No French fries here: dining and dessert at Petit Potato

cool menu and utensils @ Petit Potato

There was nothing French and nothing with potatoes in the menu, but we went to Petit Potato with mostly dessert in mind.

We wanted to save some space for dessert so we shared a couple of dishes. Hubby and DD#2 shared some ramen 

Tender Pork Rib Ramen @ Petit Potato

while I shared the seafood bibimpap with DD#1. 

Seafood Bibimbap @ Petit Potato 

Both were just ok, nothing really earth shattering, but not bad at all. And really, it was good for one person. So, without dessert, we wouldn’t have been satisfied with sharing.

Grandma tried something new—Pork Cutlet Omurice with Spicy Curry sauce. Omurice is a rice omelet. Grandma gave me a bite and it was quite tasty.

The most awaited dish, though, was the Golden Toast, which we ordered along with the main courses as it took 30minutes to prepare.

Pork Cutlet Omurice with Spicy Curry Sauce @ Petit Potato

We ordered the Strawberry Golden Toast, a beautiful 10-inch dessert of ice cream, whipped cream and strawberries on a stack of French toast. It was so delightful. Perfect for sharing, hubby didn’t quite know initially how to slice it. We ended up just digging in! The vanilla ice cream was yummy, the whipped cream was light, and the French toast was airy and not too sweet. Delicious!

pièce de ré·sis·tance: Strawberry Golden Toast @ Petit Potato

They have other Taiwanese desserts as well—tapioca, pudding, grass jelly, snowflakes (flavoured shaved ice), milk teas, and slushies! We will be back to try out the other treats (or maybe have the Golden Toast again :) )

Chicago style pizza outside of Chicago

Stuffed pizza @ Chicago Style Pizza in Hamilton

 Coming from our Chicago trip a few years back, we thought we’d never find a great deep dish pizza outside of Chicago. Well, we found it—less than 2 hours away from Toronto!

Chicago Style Pizza is a hole in the wall restaurant in an unassuming street with hardly any parking, just outside downtown Hamilton. The place was packed and the wait for a pizza was at least an hour (two, we were told, for pasta). We didn’t go all the way from Toronto to go here, but we were here so we had to try it. Now let me tell you, the pizza was totally worth the wait!

Chicago Style Pizza, Hamilton

Featured in You Gotta Eat Here, the place just kept churning out pizza after pizza for dine in and pick up. They were open only at 4pm and we didn’t want to get stuck in traffic so we decided we will just bring our pizza home. What we should have done was called ahead to order and then just drop by to pick it up. But as we didn’t have a copy of the menu and we were not regulars or locals, we had to check the menu first. We got a 10-slice, 14-inch stuffed pizza with pepperoni and bacon (each topping cost an additional $1.75).

a good wait for tables @ Chicago Style Pizza, Hamilton

When we finally got to eat our pizza, we got an explosion of melted cheese and bacon perfection. Soooo delicious. With pepperoni and bacon added to zesty tomato sauce and two pounds of cheese, how can you go wrong? This large stuffed pizza ended up for two meals for our family of 5. Each slice was that filling.

Yummmm....Stuffed pizza @ Chicago Style Pizza, Hamilton

If you do prefer a regular or thick crust, they also have it. But, I know for sure that when I do go back, I will still order the stuffed pizza. I can get the other pizza closer to home. Maybe, just maybe, I will try the ooey, gooey pasta that I saw one table had—if it takes two hours, it must be good too, right? They also have chicken, veal and meatballs. So if you are not into deep dish, there would be something for you--even salad!  

Their pizza is a must-try. It will be hard to stay away from.