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

Posted on April 16, 2017 by stenoodie

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

Posted on April 14, 2017 by stenoodie

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

Posted on April 13, 2017 by stenoodie

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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Dinner at Good Catch Boil House in Markham

Posted on April 12, 2017 by stenoodie

Good Catch Boil House located at 179 Enterprise Blvd, Unit M-109 in Markham

I’ve already blogged about my first experience to Good Catch Boil House when I went there for their media tasting about a month ago (time flies!). Recently, I visited Good Catch Boil House again two more times because I had two gift certificates that I wanted to use up before they expired. Also, I love seafood so it was worth it to come again to try it out as a true customer and not as a guest as part of a media tasting. Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Surprise

Posted on April 12, 2017 by stenoodie

“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

Posted on April 11, 2017 by stenoodie

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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Aburi Oshi Sushi at Miku Toronto

Posted on April 10, 2017 by stenoodie

Miku Toronto located at 10 Bay St, #105 in Toronto

Miku Toronto hails from Vancouver, Canada where they housed their first location. Miku Toronto is their East Coast expansion and is situated on Bay Street near Queen’s Quay in downtown Toronto (Southern Financial District). They are most well known for their aburi oshi sushi, prepared using their “famous flame seared technique with signature sauces”. In addition to a la carte lunch and dinner service, they also offer kaisek and omakase as well! Continue reading →

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Hokkaido, Japan 2016 Day 7: Mitsui Outlet Mall and Last Day

Posted on April 9, 2017 by stenoodie

Another wonderful breakfast at Mecure Sapporo Hotel

October 8, 2016 ~ Day 7 in Hokkaido, Japan.

A week has passed by just like that! Today’s itinerary was nothing more than a stop to the Mitsui Outlet Park Sapporo Kitahiroshima and flying back to Hong Kong.

We started with a later morning than usual with checkout time at 9 a.m. Continue reading →

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Hokkaido, Japan 2016 Day 6: Miniature Horse Farm, Sapporo Museum, and More Food in Sapporo

Posted on April 8, 2017 by stenoodie

View outside Daiichi Hotel

October 7, 2016 ~ Day 6 in Hokkaido, Japan.

Today, before leaving Daiichi Hotel, we had a amazing spread of breakfast downstairs in a dining room next to the one we had the Kaiseki dinner last night.

I was so impressed with the variety and spread of food that was available. Continue reading →

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Hokkaido, Japan 2016 Day 5: Waterfalls, Parks, and Public Onsens

Posted on April 7, 2017 by stenoodie

First view of Akan National Park in Hokkaido

October 6, 2016 ~ Day 5 in Hokkaido, Japan.

Day 5 of my Hokkaido trip and it was more of a tame day in terms of travelling and events I have to say.

Before leaving the hotel, we went for a second morning dip in the salt-based open air hot spring bath on the balcony. It was great! Continue reading →