Yours Truly - Ossington Bar

 Yours Truly Restaurant

229 Ossington Ave.

Toronto, ON

Canada



Yours Truly Ossington Bar

  

After a night of filled with cult movie actors and a hidden bar, my co-drinkie and I ended up at this small Ossington bar in the Ossington and Dundas area. How would I describe this little restaurant? Quaint.

The Review:

We were seated in the front at an oversized table for 8. Being the end of the night, we had the table all to ourselves. Our waitress (who my co-drinkie nicked name BO.. why? Think hockey bag), came over right away and took our order. She ordered a vodka and tonic ($8) and I went with porto beer ($5) called 'Super Bock'. Her drink tasted a little off - her experienced vodka palette told her it wasn't the top shelf vodka she ordered. My beer was a little on the sweet side, but light enough where it went down easy.



Sriracha Deviled Eggs

  

For bar menu snacks, we ordered the Sriracha Deviled Eggs ($5) and the Thuet Bread ($5). The eggs had a touch of sriracha hot sauce for a little kick, and was coupled with furikake seaweed and sesame seeds to balance it out. I was able to distinguish all of the individual flavors in each bite, with no ingredient taking centre stage. Gotta learn how to make these!

 

Thuet Bread

  
After debating what the correct pronunciation of 'Thuet' is, BO brought over a paper bag on a plate. There's a reason I workout - it's to rip open paper bags like this. Inside was about a whole loaf of bread sliced on an angle in about fifteen pieces. The Thuet bread came with a side of whipped duck fat with crispy shallots for spreading. The bread was soft, but was too chewy. I'd have liked the crust to be a little crisp to add a little crunch. The whipped duck fat was like a fattier whipped butter only it had a strange taste infused into it... guessing that's the taste of duck fat?

The Verdict:

Quaint little restaurant / bar. The Sriracha Deviled Eggs were awesome. The Theut Bread was a fail. The joint did have a nice feel to it - loud without any music. I'd probably go back for drinks if I was a local, but probably won't be going back any time soon.

Genghis Khan - Mongolian Grill

Genghis Khan

900 Don Mills Rd.

North York, ON

M3C 1V6 Canada

Nothing like a Sunday night dinner with the gang. Instead of drinking our faces off at the local bars, we opted to get together at Genghis Khan Mongolian Grill for some all you can eat meat and co. After all, what kind of a person wants to get drunk on a Sunday night? Guilty as charged. Back to the food.


The Review:


The place was fairly busy for a Sunday night. We were seated at a round table close to the front doors - which would come in handy if we were considering pulling a dine and dash. Hmm...


The all you can eat on a Sunday night is $22.99, with a less expensive option for "light eaters". FYI - they keep track of how much you eat if you go with the light eaters option. There's no fooling the Mongolians!

Step up to the plate, grab a bowl and fill it with raw meats and vegetables. Meat? You can choose from beef, chicken, pork or lamb. If you're a meat lover like me, you can add all 4 of the meats and fill your bowl until it's overflowing. Heads up if you do this: the cook doesn't seem to like this since it takes an extra minute or two for all the extra meat to cook.

Choose your vegetables, add some noodles and finish it off by adding a ladle full of sauce. The sauces range from mild to hot, and sweet to salty. After I doused the bowl with sauce, I added some minced garlic and oyster sauce for an extra something something.

Once you've filled your bowl with goodies, bring it up to the round grill. One of the angry looking cooks takes your bowl and slaps it onto the grill, pours some water on top to steam the meat... tada! Bowl o' food in 2 minutes. Again - the cook really didn't seem to appreciate my overflowing bowl of meat. It took twice as long for my slaughter house bowl to cook, so you might want to scale it back a bit.

For those who don't want to wait in line to have their food cooked, they also have the standard Chinese food buffet section of fully cooked food. Not bad, pretty standard stuff.

The Verdict:

I'm pretty sensitive to over seasoned and overly salty food, so having the freedom to choose what type and how much sauce goes onto the food is a nice touch. My food was good. The buffet section had a decent selection of standard buffet food. Overall, I'd give this joint a 6 out of 10. I'm not much of a power eater nowadays, so the less expensive 'light eater' choice is great option.