TIMES OF YOUR LIFE

Kikaku Sushi Bar at The Blue Mountain Ontario

2015-04-07T15:05:00.002-04:00

If there is zero star, I would give it instead of 1 star....who ever previously said its good, please, please, pleaseeeeeeeeeeeee try some other better sushi restaurants. I would like to say its TERRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1st, its very EXPENSIVE!!! I know it is located in a resort and price should be expensive but for this kind of price, I would expect better food quality. There isn't much you can choose from on the menu. There were two people who walked in and looked at the menu and walked out. It just has nothing special that attract eaters and charged people a crazy price for T&T supermarket quality sushi. i can tell you T&T has better sushi than kikaku does too.

2nd, need to PAY for the tea!!! We asked for 2 tea and they gave us a tea pot and charge us $2.50 a pot. Its okie to charge people for tea but please give a higher quality of green tea. Some places charge customer per glass but they use high quality green tea bag.

3rd, waiting time is SUPER LONG!!! We waited around 45 min to an hour for just a bowl of veg udon and 24 pcs sushi. They have friendly staffs but the wait time was just way too long. I can make sushi faster them them even thought I don't know how to roll them.

4th, BAD QUALITY of food!!! We ordered a veg udon soup which I think it was worth more like $5 instead of $16. Let me tell you what was in the bowl. There were some shredded veg and udon and they charged us $16. It tasted horrible. It was too salty, felt like drinking/eating lots of MSG, and udon wasn't soft.

We also ordered 24pcs sushi &rolls. The raw fish were fresh but NOT AS FRESH as previous reviewer said. They were also very very very thin slices. Each piece was like 1/3 of the thickness compared to other sushi places. The rice for the sushi is hard. It is like they weren't cooked properly. Also on top of the not cooked properly rice, the skill of the sushi chef wasn't good because he squeezed the rice too hard for half of the sushi. There were 2 deep fried shrimp in the sushi roll, but i think those two shrimps are leftover from previous day because they were dry (VERY DRY) or just the person who deep fried the shrimps left them there for too long and over cooked them.

I would NOT RECOMMEND this place to anyone..........

20140410

2014-04-10T18:02:00.000-04:00

I guess it wasn't that good for a trade. The whole market was dropping the whole day....

The entry is the 4th bar and got stop out...

Aka Teppan

2014-04-06T19:01:00.003-04:00

I saw people who ate at this place for the past few days, and I decided to try it out myself. Its somewhat like Korean stone pot. You have to mix your food well when it arrived or it will get very toasted and burned.

The plate was already came with corn, but we didn't know so we added a side order and you can see it in the pic. It is about 50 cents for some sides like corn, and 99 cents for mushroom, egg, and cheese. In my opinion, I don't think its worth it for the extra side that you can put into your dish to mix together.

The dessert its alright. I guess it looked somewhat interesting like a plant pot but the taste was so so....

ox tongue...

duck breast....

dessert tiramisu...

Lucullus Bakery

2014-04-01T21:44:00.002-04:00

My gf told me Lucullus Bakery has the best cheese cake, so we went there to get one to try at home. After I tasted it myself, I have to say they have the best cheese cake =)

It tasted so soft and fluffy for the cheese cake part, and the sweetness was just right. The crust at the bottom was very soft and crunchy, and it crumbled very easily which I very like. My gf also told me this is a hot item in the bakery because usually they get sold out very quickly.

We got the whole cheese cake, but if you don't like to get that many or you just want to try a piece or two, you can just get them in pieces...

20140401

2014-04-01T21:10:00.000-04:00

Only one cent from my target price but it just wouldn't hit....
At the end I ended up with $10....

The entry was the 2nd bar, and my goal was the entrancement zone, and it just won't hit my number.

Health Herb Harmony

2014-03-28T14:26:00.001-04:00

This is a big Chinese herbal dessert place. I very like going here because they have lots of room, so I don't have to fight for my seat or wait at the door.

This is a mango pancake. It had lots and lots of cream inside which I guess which made it tasted good because we were actually eating the cream. I think 85% were cream. The mango was sour, and it was kind of a great match with the cream. I have to say it was a nice treat but not worth the money because it costed $6.50 for this.

This 龜苓膏 was alright...

牛筋牛腩 was alright too. There wasn't much 牛筋 in it. The white radish was kind of dry.

Fav Cafe

2014-03-28T13:37:00.003-04:00

This is a small HK style cafe. I think it opened couple years ago. The decor is not bad, and they provided a daily fine specials on the wall which is around $20 for each dish. We came here couple weeks ago for lunch but this place was packed, and customers were all standing at the doors, so we went to the next door HK style cafe instead. This time we went for dinner on a weekdays, and the place was quite empty.

We did not try out their fine specials on the wall because we would like to try their normal items on their menu first. The main dish came with soup and a drink. We ordered hot milk tea but it came at the very end after we finished our meal.

A corn soup with bacon and potato. I think its watery but hey we are in a HK style cafe with reasonable price. The soup was pretty good.

The chicken was dark meat and came with skin on. The skin was crispy, and the chicken was juicy. On top was the somewhat sweet side soy sauce. I found this dish was a little bit at the salty side but I guess it was its style.

This dish also on the salty side because of the salty fish as the main ingredient. It also had few pieces of 豬頸肉. Did I taste the lotus leaf smell for the rice? Um...... maybe just very very little for our order...

20140326

2014-03-27T00:25:00.002-04:00

I entered on the 12th candle. The candle looked strong and offset the previous candle...
Overall, I took a small profit...

20140325

2014-03-27T00:23:00.002-04:00

Entered on the 5th candle....

The 3rd candle was pretty bad looking, should of just skip this trade...

20140324

2014-03-25T01:11:00.003-04:00

The market today was kind of weak, and it was down for most of the day. I took a trade from GWPH and the entry was the 5th bar low. The spread for this stock was super huge IMO because it was about 30 cents to 40 cents spread after I entered. Lucky, the trade work out...

Oliver & Bonacini Cafe Grill

2014-03-24T16:39:00.000-04:00

If you booked 7pm for dinner and you came 40 min early, don't expect them to give you a table even the restaurant is half empty for 1 hour. We did that and the waitress at the door told us to come back in 30 min. Its not like the restaurant was full or anything. I guess they just want you to be punctual...

I think this place is okie. It is located inside a mall, which is pretty good because even we came early, we can just walk around and kill some time before our dinner.

I have to say their bread was hot and tasty. I like their pork shoulder because it was very soft and held it shape. Overall, I guess they were alright minus the punctual thing for booking.

Pun Cao Tong Herbal

2014-03-24T16:14:00.001-04:00

Its a small place with TVs. They have lots of chinese desserts to choose from. I think they are pretty good so far, and their price is decent. They also have durian steam egg or milk that I don't see it from other chinese dessert places. It is very Hong Kong style too. I would recommend to my other friends for sure.

Bier Markt at Don Mills

2014-03-18T18:08:00.003-04:00

I just have to say this place has tons of beer choices around the world. We ordered fruity ones, which they tasted great because we like sweet beer.

Rooster Coffee House

2014-03-18T18:02:00.002-04:00

I just ordered their green tea latte, and it wasn't that sweet. I love it...

However, this place is small, and it is kind of hard to find a seat. If you are going in the evening, the sun just goes into the coffee house like crazy...

Overall, I would go again...

Momofuku Noodle Bar

2014-03-18T17:48:00.002-04:00

Its about $15 plus tax for a bowl of ramen, and I have to say its kind of expensive, but they put presentations, use somewhat better ingredients, locate in the core of Toronto, and provide a better service. I would say if you have the extra money to throw in, its worth the money for this ramen place. The whole place is clean and even the washroom is clean, not like any other ramen places in Toronto.

Overall their noodle is quite QQ, their seaweeds are a bit thicker, and their pork belly is very soft and melts in your mouth...

Can other ramen places in Toronto satisfy your ramen desires with a better pricing?
Of course, and there are many places near Momofuku that have competitive pricing, but you are paying for a bit better ingredient, tidiness, and service here in Momofuku...

Who did this?

2014-03-15T17:42:00.000-04:00

Who will do such a thing? Poor car....
I was walking towards my car and saw this today. I don't think it was there last night...

sigh...my car is just maybe half a year old @.@....
I used to drive a corolla for 12 years and this kind of stuff never happen. This Honda got it last May and my door is already scratched because someone slammed their door to my door, and a big piece of paint already came off. Today there is this big dent at the bottom. I don't know how they did it because it is quite hard to hit at that area. Maybe someone running with their shopping cart and just jammed it in?

Sarpa

2014-02-28T13:31:00.000-05:00

This is a wonderful and romantic place to have dinner. It is far away from city and their food is excellent.

When we were there, it was a Sunday night. There weren't many people in the restaurant. I saw couple of tables with big families having their dinners (10 people table). I would guess it is kids friendly too. We where able to carry our conversation the whole night. Our plates was hot and the food were excellent. We ordered the desserts and they tasted great.

During our dinner, I saw the waitress cleaned other tables very well, and I love their washroom. I would recommend to other people who like to have dinner away from the city.

20131212

2013-12-12T16:02:00.001-05:00

can't find anything today too and had a bad trade....

20131211

2013-12-11T16:30:00.002-05:00

I give up, after a long hold, I was out at the long green bar, and the price just dropped afterwards....

Excel Macro and PivotTables

2013-12-10T22:23:00.000-05:00

Today my on hold books finally shipped to my library. I got 3 excel books and 1 stock book for learning/reviewing. I haven't read a book for few years, and I have to say they make me fall asleep so easily...

I did some of the macro and pivottables when I was in coop accounting. I hope I can refresh some of my memories. Its not bad to learn something new since I might have a chance to use it in the future hahahah....

A Warm Message

2013-12-10T17:32:00.003-05:00

It is quite cold in Toronto today but a warm message came in this morning that make my day super warm, and I am lucky that my office is at home too =)

For trading, well, I tried very hard looking for some trades today, but I just can't find any @.@, so better luck tomorrow with the FOMC meeting...

ROM Party

2013-12-07T00:49:00.001-05:00

I don't think I can go clubbing anymore. This was my second time and I thought I was about to die HAHAHHAHA....

I am home early and I need some sleep to do some nice volunteer work for kids tomorrow...

20131206

2013-12-06T10:47:00.002-05:00

for sure it wasn't strong enough but I entered @.@....
OMG...

Slow Month!!!

2013-12-05T11:21:00.000-05:00

Since this month is quite slow, maybe I should start updating my blog again =)

I haven't login here for a long time. Recently, I got back in again and find out this blog was quite empty, and its all about food which it wasn't my original idea to start this blog. Let me post some charts again XD

20131204

2013-12-04T15:18:00.002-05:00

I was taking the risk this morning but had finally got back up to the positive side before lunch...