Ottawa and Mont Tremblant - February 4, 2013

Broadway Bar and Grill

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Location: 1486 Chemin Innes Road, Ottawa, ON K1B 3V5

Time: 12:45 pm

Party Size: 9

Price: $13.99, before tax and tips

Food consumed: 
- Smoked Meat Signature Angus Burger - $13.99

Website: http://broadwaybarandgrill.ca/

Pictures of food consumed: (Click on image to enlarge)

Review of Restaurant:
Originally, we were planning to have brunch here. It was voted for best breakfast in Ottawa. However, our morning grocery shopping took too long. One group went to LCBO and Costco and the other group went to T&T.

At T&T, we saw a group of little kids, about 10 of them aged 4-6. They had a cultural class at the frozen section. I felt sorry for the kids, T&T is not representative of the Chinese cuisine.

Back to my actual food. The "Angus burger" tasted and looked like frozen meat from Costco's frozen burger section. I was sorely disappointed. Recently, I stumbled upon a site that rated the top 25 best burger places in Toronto. So far, I've been to 3 of them of which I photographed at 2 locations. More on that on a different post.

Now to the washroom experience. For the next few days, it flowed perfectly. No bad washroom experience.

Finally the restaurant inspection report:

Source: http://app06.ottawa.ca/cgi-bin/search/inspections/q.pl?ss=home_en&qt=fsi_en

In compliance during the past 3 inspections, that explains the pleasant washroom experience.

VERDICT: Jer Jai's seal of approval!

Chef's Suen Spaghetti Night

Location: Mont Tremblant

Time: 7:30 pm

Party Size: 9

Food consumed: 
- Spaghetti in marinara sauce with spicy Italian sausage


Pictures of food consumed: (Click on image to enlarge)

Review of Food:

A picture is worth a thousand words.

• What is wrong with this scene?

1. Opened Coca-Cola can on the right hand side. Having open beverages is a big NO-NO. Let's say you start drinking your coke and someone makes a joke. You'll definitely spit all over the pasta sauce and choke. Don't tell me that I didn't warn you.
2. Stirring the pasta sauce while stretching your arm over a pan full of sauce. Notice that 3 cooktops are ON. What if the bottom right one starts splashing the pasta sauce? It will splash on the sleeves and drip back down. You can also burn yourself. Once you get burned, you'll curse. Cursing words tend to start with the "S" or "F" sound. Those require your mouth to open up wider than other sounds. Wider mouth equals more likely to spit on the sauce. See the pattern?

 Chef Suen's cooking was amazing. It was so good that I had seconds. He converted the Italian sausages to meatballs, brilliant. That last night must have been rough on your face. I apologize for that.

I can safely conclude that his cooking passed my stomach's test. I look forward to eating more of his food.

VERDICT: Jer Jai's seal of approval!