A reunion with my previous co-workers at Jipolis Amusement Center (R.I.P JIPS) brought me to Firefly Seafood & Steak House at First Markham Place. This was a week exact after my wisdom teeth removal (which was July 29th to show you how behind I am with this blog). After a look at the menu I was set to order pasta, which would go easy on my mouth. Soon after though, a quick glance at another menu revealed something more worthy for this occasion. There was a special going with the words and I quote “SUPER SHOCKING LOW PRICE – 17.99 + tax”. The original price of this “special” was 34.99 mind you. Two things I thought after seeing this: 1)I can’t believe people actually put something like that on a menu 2) 17.99 + tax is considered a low price meal? But, being the sucker that I am, I eventually got the SUPER SHOCKING SPECIAL (17.99 + tax) in the end. Basically, this is a 4 course meal with: house salad with ginger and vinegar sauce, puff pastry onion soup, prime rib with mashed potatoes and a dessert.
I forgot to take pictures of the salad and dessert (which was just a mango pudding, nothing special), but I did remember to take the soup and roast beef (see above). Anyways, the salad was average. Small and average to be exact. The soup looked decent and it tasted alright, at least the puff pastry part did. The soup itself was quite bland and watered down. The whole time it would try to make a comeback (No MJ jokes please) but failed to give me a real sense of flavour. The prime rib was better than I expected, but it was no Harbour Sixty or even Keg prime rib. It was more like Mandarin prime rib, which is actually roast beef in disguise. However, it was more tender and juicy than Mandarin which is at least a good thing.
Before the reunion, I think I haven’t been to Firefly for about 3-4 years already. After the meal, I remembered why I didn’t go and why I shouldn’t go there again. For the price of the food, I’m sure you can go to other places for the same price but better quality (Moxies, Milestones to name a few). I guess I don’t even have to say whether I’m going to go back to this place or not. You guys be the judge.
Rating: 6.5/10 (+0.5 more for the effort on the puff pastry only = 7/10)
Firefly Seafood & Steak House
3255 Highway 7 East, Unit 2-2A
Markham, ON
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