on the rocks

Went to EAST! yesterday, a spin off of Spring Rolls because Fressen was full, filled with reservations from the day before, so we walked down Queen street scouring for another place to eat. After skipping a bunch of really dead spots, we ended up at EAST!, it felt very much like Spring Rolls, even the menu seemed identical, I actually didn’t realise they were the same place until I saw Spring Rolls website on their menu. Now, I’m quite biased against Spring Rolls restaurants since their food is usually rather bland and not authentic at all, but I felt my dish felt the same here as well.

Vegetable & Tofu Green Curry

I ordered the vegetable and tofu green curry, and was asked by the waiter if I could handle the spiciness. The dish came with a little pyramid of rice. The curry was barely spicy, and tasted rather starchy, the texture of the curry reflected this by being thick and gooey. The tofu tasted rather old and did not appear appealing at all. It definitely left a large hole for something else…

After our meal, I dropped by David’s Tea a newly opened tea shop next to Le Chateau on Queen St W. and picked up some tea to add to my infusions, which I will write about in another post.

Nutella & Banana Crepe

We then headed back to where EAST! was and stopped at Cafe Crepe to fill the void we had. Although I wanted a savoury crepe I decided to go with a sweet one due to peer pressure and price. I ordered a Nutella and banana crepe. Although delicious, barely halfway through the Nutella got to me. The crepe was very sweet and heavy where it got to the point that it felt like I was eating peanut butter. Regretting the fact that I did not order the savoury crepe. The crepe was indeed delicious, just not something I would be able to eat so much of.

(sorry for the cellphone photos, the batteries on my camera were dead)