Milestone's Grill & Bar review

I haven't been a big fan of Milestones Grill + Bar because I feel the food and prices are not a good match (food there is too pricey and they do not provide fresh enough seafood to be charging so much). But I decided to give it a second try at a new Milestones.

This night it was "Girl's Night" and how convenient Milestone's offered a "Girl's Night Out" promotion. The promotion allows four girls to order 4 Bellini 's (which is Milestones' special promotional drink which is a peach flavoured drink with mixed with 7-up and contains an alcohol of some kind).  And to choose 4 appetizers from a list of 10-15 items for $40 (Canadian).

I have to say I wasn't pleased with the service nor with the food. We had a total of 33 girls, which means 4 Bellini's didn't work out properly, so we asked our server, not only did he allow us to order a fifth one for the same price for the odd member - (which is not his fault) but he kept mentioning some minimum charge that we had to pay for each guest present. I would not mind if he was nice but his attitude was not good. Usually servers at Milestones are rather well trained and very nice, but I guess we were unlucky this time.

I was quite disappointed in the Bellini because it was suppose to be their signature drink, however, the Bellini's we got were not made well. There was little peach flavor (which is supposingly the main flavour of this drink) and they added a LOT of alcohol, making the drink taste like something from a 20% alcohol drink.

The food was fortunately quite good. We ordered some pasta dishes and were quite full after.

I would recommend Milestones if you would like to take your party to an environment which looks good with good service (usually), but not so if you want to enjoy food and drinks.

Winter melon tea at Destiny's review

I just came back from a friend's reunion at Destiny's. After some persuasion from my my friend I decided to order this. My friend recommended me to try their seasonal special Winter Melon Tea because according to my friend, this drink originated from Taiwan, and after spending almost an entire summer there, she was obsessed with this drink and recommended I ordered the same thing.

I think it tastes good and winter melons always produce a light gentle melon flavour which gives you a hint of freshness, however if Destiny's added less sugar to this drink I would have enjoyed it more. If I do go again, I would ask them to add less sugar or if it is still too sweet.

Peonies

Spring and Summer are the best times looking around your neighborhood and seeing flowers bloom. And that's exactly what I have been doing for the past week. Above is a picture of some Peonies which blossomed beautifully in my own backyard, I decided to take some and put them in my house. They smell so nice, just like bring a piece of nature into my house.

Cappola's Prosciutto review

Sorry for the blurriness of this picture, I couldn't take a better picture while I still had the packaging. But I hope the name and product name is clear for you to see if you were to purchase it.

I have always been a big fan of Prosciutto because of the saltiness, savory and rawness it contains in its taste.  This item was purchased at Costco (I think).Usually Prosciutto's (?) are quite expensive, however Costco offers the best deal (for those who go to Costco, you would know you have to buy things in bulk).

I was very satisfied with this purchase and would recommend those who like prosciutto to give this product a try.

Godiva Chocolatier - 85% Cacao review

Surprisingly this was the first time I had laid hands on Godiva's Chocolate of any kind. I must say, Godiva's Chocolate is usually quite pricey, so I contemplated when deciding to make this purchase. I like the detail they put on each chocolate to enhance the look of it.

As the description says "Extra Dark Chocolate", they were not kidding, besides Cacao, I hardly taste the other ingredients.

However, if I had to choose, I would prefer Lindt's version of 85% cacao because it feels creamier and tastes less "rough". If you are a die-hard Cacao fan, then the Godiva's 85% Cacao is for you!