Big D's Grill

After a long hiatus from writing about food, I was enthralled by the rave reviews that I've heard about Big D's Grill. Everyone has been gushing about the quality of the food and I had to go down to give it a try. Today was a great end to the "HELL" week of the semester. 4 ASSignments due plus INSTEP plus training for races really pushed the body to its limit. So it was great to have Jam and Rach to go for a nice meal followed by great music at wala's. (plus the quintessential chicken wings!)

Mind you, when you take a look at how the food was presented, you would think we are at some fine-dining restaurant. Well you only got it half-right, the chef used to work at a fine-dining restaurant but now decided to open a stall at a coffee shop. It really is amazing to find such high quality stuff in a coffee shop! The price was also affordable as we each paid $20 and shared 4 dishes which is great value!

First up: Jamin had the Beer-battered Fish and Chips.

This one is true to its word. You can taste the beer in the crispy batter and the fish was firm and juicy, yeah JUICY.. not the dry or mashy type. Chips were home-cut potato slices. Nicely done.

Crabmeat Linguine: My dish. This one had many people going gaga over it and I could understand why. For $10.90, you get real crabmeat and the portion was substantial as well. My only grouse was that it was a tad dry. If there was slightly more sauce then it would be perfect.

But the picture looked really pretty ain't it?!

This one is the real stunner of the day. Carbonara Pasta. This is as ubiquitious as finding bak chor mee in a coffee shop as what the Carbonara is to an Italian Pasta restaurant.

But No.. we were so pleasantly surprised! IT was so light and smooth on the throat. The sauce was not too thick and overwhelming which was why it was so quickly slurpped up by us.

Finally, the star of the day is the "Rolls-Royce" of pork. This is the Kurobuta Pork Loin.

It is served with mashed potatoes, ratatouille and mexcian beans & bacon. The pork loin was understandably priced at a premium because of its texture. It was marbled with fat and had a robust flavour coupled with a nice chewy texture that was not too soft. Did a cut-up side view so that we can see the fats.. By the way they are on the left side..

It was a satisfying meal knowing that we had great food at a great price! And the best thing is there's still more dishes to try out! I would love to get my hands on the wagyu beef, ragu taglatelle and goulash..

Tonight has been a great way to round off the week. This week has been incredibly tough. And I thank God that he has seen me through it all. Read a note on daily bread, it said it would be sad one day if we cant thank God for anything.

So I really am glad that I can thank God for who he is and what he has done in my life. Oh. and Im so excited about Alberta! Shiok!