Should of worn my blue suede shoes

Went to Johnny Rockets for the first time this weekend. I've been somewhat curious about the restaurant since its opening in Canada as I am a sucker for the 50's vinyl and jukebox styling in these places. I went to the Yonge/Dundas location and I must say the decor is much more impressive than the one in Mississauga's Square One mall which is essentially a long open restaurant that faces the mall corridor. People walking past the restaurant can literally peer over the 4 ft divider and look at your food. The downtown Toronto location was very cheesy and had all the stereotypical 1950s paraphernalia including mini jukeboxes at each table and those fan straw holders. The staff was quite nice but the manager did not seem particularly friendly.

Moving on to the food, it was okay at best. They had several burger varieties and I ordered the St. Louis burger (bacon, cooked onions, cheese) and chili cheese fries. It looked wonderful but it was bland and the fries had a slightly cardboard taste. I most likely will not be returning but it did satisfy my curiosity. The decor made it worthwhile. Of course, a milkshake was ordered and that was a delish treat.

3 Stars (1 of which is for the milkshake)

Chocolate Tears

So here I am sitting in my room with my books open for a hardcore study session. Rather than studying for my upcoming exam, I am sitting here pigging out on chocolate and updating this blog! *Sigh* Procrastination is a pain in the butt.

Reading week begins end of next week so hopefully I'll be able to update this blog with an actual recipe!

Ciao and enjoy the freezing cold and evil ice that has descended on the GTA.

P.S. Ughh, going to put away the chocolate and try out the Starbucks vanilla tea sample I received!

Winter Sushi

Finally, a breather! Today was Toronto's first official snow day...at least for some universities/colleges. I believe it was 20 cm of snow so imagine the amount of shoveling that was done today. Good thing I had some help or I easily would have been out there for a couple of hours this morning. I have been super busy these past few days. Monday was spent in class, at the garage and then a hectic night of writing my proposal for class. Tuesday morning I was walking around like a zombie with 3 hours of sleep. However, it wasn't all bad since I was able to finally dine at one of my favorite sushi restaurants in Toronto. We just happened to beat the crowd that came in 10 minutes later!

Chicken Katsu Bento Box

Spicy Crunchy Tuna roll


Kani roll and Spicy Salmon Roll

All these photos were taken at Sushi On Bloor (google it!). I love the sweetness of the Kani roll, it's bbq eel and really good! Definitely worth a try and for those of you that like fried chicken, the chicken katsu is a cutlet covered in panko bread flakes. It would probably taste better with some lemon juice but the bbq sauce was good. I'm already craving more sushi!