of the best restaurants in the city! Recently, a new all-you-can-eat Japanese restaurant opened near the end of it! I've always been skeptical about Japanese all-you-can-eat places because I'm worried that the sashimi or other ingredients won't be fresh. But Watari is definitely my new favorite go to place! The food came out quick, the service was good, and most importantly everything tasted great! I eat a lot so what should have probably been a $200 bill, costed me $25 (per person/ I went with one other friend.). My friend and I nearly ordered everything on the menu, here are pictures of some of the food we ate!

I kept ordering more of these deep fried sushi rolls!

Aside from their all-you-can-eat menu, they also had a separate dessert menu which had their own price.

Late lunch adventure

I woke up this morning with no intentions of stepping outside in this weather but I had a sudden craving for tacos from Tres Carnales so I convinced my girls to skip the gym to grab lunch with me! Of course, no hot summers day meal is complete without multiple drinks and desserts, so we went to Craft Beer Market afterwards to enjoy their rooftop patio and the beautiful weather!

Probably the worst food photo I've ever taken but I was too excited/hungry to get a good shot!

I forgot what this drink was called but it was under the cocktail section of the menu. I couldn't taste the alcohol in this, it's a perfect drink for someone who doesn't like the bitter taste of alcohol!

Cider: again, the taste of alcohol was almost nonexistent!

Guinness Float: my friend said it tasted like Vietnamese Iced Coffee towards the end.

Dessert in a Jar: I really enjoyed this! The picture doesn't do a good job of showing it's size but this was shared between three people and we couldn't finish it!

Rooftop patio view!

Best calamari in the city

My appetite hasn't been so great lately, all I've been craving are deep fried, greasy foods and comfort foods. Which really narrows down the places I get to eat at, this evening I settled for Milestones near West Edmonton Mall. This location wasn't as busy as I thought it would be, on other occasions I've visited the South Common location where I've always had to wait to be seated.

The crispy calamari has easily became one of my favorite dishes, the best calamari I've tasted! Unlike other restaurants, Milestones' calamari are thick and the dipping sauce they come with go perfectly well!

Strawberry margarita 

Thai Red Curry Chicken Bowl

Pesto Chicken Penne Asiago

Milestones' dessert shots: the white chocolate cheesecake was my favorite!

Before it Rained

Before it rained on Thursday evening, I got the chance to have dinner on the patio at Blue Plate Diner, located in the heart of the Warehouse District in downtown Edmonton. Might I add, it's always difficult for me to settle on a place to eat whenever I'm in this area, EVERY cafe and restaurant there is great. I chose this restaurant because my friend is a vegetarian and most restaurants do not have a wide variety of vegetarian options but Blue Plate Diner has quite a few.

Usually Sangria is made with red wine but they had an option of red or white so I decided to try white wine sangria and I like it better than with red!

Teriyaki stirfry with tofu

Mac-N-Cheese with sausage

Somewhere around the corner

On a beautiful Wednesday evening, I met up with my friends after work for dinner and drinks.We went to Cask & Barrel around the corner of 7-eleven on Jasper Ave. It's a cozy little place and the menu is mostly comfort foods! After dinner, we went to Windermere VIP Cinemas for a second dinner + more drinks!

Caesar 

Carly Temple

The Sheperd

The Babushka

The Heritage

Windermere

Bellini

Caesar 

Birthday dinner

For my birthday, I decided to go to the south side location of Tropika with my family for a simple dinner. The food was excellent as always, definitely one of my favorite restaurants! Tropika had always been my go-to restaurant for family outings, you need to check this place out if you haven't!

Satays 

Char Hor Fun

Hainanese Chicken

Sambal Clams

Sambal Bunchies

Pad Thai

Passion Punch

Tropika Sour

Taste of Edmonton

I took advantage of today's gloomy weather and went down to Taste of Edmonton! Unfortunately, it was really crowded so I didn't get to try as many foods as I wanted (but the foods that I did get to try were really good!)... so I did the next best thing and went to Teapsy afterwards!

Apple Crumble 

Maple Bacon Mac n Cheese

Eva's Waffles, I cannot stress how PERFECT this waffle was, I get Eva's Waffles every time I see their food truck!

Matcha

Takoyaki!

Everyone needs to try this taro slush!!!

Egg Waffles!