Saturday, September 29, 2012

Milestones Grill & Bar

We have eaten here twice. Once down in Calgary for breakfast and once in Edmonton for dinner. 

The Calgary experience was all in all a bad one. I believe there was a long weekend happening and despite coming on a Sunday brunch time the place was empty. We sat in the lounge area and received terribly slow service as we watched the wait staff gossip and play on their phones. 

We finally ordered from the one waiter who was trying to look after the two rooms. We went for straight breakfast meals, nice and easy. I got bacon, toast and scrambled eggs. Unfortunately the eggs were over cooked and watery, how that is possible is beyond me! I didn't eat half the meal which for me is a big deal! Blair enjoyed his breakfast burrito a bit more, although it did have onions in it despite asking for them to be removed, so he had to eat around them. 

The next time we went we didn't realise it was the same place until we sat down and saw the menus. We shared a main (I apologies I can't remember what it was) as we were keen to each have a dessert! The desserts were delicious. Unfortunately  I can't remember much else about the second time, although no news is good news sometimes when it comes to a bad dining experience. 

Food quality and taste = 6 out of 10
Atmosphere and service = 6 out of 10


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We are big dumpling fans as they are a prevalent tasty treat in Melbourne, Australia. We have eaten a lot of very delicious and traditional pan fried and steamed dumplings and were struggling to find any in Edmonton. With a bit of searching we stumbled upon Dumplings. 

So we drove down to the south and found this little restaurant which is in a business park. I don't think they do a large dinner crowd, it seems to be more for takeaway or business lunches. However the staff were super friendly to us as we arrived quite late. They made suggestions on what we should order and explained about the different spice levels, recommending that Blair stay well away from that sauce! 

We liked the pan fried dumplings to much that we took some frozen ones home for another time. They were well cooked with lots of meat inside and not too watery, which is the greatest risk. 

We would certainly come back here and have another dozen dumplings!

Food taste and quality = 8 out of 10
Service and atmosphere = 7 out of 10


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