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I'm not familiar with Indonesian food at all.  I think the closest encounter to Indonesian food was on a cruise ship many many years ago.  I ordered some noodle or fried rice dish (its been that long, that I can't even remember) for my main for dinner.  I just remember it tasting good.  I'm sure though that it probably wasn't very authentic, and probably no where near what the dish would taste like in Indonesia, but nevertheless I enjoyed it.  So when a friend recommended Satay Sate, I dragged the hubby to try them out. We went for a late lunch on a Saturday afternoon.  The place is small, but there is seating, all bar height seating.  I actually hate that kind of seating, but that's just because I'm short.  Service wise, its almost cafeteria style.  You order and pay at the cash, and they bring out your food when it's ready.  The visit started off not that great.  There was a group of people in front of us that couldn't figure out ...

Now this trip has been a long time waiting.  Ever since it opened I have wanted to try.  But their hours made it really difficult.  When they first opened, they were only open weekdays for the lunch hour, when pretty much everyone has to work.  Super glad they're now open on Saturdays.  I know it's been a while, but finally made the time. As I've heard the lineups can be pretty long, especially on a Saturday, the plan was to drop off the hubby so he can wait in line and make the purchase, while I hang out with a friend nearby.  And then friend's hubby picks up my hubby.  We thought we got there early enough, before they even opened their doors.  But we were wrong.  There was a long line already, and apparently that long line snaked inside.  So I think my hubby lined up for 45 mins to 1 hour for our BBQ eats.  Usually a good sign if lines are that long.  And since they have been been around for quite a while, they aren't just a ...

I have been looking for the best croissant in town for a very long time.  A lot of the times the croissants I come across are just too bready.  I've never made croissants, and not sure if I would want to try since it involves so much work, so I'm just not sure why some would turn out bready.  Is it the flour?  Is it because the dough hasn't relaxed enough?  Other times, the croissants just don't have that rich buttery flavour.  And when I mean rich buttery flavour, it doesn't mean that the croissant has to be leaking out butter and covering my hands and mouth with greasiness. I recall reading about Douce France a while ago, not necessarily for their croissants, but for their chocolates.  But within that article I recall (the many things that I don't remember nowadays but I remember random things that I should be saving that brain space for more important things) that Douce France made croissants too.  So while I was running errands in the area, I ...

I have heard many good things about Dragon Boat.  My mom has told me that people line up outside the restaurant before the 9am opening time so they can get a table.  I also have a coworker that takes a day off of work every month, and makes the drive from Mississauga to eat dimsum because it's that much better than the dimsum in Mississauga.  Although to be honest, that really isn't saying much because I've tried the 'best dimsum restaurant in Mississauga', and found it mediocre at best.  In any case, we had a friend visiting from Hong Kong and she wanted to have dimsum, so we figured that it would be a good of a time as any to try them out.  However, I didn't make it to the restaurant.  So this review is based on take out, and comments from my friend and hubby that did eat at the restaurant. Parking there is apparently atrocious.  But there are 2 people in reflective vests that guide you to park.  Inside the restaurant, before 11am (not sure if i...