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About stenoodie

I'm a stenographer, foodie, avid traveller, and mom of 3 who loves to share her experiences with the world.

Matcha Desserts at Tsujiri North York

Posted on January 26, 2018 by stenoodie

January 21, 2018: After our ramen lunch at Konjiki Ramen, we continued strolling down Yonge Street in North York and came across Tsujiri. This is their second location (the original one is in “Little Tokyo” downtown Toronto — blogged about … Continue reading →

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Lining up to try Konjiki Ramen in North York!

Posted on January 25, 2018 by stenoodie

January 21, 2018: After the opening weekend “giveaway” at Meet Fresh, we headed straight down the street to Konjiki Ramen (located across from the North York Civic Centre) to see what all the hype was about. Konjiki Ramen comes from … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Variations on a Theme

Posted on January 24, 2018 by stenoodie

I love this week’s theme! This photo shows the very first time I went to a Paint Nite event. It’s a painting class paired with drinks where we learn from an instructor who briefly teaches us how to complete a … Continue reading →

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Opening Weekend at Meet Fresh Toronto with “Free Mochi”

Posted on January 23, 2018 by stenoodie

January 21, 2018: Meet Fresh is a Taiwanese dessert restaurant that has now expanded to Toronto! I remember hearing about the news sometime last year when Sweven Media was working on bringing them over to Toronto. This past weekend (January … Continue reading →

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Dinner at Crazy Don

Posted on January 22, 2018 by stenoodie

January 20, 2018: We specifically only ordered one item from Go Topoki since they didn’t have many selections of food we wanted to eat for dinner. Thus, we continued walking down Yonge Street and came across Crazy Don and stopped … Continue reading →

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Go Topoki – A Korean Rice Cakes Restaurant

Posted on January 21, 2018 by stenoodie

January 20, 2018: As the title of this blog post suggests, Go Topoki is a restaurant featuring Korean rice cakes (tteokbokki ~ stir-fried rice cakes, usually spicy). It’s located on Yonge Street 15 minutes south of Finch Station. It’s a … Continue reading →

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Hotel Review: Quality Hotel Midtown in Montreal

Posted on January 20, 2018 by stenoodie

We stayed here from August 4 to 7, 2017. We have stayed in a previous Quality Hotels before and I found them to be very reliable in terms of cleanliness, affordability, safety, has free wi-fi, and comfortable. We got to … Continue reading →

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Montreal 2017 Day 4: Going Home, Lunch at Casse-Croute Chez Tipit

Posted on January 19, 2018 by stenoodie

August 7, 2017: Our last day in Montreal was spent leaving and getting back to Ontario. We woke up and first enjoyed the continental breakfast at the hotel though which was pretty good. It was the Civic long weekend so … Continue reading →

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Montreal 2017 Day 3: Brunch at Restaurant L’Avenue, Mount Royal, Dinner at Au Pied de Cochon

Posted on January 18, 2018 by stenoodie

August 6, 2017: On this third day of touring around Montreal, we hit up brunch at a famous spot, hiked up Mount Royal, and visited a restaurant that I’ve been dying to eat at! 😀 We woke up early today … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Silence

Posted on January 17, 2018 by stenoodie

After a snowstorm in the winter, when you go out into the cold outdoors at night, there’s a certain silence that can’t be captured or put into words. It’s different from the silence in a library or the silence in … Continue reading →