ZenQ (Markham – Woodbine location)

 ZenQ Woodbine

ZenQ located at 7240 Woodbine Ave in Markham

A few days ago, after a non-stop couple of days of transcript work and days in court, I was craving for some popcorn chicken and decided to pop into the new location of ZenQ in Markham to satisfy my taste buds.  This new location of ZenQ is located on Woodbine Avenue north of Steeles.  It’s located in the same establishment as the Shopsy’s restaurant.   Continue reading

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Earth

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Hong Kong to Okinawa Japan flight. December 2011

Happy Earth Day tomorrow, Saturday, April 22, 2017! 🙂  Here is a shot from the earth from where we soared high in the sky on an aeroplane in December 2011 as we flew from Hong Kong to Okinawa, Japan. ^_^  I’m excited to see the earth from this angle again when we fly out next week for a foodie trip. 😀 😀  *cannot contain my excitement!!*   Continue reading

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Swamped 2.0

No new blog post tonight again even though I really wanted to publish one and get another backlog post out of the way.  I’ve had less than 5 hours of sleep each night this long weekend to do transcripts…. no time to blog unfortunately.  It should be better tomorrow. Catch you all then :0).

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Sushi Boats at a Revolving Sushi Bar at Fune Japanese Restaurant!

Fune Japanese Restaurant

Fune Japanese Restaurant located at 100 Simcoe St in Toronto

This was definitely the most fun I’ve had in a sushi restaurant in recent memory!  Fune Japanese Restaurant is currently the only Japanese restaurant in Toronto that offers “conveyor belt” sushi.  What’s more, their conveyor belt sushi is even more unique than the regular ones on a track because these were boats of sushi floating on water around a sushi bar! 😀   Continue reading

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Celebrating CoCo Fresh Tea & Juice’s 20th Anniversary!

CoCo Fresh Tea & Juice 20 years

CoCo Fresh Tea & Juice (Metro Square branch) located at 3636 Steeles Avenue E, Unit 103-103A in Markham

CoCo Fresh Tea & Juice is celebrating their 20 years with a photo contest!  CoCo Fresh Tea & Juice is the largest bubble tea chain in the world with over 2,000 locations!  They serve drinks from milk tea to macchiato, yakult, smoothies, and fresh juice.  You can include toppings like pearls, pudding, sago, coconut jelly, red bean, and grass jelly.

To enter the contest:  Share a CoCo tea photo on any social media platform with hashtag #CoCo20th to be automatically entered.   Continue reading

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East of Brunswick Pub and Kitchen Grand Opening Party

East of Brunswick Pub & Kitchen

East of Brunswick Pub & Kitchen located at 720 Spadina Road in Toronto

Last night, I was pleased to attend the Grand Opening Party of East of Brunswick Pub and Kitchen at 720 Spadina Road in downtown Toronto.  East of Brunswick Pub and Kitchen is conveniently located 2 minutes away from the Spadina Subway Station and close to the University of Toronto (students, get your drinks on after exams! :P).   Continue reading

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Amazing Chicken Katsu Burger at Fat Ninja Bite

Fat Ninja Bite chicken burger

Fat Ninja Bite located at 3517 Kennedy Road, Unit 1 at Scarborough

Thanks to winning a contest that was hosted by Katie of @katielikesto.eat on instagram, I was able to try out Fat Ninja Bite for the first time with my friend, Betty!  Fat Ninja Bite has only opened for five months but I’ve seen their monstrous and delicious-looking burgers all over my Instagram feed in the last little while with many people raving about how good their chicken katsu burgers were that I was super curious and desired to try them out badly.   Continue reading

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Surprise

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“Captioning shed” at the 7th annual Asian Film Awards at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong. March 2013

I don’t think I’ve had too many surprises in my life before but one that I can think of is this one back in 2013:  I was in Hong Kong and joining steno superstar Jade King to shadow/follow her as she did the live captioning of the 7th annual Asian Film Awards at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai.  Jade had previously done this job before 2013 and when she blogged about it, she included photos of the private booth that she had that overlooked the stage as the place where she would been captioning the award show live.   Continue reading

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Hotel Review: Hotel Mercure Sapporo

Hotel Mercure Sapporo

Hotel Mercure Sapporo located at 2 Chome-2-4 Minami 4 Jonishi, Sapporo-shi, Chūō-ku, Hokkaido Prefecture 064-0804, Japan

We stayed at Hotel Mercure Sapporo for three nights during our trip to Hokkaido, Japan:  October 2, 3, and 6, 2016.  I found Hotel Mercure Sapporo to be a very solid and comfortable stay.  I loved that it was in the centre of Sapporo city which meant that the nightlife was all around us and completely walkable.  After each day, after we returned to our hotel, we went out again so that we could samples the local shops and restaurants around us.   Continue reading

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