Category Archives: Food

The Chef’s Table Exclusive Blogger Event at Canyon Creek!

Posted on February 27, 2016 by stenoodie

What a pleasure it was to dine among the great food bloggers of Toronto this past Tuesday evening! Victoria, the Marketing Manager of Canyon Creek, contacted me at the end of January to invite me to their exclusive blogger event called … Continue reading →

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Restaurant Tasting at Hakka Wow!

Posted on February 24, 2016 by stenoodie

I had the privilege of being invited to try one of Toronto’s newest Chinese Hakka restaurants called Hakka Wow yesterday on a Tuesday afternoon for lunch. Thank you Sachi for inviting me and Deven for hosting! 🙂

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Chef’s Plate: Flat Iron Steak with Collard Greens and Cheddar Polenta

Posted on February 23, 2016 by stenoodie

Happiness is seeing a delivery of Chef’s Plate arrive at your door. I choose for the package to be left outside my door when it’s time for my delivery to arrive from this meal-delivery company. This is now my third … Continue reading →

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Chef’s Plate: Salvadorian Cheese Stuffed Pupusas

Posted on February 20, 2016 by stenoodie

I absolutely love cooking with Chef’s Plate because it is so easy and fun to make the dishes! For this next plate that I received from Chef’s Plate, I chose Salvadorian Cheese Stuffed Pupusas with homemade refried beans and radish salad. … Continue reading →

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Porchetta & Co.

Posted on February 8, 2016 by stenoodie

After our somewhat dissatisfying first “dinner” at Beast Restaurant, we skirted around various restaurants on a Friday night to see what else we could try. We ultimately ended up at Porchetta & Co. which was one of the restaurants not … Continue reading →

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Ginger & Onion Cuisine

Posted on February 7, 2016 by stenoodie

Ginger & Onion Cuisine is a Chinese restaurant that has been around for many, many years. It’s one of the first Chinese restaurants in the Markham area to open for traditional dim sum and Chinese fare. I remember when they … Continue reading →

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Loaded Pierogi

Posted on February 4, 2016 by stenoodie

I’ve been trying to choose more restaurants from Groupon‘s selection, so when Loaded Pierogi popped up as one of the restaurants that had a deal and I had never tried Loaded Pierogi before, I was ecstatic to get a chance … Continue reading →

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KAM 2016 at Smash Kitchen & Bar

Posted on February 1, 2016 by stenoodie

I was originally going to tack this review on to my original Smash Kitchen & Bar review, but then I remembered this was really part of an annual event that we have, so it deserves its own post. Marilyn, Alice, … Continue reading →

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Spanish-Style Steak with Smashed Potatoes from Chef’s Plate

Posted on January 31, 2016 by stenoodie

Woohoo! I got to try another dish from Chef’s Plate! Remember when I first blogged about them in August 2015 about the two meals that I received? That was my first experience with DIY food delivery meals and since then, … Continue reading →

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Winterlicious 2016: Rally Sports Bar & Smokehouse

Posted on January 30, 2016 by stenoodie

Today is the second day of Winterlicious 2016 and was my first Winterlicious meal of the season (and only one this year). Unfortunately, we found out that the first restaurant that we had intended to visit didn’t offer a prix fixe … Continue reading →