On Friday, I headed to the North York Centre via subway for lunch at Petit Potato. I was meeting with current and ex-coworkers and this Taiwanese restaurant was a good spot for everyone's commute. Given its premium location and size, we wondered how much was rent and if, with office workers still mostly working from home, they were making any money.
We ordered in 2s: appetizers, mains, and desserts. The deep-fried tofu with mushrooms ($7.99) was light and not too oily. The sous-vide chicken salad ($10.99) tasted best with its Asian ginger vinaigrette. I couldn't tell if the chicken was more tender than usual because of the sous-vide. I enjoyed the Salmon teppan pepper rice ($14.99) more than the Chicken teppan spaghetti ($12.99). The latter's sauce was mostly bland while the former had good flavour and toothsomeness. The Matcha soufflé pancake ($15.99) was a hit: soft and spongy. The grass jelly sago ($10.99) was refreshing with its mix of fruit and chewy jelly.
For us working folks, we mostly complained about the company's messed-up situation since 2019. It's kind of amazing the executives still think there's something to salvage (and find the funds to keep us limping along). For the retiree (or at least on temporary hiatus), they were busy making plans to travel: visiting Poland to see the ancestral homeland and a week-long hike through Scotland. Of course, there was also our aging bones and our aging relatives. Health was a top concern since we knew people who already had major surgeries like triple bypasses. With remote work and job exodus, it was good to remember that our colleagues actually exist in real-life.
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