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Type: Tapas
Address: 97 Danforth Avenue (E. of Broadview) Map
Phone: (416) 778-0007
Hours: Open daily @ 5pm
Price: Feeling generous
Tasty gauge: 7.6(other days of the week)/10
Service rating: 7.9/10
Environment rating: 8.1/10
Website: embrujoflamenco.com
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Drink of the day
 We had one lady on the table tonight who absolutely falls for Sangria, so Sangria it is for the night. They served it in a nice little clay pot with lots of fresh apple and pear cubes with it.
To start off the meal, we ordered Chirozo con brandy ($9.95), authentic home made Spanish chorizo sausage sautéed in brandy. We also had some hummus served along with olives and bread.
Meats
 The interesting thing about Embrujo Flamenco is that, some of the dishes are absolutely amazing while others are an unacceptable piece of crap for the price they are offering. The first dish you see on the left is Pato con peras ($10.95), duck confit with pears and its value truly surpasses its cost. The quality of the meat, taste, sauce, and the pear that goes with it makes it an excellent dish overall. However, when we moved on to the Puntillas en salsa de mostaza ($9.95), grilled black angus sirloin on a bed of home cut fries topped with
a light mustard sauce, and the Pechuga de pollo al Jerez ($8.95) sautéed chicken breast in Spanish sherry, they were unfortunately very disappointing. The sirloin were very 'chewy' if I have to find a word for it, and both the chicken and the sirloin carried very little taste.
Desserts
 Given the disappointments, we still finished our meal with desserts. We ordered caramel custard and mango sorbet with fresh strawberries. Both of them were okay, tho' I cannot say they were overly enlightening.
To summarize, Embrujo Flamenco did carried some amazing foods, but you'll need to know which are the right ones to order, because as a matter of fact, they also served some dishes that were just not up to the value.
詞/曲:吳克群
動也不敢動 走也不敢走
說也不敢說 我在幹什麼
往前又退後 想走卻又留
你笑著看我 說我沒有用
你總不在乎我需要的是什麼
說走就走 灑脫
我像個不倒翁 去卻又回頭
被你玩弄還笑自己懦弱
我是不倒不倒翁 你推都不會動
再哭也沒有用 沒辦法留住你一分鐘
不倒不倒翁 你推都不會痛
把心全交給你 你卻把心痛留給我
不倒不倒翁 我是不倒不倒翁
該慶幸我懂得愛人﹐你卻只懂得愛自己。
太了解你﹐所以不奢望有一天你會懂我曾經做過說過只為希望你走得好過點的事。
更加不奢望你懂我痛。
至少她們說你過得好。那就足夠。
但還是那句﹐請你別再把 Jessie 帶進我的朋友圈子﹐污染我的世界。她不配。Common friends 我不管﹐我也退到給你足夠空間的地方。但跟我從小到大認識而且與你根本不交深的朋友﹐請你不要再碰。
你可以不愛我﹐但請你學懂尊重我。只因我是人。
當然﹐與你想法類同也不懂得尊重我的朋友﹐我也會卡掉﹐也不用留什麼情面。
對﹐我變了。情義﹐是什麼。
Type: American [Californian]
Address: 35 North High St., Dublin, Ohio Map
Phone: (614) 792-3466
Hours:
Bar: Mon-Sat: 4pm-close, Early dinner special: 4pm-close, Regular hours: Mon-Thur: 5pm-10pm, Fri-Sat: 5pm-11pm, Sun: Closed
Price: Casual dining
Tasty gauge: 2.1(Mondays chef)-8.4(other days of the week)/10
Service rating: 8.5/10
Environment rating: 8.5/10
Website: tuccisbistro.com
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Wine of the day
 Tonight's pick is Lander-Jenkins 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon, and for this price, I have to say it's a fantastic wine. Like it says on the web, 'Full-bodied and well-structured with flavors of ripe Bing cherry, black currant, crème brulée, firm but integrated tannins leading to a long lingering finish.' Every single word in that sentence is true. A list of all the awards this wine has received can be found here, rutherfordwine.com.
Appetizers
 我們點了 Brie in Phyllo ($8), baked and wrapped in prosciutto, garnished with rosemary honey and hazelnuts 和 Beef carpaccio ($10), shaved manchego cheese, crisp capers, balsamic greens and gaufrette potatoes. Brie in Phyllo 是相當好吃﹐應該是台長吃過最好吃的。 脆皮鬆化﹐芝士香而不膩。我本來只想吃一小塊﹐怕吃不下主菜。同事堅持給我切一大塊﹐說很好很好吃。唔﹐好吧﹐結果﹐真的啊﹐很好吃﹐一點滯口的感覺也沒有。再看看 Beef carpaccio﹐唔﹐很好看吧? 大概也很好吃? 哈哈﹐你被騙了。這應該是台長平生吃過最難吃的 Beef carpaccio﹐從肉質厚薄味道到醬料都是錯的。僅留的2.1分由沙拉和薄片芝士所得。那麼薄的肉可以這麼鹹﹐真的很嚇人。
主菜
 主菜牛魔王台長點了 Porcini filet mignon ($25), complemented by a hearty mushroom risotto and asparagus. served with red onion marmalade and a gorgonzola and cabernet demi. 同事則點了 Chorizo crusted grouper ($23), spicy pan-fried grouper served crispy with goat cheese potato cakes, wilted baby spinach
and a tomato-scallion emulsion. 重點是﹐其實台長是第二次在這裡吃 filet mignon﹐同事也是第二次在這裡吃 grouper. 第一次﹐星期四晚上﹐什麼都很好吃﹐色香味俱全。之後再來﹐星期三晚上﹐也很好吃﹐色香味俱全。話傳開了﹐就大家都很喜歡來﹐畢竟上路就是要找飯吃。今天晚上﹐我們卻是第一次星期一來﹐因為本來想要去的另外兩間餐店都關門。一行六人﹐大家都很詫異地感到很難吃。細問之下﹐原來是 Monday chef。Service 也沒平日的好。唔。。。Dublin 星期一原來真的是死城﹐找飯吃也難。
在你面前﹐我只有一個答案。
讓。
也不能說得那麼偉大。
她跟她坐席吃飯﹐不能說我沒有恨。
那是你的過份﹐但你從來都是這樣過份。
愛情從來都是最大的武器。
因為她能叫人不戰而勝﹐不敗而降。
其實生活在惶恐當中的是你。
所謂的不合則分﹐不怕不斷嘗試新事物其實只是怕面對困難解決問題的恐懼。
並不是堅強。
而你的游走﹐也不是見證你的吸引力﹐而只是証明你根本不知道自己想要什麼。
所以誰﹐我是說誰﹐都可以。
我卻曾經以為自己愚笨。
軟弱的﹐是你。
Type: [Fusion] Italian, American, Chinese, Thai
Address: 50 W. Bridge Street, Dublin, Ohio Map
Phone: (614) 718-1818
Hours: Mon-Thu, Sun 11am-10pm, Fri-Sat 11am-110pm, happy hour Mon-Fri 4pm-7pm ($1 off all drinks and appetizers in the bar), Sunday brunch, every Sun 11am-2pm
Price: Casual dining
Tasty gauge: 8.4/10
Service rating: 8.5/10
Environment rating: 8.4/10
Website: jliurestaurant.com |
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奇怪的 fusion 餐廳
 j.liu 的 menu 劈頭有三大個 section, American, Asian Fare, Italian. 台長禁不住轉頭問身邊的同事, 'Hm, so is that one chef or three chefs?'
Soups and appetizers
 同事點了 lobster bisque 和 calamari﹐ 還可以啦。 來 j.liu 必吃的反而是沾麵包的 bread dip﹐ olive oil mixed with sun-dried tomatoes and seven spices, it's surprisingly delicious. 可以外買﹐ 15$ 一瓶。
Filet Oscar
 台長是晚點了 Filet Oscar﹐ 100% natural center cut accompanied by balsamic-grilled asparagus, Asiago potato cakes and veal demi-glaze. 台長要一貫的 show me the pan﹐生熟度很滿意﹐証明他們的肉夠新鮮。肉質很好﹐蟹肉忌廉干邑醬汁稍稍有點鹹﹐有蟹味卻但不算很香。不算是做得頂好的 Filet Oscar﹐但可以接受﹐算中上貨。
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思想中﹐不太知道該怎樣處理。
只知道我感到受傷。
也不是很明白其他人怎樣跟隱瞞著這麼多東西的人做朋友。
我卻很了解自己﹐當感到危險的時候十成九我會選擇逃走。
我還不太清楚這次自己想怎樣做。
但我知道我的心在抖顫﹐在我的世界裡﹐我實在覺得人與人之間很兒戲。
如果你明白我的這一路走來。
 Type: Home kitchen 鵪鶉煮飯
如果你鐘意食蟹又識煮飯﹐o甘你就有口福喇﹐因為 Warden T&T o黎o左一箱紅蟳! $13.99/lb.
紅蟳到底係乜東東? 紅蟳是梭子蟹科中體型最大、成長最快的一種。特點是羔多味濃﹐肉質鮮美﹐尤其係有身孕的紅蟳，屬於珍貴的特級海鮮。
Ematei 繪馬亭
Type: Japanese
Address: 30 St. Patrick Street (N. of Queen Street W.) Map
Phone: (416) 340-0472
Hours: 11:45am-2:30pm, 5:30pm-10:30pm weekdays, 5:30pm-10:30pm Saturdays, 5:30pm-10pm Sundays
Payment: Cash, debit, credit
Price: Between casual dining and feeling generous [$4-$8.5/dish, usually about $20-30/person]
Tasty gauge: 7.6/10
Service rating: 8.6/10
Environment rating: 8.2/10 [至少唔洗排隊]
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餐店內觀
 想食Izakaya又唔想排隊﹐台長會去Ematei。繪馬亭算不上是一間居酒屋﹐但就有細細碟o既居酒屋小食叫。如果你唔想貴﹐亦可以叫泡飯壽司一樣食得飽。Ematei店內寬敞﹐想多一點私人空間的話還有三間日式房間可以訂﹐是要脫鞋子的那一種。不過倒要留意Ematei環境不算寧靜﹐下班人士都愛來喝酒傾談﹐輕輕鬆鬆﹐高談闊論。
前菜﹑清酒
 說繪馬亭不是居酒屋﹐皆因繪馬亭酒品種類不多﹐台長也只是點了簡單的暖清酒。來繪馬亭﹐侍應會先送上蘿蔔絲前菜﹐冷冷的﹐味道不錯。
素菜類
 台長吃飯都愛先來素菜。這晚點了冷豆腐﹐燒蘆筍($5.5)和燒王子菇($7)。繪馬亭的燒物牛油味很重﹐很香口﹐喜不喜歡是見人見致。台長不怕油膩﹐就很愛吃﹐朋友則有點怕牛油太重不健康。
串燒($1.5 each)
 來繪馬亭絕對少不了吃串燒。燒雞皮﹐雞腎都難得好吃。味道可選燒汁和鹽燒。
牛肉tataki($9.5)﹑甜蝦壽司($6.5)﹑辣三文魚卷物($6)
 圖中可見﹐這兒的tataki...很怪。厚厚的﹐邊是熟透﹐卻沒半點燒過的痕跡﹐也沒調味﹐就只給你一點醬料﹐實在不知道怎樣形容這樣的tataki。朋友吃了一塊便放棄了。台長把它吃光了﹐卻不算慶高采烈。好了﹐我想大家明白了。
汁煮墨魚 taco nikomi ($5.50)﹑燒魚塊
 Taco nikomi 是來繪馬亭必吃之物﹐只要你不怕辣。很香很香的甜辣汁底﹐混著濃濃的魷魚和蘿蔔汁﹐加進了蒟蒻小塊﹐好吃程度足有9.5分﹐是下酒佳物!
三文魚子泡飯 Ikura cha($7.5)
 繪馬亭是少數提供三文魚子泡飯的日式食店﹐而且價錢一點也不貴。
甜品
 繪馬亭的甜品選擇不多﹐這個算是麻糬餅的物體﹐不好看也不好吃。甜品﹐還是別處尋吧。
台長 is finally back on the road。
這次客人在Dublin, Ohio。
個半小時的機程﹐台長用了兩個小時過海關。
就是繁忙的星期一啦﹐大家都趕上班。
這次是真的終於也離開你很遠了。
也好﹐或許。
今天才星期三﹐已經累透了。
明天晚機回多倫多﹐期待。
還在摸索一個新開始。
但可以肯定的是﹐你既然選擇了留在一個我不能觸碰的世界﹐無論地球多危險﹐我也只能把你留在那裡。
因為天使不能下到凡間跟雅各摔跤。
高雄地震。
很想說很擔心你的家人。
知道你媽常去探望姨姨。
很想寄你一通電郵。
卻吞進肚子裡了。
因為怕這樣只會令你更煩惱。
希望你那邊兒沒事。
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