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| - Hubby and I have been meaning to try this neighborhood gem for a long time. We used to live in Leaside more than 5 years ago, and only now did we manage to get our act together to try the Old Yorke. We were not disappointed. The only disappointment is we have to travel so far to have good fish and chips again.
We went for lunch on a saturday afternoon, arriving at around 12:30pm. The place was half empty when i went in to scout out the situation for the baby stroller. NOTE TO PARENTS WITH SMALL INFANTS: Leave the stroller in the car. When you enter the restaurant, there are 4-5 steps you have to climb to get up to the dining room. Unless you want to hurt your back picking up the stroller to climb the stairs, just bring the car seat. Oh, and there IS a changing table in the washroom (in the women's only - aren't we living in an equal opportunity society nowadays?). We assumed they didn't have one, and proceeded to change baby in the backseat of the car - oops.
I had the halibut and chips, hubby had the fisherman's platter (haddock, shrimp, and scallop). The food came very quickly, a nice change from Blue Nose where we had to wait more than 30 minutes for our order last time. By the time we dug into our deep fried goodness, the place was starting to get packed. There was a lineup by 1pm.
My halibut arrived golden and crispy. The fish was flaky and tender. The batter was light and not oily. The chips were fresh cut and delicious. You know you have great fresh cut fries when you have the little pieces of potato skin amongst the big fries that are super crispy and so yummy. I cleaned up my plate. Hubby's fisherman's platter was very sizable. Generous portion of haddock, 4 pieces of shrimp, and 3 pieces of scallops. I had a piece of the shrimp. It was perfectly cooked with a good bite. Nothing worse than overcooked shrimp, right?
My plate didn't come with tartar sauce, so I flagged down our waitress to get some. Apparently tartar sauce is by request (but it comes standard with the fisherman's platter - don't ask me why). Even though the menu says "all main courses include coleslaw and bread with butter", our waitress asked if we wanted bread after taking our order. We said yes. The bread didn't taste baked in house, but it was good.
We didn't have enough stomach room for dessert, but I would have liked to try the deep fried pineapple rings with ice cream.
All in all, I will return to the Old Yorke if I'm in the neighborhood. I've heard of the lineups at dinner times, so going at lunch is probably the safer bet. And if there is a huge lineup, there's always Duffs on Bayview to fill in that deep fried goodness void!
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