You did and that's why it was funny. I even made fun of you guys at the last meetup when I walked in and all of you were playing MH. Buncha nerds.
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Toronto-Age |OT3| Going Off the Rails on a Gravy Train
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This seems to be the theme of this provincial election.
Ontario Election 2014: A Plague On All Your Houses
There is so little difference between Wynn and Horwath when it comes to a platform. It boils down to a question: "Do you want to solve Ontario's money woes with more taxes to corporations?" If the answer is a strong yes then you should vote NDP. On all other issues they seem on the same side but they never openly admit it. It's become very stale.
Hudak is at least his own corner and seems unafraid to put his ideology ahead of his political popularity. I would like him more if I agreed with any part of his platform but I don't so that's that.
Wynn is just... ugh. She could be a decent candidate but the Liberal scandals have her dodging and evading and calculating everything. The Liberals are responsible for more than one billion dollar failures in leadership and yet with enough distance they can get voted in again. That is why this election is already so tainted; so weak is the competition that they might win and essentially get away with these massive fuck ups. What of accountability? What of justice? Sadly there is no room in politics for these virtues.
Kuro Madoushi
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So basically, shite candidates again and we're running around in circles. I didn't know Ontario was run by Leafs management...!
Rogers and Bell have their fingers in every pie ;u
Hudak's awkward press event.
Hudak thought a big music studio would be a great place to kick off a campaign slogan. The only problem is he voted against the 2013 budget. In that budget was 45 million dollars to go to music programs like the ones that run out of a place like this.
This is a really good example of not answering the question. Poor Timmy.
http://globalnews.ca/video/1311719/tim-hudak-kicks-off-campaign-with-awkward-photo-op
Hudak thought a big music studio would be a great place to kick off a campaign slogan. The only problem is he voted against the 2013 budget. In that budget was 45 million dollars to go to music programs like the ones that run out of a place like this.
This is a really good example of not answering the question. Poor Timmy.
http://globalnews.ca/video/1311719/tim-hudak-kicks-off-campaign-with-awkward-photo-op
Yeah they should be playing Mario Golf and Kirby like Men.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
We let EM down by not playing that at the monster Hunter meet up. Sorry, EM!
sucker!
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
Why would you want to go in there when there are better places nearby? Ya wanna get shot?! :0
Kuro pls I'm hungry.
Kuro Madoushi
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Go to Sansotei, fool! It's about two or three blocks west. Or go north one block to 5 Guys at least.
I'm too lazy and I don't have much time. McDonald's or something it is.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
There's one in Mississauga.
Supermanisdead
Member
Wow, excited to try Denny's!
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
It's a change at least from all the ramen, yakitori, sushi places opening up. When I first came to this city, the Annex had one or two sushi places. Now? I think there's gotta be like 8 or more sushi/Japanese places.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
They're all too small, unfortunately...
We'd have to get a whole place to ourselves more or less.
They're all too small, unfortunately...
We'd have to get a whole place to ourselves more or less.
Scare everyone away by playing Monster Hunter and asking for friend codes.
Classic Heretic simp move.
Supermanisdead
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do they sell potato spiral things in toronto. like this:
if not, does anyone want to help me open a foodcart.
if not, does anyone want to help me open a foodcart.
Kuro Madoushi
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Maybe we should have a mini ramen meet up just for ya.
do they sell potato spiral things in toronto. like this:
if not, does anyone want to help me open a foodcart.
Man do I miss Korea....
edit: no they don't....
Stop writing books against Kave Man and get on our alpha level, Samyy.
Those things are awesome, I try to get one everytime I go to the T&T Night Market.do they sell potato spiral things in toronto. like this:
if not, does anyone want to help me open a foodcart.
And holy hell, the food cart / food truck / street food saga in Toronto is a sad and angry tale. I'm not sure that's a road you want to travel until they figure out their shit.
Asian food and burgers, that's all Toronto seems to want.
I could use a good southern place, or maybe German.
Denny's is way better than Golden Griddle. Golden Griddle is bland. Like paper.
Finally a restaurant that I've been to and you guys haven't.
It's so greasy it makes me sick.
Dude, don't diss Golden Griddle. That place is my guilty pleasure when I'm hungry on my way to class
When I was living/working in BC for 4 months in 2008 we used to take extended lunches (1:20 instead of 30 minutes) every Saturday because we were the only ones working overtime. Most of those lunches were spent at a Denny's across the street from the Hockey arena we were building. Great times.
Kuro Madoushi
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Eh? They have those at the night markets? Last time I was there, and I live close to a TnT, it was so fucking packed and rainy as hell. The smelly tofu also stunk up the joint. Still, I'll keep an eye out for these next time.
Food trucks and street food really need to be embraced by this city. Tons of good stuff to be had and I had a hell of a fun time in Asia with those.
Also, Asian food and burgers isn't a 'bad' thing. Except for ramen burgers...
As far as I am concerned though, I've pretty much picked the Asian food places clean here. Besides Guu Izakaya and kaiseki hashimoto, I'm not sure there is any big place left to try. Greek food, I've had a lot of since I live near the Danforth. Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Japanese, I've had a ton. I haven't liked any Thai places here though.
Since I gave a bunch of recommendations, anyone here care to suggest some non Asian places?
There's one in Niagara Falls and it is like 3x as expensive as the IHOPs in the states :|
You fucked up. You've gotta try it.
Time for you to hit some Portuguese chicken places. My favourite is St Matthew's on Rogers just east of Keele on the south side. I also like Alex Rei dos Leitões (King of the pigs) on Ossington just south of Dundas on the east side. I've never eaten in either, I've always gotten it to go. Once you're done with either then head to the nearby Nova Era bakery and get yourself an espresso and a pastel de nata (custard tart). There's a reason so many of us 'chops are round.
24/7 as well. I can't think of many palatable 24/7 breakfast places downtown - I'm probably wrong though.
When we lived in Vancouver, there was a Denny's near our apartment that we went to regularly and there was this waitress that was friendly and eventually she said she'd like to hang out or whatever and gave us her email address and we were like "Oh, er, hmm" and just stopped going there forever.
Supermanisdead
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Omg. I don't know why this story is making me cackle
BigJonsson
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Golden Griddle went downhill I used to love the breakfast buffet or all you can eat pancakes in the wee hours of the morning after being out late
I've been to Cracker Barrel, I liked playing the peg hopping game with my parents and their greasy food, and rocking on the rocking chairs in the front
I've avoided Waffle House though, was on a road trip with 2 friends and they insisted on getting food there several times while driving through South Carolina and Georgia but I had heard too many bad things from family friends so I chose not to get anything
I used to love the breakfast buffet or all you can eat pancakes in the wee hours of the morning after being out lateI've been to Cracker Barrel, I liked playing the peg hopping game with my parents and their greasy food, and rocking on the rocking chairs in the front
I've avoided Waffle House though, was on a road trip with 2 friends and they insisted on getting food there several times while driving through South Carolina and Georgia but I had heard too many bad things from family friends so I chose not to get anything
Yeah, the one I go to is the TnT on the waterfront. This year it's in late July.
Although I'll admit the stinky tofu IS a problem.
I can add a few recommendations for non asian restaurants. I'm an east ender so my knowledge of anything west of Dufferin is vague.
I've been going to 2 schnitzel restaurants for a while. One is located by my work near Moss Park called Schnitzel Queen. Unfortunately because of the location it closes early. I'm mentioning it because I'm sure there are other hidden neighbourhood gems scattered about if you look around online.
http://schnitzelqueen.blogspot.ca/
The other is a Hungarian place called Country Style. Massive schnitzel's the size of a plate. It's located in the Annex. http://www.blogto.com/restaurants/countrystylehungarian
Lastly, a new restaurant on Danforth/ Broadview called Das Gasthaus. It's a trendy spot unlike the ones I mentioned above. They have great beers and awesome German food. http://www.torontolife.com/daily-dish/openings/2013/07/10/das-gasthaus-toronto-restaurants/
The platters/boards are definitely a highlight. It's a lot closer for me to travel to than the Black Hoof for Charcuterie.
EDIT: I would be remiss not to mention the spot that has 2/2 rejected the GAF sausage party. WVRST. It's actually a decent spot if you're not bringing 20 nerds with you.
I've been going to 2 schnitzel restaurants for a while. One is located by my work near Moss Park called Schnitzel Queen. Unfortunately because of the location it closes early. I'm mentioning it because I'm sure there are other hidden neighbourhood gems scattered about if you look around online.
http://schnitzelqueen.blogspot.ca/
The other is a Hungarian place called Country Style. Massive schnitzel's the size of a plate. It's located in the Annex. http://www.blogto.com/restaurants/countrystylehungarian
Lastly, a new restaurant on Danforth/ Broadview called Das Gasthaus. It's a trendy spot unlike the ones I mentioned above. They have great beers and awesome German food. http://www.torontolife.com/daily-dish/openings/2013/07/10/das-gasthaus-toronto-restaurants/
The platters/boards are definitely a highlight. It's a lot closer for me to travel to than the Black Hoof for Charcuterie.
EDIT: I would be remiss not to mention the spot that has 2/2 rejected the GAF sausage party. WVRST. It's actually a decent spot if you're not bringing 20 nerds with you.
Kuro Madoushi
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I know where all three places are. I guess I'll give me a try.
Why does Wvrst hate nerds ;'(
Why does Wvrst hate nerds ;'(
The largest ramen restaurant that I know of is Ramen Raijin by Ryerson.
It can handle 20+ people at a slow time like a weekend afternoon. There's a section by the kitchen that has very large tables for big groups from what I recall. I have no idea how packed it can get in the evenings.
Yeah, definitely the biggest place I've been to, in terms of capacity. The ramen is alright too, which is good. Not my absolute favourite, but they definitely have some types that are novel and unique to Raijin.
I feel like they're underrated and/or not super popular since I've never been and seen the place packed at night during typical dinner rush (5-7) times.
Real ramen talk.
I'm beginning to think we're at the point of saturation now. I'm with Kuro that back oh, 7-10 years ago the only place where you could get restaurant ramen was at Kenzo in North York.
Nowadays even the splurge sushi joints on the Danforth have it on the menu. There's that huge cluster of 7 restaurants between OCAD to Ryerson. I'm thinking 2-3 of those won't last till the end of the year. Sorry Ryu's noodle bar...
I'm beginning to think we're at the point of saturation now. I'm with Kuro that back oh, 7-10 years ago the only place where you could get restaurant ramen was at Kenzo in North York.
Nowadays even the splurge sushi joints on the Danforth have it on the menu. There's that huge cluster of 7 restaurants between OCAD to Ryerson. I'm thinking 2-3 of those won't last till the end of the year. Sorry Ryu's noodle bar...
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