Anna M
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King Albert I Park
Beautiful, peaceful, quiet park. We pass this park when walking to the train station from the city centre, and it’s such a nice walk, the distance feels shorter.
There always seems to be a light breeze and with the grass really green and the sky so blue, the shade from the trees, it really is such a nice respite from the bustle of the city.
A few people sit around and relax near the water.
There always seems to be a light breeze and with the grass really green and the sky so blue, the shade from the trees, it really is such a nice respite from the bustle of the city.
A few people sit around and relax near the water.
Varley Art Gallery of Markham
Small gallery but I’m grateful that there actually is a decent gallery in Unionville.
They have exhibits that change and 3 sections inside that can cater to various interests.
Until May 5th, they have a few pieces of original artworks by famous Canadian artists at the entrance, including FH Varley, AJ Casson, Lemieux, David Milne. For a small gallery like this, not bad at all.
In the other section they have artworks created by First Nations women including Pitseolak Ashoona. I enjoyed this section the most. There were a few contemporary artworks by women artists included with commentary explaining the reason for including it in this section.
Worth checking out, even if you only have 20 minutes, to see something beautiful, interesting and different at Unionville.
They have exhibits that change and 3 sections inside that can cater to various interests.
Until May 5th, they have a few pieces of original artworks by famous Canadian artists at the entrance, including FH Varley, AJ Casson, Lemieux, David Milne. For a small gallery like this, not bad at all.
In the other section they have artworks created by First Nations women including Pitseolak Ashoona. I enjoyed this section the most. There were a few contemporary artworks by women artists included with commentary explaining the reason for including it in this section.
Worth checking out, even if you only have 20 minutes, to see something beautiful, interesting and different at Unionville.
Wazuzu
Beautifully decorated interiors, it feels upscale and contemporary. 5*
Service - we did a take out and the front desk where one pays for take out did not know how to process the payment to be billed to our room. There were two people at the front and both did not know how. She had to call the manager. Other than this, they were friendly and nice. 5*
Food was terrible, mediocre at best. It seems that they cater to clientele who may not really know what good Asian food tastes like.
The siu mai at least had some chunks of shrimp but it lacked flavour.
The Peking duck bao was full of hoisin, it drowned any duck flavour. It should just have been called duck bao, remove the word “Peking” as it increases the perception that the duck would be good. It could very well have come from a food truck, this kind of quality does not belong in a hotel restaurant like Encore/Wynn. The flavour expectations from a hotel restaurant are higher than food truck level. Price wise - it was the cost of fine dining with fast food quality.
Service - we did a take out and the front desk where one pays for take out did not know how to process the payment to be billed to our room. There were two people at the front and both did not know how. She had to call the manager. Other than this, they were friendly and nice. 5*
Food was terrible, mediocre at best. It seems that they cater to clientele who may not really know what good Asian food tastes like.
The siu mai at least had some chunks of shrimp but it lacked flavour.
The Peking duck bao was full of hoisin, it drowned any duck flavour. It should just have been called duck bao, remove the word “Peking” as it increases the perception that the duck would be good. It could very well have come from a food truck, this kind of quality does not belong in a hotel restaurant like Encore/Wynn. The flavour expectations from a hotel restaurant are higher than food truck level. Price wise - it was the cost of fine dining with fast food quality.
Deer Cake
We had the corn cake which was quite good. It could be better if the corn flavour were more pronounced. It was too mild and only the cream seemed to have the corn flavour. The cake inside was plain - good still but no flavour. Not too sweet which was great. There was a lot of cream though, would have preferred a balance between cake and cream. The 5” cake was $38.
They included a sparkler instead of a candle and a birthday greeting which was an appreciated touch as we were getting it for a friend’s birthday.
We also had the soya mochi cake which I thought had way too much cream and had a stretchy stringy characteristic (similar to okra slime, which is probably the mochi-ness). I didn’t like this one too much. It was on sale as Today’s Special at $12.50 instead of $17.50. The cakes all looked very good to eat, very pretty. But flavour wise, it doesn’t quite hit the spot on expectations on flavour.
Service was excellent- the lady behind the counter was patient and she deceived the cakes pretty well giving a list of ingredients.
They had many other good looking cakes which I want to try.
Take out only.
They included a sparkler instead of a candle and a birthday greeting which was an appreciated touch as we were getting it for a friend’s birthday.
We also had the soya mochi cake which I thought had way too much cream and had a stretchy stringy characteristic (similar to okra slime, which is probably the mochi-ness). I didn’t like this one too much. It was on sale as Today’s Special at $12.50 instead of $17.50. The cakes all looked very good to eat, very pretty. But flavour wise, it doesn’t quite hit the spot on expectations on flavour.
Service was excellent- the lady behind the counter was patient and she deceived the cakes pretty well giving a list of ingredients.
They had many other good looking cakes which I want to try.
Take out only.
Thipsamai
Not the usual pad Thai flavour non-Thai people are used to, but nevertheless, the flavour was unique and delicious. There were instructions on how to add the toppings and spices and we followed it and quite enjoyed the resulting flavour.
In the write up, it says that they were the first ones who created Pad Thai, before World War ll.
We went mid afternoon and there was no wait. We were even able to sit in one of the beautiful, creative floating pods that gave us even more enjoyment eating here.
Price wise, it was reasonable since the portion was good enough for two people.
Service was attentive and quick.
I would return and try the other pad Thai dishes.
In the write up, it says that they were the first ones who created Pad Thai, before World War ll.
We went mid afternoon and there was no wait. We were even able to sit in one of the beautiful, creative floating pods that gave us even more enjoyment eating here.
Price wise, it was reasonable since the portion was good enough for two people.
Service was attentive and quick.
I would return and try the other pad Thai dishes.