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bearcat
Active Member
Thanks! I got a blueberry flavoured Pocky, some Bikkle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikkle) and some plant-based frozen kimbap. They also have one of my favourite dim sum dishes, but didn't get it today:
Towered
Superstar
Chicken feet are the worst!
Northern Light
Superstar
Towered
Superstar
No. Despite my hatred of vinegar and cheese, both would have likely improved the chicken feetDid you try them w/vinegar?
Wait. Cheese is hateable? I'm lactose intolerant and I looooovvvvvvvve cheese. I'll have your cheese, please.No. Despite my hatred of vinegar and cheese, both would have likely improved the chicken feet
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khris
Senior Member
I just want all those Kit Kats and Meiji bars thank you!
The hot food bar looks awesome, but I really wish the whole self serve thing disappeared with the pandemic. I don't trust people, and so many people are dirty and touch utensils and those utensils end up touching the food.
The hot food bar looks awesome, but I really wish the whole self serve thing disappeared with the pandemic. I don't trust people, and so many people are dirty and touch utensils and those utensils end up touching the food.
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
Hot food bar at least have the benefit of being hot (though it might just be at the right temperature for bacterial growth). Those self-serve antipasti counters are way more disturbing since you know it isn't something that would have to replaced daily.
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Mihairokov
Active Member
Visited the new Bestco last night and walked away pretty impressed with the size and selection. I had been to one previously (in North York?) but thought this location would be smaller. Ended up leaving with a receipt large enough for their $10 coupon promo. It felt larger than the T&T on Edward and since it's independent and Canadian feels slightly better to shop at. 
Checkout was smooth. It wasn't that busy but felt busier and cramped because a lot of people would stop and look around at things. They're really smart opening this up two weeks before university starts up.
Checkout was smooth. It wasn't that busy but felt busier and cramped because a lot of people would stop and look around at things. They're really smart opening this up two weeks before university starts up.
$2.49/100g or whatever it is meant we got a good amount of protein last night for ~$20. Like any other self-serve just avoid heavy carbs and the deal is pretty good. The shrimp in the hot food bar are very big and the fried fish is good, too.
Think it's always fun how they price them because they're like $2CAD in Japan but $5.99 here. Guess the convenience warrants the slight price difference. You'd see tourists in Japan scrambling for those Kit-Kats like their life depended on it. This location does have Royce chocolates which were a popular duty free gift at Narita - first time i've seen them retail in Canada.
Northern Light
Superstar
On Bestco (downtown).......I got around to browsing this week, and bought a couple of items.........along with trying the hot table.
I thought the store was attractive and well stocked and had fairly good product variety in general.
The depth of organ meat, if that's your thing is extensive.
I wasn't buying perishable on that day so can't speak to the quality in those categories beyond superficial observation. (positive).
Store was busy, but line very short.
My only knock, the hot table. From the posting up thread showing chicken feet to some positive reviews in the Toronto Chow group....(restaurant quality not supermarket quality) I came in w/high expectations.
I have to say, I was disappointed.
The offerings were unadventurous.
I consider the quality to be less than that at Shanghai Express in the TEC.
I tried a few things.
From Black Pepper Beef, to Fish Steak, Lo Mein, to Chicken Wings, and a couple of others. Real lack of spicy offerings, few things with sauces.
Everything to my palate was bland. The Chicken Wings were the winner in the group, but even they weren't uber flavourful, just a really crunchy skin/breading.
Maybe I just hit them on the wrong day, but there was nothing that I tried that I would go out of my way to come back for...
I thought the store was attractive and well stocked and had fairly good product variety in general.
The depth of organ meat, if that's your thing is extensive.
I wasn't buying perishable on that day so can't speak to the quality in those categories beyond superficial observation. (positive).
Store was busy, but line very short.
My only knock, the hot table. From the posting up thread showing chicken feet to some positive reviews in the Toronto Chow group....(restaurant quality not supermarket quality) I came in w/high expectations.
I have to say, I was disappointed.
The offerings were unadventurous.
I consider the quality to be less than that at Shanghai Express in the TEC.
I tried a few things.
From Black Pepper Beef, to Fish Steak, Lo Mein, to Chicken Wings, and a couple of others. Real lack of spicy offerings, few things with sauces.
Everything to my palate was bland. The Chicken Wings were the winner in the group, but even they weren't uber flavourful, just a really crunchy skin/breading.
Maybe I just hit them on the wrong day, but there was nothing that I tried that I would go out of my way to come back for...
Northern Light
Superstar
I am given to understand that Sobeys Queensway (the Kipling one) will close Nov 1st.
I don't know, but would assume the new Longos would be opening around the same time.
I don't know, but would assume the new Longos would be opening around the same time.
PurplePinky
Active Member
New No Frills opening, Sept. 11, on Bayview Ave south of Soudan.
Hoping it does well.
Hoping it does well.
Towered
Superstar
Is anyone capable of running a proper hot table??
Towered
Superstar
That joke of a "mall" is going to be on life support without the Sobeys.
ShonTron
Moderator
Kipling-Queensway Mall is one of many of those small malls built across Ontario both in cities and on the edges of smaller towns by the Oshawa Group, anchored by Food City on one end and Towers on the other; Galleria was one of the largest of its kind.
Like Galleria, it’s destined to become a development site. It’s only interesting that it lasted so long in its current form, elsewhere the Oshawa Group malls were partly or entirely demolished for big box retail or mixed use developments.
(There was a similar set of malls that had Woolco and Loblaws as the anchors, also often at the edge of smaller centres, a few of these still exist in their basic form, like Georgetown Marketplace.)
Like Galleria, it’s destined to become a development site. It’s only interesting that it lasted so long in its current form, elsewhere the Oshawa Group malls were partly or entirely demolished for big box retail or mixed use developments.
(There was a similar set of malls that had Woolco and Loblaws as the anchors, also often at the edge of smaller centres, a few of these still exist in their basic form, like Georgetown Marketplace.)