On Saturday, February 12th, Renée was getting ready to go back to the States. She wanted to try Rodney's Oyster House before she left, so we went there for lunch on our way to the airport. Rodney's is definitely your traditional seafood restaurant...lots of wood and the smell of clam chowder in the air. We had several different varieties of oysters, three from the east coast and three from the west coast. The east coast oysters were milder than the west coast ones, but all were very good. I also had a saffron and shrimp chowder, while Renée tried the bowl of clams. Both these dishes were also good, not great, but good. And then there were the bathrooms...let's just say that if you have a thirteen year old boy or girl, you may want them to hold off from entering these....uh, adult bathrooms. And for those of you seventeen and above, knock yourselves out. All in all, Rodney's is a fun place to try, although I still strongly feel that Water Grill in Los Angeles serves up the best oysters. I give Rodney's Oyster House Three Smacks.
After sending Renée off to Los Angeles (sniff, sniff), BC and I decided to grab some dinner at Boba Restaurant around the corner from our apartment. We had gone there a couple of weeks earlier and had a very good meal, and we were interested to see if would live up to our previous experience...I am happy to say that it did indeed. We both got the same dish as we did last time - Rare grilled tuna filet with coconut noodles, avocado/mango salsa and black bean sauce. Now I know that it probably would have been good to try something new, but this item is so good, we had to get it again. Grilled Tuna is a hard thing for restaurants to prepare...it is easy to be just an OK dish. But Boba bats this dish out of the park. If you wind up coming here, you will not be disappointed by Boba's take on Grilled Tuna. BC and I are already wondering when our next visit will be (even though we should be going to other places first). Four Smacks.
-JB
Rodney's Oyster House - 469 King St. West, Toronto (416) 363-8105
Boba's Restaurant - 90 Avenue Road, Toronto (416) 961-2622
Water Grill - 544 South Grand, Los Angeles, CA (213) 891-0900
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"oysters" & "tuna" -- sounds "sexual." If you dont "think" that 13 year-olds are "knocking themselves out," with or without "bathrooms," you've got another thing "coming," mister.
BTW~ is there and "concomitant" "fett" restaurant to "boba?"
So far, the food here hasn't been great. To many trips to the co-misery. You need to come back so we can get good food and put it on P.C.!!
-Jen
(p.s. you tournment me so with your tales of good food that i cannot eat)...;)
How do you find these restaurants that serve sardines? I need to find some in TX. Looking forward to your Tuscan T-bone.
*d'oh!* spelling
jen
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