Fish Taco

69 Kensington Avenue | Toronto, ON
http://www.sevenlives.ca

Slowly making my way through the Taco scene in Toronto, this time I visited Seven Lives. My sister has been raving about this place since forever! This tiny shop is located in the heart of Kensington and is constantly packed, we were there on a Saturday around 3pm and the people just kept coming. Although the place was pretty busy, the tacos came out in a timely matter.

There’s only has one large table that can seat 6 comfortably and a bar table (no seats) along one side. So basically everyone was standing and it was just uncomfortable, annoying and I couldn’t enjoy my taco to it’s full potential!

We got the Pulpo On Mole Verde, an octopus taco with a pumpkin seed mole; and the Baja Fish, deep fried mahi mahi with cream sauce. Both Tacos we’re $5, their tacos range from $4-5 each and they only accept cash.
Above: Pulpo On Mole Verde. The octopus was cut into small pieces, perfectly tender and had a nice kick of spice. The pumpkin seed mole gave the taco a nice nutty flavour the seed were a nice contrast in texture with the guacamole. I’ve never had a octopus taco before but this was really good.

This Baja Fish taco is probably one of the best ones I’ve ever had, the extremely crispy batter incased the moist and perfectly cooked Baja fish. The fish was the star and all the other flavours just enchanted it. Did I mention that it came with two giant pieces of Baja? I basically had to separate the two piece in two tortilla so I could fit it in my mouth.

All tacos come with two piece of tortillas cause their extremely messy, remember to grab napkins before you enjoy your tacos. Seven Lives lives up to the hype and I’ll definitely be back but probably in the summer where I can enjoy the tacos outside inside of a room like pack sardines.

10 Vogell Road | Richmond Hill, ON
http://www.turtlejacks.com/

My friends and I always have an annual Christmas dinner gathering and this year we decided to go to Turtle Jack’s. It was a lot of our first times heading there so didn’t really know what to expect.
I honestly thought it was going to be super casual somewhat like Jack Astor’s. Boy were we taken back when we stepped into a cozy cabin like restaurant, lots of stone & wood decor and warm lighting.

We started off with a couple of orders of the nacho extravaganza for $13.95. I don’t have anything special to say about it, just mediocre.

We also got the 3 cheese dip which was served with nann and crispy tortilla chips for $10.99. The nann was absolutely delicious, it was soft, warm and perfect. The cheese dip was was good but again nothing special.

For my entree, I got the Basa Fish Tacos for $12.49. Soft flour tortillas stuffed with lightly fried basa fish, tomatoes, guacamole, mango salsa and a chipotle lime aioli. You had a choice of salad, fries or soup and I got french onion soup for an extra $0.99.

I absolutely loved my meal. The onion soup was great, not overly salty and packed with onions; the cheese was gooey and crispy at the same time (not burnt at all, it’s just a horrible picture). The fish was perfectly cooked with a crispy crust. Oh! and the coleslaw was delicious too!
I would definitely recommend this!

Everyone else enjoyed their meals as well, no complaints from anyone!

Oh yea, Turtle Jack’s has really good mashed potatoes too, I kept picking as Jess’ even though I was beyond stuffed.

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SEVEN LIVES

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