Monthly Archives: June 2017

Media Tasting at Il Fornello King

Posted on June 21, 2017 by stenoodie

Last night, we had a media tasting thanks to jojoinstameets at the King Street West location of Il Fornello. This location of Il Fornello was actually the very first Il Forenllo that I had visited back in July 2010 (my … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Transient

Posted on June 21, 2017 by stenoodie

I feel like a similar challenge of “transient” has been done before. Nevertheless, I thought of this photo that I took when I visited the cherry blossoms four years ago at High Park. Cherry blossoms are always in transient and that’s … Continue reading →

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Toronto Market Co. Adelaide Eats Food Market 2017

Posted on June 20, 2017 by stenoodie

Adelaide Eats is back for another year! (It used to be called Front Street Foods.) It’s located at the second floor terrace of Adelaide Place, overlooking both Adelaide St. West and University Ave. It’s an outdoor food market and there are … Continue reading →

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Recap of Taste of Toronto 2017

Posted on June 19, 2017 by stenoodie

Last year, I attended the Taste of Toronto 2016 festival for free because I had won tickets to it from Raymond. Even at the close of last year’s event, I had said that if I happened to win tickets again … Continue reading →

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Toastmasters, my second session

Posted on June 18, 2017 by stenoodie

Yesterday, I had my second session of Toastmasters (Youth Leadership Program version) and I was able to do my first speech! Before the one hour-ish session, I prepped at home by writing out what I was going to say through … Continue reading →

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Ohhh Canada at Smoke’s Poutinerie in celebration of Canada’s 150!

Posted on June 17, 2017 by stenoodie

Canada’s 150th birthday only comes around once in a lifetime so Smoke’s Poutinerie has come up with “the most Canadian-themed dish the world has ever seen” to produce the Canadian of all Canadian poutines to celebrate this historic milestone! (We … Continue reading →

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Private Tasting at Origination Noodle House (Silver Star Blvd)

Posted on June 16, 2017 by stenoodie

This past Wednesday, I was invited to Origination Noodle for a private tasting thanks to Sweven Media. I arrived promptly at 6 p.m. and was the first one to arrive even before Minnie, the hostess. Origination Noodle House is located … Continue reading →

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Chi’s Congee & Noodle House

Posted on June 16, 2017 by stenoodie

Last weekend, we came here for lunch with Ken’s family. Chi’s Congee & Noodle House is a standard Cantonese restaurant that serves rice, noodles, congee, stir-fried dishes, soups, and the like. It’s located in the busy and popular Golden Square … Continue reading →

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Lim Ga Ne (Bloor Street West)

Posted on June 15, 2017 by stenoodie

After the BBQ Eats Festival, we ventured to downtown Korea Town and ended up at Lim Ga Ne for dinner. We chose this restaurant based on the fact that it was dinner time and we wanted an available restaurant that … Continue reading →

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2017 BBQ Eats Festival: Toronto

Posted on June 15, 2017 by stenoodie

I was first alerted to this BBQ Eats Festival in early May and I even registered for the event to get two free tickets. Fast forward to the event last weekend and I found out that the event itself was … Continue reading →