YoYo

Yo Yo    102-5 Street S.

It was real cold today and when we got to our agreed upon spot it was closed for "the owners personal" reasons. So we had to scramble to come up with something quick and close. Yo Yo fit the bill and off we went. Five of us met here today and considering there is only seating for about 12, we created a lunch hour rush. Actually, other people must like this place too because within a few minutes of the five of us arriving, another 15 - 20 joined the line to order their food. They specialize in Panini's and Crepe's. I ordered a Chicken Club panini. They assured me it would be big enough to fill me and it was. In fact two of our group didn't finish theirs. I can't imagine who could eat the large size because it is double what I had. Because of the noon rush the food was a little slow but not unreasonably considering there were only two people working in there. My panini had lots of flavor but was a little tricky to eat wrapped in paper. I would have liked to cut it in half, but it didn't really last that long anyway. By the time it was in my hands I was hungry and down it went.  I don't normally order a sandwich when we go out so I don't know what I was thinking. Just hungry I guess. A lot of the other people in the restaurant ordered crepes. I'll have to try one next time. $6.50 for a panini   "J"

Uhh... Ya I'm still not sure what to think of YoYo's I had a Brooklyn Pinini, It wasn't great. I was hungry, I ate it. It sat in my stomach all afternoon. The thought of eating one again tomorrow.. NO. I do want to try the Crepe's though, maybe they are better, or maybe the other pinini's are better. It was fairly busy in there today, it took a few minutes for all of us to get our food. The service was fine. The staff was friendly. I thought the price was good. My Pinini and a huge 710ml pop came to $9.19. Not Bad, I'm not trashing on the place, but I wasn't really amazed. Not yet anyway. It filled me up. I hope next week goes better. "M"

Hey everybody, this is "C". Like "J", I too had the chicken club panini.  I like to eat, and when I eat I like to eat a lot!  In fact at the office I'm known as sort of the human garburator.  So anyways, this panini was large enough to cause my eyes to somewhat pop right out of their sockets! I caught 'em and stuffed 'em back in then opened super wide and began stuffing this massive monolith into my cake hole. Flavourful and yumnicious, I kept eating and eating and eating! Was the lunch hour going to be long enough to finish this thing? I also had the soup, which to my gladness was mushroom.  I love mushrooms, unlike "J" who is afraid of them. The soup was quite deliteful.  I would have liked it a little thicker, but the large mushroom pieces gave the soup some substance.  I chased it down with good ol' fashioned H20.  The atmosphere at YoYo's is very bistro-like with a concrete floor, a couple of tables, and a raised bar-like thingie. The staff were very friendly and dispite the noon hour rush we seemed to cause, they performed gallantly, delivering our food in a timely manner.  Over all I give YoYo's a 4 out of 5. I definately will try the crepes next time, as the roof of my mouth is still rather tender from the crispiness of the panini. "C"

Soho

Soho Restaurant   309-7 Street S.

Another little restaurant hiding from most people. Located on the east side of 7th street just down from Dougs Sports. There's a little plug for Dave. It was a little cold today so we were anxious to get in where it was warm. Not a large restaurant, maybe 6 or 8 tables. The menu appeared to be mostly asian food but we were interested in the lunch special. Your choice of 3 options for $9.50 including a drink. Very reasonable. I had the sweet & sour chicken but couldn't decide whether I wanted rice with it or chow mien, so the server offered to bring both. I was very happy with that. We didn't wait too long and the food came out piping hot so we knew it was made fresh. I am used to chow mien that is mostly vegetables, but this was a noodle dish. I was a little surprised but very pleased when I tasted it. The flavors were all good, the food was hot and fast, and it was all for under $10. I went back to the office full.  "J"

                         

                                     

Ya, Soho was good, I found it a really good lunch special. Most places in Lethbridge don't include a drink but Soho does. $9.50, good price. I had the rice vermicelli noodles with grilled pork and a spring roll. The spring roll was kinda nast, tasted more like an egg roll. The noodles were not quite as soft as they could have been. The pork tasted good. Was it the best Vietnamese lunch I've had? No. The Price was right and I was full. I wished I had tried something else on the menu because I've had this same type of thing before at other places in town. SoHo I give you a 4.5 out of 10. However, that's not to say I won't be back because I want to try the Pho.  "M"

Taj East Indian Cuisine

Taj East Indian Cuisine

This is a great place to start because it was such a pleasant experience. We have been eating out on thursdays for years and recently gotten into a rut of eating at the same place, with few exceptions. We enjoyed the food at the Taj so much we couldn't stop talking about it. In fact that's kind of what inspired the idea to blog about our lunch time food experiences.  Personally, I like food with lots of flavor and because of that I really enjoy most ethnic foods. Notice the most, but not always. Anyway that's what I loved about Taj. It's a fairly small restaurant in the older part of downtown Lethbridge. Nice atmosphere, very friendly. During the lunch hour they have a small buffet and the server was more than eager to explain all the dishes to us since it was our first time there. Eight different main dishes, a small salad and dessert selection was there for us to choose from. I am not an east indian cuisine expert, but I am familiar with a few of the dishes. Some were new to me.  Over all I loved every bite of food that I took. There were a few disappointments but nothing too big. I am used to Butter Chicken with a little more zing to it and this was very mild. The BBQ'ed chicken had a great flavor but was a little dry for me, it made it a little too chewy. The Pakora was a new dish to me and I loved it, I would go back just for more of that.  There was plenty of flavor to enjoy, and being a buffet there was plenty of food to eat. I went back to work very pleased and would recommend this restaurant to all. One last note is that unfortunately the cost of this restaurant did not fall into our $10 range. It was more like $12.55 for the buffet but still well worth it.  Give it a try.    "J"

Hi There, This is "M", I want to give my take on "Taj." What can I say that "J" didn't?   I LOVED IT. What a great place, the food was Amazing. I loved the butter chicken on the rice. The Naan Bread was great too. I don't know much about East Indian Food, but the flavor was fantastic. I would go back. True, we like to eat lunch in Lethbridge for $10 or less, but I would make an exception to go back to Taj. Its decorated nice inside, they were very friendly to us and willing to take the time to explain everything. This has to be one of my favorite places in town.  So Good. "M"

Hey good peoples, this is "C".  Because of a bit of a self imposed hiatus from the usual thursday lunch gig,  I didn't go to Taj with the LLN (LethbridgeLunchNomads). But it must have been a great place cause the boys couldn't stop yakin' about it for like three days! All they talked about for days, was how good Taj was, and how it was so good they wish they were eating right now!  I'd like to play tough and say that I didn't care, but they said it was soooo amazing, that I regret not going with them.  I will definately go next time, eat, enjoy, and talk about it for weeks. "C"