OMG-The Food Is FABULOUS!!!
People of Aurora and Newmarket!!! Sit up and take notice of this hidden jewel at the old Trio Restaurant location on Yonge Street! We found this place after plugging in "Best Places to Eat, Aurora, Ontario" and this popped up - we had a simply outstanding dinner here tonight (July 23/10). This restaurant has lots of clean, futuristic design elements and with it's subdued lighting, we enjoyed an upscale atmosphere at EXTREMELY reasonable prices. It wasn't packed but it certainly had people coming and going all night (for take out, too)! The waiters and waitresses and kitchen staff all hustled and bustled in and out....we had the feeling of youth and vitality and a lot of serious young restauranteurs working hard at a labour of love. But now the important part...the food! My husband, son and I are all real foodies - we appreciate great food, which can be hard to find in these neck of the woods (there, i said it, somebody had to). We started with a shared order of #A5 Cold Roll with Shrimp which was beautiful to look at, fresh to taste and when dipped in that fabulous peanut sauce with a hint of something we just couldn't identify but LOVED, it was WOW!! Shazaam!! Then we had the LOBSTER Tempura Appetizer which was like HEAVEN in my MOUTH!! Get this....$8.99 but it was on special: .99 cents if our dinner order was over $30!!! It was amazing: it was beautifully plated with a bright red lobster tail shell, 6 big chunks of succulent lobster and thick cut slices of zucchini and eggplant, all tempura'd up...EXCELLENT! We will definitely order this again at the full price. For our entrees, we all ordered Annalisa's Signature Combo #AL3Japanese (good thing i brought the take out menu home, huh?!), me with beef terriyaki, the boys with chicken (will that be white meat or dark?!). The entree came with a delcious mushroom miso soup (hubby said: mmm! earthy!), an avocado salad (OMG delcious)...wow, allll this BEFORE our entree arrived. Couldn't believe how much food!! It was beautiful to look at: We each received a large compartment tray with rice, 2 shrimp tempura, 3 deep fried scallops, 3 slices of california roll with ginger, a beautiful melange of exotic smoky stir fried onions/red peppers/mushrooms/zucchini and a yummy beef teriyaki on a bed of specialty lettuce...I could barely finish (i was going to take it home)...even my bottomless-pit teenage son said those magic words "I'm full!" All this deliciously and lovingly prepared (i could tell, i'm a foodie I told ya) food was only $14.99...MAN we were impressed. Oh, and just when you thought you were going to waddle out, I leaned over to my husband and whispered, "I think it includes dessert..." His eyes widened "NO WAY!" It did. We were presented with 6 miniature proliferoles puffs filled with ice cream and dusted with icing sugar and dollops of whipped cream to share.Hubby's eyes rolled back into his head...teenage son tried to convince me that i already had two (i only had one...honest!) and then like a sweet dream it was over. What a meal people. It's my new favourite place and I plan on telling all my grrlfriendz...THIS is where we're going for our next get together. BRAVO Annalisa's!! OUTSTANDING!