Entries Tagged as ‘Restaurant Review’

August 21, 2007

Sydney’s at the Forks (aka, The Fancy Side of The Forks Market)

I’ve been to a lot of restaurants, but there are very few which make me sit back and go “wow.” It takes a unique combination of environment, service and food to knock my socks off, but when it happens I can’t help but think, “We are so coming back here again.”
We first visited Sydney’s at [...]

April 17, 2007

Sushi Train (aka, Sushi just like Mom used to make*)

There are three Sushi Trains in Winnipeg; this review is for the Sushi Train at the Forks. All three restaurants are similar, with their individual quirks. (For example, the service at the Pembina Sushi Train has historically been a bit frazzled and disorganized, but as we haven’t been there for a long time I can’t [...]

April 1, 2007

Fusion Grill (aka, Fancy without the Schmancy)

The sixth anniversary is the “iron” anniversary. I wasn’t too keen on getting an iron barbell for an anniversary present, so we just did what we always do on our anniversary - go to a “new to us” restaurant.
My husband had been wanting to try the Fusion Grill for a while, and since it was [...]

March 26, 2007

Longhorn Texas Steakhouse (aka, By any other name…)

So, the Brannigans up our way disappeared.
We’re not sure when it went away, but it was in the last couple of weeks. One time we drive by, it’s a Brannigans. The next time we drive by, it’s a Longhorn Texas Steakhouse. My husband, a friend and I decided to pop by there for dinner. I’ve [...]