Earls

Let me tell you the short list of big chain restaurants (that serve dinner/late night) within 10 minutes of where I live: Moxies, Earls, Boston Pizza. Now you know why I come here quite often.. 

Dungeness Crab and Asparagus Linguini $19.75. Im usually leaning towards the homestyle, extra meat extra sauce when it comes to pasta. This is the total opposite but I made sure to come back for it the next time i was at Earls, and the time after that. This is one of the few things I have ordered with the word crab on the menu and the plate.

Cajin Blackened Chicken $20.00. Does anyone believe me when I say this was my very first time having their warm potato salad? I couldn't get enough (which resulted in a very high carb dinner for me)! As for the chicken, just your standard blackened chicken, slightly over-salty and dry but nothing to complain about.

As for dessert, I am sad to say they have discontinued their cheesecake. I was too heartbroken to try a new dessert.



Website: earls.ca
Address:
10160 152 Street
Surrey, BC

Tobiko: Hidden Gem in Surrey

Any sushi place that make special rolls such as Dragon Roll, Spider Roll.. etc, and house-made rolls, deserves some appreciation. This one reminds me of Nagoya, another hidden gem in Surrey and my favorite sushi joint.

Pretty standard, few tables, a lot of pictures on the walls of customers and new menu items.

Ebi Sunomono $3.50. This is part if the reason why I like this place: they are NOT cheap. Many sushi places give mini shrimps or just one small piece but they are every generous here.

Beef Teriyaki Bowl $6.50. Is that cheap or what!?

Unagi Roll $4.75. I love when the avocados and cucumbers taste fresh, just like they cut them to order!

I totally forgot what this one is called. I believe it was one of the dragon rolls. Normally, a dragon roll costs about $9-13 a roll. The dragon rolls at tobiko are only $8-9. Good deal.


Address:
15951 Fraser Hwy
Surrey, BC
Website: http://tobikosushi.com/

Prairie Cafe: Hidden All-Day B-fast Gem

Chinese family owned for years, this place is the go-to all day breakfast in Surrey. When I want something not too heavy, comforting, and cheap, this is what I think of. The look of the outside isn't too appealing but once you're inside, you feel right at home.. in a Korean/Chinese home that is. Aside from breakfast, they've got all sorts of Asian dishes from Bulgogi to Chicken Teriyaki.

Basically what you see on the plate. Eggs and sausage with hashbrowns and toast. The food and environment here is very cozy, homey and comfortable. The service isn't bad either.

Address:
15280 Fraser Hwy
Surrey, BC

Akasaka: The Best Sushi Restaurant in Surrey!

I have lived in Surrey since 5 years old. Japanese is my favourite type of cuisine. You can believe me when I say this is the go-to sushi place in Surrey. It's a little pricy but almost everything on their menu is exceptional. They have the best oyster motoyaki I've had (and trust me, I've had a lot). This visit was just a early dinner with a girlfriend so we didn't order much. I also wanted to try some new things so I strayed away from what I regularly order. I was very pleased.

Ebi Mayo. I've never had this before but I loved it and will be ordering this again. It came in a cute glass too! The ebi was a little on the tough side but it was deep-fried so who's to blame?

Jazz Roll. A great alternative when you cant eat sashimi. The smoked salmon added a very nice kick to this roll.

Popcorn Scallop Roll. This one was a little greasy from the deep fried scallops and tempura prawn inside the roll. We didn't finish this one but I was sure to gobble the rest of it up later that night, so it wasn't that bad.

I would highly recommend this restaurant for someone wanting to go on a nice date with their significant other or friend. They have many booths which are super private and all the servers have very cute personalities.

Address:
15110 101 Ave
Surrey, BC
Website:
akasakasushi.ca

Late Nights at BP

Another late night at the Boston Pizza! You guys don't know how many times this place has saved me from starvation after a long night of drinking! We arrived at 1am and the servers were still happy and energetic.

What a good deal! I'll be back for this..

Chicken Thai Bites $10. I really don't like sweet chilli flavours. I prefer a dry rub but this was pretty good! It was a little spicy so I didn't have much. The little crunchy "noodles" they are garnished with are pretty addicting too.

Address:

• 15125 100th Avenue
• Surrey, BC

• Sun - Sat: 11:00 AM - 2:00 AM
• Website:
• www.bostonpizza.com

WINGS!

I usually visit the Newton Location which is the closest to where I live. I totally didn't know the Lougheed one was only 15 minutes away! Wings offers 39 cent wings on Sunday nights or Wednesday nights depending on which location you are at. In this case, they had this event on both nights. The downside: you have to order a beverage to get this deal. Sucks doesn't it?
The four of us had Kalypso, Buffalo, Bacon, and Sweet Thai with 4 orders of ranch dipping sauce. I usually get the WOWY sauce.. or is it WOWE? Anyways, if you havent, try it!

Address:
7124 King George Blvd
Surrey, BC
Website:
greatwings.ca

Moxies: Quick bite and dessert!

Mosaic Dip. "A base of fresh tomatoes, garlic and sweet red onions topped with a layer of creamy diced mushrooms and finished with a seasoned Quebec goat cheese, served with naan bread." MMM doesn't that sound good? Well it was! This dip really reminds me of Pâté. The naan had some hard and some soft pieces. I ate all the soft ones and left the hard ones for the bf. =)

Crab and Scallop Cakes. I was very iffy about ordering this cause they tend to come out too salty. Sadly, it was. I completely hated this one. Aside from the saltyness, there was too much "filling", meaning a lot of extra bread and not enough crab. Also, didn't taste ANY scallop.

Bite of Brownie. This is the mini version of the White Chocolate Brownie. In case you're wondering, its about a fourth of the bigger one. This is just perfect for me. Its the only reason why I come to Moxies. 

Callebaut Chocolate Cake. This one was WAY too chocolatey. We had to order extra ice cream. Its basically a lava cake with the "lava" around it, a HUGE chunk of dark chocolate, strawberry and ice cream. I wouldn't recommend this if you're not a big fan of chocolate. You'll be disappointed.




Address:
10608 151A St, Surrey, BC V3R
Website:
moxies.ca

Boston Pizza: Appies!

This is pretty much the place to go in Surrey where you can eat, drink, and is open till 2am everyday. I used to come here almost every week for late night snacks.

 Oven Roasted Chipotle BBQ Wings $11. Im getting hungry just posting up these pics! BP serves HUGE wings. Nothing compared to Wings. I think that is why they are basically a dollar a wing!

 Southwest Potato Skins $10. This is always a must. Im addicted to their creamy garlic dressing.

Goat Cheese Spinach Dip $10. MMMMM.. This was good. I prefer my spinach dip warm and this one came straight out of the oven. I love anything with goat cheese so this one gets a big thumbs up. The bread is basically their Pizza Bread with parmigiana instead of mozzarella cheese.

• Address: 
• 15125 100th Avenue
• Surrey, BC

• Sun - Sat: 11:00 AM - 2:00 AM
• Website:
• www.bostonpizza.com

Breakfast at White Spot

I seriously love the Eggs Benedict at White Spot. At one point, my boyfriend and I ate breakfast here like twice a week. And the best thing is, they serve it really late if not, all day. We've come as late as 4pm and ate breakfast here.

 I usually order a half order of eggs benny with regular hashbrowns but this time they have this new thing called “Smashbrowns”. Basically a smashed potato, deep fried. It sounded and looked pretty good and I’m always up for something new. They came out looking like 2 pieces of you-know-what and were not very good. I didn’t like how the skin was so thick and dark and a little bitter. It wasn’t even crispy on the outside! Nothing bad to say about the eggs benny. I always order it poached soft. This time they made it perfectly. Runny, but not too runny.

I stole his hasbrowns in the end and made him eat my second smashbrown. He liked them though, so you  might too, who knows. I like how they're regular hashbrowns are not too greasy or crispy. Next time you're at White Spot, this is what you should order! I would eat this at dinner time too. HEHE. Hope everyone is having a good Monday! 

Reb Robin: Their Mac and Cheese is to DIE for!

I was still full from Nando's but the boy was hungry so we headed out to Red Robin for dinner! I been here probably 30 times and 10/30 times, I've ordered the Mac and Cheese.

 But not this time! T loves this too! I think they up'd the prices cause this used to be $10.99 and its $12.50 now. Well, it doesn't matter cause I would still pay up to $20 for this shhh. Its cause it reminds me of my childhood fav, Michellina's Mac and Cheese. This is obviously better with the cheese on top and stuff.. I don't care what anyone says, I will keep ordering this even when I can get Michellina's for $2!

This is new on the menu, Chicken and Mushroom Linguine $14. This came out HUGE. I thought it would be the size of the mac and cheese. It obviously isn't. I was already still full so I only ate half. It was a little bland and sort of tasted like mushroom soup and pasta, something I could make at home in 10 minutes but its all goood, comfort food is always the way to go.

Lava cake $7 is probably one of the best things every invented. Partially because I don't gotta order my ice cream on the side when I get this. I liked how they had the strawberry stuff at the bottom and the perfect amount of ice cream.

The Mudd Pie $7. It tasted like DQ's icecream cake, end of story.

Nandos Chicken!

Our comfort food. This stuff is SO filling. I wasn't able to finish half my dinner that night. Nando's keeps you full for hours.

 Half Chicken, hot. So good. I don't eat it cause its hot, but when I order it myself, it is GOOOOD. AND for 12 bucks, everything tastes better.

 My favorite part, the Peri Rice. MMM MM GOOD. We ordered a large on the side.

I usually always get this. The double kebab with one sideline $10. I usually get the peri fries though.

Pita Pit Salad!

So good (for a fast food place) that I had to post. yummmmm. I love salads.

White Spot

Usually we would only come here for breakfast for their Eggs Benedict. Mostly cause they serve it all day and we are late risers. This time, their new comfort food menu caught my eye. And when I have no idea what to choose on the menu, I go for spaghetti.. Cause how can you mess that up right? WELL apparently you can..

Spaghetti and Meatballs - $12.99. It DID NOT look like what it did in the picture. The sauce tasted like salsa.. literally, I was eating spaghetti noodles with salsa! And yes I mean the one you use to dip your tortilla chips in. It was bad. Ill give it to them for the meatballs though. I could never make them like that.

My mouth is watering just looking at this picture. The Smokey BBQ Burger was deeeeeelish. We subbed the fries with sweet potato fries - $2. Those things are addicting.

Tengoku Sushi

I was craving for a fix of sushi after dinner last night so T and I drove out to Tengoku which is only like 5 minutes away from my house for a quick bite!

I had a Deluxe California Roll and added unagi on top. Those bitches charged me 8 dollars for the eel when a roll with eel already on it is like 11 bucks.. I was pretty mad when the bill came out but whatever, I'll just find a different way to word it next time.. Unagi roll with california inside? Anyways, I love the Deluxe California because they have real crab inside and compared to imitation, this is awesome.

T got the assorted sashimi. Can't tell you if it was good cause I don't eat sashimi but the plating is nice haha! Our bill came to $45 which is pretty expensive for Surrey. Service is always really good here, they never let your teacup go empty and frequently come to check up on your table. The setting of this place is cute and welcoming as well. Overall rating 8/10. This is my new Akasaka.

EDIT:

I came back here a couple days later with my girlfriend around dinner time. This time the service was horrible. This one girl (younger looking, smiles a lot, glasses with no lens) sits at the bar, on her phone the whole time and it took almost 10 minutes for us to get her to come and take our order.

Ton Katsu. This came out SO much bigger than I expected. I like how they don't put too much teriyaki sauce and LOTS of mayo. It was a little too salty for me but still really good!

This is the first caterpillar roll that actually looks like a caterpillar! It even has the eyes! No complaints about this one. It was basically just a cali roll with avo on top.

Willis Roll. I loved this one, especially cause there was bacon in it. I didn't think bacon would go good with the taste of seaweed but I'm always willing to try anything with bacon in it! I'm glad I did though. My new favorite roll. I love how Tengoku displays their dishes, everything looks so appetizing.