Dinner at Vicki C's and Farewell to Little Ed


Ok, I admit that i've neglected my blog for a good week. but i'm making up for it by posting a lot this weekend. and look! with tons of pics. that should make you all happy. plus, i think i've finally figure out how to put the pics between text, so i'm not just sticking all the pictures at the beginning of the post.

So last night, the whole crew (all 13 of us) headed out to Victoria Seafood on Comm Ave for dinner to say goodbye to our good friend, little ed, who's moving down to florida tomorrow. victoria's (or vicki c's as leah likes to call it) is well known for it's excellent chinese food, fresh seafood and super low prices. i've never made it there for lunch, but one day, i'm totally gonna take advantage of their super cheap lunch menu. but dinner is also very well priced. where also can you get twin lobsters cooked with scallion and ginger or $9.95? Here's the one warning though, Victoria's does authentic chinese food very very well. it does not do americanized chinese food well. so if you're looking to order general gao's chicken or something ridiculous like that, don't go here. you'll be sorely disappointed. so the next tip. make reservations. especially if you're showing up with a large party and plan on arriving around 7. otherwise, plan on waiting. when we arrived yesterday, there were at least 20 ppl waiting to get into the place. luckily, i had already made reservations, so we breezed past all of them and arrived at our table, where our friends were waiting.

so on to the food. i promised lots of pics and here they are. we ordered a ton of food. at least 10 courses (and i didn't take pics of all of them) that's one great thing about going with lots of ppl, you get to order anything you want cause you'll actually eat all of it.


this is the fried shrimp with salt and pepper. yes. those are the heads that you see. and yes, you eat the whole thing. (katie is freaking out right now) totally tasty and very crunchy. leah had never eaten the shrimp with the head on and she totally loved it. see, the head is where all the flavor is (or so my parents always told me) so go ahead and gobble down the whole thing.

ok, here are the twin lobster. we actually ended up getting 3 orders (so that's 6 lobsters who sacrificed their lives for our dinner). we normally get it with scallions and ginger, but you can also get it steamed or with the spicy salt and pepper. yummy.


here's the soft shelled crab. again, fried with spicy salt and pepper. i had actually ordered rock crab, but i think that was lost in translation. and this was tasty anyway. the only reason i don't order the soft shelled crab is cause i always feel like the portion is small. much more lettuce on the plate than crab. but oh well. are you noticing a pattern here? victoria's seafood isn't called that for nothing.

ok, here's some meat for you. that's a fried porkchop.

and the last pic of the day. many of you will recognize me as the girl on the far left. and i agree with you, my hair does look better now that it's shorter. but really, the reason why this pic is up is cause you can see a few more dishes. there's the fried race with fish and chicken in the middle, the fried tofu with shrimp right below and some sauteed pea shoots to the left.

and what else could we have ordered? a beef hot pot, another order of veggies, pan fried house noodles and i actually did order a steamed sea bass, but luckily that didn't show up cause we were all stuffed by that point. dinner is concluded with a healthy helping of dole pineapples straight from the can and fortune cookies. don't expect dessert here, you won't get any. but you'll be so full that you won't really care.

and what was the grand total for this dinner of seafood excess?? $15 per person, including tip. (oh crap, i just remebered i owe leah money) that's right ppl. 6 lobsters, 10 courses and that's all it cost. amazing. that's why we love vicki c's. so whenever you're in the mood for excellent chinese food and don't want to fork over a ton of money, check out victoria's, you thank me later.