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| Moxie connected with Square One |
For
my first entry, I have chosen Moxie’s grill bar located at Mississauga Square
one shopping centre. This particular restaurant, I find it in a great location
for the accessibility either you are taking the bus, car or a walking distance
if you live around the area or just visiting your friends and family. If you
are a tourist you would want to come visit Square one, Mississauga’s living
arts center, the civic center which offers an ice rink in winter, the library
and the celebration square. Tip: at
night it is just beautiful to look at.
When
you go to Moxie’s grill bar you will notice there are two ways in going inside,
one from the inside of the mall and the other from the outside. As you enter you
will be greeted by the receptionist and seated according to your preference,
either in the bar or the dining room and you will also notice their lighting is
dim. The bar is not very impressive since they still have old and out dated TV
for sports and just not good to look at but the layout of the seating is
decent. The dining room in the other hand makes up for what the bar is lacking,
they have a great spacing if you have a party of 10 or more, they have tables
for 4 to 6 people and a great place near the fireplace for romantic dining for
2.
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| Menu |
Their
choices of food are great and it doesn’t overwhelm your choice of experience
and that is perfect, you wouldn’t want too many choices. The price range is
descent from 8.99 starters and 29.99 for the main course.
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| White Peach Bellini |
They have daily specials along the week from
the bar service. I was there this Wednesday with my girlfriend and we tried out
their White Peach Bellini special for 3.99. With an additional of $2.00, we got
it up-sized to massive cup!
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| Beef Vandoloo |
The
food that I had was is Beef Vandoloo “rich & spicy with shredded sweet
coconut over jasmine rice drizzled with yogurt and a side of curry buttered
naan bread." If you like different types of food, especially curry dishes,
then this is the right choice for you. It has very strong spices and exotic
flavor. They have 9 well triangular cut, warm naan bread that is sprinkled with
curry flavor, around your main dish. The beefs are placed on top of the jasmine
rice and drizzled with a generous amount of vandoloo sauce. The dish is very presentable
and laid out properly. Beef was well cooked and tender. The dish was overall
dish is very delicious and flavourful. I would recommend it to people who is a
curry fans or adventurers who likes to try new things.
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| Mediterranean Prawn & Crab Linguine |
If
you are not a curry lover and pasta is your thing then maybe the Mediterranean
Prawn & Crab Linguine is your thing. My girlfriend picked this because she
loves pasta and sea food also the waitress highly recommended it if you are a
pasta lover. This dish is described as
“tossed in house-made basil pesto with fresh tomatoes, with prawn and crab meat.”
Will first thing first, their crab is not any real crab but imitation crab meat,
but they make up for it with their shrimps. The presentation of the dish was
presentable, their shrimp was well cooked and very juicy and the pasta had the
right amount of sauce. The taste of this food was very flavorful, but my
girlfriend didn’t like it, she did like the sea food and the linguine but not
the overall taste. She described it as too salty. She end up liking my Beef Vandoloo
instead.
The
one thing Moxie’s grill bar is known for is their dessert White Chocolate Brownie
described as “warm chocolate sauce, French vanilla ice cream & real whipped
cream.” This is a must have and before you leave, you must order it. There are
two different sizes, one is the regular normal size while the other is a small
junior size. Unfortunately at that time me and my girlfriend dined in and ready
to order it, they ran out. It’s a must have and if you go their do get it.
The
experience as me and my girlfriend entered was very welcoming, the host
directed us to our seats and once we were at our seats we notice that we didn’t
have the utensils in our table and we had to ask for it once we had our foods.
The service that we got from our server was good and she also notified us when
she was about to clock in for her day, she introduced us to our new server that
will take her position. Our new server did come by and asked us if we were okay
for several times but in the end when we asked for the bill, he did take long
and you can see him chatting with friends in the other table. Overall service
was great but with minor hiccups.
Overall
would I recommend it? By all means go to the square one location, their food is
very good, the presentation is great, the service is good and the price is
descent. Keep in mind though, if you are going to Moxie’s for drinks at the
bar, (there are better bars around the area.) so think twice before heading out
there. The presentation of the bar really lacks. A good tip if you end up going
to check out the bar with a couple of friends and have a few drinks. Monday is
their wings day, from 4 pm till close its $3.50 per pound.
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