Edgemont City

Edgemont City - is an authentic staple for Chinese cuisine in the NW suburbs. Based on observation alone - this restaurant is packed EVERY night of the week (with predominantly Asian folken), is popular for banquets (10 course traditional meals) and has plenty of regulars! CRAVING GREENS??? We ordered a HEAPING plate of the "dummgoo dao miu" (snow pea leaves with enoki mushrooms - $15).

My personal favourite is the beef short rib hotpot with eggplant (#92. $12.95). The short ribs were large, meaty and tender and the eggplant the perfect texture - not mushy but absorbent of the tasty thick oyster sauce.

At 4:30pm on a Wednesday, the service was great! Our food was ready in a speedy 20min, and the server helped us with pronunciation of the dishes...

Takeout RUN to Dave's

My husband and I were in the need of some mid-week take-out last night....trolling through Urbanspoon we sided with the establishment with the best name. Fortunately for us we sided with "Wok with Dave". Prices are extremely reasonable with additional discounts for cash on pick up - making take-out that much easier to justify!
Dave seems like a nice guy and the food was in large portions and pretty good. My favourite was the Cantonese Chow Mein that included a bit of everything: chicken, pork, shrimp, veggies and egg noodles! Also it was nice having a date night where we managed to get through an ENTIRE MOVIE without falling into the usual take-out food coma (though be sure to request no MSG)! Thanks Dave for making my husband/movie/midweek bonding time that much more special... :) Check out their menu here. 

John's Breakfast & Lunch - Breakfast Blues :(

It was a sunny Sunday morning and my Urbanspoon app pointed me in the direction of John's as we were looking for a quick breakfast in the NW. We arrived and were fortunate to get patio seating right away....or so we thought. We quickly ordered, the menu items are all very reasonably priced, with the specials being around $8 for a loaded omelet (which my guest ordered) while I opted for the Eggs Benedict (~$9). We waited, then waited some more and had almost reached our 50min breaking point to walk away, when our food FINALLY showed up. Maybe it would have been understandable if the servers actually acknowledged us during our wait time, but seriously though, we ordered EGGS! And the special nonetheless! I likely could have pulled off grocery shopping plus made my own eggs in the same time period (note this is hypothetical seeing as I was extremely lazy that day). The food itself, was ok but unfortunately not worth the 50 minute wait.

Tamarind East Indian Restaurant - Great East Indian Option in the NW!

My family and I visited Tamarind as a group of 6. The restaurant looks very new with a classy design & ambiance and food at reasonable prices!
We ordered Papri Chat & the Platter for 2 as appetizers. The platter was excellent: the chicken tikka was tender and the lamb kebabs delicious! For the main course we attempted the Chili Chicken which is Hakka cuisine (Chinese-Indo fusion). Also, we tried the Okra Masala, Sweet & Sour Eggplant, and Beef Roganjosh. All of which were great and had just the right amount of heat.The service was good and I'm excited to go try it again.