Milestones Brunch

Hello everybody
It's the weekend, and weekends, people tend to relax so why not brunch. Breakfast and Lunch all rolled into one. Or why not do a breakfast brunch and lunch. 3 meals hooray.

But being the weekend looking for a brunch meal, we ended up going to milestones seeing the brunch sign up.

I've usually gone to Milestones for dinner, but seeing that they now have brunch, said why not. With multiple locations they haven't been that bad.

California Eggs Benny

These were tasty Eggs Benedict's. These came with shrimp, avocado salsa and bacon on a well cooked runny poached eggs and breakfast fries. But really my question is what is the difference between breakfast fries and regular french fries. Fries are always tasty either way. These were tasty yet a little expensive for a breakfast item at $15.50. Yum Yum

Strawberries and Cream French Toast

These french toasts were delicious. But really anything with syrup is pretty good. Strawberries thank you. Not a fan of cream but everything else, bread, strawberries and syrup yes please. At $10.50 these were pretty good.

Breakfast Tacos

The breakfast tacos are not that bad. Tacos good, bacon eggs good, salsa good, what can go wrong. Though it's a little small for my liking, at $11 but these aren't that bad. Even comes with fries. I would still go with other breakfast burritos but these will have to do for now.

Now that brunch is over, enjoy the rest of your meals

Captains Boil

Aargh  maties

Heres another round of food tastin, reviewin, travellin, and sailin into my tastebuds.
Coming back to Toronto, there is a wide variety of different foods to try. But the more places to try, the harder it gets to decide on what to eat. This time it was all aboard to the Captains Boil. Have heard great things and always wanted to try this place out. Hot steaming shellfish served in a bag, it has the fun aspect of seeing the food and sharing with friends. They have 3 different flavours but going with the captains boil flavours gives a mixture of all three. I would say, just get the captains boil unless your sure of one flavour you prefer.

Mussels

Usually I'm not a huge fan of mussels, because it's small and lacks flavour for me, or just get's overpowered by the sauce, but these were some nice tasting mussels. This was the spicy heat but wasn't that spicy. These were the biggest mussels I've tried. It felt like I was eating chicken wings, heavy and saucy, the shell fills up with the sauces and was a great combination of meat to sauce. This was 10.95$ and it was a good filling amount.

Shrimps

These shrimps were good. I'm usually a fan of shrimp, and like all shrimp. I can eat shrimp all day. These have the head and shell on it, and all perfectly edible, since it's all flavoured. The was the medium heat but was spicier than the spicy mussels that we ordered. At 12.95$ I would get the mussels if I was going alone, but definitely good to share.

Cajun fries and Cajun Seafood Fried Rice

The fries at 4.95$ and rice at 10.95$ depends on which you prefer, but both aren't bad. The rice is tasty even as it cools, but the rice is super tasty when hot and spicy. Honestly I feel like you need a carb, I love carbs with all the proteins and spice to help balance it out. So I would say pick one side, the rice is fun since you can pick the meat off and put it on the rice. The fries are just tasty.

So all in all, going with a buddy, this was way to much food for both of us. But it was tasty. I would recommended it for people to try. They have other proteins beside seafood, but and between the two of us it came to about 25$ each. So shiver me timbers, and yo ho ho to the Captains Boil.
They also give you a fun bib to not splatter all over yourself and gloves to not messy up those pretty fingers.

Toronto

Hello everyone,

So since schools done, it's time for many people to go back home.  For the moment I've put a pause of visiting different Peterborough restaurants, and will be doing reviews on Toronto restaurants that I visit. Theres a far more variety in Toronto, it'll be hard to try everything but I'll see whats available.

Cheers.

Rileys Pubs

An end to a busy season of schools, exams are wrapped up and what better way to end it then with cheap wings. Congrats to everyone that finished, anyone still studying a final hoorah

Riley's is known in town as the place to be on Tuesdays for its tasty cheap wings with an order of drink. with wings being $0.39 with a minimum of 10 and a drink order would come out to just about $10. This is a typical pub, with other pub foods and it even has a joint pool bar right next door. Usually Tuesdays are packed with people coming in for the wings after 5pm. Cheap food, thats still tasty can't go wrong.


Mix order of wings.

Sauces from top left going clockwise:
 Salt and Pepper. Hot Caeser. Honey Garlic. Hot Forty. Curry. Hot Honey.
Went with a few people, to try a bunch of different wings. Personal favourites were the honey honey and the honey garlic in second. The least favourite of the night was the curry dressing. It felt like an odd flavour for the fried wings. Not all the sauces will be hits, there are few misses. Nothing stood out as wow amazing, but for the price I would say this place is a popular place to go to with friends. For quieter scenes I would go on a day that's not Tuesday, as due to to the crowd, the service seems to slow down a bit. Just a heads up, on wings night, even water is charged and they give out a paper with rules to follow.

Enjoy the summer everyone.

Thai Express to Black Honey Bakery

What a busy week, or busy weeks. All the students know that as it nears the end, things get busier and a bit more hectic. Wasn't able to try a top yelp restaurant, but I will try to continue to constantly update this page more often.

During one of my study breaks I went to go eat at Thai Express which is located in the building next to the library. Trent offers a few food chain restaurants, Subway, Tim Horton's and Thai Express. The options are limited, so it doesn't really open up a wide amount of variety. It's still better than the regular cafe food that is offered though. I prefer to eat outside of school, but you have to make do with what is given.

General Curry "Red"

Upon deciding on what to order, I had chosen this one since I've never heard of a general curry. But upon realization, it's just curry with general tsao chicken pieces or it was just (breaded chicken). The sauce wasn't bad, but it wasn't spicy at all. I had even asked for extra spicy with a look of concern from the staff, but the spice level was there but not as spicy as to what I was looking for. Next time I'll just stick with curry, as the breaded chicken was just soaked and wet.

Next stop was back to downtown Peterborough. There are a few dessert places to try out, Black Honey Bakery. This place was ultra sweet and super delicious. A little disappointed since upon reading reviews there was some lemon tart/cake? that was supposed to be spot on, but thats a seasonal/request dessert. But they had other really good desserts as well. Most of the desserts were cheese cakes, with few cakes, and other sandwiches and drinks.

Chocolate Oblivion

This was spot on. Super moist and rich. It was super sweet as I was downing lots of water. But as a fan of chocolate, it felt like I was a kid in a candy store. A euphoria in my mouth. The ganache was a little harder than what I preferred, but still this was fantastic.

Study hard, eat good food and be happy.

Ashburnham Ale House

Another day, another adventure.

This time I got a chance to check out Ashburnham Ale House. Going down the list of where to eat, it seems exciting on what food I will be able to try next. A tasty restaurant, with creative menu items. I would definitely come back here more often to try other menu items.
I got the menu items off the website, I can't remember if it the menu names changed or not, since it seemed different? But either way I think they'll know and still, give it a go I say.

Kennebec Cone "O" Fries

These fries. These fries were so good. These fries, you can't go wrong. I think the fries were tossed in curry powder seasoning, along with a tasty zesty curry mayo dipping sauce. Drool. These were so good.

Southern Pride Brisket Sandwich

This sandwich was so juicy and tender. The meat just melts in your mouth. Definitely the main part of meal. I could just eat a whole bucket of this pulled beef. It came with a side salad, which helped balance out the hearty sandwich. the vinaigrette helped cut the juicy fattiness of the sandwich.

Henry's Pork Belly Ribs

These ribs were fatty, juicy, and again came with those super tasty fries. The meat was tasty, but I've had better ribs. I would still eat it, but would try other menus before coming back to this item.
The coleslaw that came with it was well I wouldn't even call it a coleslaw. It looks like coleslaw, but all it was, was shredded vegetables dressed in mayo. No other seasoning it seemed like. REALLY BLAND. Everything else was tasty except for their coleslaw.

For sure, add this place to a food destination and order some of those tasty fries.

Hot Belly Mamas

Where to start, where to start.

Exploring Peterborough, whenever someone come's to town, I feel like the first place I always take them is to Hot Belly Mamas. They offer a New Orleans, french creole cajun cuisine experience. 

I have tried several dishes here and most of their meals have been spot on delicious.

For the dishes being tasty, they have generous amounts of sides given. I was initially shocked and excited when they offered 2 sides per dish, but that was it. For the main dishes being tasty, their sides were more of a let down.

BON APPETIT

Started with their bayou boil. (Crawfish)

Actually my first time trying crawfish, and it was quite tasty.

A bountiful portion with a side of couple of breads. There were some potatoes mixed in, but the crawfish was spot on. 

Share the potatoes, keep the crawfish.

Mains: Tortilla Panko Crusted Chicken Sandwich with a side of sweet potato fries and jambalaya

Again, the sandwich was spot on. It was awkward with a giant piece of lettuce on the bottom, but boy oh boy is the chicken ever tasty. It also had some slaw in the sandwich. I would definitely order this again.
The jambalaya, tasted bland and wasn't a favourite, and the sweet potato fries are, well it's hard to go bad on fries.

Mains: Kansas City BBQ Ribs

These fall off the bone ribs, hmmmm so tender, and finger lick'n good. These ribs. I mean these ribs. Wow. These are some tasty ribs.
Sides ordered with it were cajun potatoes and house salad. Again salad is what it is, it had a vinaigrette on top, and the potatoes are nothing to cheer about, but the ribs so good.