Makkal Chon review

Makkal Chon

Location: 1979 Lawrence Avenue East, Scarborough
Phone: (416) 757 3945

free appetizer

Pork Bone soup with rice $8.99
- there are 3 big pieces of pork bone!
- the pork bone is so good and tender! yummy!!
- it comes with purple rice =D

Spicy pork with rice $9.99
- the pork is spicy and juicy! =)


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Moon cake (happy mid-autumn festival!)

I totally forgot to post these moon cake on mid-autumn festival... sorry everyone, happy belated mid-autumn!
I made these moon cake for my relatives, my grandparents, my parents..
Took me a long time to make these moon cakes... I even made those moon cake boxes, then painted them in gold and put a golden cloth in it.

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Maison du Japon Japanese Cuisine 瀛風日本料理 review

Maison du Japon Japanese Cuisine 瀛風日本料理

Location: 7500 Woodbine Avenue, Markham
Phone: (905) 415 8233
More info: http://www.maisondujapon.ca/
Price: (dinner) Monday - Thursday $19.99 / Friday - Sunday & Holidays $22.99

Maison du Japon has renovated for awhile, it's my first time coming back after they renovated.

Korean bean sprout 韓式芽菜
- it's good =D

Shrimp tempura 大蝦天婦羅

Fried scallop 炸帶子

Mushroom tempura 蘑菇天婦羅

Curry Squid Ball 咖哩墨魚丸
-it's pretty good! =D

Short Ribs 照燒牛仔骨
- the sauce is pretty good! the ribs is pretty tender! =)

Black pepper beef 黑椒牛柳粒
- it's pretty good, the beef is tender! =)

Enoki Beef (Mushroom + beef roll) 金菇牛肉卷
- it's the best enoki beef i had at AYCE places =)
- the sauce is really good!

Mushroom with butter 日式炒蘑菇
- it says Japanese Style pan-fried mushroom, i don't see how it is "japanese style"

(left) Spider roll (soft shell crab roll) 軟殼蟹卷 (right) Black Dragon roll 黑龍卷
- they were alright, nothing special..

(left) Eel hand roll 鰻魚手卷 (right) spicy salmon hand roll 辣三文魚手卷
- they put a big piece of eel in the hand roll, it goes all the way to the end =)
- the rice is warm! YUMMY! =D

Assorted sashimi - salmon, butter fish, white fish, surf clam, makerel
- the makerel are SO BAD! they are dry and salty.......
- the sashimi are just so-so....

Arctic roll 北極雪卷
- the WORST arctic roll i ever had!!! Don't try it at Maison du Japon!
- the rice paper that wraps the roll is SO HARD! disgusting texture!! =(

Chicken udon 雞烏冬
- it's alright..nothing special.

UFO 飛碟
- spicy salmon and tobiko (flying fish roe) on top of a yam tempura..
- the yam inside is COLD, SO DISGUSTING.... =/
- the tempura is hard.. =/

(left) Spicy Salmon sushi 辣三文魚壽司 (right) eel sushi 鰻魚壽司

Pop corn chicken 日式脆脆雞
- It's pretty good! =)

Desserts (Plain Cheese Cake, Mocha Mousse Cake, Mango Mousse Cake, Mango Pudding, Jello)
- the plain cheese cake (the 1st one) IS SO DRYY! 好難食 x_x"
- the mocha mousse cake (the 2nd one) is ALSO SO DRY!!
- the mango mousse cake (the 3rd one) is not bad, pretty good! =)
- the mango pudding (the 4th one) IS TOTALLY tasteless and hard.....the sauce on top is the mango sauce.
- the jello (the last one) is grape flavour. Not bad =) but as you can see the jello powder is not fully dissolved hahaha =P


Environment

- After the renovation, the place looks so much better
- however, the seats are still really uncomfortable =/

- the spoons for dessert: so dirty =_=""



**probably won't visit again, because it's nothing special.. =/

Grace