Arirang Oriental Food Mart

1799 Portage Ave

We initially set out to try the Korean BBQ joint called Be One, however upon entering it was such a turn off the smell was bad, the interior was dark since most of the lights were off, there were no other dinners, the host was the cook and owner, and the it felt weird.

We jumped up and told the owner we though it was the sushi restaurant next door and left abruptly. I felt sorry for the owner but I wasn't ready to taste some old and stale grub.

We went into Ariang Food Mart to have sushi instead. My husband ordered the lunch special Benito box with soda, 1 regular roll, edamae, and goza (3pieces). I ordered the spicy tuna roll, salmon roll, two pieces of tuna sashami, and two pieces of salmon sashimi. I actually did enjoy the tender fish. However.......

I have a few complaints.
* The owner spoke with us and annoyed me. She was very nice and polite but she managed to go through every picture of sushi displayed and be very long winded in her explanation.
* The owner claimed her sushi is cheap(over 5 times). Not a good selling point in a sense, it makes it seem like you are ingesting cheap raw fish...scary. Tried not to think about it, a lot.
* It is the same price and value as say a much better restaurant like Meiji. At Ariang Market it's actually quite expensive.
* The tuna had blood marks on it, not so appealing.
* The lunch special was very small. One roll short of a meal in my opinion.
* There is no ambiance, but you ask what should I expect from a take out. At least less blood tuna.

Overall: **
out of 5 stars

Finales Coffee House in winnipeg

Nice spot. The coffee was fine and the atmosphere was really what you come for. They have a few cakes we got the banana toffee cake which was the cake version of Bannoff pie and the caramel part was much too hard but the cake was nice, I like the concept of mashed bananas on the inside it added a good banana flavor. Will return for sure.

Honba Sushi Winnipeg

Honba Sushi
Dominion Centre

This looks like a take out spot. Everything is served in Styrofoam and take-out containers. Certainly, the thought of global warming is irrelevant in this sushi quickie.

We arrived 10 minutes late for the lunch special, and the girl behind the counter rudely informed me of this. I we ordered the spicy salmon roll,spicy tuna roll x2, miso soup, and a dynamite.

The spicy rolls' were good but much too much mayo and in the tuna roll there were several weird chewy bits. The miso soup was instant and OK. The dynamite roll was the best roll. Overall I found this place very expensive, if you miss the lunch special. I don't think I would run back, would much rather Meiji. Upon leaving I wanted to go to the bathroom and the girl was rude in telling me there wasn't one. I am afraid this rude girl might have encouraged this harsh review. You gotta be nice in a restaurant.

Vi-Ann Restaurant in winnipeg

This Vietnamese restaurant in Winnipeg is slamming. They make my favorite vegetarian bunn in the city and an excellent Vegetable chow mein. They add tons of fresh vegetables and the sauces are great. There is a word of warning however, DO NOT ORDER OUTSIDE OF THE BOX. This is really serious, if you order anything beside the vegetarian bunn or the chow mein I can not guarantee you will like it. They do a few dishes well and the rest beware of. One time we walked in and decided to order totally wild and funky. This was a big mistake, but it was only after the fact. We ordered the shady lemon chicken and something weird with vegetarian duck. We have never strayed again, because we stick with he two trusted dishes. This reveiw is totallly positive.

Mondragon in winnipeg

The food blows, the service really sucks, but I keep returning?
I do like the vibe and I dig that they allow the homeless population entry and a hang out space. I respect Mondragon for those things, however bad food and bad service needs to end. I mean how come their hummus is awful? Its simple to make a good hummus and they should be selling out of it!
Their starving courier platter comes with soaked chips and a not so yummie fake beef. Well, I would love to see them work out their food. Food is political, but shouldn't Political food taste good?

7 1/4 Bistro in Winnipeg

Well, this place is quite close to my condo and a year earlier I had really enjoyed a meal in this restaurant. Today I have to kind of trash it! Its wild bc, I live among Canadians and as a result I am becoming sensitive to hurting peoples feelings, what a shame.

I got the chicken sandwich for lunch with fries. Another friend got the mussels, and a beet soup.

The beet Soup: I didn't try this off red shebang but it looked off. The girl who ordered the soup barely had a few spoon fulls before giving up. She said it tasted of cream, water, and boiled beets. This was terrible.

The chicken sandwich: It was some kind of previously cooked and frozen breast with tomato's (nice orange ones), mayo, and Cheddar cheese. This sandwich was something I ate, but really would have rather went to Stella's, or tomato pie then endure this meal. The bread tasted boring and old despite it appearing like Ciabatta.

Pomme Frite: THESE WERE FRIED HARD! bad. The mayo was old and looked off, why serve this.

The Mussels: They were fine, but not incredible. Too bad.

Sadly the quality and passion in the place have been lost.

Overall rating: **1/2
atmosphere: ****
Decor ****
Food: **
Service: ***
Out of 5 stars

The Pancake house in winnipeg

The pancake house in the forks has never really drawn me in. With its dreadfully boring decor and its overall uneventful feeling, I just couldn't foresee the day. Several days ago, someone mentioned they have this large breakfast special, so this drew me in. $4.49 for the normal breakfast of 2 eggs, potatoes, bacon, and toast or pancake. We finished yoga and decided to have a nice breakfast out.

The eggs: fine, as requested. Over easy-- In Russian its like a closed eye and that's what I always think of when eating this type of egg. Not a good imagine.

The potato's: These were not home fries. They were in fact just square cut fries. They were grease and yet I finished them. I do want to note, I was hungry and not happy with them despite the appearance of my plate.

The bacon- I don't like so gave it to my husband. I think he didn't mind it.

The pancakes: fine, nothing worth writing in the blog! An obvious mix, that was fine.
The waitress wasn't very attentive, but she had many tables and its really not her fault.

rating:
overall: *1/2
Atmosphere: *
Decor: *
Food: *1/2
service: **

Sweet Impressions

Finally decided to enter this bakery. I loved the look, the inside smells of butter and sugar- yum. The sugar cookies look totally cool as do the cakes and cupcakes. The outside all the way to the interior is really nice. We are excited to try chocolate cupcakes and the brownies for the chocolate month in Winnipeg. The cupcakes look amazing, the brownies are pre-wrapped in plastic and are very small. We finally get cups of tea prepared to eat the yummies.

The Brownies: They are small and flavorless and are very dry have a ton of tea ready. Brownie mixes are easily better, sad but true. They are a skip- hardly the rich chocolate flavor I expected.

The chocolate cupcake: The butter cream was the best part of both the cupcake and brownie experience, but hardly my favorite frosting. The cupcake is moist which I find to be a relief after such a dry brownie. However, the actually cake part is not very good, too much flour taste and too much baking powder of soda after taste (not good sensation on the tongue). There is no chocolate flavor in the actual cake. Sadly bland.

Food: *1/2
atmosphere: ***
Out of 5 stars

Les Jasmins De La Tunisie in winnipeg

Les Jasmins De La Tunisie
111 - 131 Provencher Blvd.
Winnipeg, MB R2H0G2

After hearing about this restaurant for sometime from our friend, Troy and I finally ventured to St. Boniface to try it. We started with two samosas, but after watching the owner take out Tupperware from the fridge full of samosas and then bring them to the kitchen and shortly after to us, I was prepared for the worst. When cutting into it the aroma of spices was wonderful. The outer crust was not crispy, but microwave soft. . The samosa had so much flavor, it was nice. It was potato, peas, curry, cilantro, and various spices that I wasn't familiar with. Overall a good introduction.

After talking to the owner we ordered the Oja with shrimp and a chicken couscous. The chicken couscous was good and came with veggies and a leg of chicken. It was very nice, it was like a Tunisian stew. The chicken had good flavour and was fall off the bone. The oja shrimp was a wonderful spicy tomato sauce with a poached egg in the middle (I would have preferred the egg not be poached firm, so the yolk would burst and engulf the dish), but it was wonderful. It arrived with a homemade rolls that was made from 60% wholewheat, I am guessing. It was wonderful and we enjoyed all of our food. The restaurant's dishes range in price. From $6-$15. Our total including drinks and tax was $30.00. We didn't try their Brik this time, but will plan a return trip for this favorite Tunisian speciality(also I am planing to make it at home!) I hear the Brik comes with a hard boiled egg- which isn't the best way to have Brik, but the only way at the moment in winnipeg.

Value **
Price *
food **1/2
atmosphere *
All out of 5

The orginal pancake house in winnipeg

We had the apple pancake and I must admit in NYC, I had only eaten maybe 3-4 times at the chain, since it was closer to Queens then Brooklyn. Ruff to go to Queens via Brooklyn- and worse and area in between the two. However me and my best friend annie moy used to skip Edward Murrow High school just to go there!!!! I have always loved food. The trip would be a long 2 hour bus extravaganza, we switched buses more then 5 times. So in Winnipeg, me and the Troyster finally ventured back. I was happy to find the apple pancake up to par.
Here is the recipe. I will actually make it in a few weeks after I get my birthday gift of a kitchen aid.

If anyone tries it first let me know how it turns out.

BAKED PANCAKE HOUSE APPLE PANCAKE

3 tbsp. milk
3 tbsp. flour
1/4 tsp. baking powder
Dash of salt
2 eggs, separated
3 tbsp. sugar
2 tbsp. butter
1 1/2 - 2 apples, pared, cored and sliced
Pyrex dish shaped like cake pan, 9 or 10 inch
2 tbsp. sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon

Combine flour, baking powder, salt and egg yolks and 3 tablespoons milk. Beat 2 egg whites with 3 tablespoons sugar (gradually) until soft peaks form. Fold in flour mixture.

Melt butter in baking dish. Arrange apples in bottom of pan and sprinkle with mixture of 2 tablespoons sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Cook over low heat for 5 minutes. Then turn apples over and pour batter over apples. Bake 10 minutes at 400 degrees. Serve immediately.

Greek restaurants

love the Niko's its good and love their veggie gyros with like oven potato's (yummy). Very cheap too, unlike Kristina's which is pricier and inferior. Nicer seating and looking restaurant but the food is very bland. Saffron's is another villain producing fish that tastes bad and we spend over 60 bucks for two people and left 90% of my pickerel- it wasn't deboned and not cooked with any flavor. Niko's is my fav but still haven't tried homer will comment after i try it.

pho 1 almost killed me

Pho no.1--- that's some scary stuff they serve for food. I ordered from a vegetarian menu and still got ill. I had the bun with spring rolls-- that's so easy and simple. I was super sick for like 2 days-- please don't recommend this restaurant- as I saw the kitchen and it was on the ruff side and is in need of some serious food inspection.

Winnipeg's wide world of sushi.

I always keep up with new restaurants and such. I love good quality food on occation and for sushi am always willing to slurge!! Amazing sashami... priceless. So I went to Edohei and I gotta say it was pricy and well... gross just remember that ruff, bad sushi and the sand in some of it!!! Serious the worst sushi in winnipeg. Another horrible place is Asahi they served slices of fish that were huge and flavorless- I left half a plate of raw fish that bite me back, wasabi is barable but not quite there, not forgetting the mecca of food posisioning sushi-train in the forks(making people sick since 2004) , miso is good for its price and the fish moves fast and there for not that bad way better then the three above.

MY absolute fav in the city so far is Meiji, although the last time the sushi was good but far from great. But other times the sushi has been almost melt in ur mouth, amazing.

Ichiban-- old-school but MOnday is half-price day and for this Jew in winnipeg thats all I need to hear.

Blu Fish Sushi- was ok, wouldn't run back and over pay again for ok sushi, their spice tuna roll was the tinnest thing and had to look for the fish in all the rice. Left me craving raw fish.

Hanabi was not memoriable- and my memory is excellect i still remember every dish at my bros wedding 6 years ago. But I recall not likeing it.

Kenko was better then Hanabi. The rolls were OK, we had the lunch special, but it wasn't that special.

sushi on portage located in the korean store is OK. Just a quicky really.

Shangri-la for the half off sush-- not truely that, and not real sushi-- kind of dirty and just alright. not as bad as the top three offends above.didn't expect much.
Mishiroo on portage- Has Ok days and then not such good days. Once it was nice and this last time OK. Nothing special.

that's it for now

new york taste need only apply

I always say don't mess with my bus pass and my food. Being a new yorker living in Winnipeg the first thing I did in Winnipeg is set out looking for good food. My belly has lead me down many a strange food alley way. Things I remember fondly and things I can easily forget- the loaistan-Thai restaurant(hated it!). I guess the way i judge a restaurant is can I make it myself? If I can reproduce a dish at home why would I bother going to your restaurant? This is a thought has prevented my return or at times my ever trying a food spot. I guess in this time when food has so much flavor and all the worlds ingredients are all available, the world is the limit. If a Caribbean restaurant can't beat my curry, or my jerk tofu, then I can't image spending the mula to fund them. I want something that invites all my senses, cus that's what good food does for me. Also, coming from Brooklyn, NY I have always loved public transport, also I have never learned how to driver, sad but true. I aspire to learn to maneuver in a car one day. So for me I have always loved food and naturally explored the world via bus or train. I am looking for food to excite me in Winnipeg. I would like to try all rest-aunts in Winnipeg, 500 to go.

Restaurants in winnipeg on a bus pass

Months ago........ I was really feeling like some Indian food, actually I wanted a variety of Indian food. I ended up taking the 33 maples to Punjab sweet house. I gotta tell people the ride from Osborne is long and at times you might want to turn back and go to say Ivory or even the Mumbi as you pass it across from garden city. But, we stayed on, the long at times deserted bus journey. When we finally arrived for the Sunday lunch buffet- I gotta tell you i was worried we appeared to be the only customers for a huge buffet. Ruff Indian food is maybe my least favorite feast to have. When we began eating everything tasted good. We couldn't believe it was only $6.99. It was a very large buffet and some of the items were better then others, but I can't say it was all cooked to perfection. The veggies at the buffet had better days(actually some of them weeks), but overall it was good. Shocking affordable.