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Naan & Kabob “Foodie Bloggers Event” Recap

Posted on July 16, 2017 by stenoodie

Naan & Kabob located at 1780 Markham Rd in Scarborough

Last Thursday, Naan & Kabob held a “Foodie Silk Route Event” at their Markham Road and Sheppard Avenue location in Scarborough. This was a food event held at lunchtime to showcase some of their food offerings on their menu at this new location. Naan & Kabob is a fast casual restaurant that offers Afghan street food.

Luckily, because a two-day reporting job had vacated its second day, I was able to make it out on this weekday to partake in this “foodie bloggers event” (I’ve never heard of ‘foodie bloggers’ before; either it’s “food bloggers” or “foodies” XD). I was excited to try the Continue reading →

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REAL NEAT BLOG AWARD

Posted on July 16, 2017 by stenoodie

Real Neat Blog Award

Thank you Maiu for nominating me and thank you to Dear Kitty for creating this award. This is the first blog award I’ve received and it’s a pleasure to connect with other fellow bloggers in this cyber community. 🙂

I happily accept this award.

The ‘rules’ of the Real Neat Blog Award are: (feel free Continue reading →

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Trying out Basil Box at Queen & Spadina!

Posted on July 15, 2017 by stenoodie

Basil Box located at 441 Queen St W in Toronto

Thanks to winning a contest on Instagram that Basil Box hosted for winning a pair of tickets to the Taste of Toronto food festival this year (blogged about here) and two customized boxes of food, I got to try this chain of Southeast Asian food boxes for the first time! 😀

“The street markets of Thailand and Vietnam were the inspiration for Basil Box: a new restaurant where you can mix and match ingredients to build one of thousands of possible boxes. Start with a base of rice, noodles, or greens, and then add veggies, proteins, sauces and toppings in unique combinations that will have you both coming back for your favourites and experimenting with something new.”

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The New Pho-rritos from Sushitto on the Road

Posted on July 14, 2017 by stenoodie

Sushitto on the Road, a moving food truck in Toronto

This past Monday, when I was heading to work for an afternoon job, I spotted the Sushitto on the Road food truck right outside my work building! I had only seen this food truck for the second time (first time spotted them at the second Coconut Festival that I attended) and had never tried them before. As far as I know, Sushitto on the Road was the very first vendor in Toronto to serve sushi burritos when the food trend blew up in 2016. I had always wanted to try their sushi burritos and never got to do so because they are a moving Continue reading →

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Preview of the Pork Belly & Cheddar Croissants from Butter Baker!

Posted on July 14, 2017 by stenoodie

Butter Baker coming soon to Toronto!

Calvin of Butter Avenue found the blog post that I wrote a few months ago about the macarons that I had tasted from Butter Avenue and treated me to a preview of the baked goods that will be opening up this summer from his new bakery, Butter Baker! Butter Baker is a new sister brand of Butter Avenue. It will be opening up in the heart of downtown Toronto (location will be announced officially soon ).

“Butter Baker offers an evolving selection of sweet and savory pastries created using classic French confectionery cookery and techniques, made from scratch and local ingredients including fresh herbs, fresh fruits, and free-run eggs. With gratitude and humility, we conduct our business with order and creativity to fully indulge all of your senses. In Butter Baker, simple is better, order is an expression, and your experience is our reflection.”

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Neapolitan-style Pizzas Ready in 90 Seconds from Pi Co.

Posted on July 13, 2017 by stenoodie

Pi Co. located at 1200 Bay St, Unit #4 in Toronto

After our dinner at Figures (we weren’t full), we headed towards Pi Co. for some pizza as a second dinner. I hadn’t been to Pi Co. yet despite this being such a popular spot and having been shared by foodies all over Instagram at one point (I think there was a media tasting there).

We went to the original location of Pi Co. which was at Bay and Bloor (right in the heart of Toronto). (They also have a new second location at Yonge and Eglinton and their website tells me that they will have two more locations coming up in the GTA as well in the next two years.) I was excited to try Pi Co. to see what their pizzas Continue reading →

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Tapas Styled Dinner at Figures, Toronto’s comic book themed restaurant

Posted on July 12, 2017 by stenoodie

Figures located at 137 Avenue Rd in Toronto

I recall when BlogTO posted an article about the opening of this unique restaurant called Figures in which comic books were the theme and there was even an “secret entrance” in order to enter the restaurant. Well, my friends and I visited the restaurant last Saturday evening and I have to say I was really disappointed (and felt a little jipped) about the entire experience.

(Don’t get me wrong, I’m really Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Collage 2

Posted on July 12, 2017 by stenoodie

Made by yours truly. October 2011 (?)

As I was publishing the first entry of this week’s photo challenge of “collage” and it was ready to go up, I realized that I actually had made THE MOST EPIC collage ever in my life during a project in my teacher’s college program several years ago (about ten years ago in fact). THAT/THIS is truly the most representation of what a “collage” is (I was actually a little doubtful of the sample Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Collage

Posted on July 12, 2017 by stenoodie

Greenwich, New York. April 2017

This is a collage of multiple artworks of cheeses that we saw on our trip to New York earlier this year! 😀 We couldn’t resist the silly yet creative puns for each of these cheese emoji stickers! We even downloaded the app to attempt to use it in our online conversations but unfortunately the stickers are actually just images as opposed to real emojis Continue reading →

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T.W.’s Bar & Grill at Delta Toronto East Hotel

Posted on July 11, 2017 by stenoodie

T.W.’s Bar & Grill located at Delta Toronto East Hotel at 2035 Kennedy Road in Scarborough

While we were in the middle of looking through the LEGO creations at the LEGO Fan Event, the babe was getting hungry so we headed to the restaurant that was inside the hotel where the LEGO Event was. T.W.’s Bar & Grill serves bar food in a really comfortable bar and lounge-like environment.

Since the staff must be used to serving tourists and out-of-town visitors from the hotel, Continue reading →