Mongolie Grill

Wednesday night was date night. I wanted to head over to Toys R Us on Calgary Trail as I wanted to get stocked up on Summer toys for the children. Every year we go around this time and get things like sand toys, balls, games for playing outside, bug catchers etc etc. So we went there and did that (hence the Swing ball below). Val thats where we got Sams bee shovel - they have a set of metal garden tools in bug designs and we got bee ones for Sam and Ladybug for Abby.

I got a set of sand toys to keep in the car for at Broadmoor Lake and Miquelon etc and a set for at home as Lloyd is ordering the sand this weekend for the sandbox.

After Toys R Us we headed out for dinner. We have been trying some different restaurants lately because all our favourites have such long wait times (thanks to the Alberta boom) so we decided to try the Mongolie Grill. People rave about it on LP so we thought we'd try it and see. We'd never been so didn't know what to expect.

We walked it and the girl that camew to greet us was dressed smartly (Joeys Global style. She got a couple of menus and almost threw them at us and they landed on the floor - it was hilarious and she laughed too and put them away and got a couple of others and showed us to a booth. the restaurant inside didn't look very nice - kind of cafeteria style but with a big kind of grill in the middle of the restaurant - kind of hot plate style with a few chefs stood around it stir-frying on it and a buffet style bar at one end.

Most of the tables were in a dining room kind of area and then at one side were some smarted looking booths in a darker section and thats where we sat. It was nicer there thankfully!

Our server came over and he was really nice and he took our drinks order and explained all about the restaurant and gave us our bowls.

Basically, for those who have never been, its a stir fry restaurant. You go over to the raw buffet. You fill your bowl with all the raw vegetables, meats, fish and sauces that you want and then you take it over to the chefs. You then go and sit down. the chefs cook it for you in the middle of the restaurant and then your server brings it over to you with rice and wraps. How it tastes depends on what sauces you put in, what vegetables and meats etc etc you put in.

I have to say the vegetables were GORGEOUS and fresh! I had soup and green onion cakes to start and I had all vegetables in my stir fry. I added some peanuts and had a lovely honey and ginger sauce. And a spicy and hot sauce too. Lloyds was even nicer though! No idea what he put in his though!

Afterwards we shared a banana cheesecake cooked on the grill.

I wasn't very impressed with the restaurant. Its a very bland cafeteria style restaurant. The food was ok. I found it expensive for what it was - nothing special for the price. I wouldn't hurry to go back. It might be ok for lunch but not for dinner. It was the same price as a dinner at Joeys Global and to me it just didn't compare. We had a lovely evening - it was lovely being with Lloyd and trying somewhere new - glad we've been but not in a hurry to go back :)

But then thats probably why the restaurant was empty!!!