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| - My last night in Toronot for the UFC 129 weekend, and we were drained, it was late, and craving a restaurant to sit down and enjoy friends' company, a good atmosphere, and something that was going to be consistent with my new veggie lifestyle...
I turned to my trusty yelp (i'm becoming a huge fan because of my frequncy of travel- both to learn of new spots as well as share the ones i've found) and utilized the open now checkbox as well as the neighborhood one and searched thai food.. East came up near the top in that selection, and although it didn't have the best reviews, my friend I was staying with suggested we try it..
It was listed with $$ which I think was quite accurate in hindsight; although it was still very affordable our bbill ended up being about $150 for four people. I'm sure that had to do with the four or five bottles of sake my friends dove into.
We started off the meal with fried calamari which was pretty standard; it was the accompanying sauce that was super spicy and it's after taste was resonating in my mouth till my entree arrived. The menu was HUGE and I was almost at a loss on what to order, tell you the truth. It was an asian fusion mix and boasted an entire veggie section.
I ordered the tofu with asparagus, which actually was a dish that included a ton of other vegetables. I got a side of coconut rice, and after seeing this was actually a desert, ordered a jasmine rice too. Of course I ate the coconut rice first, lol.. My girlfriend ordered the famous chicken pad thai which I tasted sans chicken; it had such a noticeable tomato base. I was a huge fan of my dish, but hers was below average. My other friend had the tempura fried cheesecake for dessert. I sampled that too, and it was pretty yummy.
Overall, I loved the atmosphere on this restaurant. The decor was extremely nice and pleasant to be in as well as converse in. The fact that it was open till 11pm on a Sunday night was definitely scoring points with me. The food was pretty good, but not above average. I would definitely eat there again, though.. Wish there was such a thing as half a star?? 3.5 stars for me...
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