eating out

a delicious way to start the morning: fried egg sandwich from cafe mauro

June 9, 2010 By Fareen 1 Comment

We’re less than a month away from our big office move. I know many of my co-workers will miss Cafe Mauro, which is located in the lobby of our building. Everyone raves about Sal’s sandwiches – the bocconcini sandwich served on top of focaccia or the chicken parmesan on toasted baguette. My favorite meal though at Cafe Mauro is breakfast; in particular the Fried Egg Sandwich.

Nestled between two pieces of toasted and buttered sourdough bread are juicy tomatoes, the fried egg and provolone cheese. Its a simple sandwich but so delicious, and a great way to start the day.

sumo does good sushi

June 4, 2010 By Fareen Leave a Comment

It had been a long week and definitely a day to order in. We needed something that would keep a picky 18 month old and a dieting hubby happy. Sushi it was!

We order sushi often from Sumo Grill in Sunridge Mall and enjoy doing take out so Q can thoroughly enjoy the sushi and we don’t need to worry about making a mess at the restaurant! The sushi is fresh and the high quality of the food entices us to go back again and again.

We ordered spicy salmon rolls that were covered in a creamy sauce with some kick. Q loved the simple avocado rolls and the delicious yam tempura rolls. My favorite at any sushi place is dynamite rolls – filled with tempura shrimp, yummy! The salmon and tuna sushi were melt in your mouth good.

Satisfying and delicious, can’t wait to have some more.

good food, good friends…dinner at olive garden.

April 7, 2010 By Fareen Leave a Comment

It had been a while since we had spent time with some of our dear friends. Life just seemed so busy and weekends were filled with errands and family commitments. Tuesday was the perfect day to get together for dinner at Olive Garden.

It had been a while since I had been here and I had forgotten about the wait there always seemed to be for a table. I guess our 35 minutes wasn’t as bad as another group who had been given an estimate of an hour and a half!

We started off our meal with warm breadsticks and the signature salad. Q was all over the breadsticks and loved the tangy dressing on the salad.

Hubby and I shared the lasagna frittas to start – parmesan-breaded lasagna pieces, fried and served over alfredo sauce, topped with parmesan cheese and marinara sauce. This appy was delicious but also very rich, we couldn’t finish the serving.

Our main meal was the new grilled steak fonduta – Grilled lightly seasoned steak medallions topped with caramelized shallot-butter, served with curly mafalda pasta tossed with balsamic onions in a four cheese fonduta sauce. This dish was delicious!! The steak was wonderfully seasoned and the cheesy pasta was the perfect accompaniment.

Our friends had the stuffed chicken marsala and the chicken and gnocchi veronese – both of which looked delicious.

Sadly I forgot my camera but managed to capture a few fuzzy shots on my blackberry.