Tosi & Company on Main Street in Chinatown is the last standing Italian business that was once part of little Italy in Chinatown. This shop is truly a hidden gem with all sorts of imported canned, bottled tomatoes, pastas, olives, olive oils, spices and a large selection of parmesan cheeses. One of my favorite blogs –Â everybody likes sandwiches mentioned Tosi & Company as the place to get pasta, so Tre and I went to check Tosi & Company for ourselves.
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After recovering from the flu and being able to eat solids again, I had one thing on my mind — Dim Sum. However, the idea of waking up early in the morning and getting ready to battle through the crowds and service just to get Dim Sum is not my idea of a thrilling time. But I had a craving, so we decided to head on over to one of our friends’ restaurant way out in the burbs –Delta/Surrey — not exactly a city known for having decent Chinese restaurants.
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Everyone I know appears to have some sort of childhood memory of Uncle Willy’s — that quintessentially mid-80’s dining phenomenon known as the all-you-can-eat buffet. Quite frankly, it surprises me to no end that this artifact of the past is still around. On a mutual dare, a group of us decided to head out to Uncle Willy’s to revisit this culinary curiosity and to reminisce about days gone by. Fried chicken and ice cream, here we come.
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