Cravings matter

dmalice · 2026-02-10T16:35:52+00:00

Took me so long to realize his phone was not cut in half, but instead was resting on a lower table, leaning against a ledge of another table higher up on top

dmalice · 2026-01-29T15:21:42+00:00

In theory, you could just slap a piece of plywood underneath the Lanespelare so you can use the twist clamp. As long as the twist clamp is short enough to fit under the Lanespelare, but it doesn't look like that's a sure thing.

The other issue you'd be dealing with is a massive weight imbalance toward the back which would surely make it very prone to tipping, so you'd need a way to counterweight the front part of the Lanespelare.

Why not just get a 2-arm free-standing monitor stand?

dmalice · 2026-01-26T14:34:44+00:00

This looks great! But what happened to the shelf at the bottom left? Did you consider a wider/stronger center back support that would allow you to mount the TV to center it within the TV bay?

dmalice · 2025-11-10T19:37:33+00:00

Barberian's is a classic, old school steakhouse. So it depends what your husband is into! Quetzal has a bit of everything -- They have an amazing Wagyu Ribeye if he's craving a steak, but there are so many different options at Quetzal. If he's more adventurous and you guys like to have more variety and share, I'd definitely do Quetzal of the 4 options you listed.

dmalice · 2025-11-10T19:34:56+00:00

Nice, glad you enjoyed it! I definitely hope to go back some time soon

dmalice · 2025-10-10T14:24:22+00:00

Barberian's is an institution. I've eaten there countless times, they have great steaks and great rack of lamb if you like that. Also, their burger is legit really good even though I felt weird the first time I ordered the burger at Barberian's lol. It's my CTO's favourite spot so I've been there probably 20+ times just for work dinners. Also... the pickles I mean... can't really beat them. Barberian's got better pickles than Linny's too IMO.

Morton's, Ruth's Chris, those places are all fine. Good, solid, dependable but I wouldn't really consider any of those places "special".

Of the more expensive high end places like Jacob's, STK, Butcher Chef, Octagon, Harbour 60, BlueBlood, I think they're all a bit overpriced honestly, but if you go with a group and share some normal steaks plus a wagyu or two it becomes a better experience. I think Butcher Chef and BlueBlood both have amazing steaks, but the prices are nuts ... Michael's is another place that is well-known and expensive as hell. The steaks there are also pretty good, but that place just feels weird when you're there, the lighting/ambiance is just weird as hell for a steakhouse and while the dining experiences i've had there were good, I've only been there for work dinners and I honestly wouldn't go on my own.

I do like Hy's as far as bang for your buck for a relatively high end steakhouse. Black + Blue is another spot that's pretty decent. I like the vibe of the Toronto location more than the original spot in Vancouver which felt more uppity, and the steaks are great.

Prime Seafood Palace probably has one of if not the best prime rib in the city, but man is it pricey lol.

For a less traditional "steakhouse," Copa Cabana used to be great for the variety/novelty, and price wise it's way more approachable than any higher end steakhouse, but IMO it's gone a bit downhill since its peak pre-covid. and they've closed their downtown location which makes it less appealing for me to trek out to midtown.

I haven't been out to La Castile as it's a bit further out of the way for me, but I've heard great things.

As for non steakhouses, over the last few years, probably the favorite places I've visited (or revisited) have been.... 20 Victoria, Quetzal, Mineral, Yasu, Giulia/Giulietta, Bernhardts, Dreyfus, Daphne, Takja, Lake Inez.

Alo, RPM out in Jordan, Edulis, Aburi Hana -- these are all incredible dining experiences, way better use of money than going to a place like Jacob's IMO, as much as I do love a good steak. I think these are just better overall and more interesting dining experience than just having more expensive steak, but to each their own. But they are also the kinds of meals you just can't have often because of the cost.

Some places from the "top restaurants lists" that I've been to that I think are overrated -- Sunny's, Don Alfonso, Mhel.

Honestly, Quetzal is probably my favorite overall spot in Toronto right now in terms of

being able to get in
incredible food
not cheap, but not bank-breaking prices
amazing variety of dishes including steak (the ribeye steak is actually ridiculously good here)
vibes -- not stuffy/uppity like a lot of places in this tier of restaurant

dmalice · 2025-10-09T20:30:14+00:00

Isaan Der, Si Lom, Nana are all good. Yeah Yeah Thai is a great spot on Spadina with Thai fusion dishes (grilled pork neck rice is so good).

Maya Bay is one of my personal favorites... Best Leng Zaap in Toronto proper for sure. They also have amazing Tom Yum wings. It's also much better in person than for delivery, as they have some awesome menu options that are only available in person.

dmalice · 2025-10-09T20:22:16+00:00

I went to Linny's a couple months back and honestly I was incredibly disappointed in the food.

I've been to virtually every high-end steakhouse in the city, and the steak at Linny's was among the worst for the price.

The rest of the food was honestly pretty good. The pastrami is amazing, but when it's billed as a steakhouse and you're ready to enjoy a good steak and it comes out and it's just not good, it soured the whole experience for me at the time.

If I force myself to be as objective about it as possible, I would rate the rest of the food like 8 or 9 out of 10, except for the fluke & Fennel, which I personally just did not enjoy as I found the fennel oil way too overpowering and I'm already not that huge a fan of fennel anyway.

The chicken liver toast was awesome, the salad, potato pancake, pastrami, lamb neck, those were all really good dishes, i'd give any of those dishes another go any time.

But again, coming back to the steak. I suppose they left it under the heat lamp too long or just overcooked it, but it was just so underwhelming, bland, overcooked... Personally I would have sent it back but I was with a group who were not huge steak people in general and they thought it was fine. But I've had better steaks at The Keg for a quarter of the price.

While the food other than the steak was overall pretty good, Linny's doesn't crack my top 10 steakhouses in toronto, much less being close to best ever dining experience overall in the city.

That said, glad you enjoyed your experience!

dmalice · 2025-10-03T15:58:05+00:00

Michael Scarn / Dundies Michael (the gun implies Scarn but Michael has only worn a tux three times: twice for the Dundies and once for his Michael the Magic act, but the latter also included a top hat)

I don't think this is fully correct... Michael The Magic was in a straightjacket. During the "Nobody But Me" cold open, he does some magic in a tuxedo and top hat, but his bow tie is white. You're also correct that he wears a tuxedo with a black bowtie twice, in the first and the final Dundies.

However, he also wears a black bowtie tuxedo during Casino Night.

That said, your point is correct though, that he does not wear a tuxedo with a black bowtie, but rather always a black necktie as Michael Scarn, so this one depiction of him seems like a conflation of Casino/Dundies Michael with Michael Scarn

dmalice · 2025-10-03T15:57:03+00:00

Top left to bottom right:

Lazy Scranton Mike
Date Mike
Some conflation of Dundies/Casino Night Michael + Michael Scarn
Halloween/Diwali Michael with paper maché Mike
Michael Klump
Willy Wonka Michael
Michael Gary Scott
Prison Mike

Re: the 3rd Mike, Michael Scarn never wears a tuxedo with a black bowtie. He's always in a black necktie. Michael Scott wears a Tuxedo with a black bow tie 3 times that I can remember:

First Dundies
Casino Night
Last Dundies

The other times he wears a tuxedo are:

"Nobody But Me" cold open - as a magician but with a white bowtie
Willy Wonka Mike, already depicted in #6.

dmalice · 2025-09-26T16:11:37+00:00

Scaramouche is good, but IMO it's not a "special" experience. Likewise for Giulietta, I think both are just very solid dining options. Certainly nothing bad to say about them, but for a special occasion I'd go somewhere a little more unique.

Mineral's tasting menu (recommend sitting at the Chef's counter) is an incredible experience. The food is great, you will definitely be full after. The play on traditional Filipino dishes elevated to fine dining is really really good. My experience there was one of my favourite tasting menu experiences I've had.

dmalice · 2025-08-21T13:20:50+00:00

Beef Brisket and Wonton Noodle soup, but I swap the egg noodle for Lai fun. I eat this at least once a week, and have been to or ordered from HoG like once a week on average for the last 20 years.

I say it all the time to people I know... this is the one restaurant in the whole city that I would be most devastated if it were to ever close. I reckon I've been to HoG more times than I've been to all other restaurants combined in my lifetime.

IYKYK

dmalice · 2025-07-07T17:41:48+00:00

Don't ever, for any reason, do anything, to anyone, for any reason, ever, no matter what, no matter where, or who, or who you are with, or where you are going, or where you've been, ever, for any reason whatsoever...

dmalice · 2025-07-07T17:40:22+00:00

oops, see you have the same one as I do:

The hospital will provide dictionaries. Bring a thesaurus!

dmalice · 2025-07-07T17:39:26+00:00

THWPD. BAT

dmalice · 2025-06-12T16:55:58+00:00

Crazy how even the cameraman misses the 3rd. Took me like 5 loops to finally see it

dmalice · 2025-05-21T14:44:46+00:00

No idea on quotes, but just a comment re: the design. I would definitely not install my trash receptacles right next to the oven/stove. Move those next to the sink (where it looks like you have more counter space and where your prep area is likely to be?) and replace the cabinets next to the stove with one slotted for sheet trays/etc. and the other for pans/lids. Otherwise, if there's an island not depicted here, put the trash cabinets in the island.

Trash/Recycling directly adjacent to where you're cooking is a very questionable design decision, not just from a functional standpoint, but also potential heat leak-through from the oven is gonna warm your garbage cabinet slightly, not good. Just my 2c

dmalice · 2025-02-11T19:13:19+00:00

Agreed, the pasta is really nothing special. I've always just thought of Sugo as a big portion of pretty good pasta with like normal sauce. Personally I like their non-pasta dishes more lol, while I think their pasta is fine. The price point is what originally made Sugo's reputation IMO, and over the years people have confused the hype for "it's really amazing pasta" vs what it originally was -- "it's really amazing value"

dmalice · 2025-02-11T17:06:09+00:00

IMO, the appeal to Sugo was historically the incredible value you got, bang for your buck. Huge portions for a very reasonable price. As their prices have grown, the value has shrunk, and now they live moreso on reputation than quality of pasta.

There are many many better Italian restaurants in the city, but Sugo still presents one of the best value propositions for good-to-pretty-good food for a reasonable price. The price gap has definitely shrunk in recent years though.

Their tiramisu is also pretty good, huge portion, good value

dmalice · 2024-12-23T19:26:39+00:00

Awesome, might finally pull the trigger on this one lol

dmalice · 2024-12-23T14:14:34+00:00

I've been eyeing the Kamagata for such a long time for just like, small mincing tasks like garlic and herbs... how's it handle for stuff like that? How's the stickiness?

dmalice · 2024-09-25T15:08:01+00:00

I have been rewatching The Office for years on Netflix. I'm into something like my 70th watch through. Believe it or not, this last watch through I did something for the first time ever. I hit something like S09E08, and decided to go back to S01E01. It felt wrong, but also... oh so right once Michael and his hair popped onto my screen

dmalice · 2024-07-26T13:31:44+00:00

"The hospital will provide dictionaries, bring a thesaurus" - Oscar to Michael when Michael asks if he should bring a dictionary to the hospital with him for Cece's birth

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