Mr. Jerk

This post is due to my hubby again.  He is the one that makes me pick up jerk pork on rice for him every once in a while.  Mr Jerk, located in Peanut Plaza has been around for a very long time.  I feel like I'm sharing a secret that I don't want to share.  Lunch special is less than $10.  Great for all the students near by.  I don’t know if it’s because we don’t eat a lot, but one takeout container is enough for the both of us for lunch. Their dinner portion is just a tad bigger than the lunch special, and a few dollars more.

Jerk pork is very flavourful, not overly salty, and most importantly not dry.  I've tried the jerk chicken on previous occasions, and found that to be quite dry.  I love the rice and peas that sit underneath the pork, and its topped with some cabbage and carrot slaw.  I’m not sure if gravy is supposed to be that thick, as I’ve been to other Caribbean restaurants with gravy that isn’t nearly as thick.  You just need to get over the small grimey looking interior.  There’s no room for you to sit, it’s strictly a take out place.  But good enough to satisfy the occasional craving.

Jerk Pork Lunch Special

Mr. Jerk

3050 Don Mills Rd.,

Toronto, ON

M2J 2C1

Phone:  (416) 491-3593

Hours:  Monday - Thursday 10:30a - 10:00p

             Friday 10:30a - 11:00p

             Saturday 10:30a - 10:00p

             Sunday 12:00p - 7:30p

http://www.mrjerk.ca

Sushi Bong

Craving sushi?  Don’t have much money to spend?  Go to Sushi Bong!  I have to admit that it’s not the absolute best sushi, BUT, it is great value.  Portions are large, rolls have tons of filling, not a lot of rice, and most importantly, the ingredients are fresh.  When I used to have a random craving for cheap sushi, I would settle for T&T sushi.  I’m so glad I found Sushi Bong.  No more supermarket sushi for me. 

We ordered a spider roll, dragon roll and a salmon roll.  Everything together was under $25, pretty reasonable I thought, till I opened my take out boxes.  HOLY amazing deal!  We got in total 2 large sized square Styrofoam containers.  I thought was a bit strange at first, considering the size of the T&T rolls I normally get, I assumed everything would fit into one single square Styrofoam container.  Turns out that one container held the spider roll.  There were 2 huge rolls in there, for one single order. 

Spider Roll

The dragon roll and salmon roll was in the second box.  The hubby normally doesn’t comment much on his food.  He just eats.  This time he was like, “OMG, look at the amount of salmon in this roll!!!  There’s so much fish, more than rice!”  Proportionally, there was definitely more fish than rice.  In all 3 of the rolls, there was definitely more filling than rice.

Dragon Roll and Salmon Roll

Sushi Bong has 2 locations.  Both locations have very minimal seating.  So if you can, try to do take out instead of dine in.

Sushi Bong

7181 Yonge St.,  Unit 27

Markham, ON

L3T 2B2

Phone:  (905) 597-2200