Spicy Mafia located at 20 Gibson Drive, Unit 111A in Markham
Spicy Mafia (得裝麻辣燙), a restaurant that specializes in hot pot and mini hot pots, now has a brand new item on their menu! They now serve “ma la tang” customizable noodle soups for lunch and dinner (they also offer delivery). The idea is simple enough: You choose from the wide array of 39 toppings in their fridge and place it on a provided plate. The staff then weighs it for you, at a cost of $8.99/lb. Continue reading
Shoushin located at 3328 Yonge St in Toronto
I haven’t tried many Japanese omakase meals in Toronto so it was definitely a treat to be able to enjoy this chef-custom-chosen “I’ll leave it to you” meal at Shoushin for Valentine’s Day this year. I have to thank my SO for making the reservation ahead of time since V Day is always a hectic day for restaurant bookings. Continue reading
Ai Wei Wei Grapes, AGO. August 2013
A little more than three years ago, when the Ai Wei Wei exhibit was being shown at the Art Gallery of Ontario, my friends and I went there to view it. One of the art pieces at the exhibit included this nearly impossible and ‘against the odds’ piece called Grapes. He used Qing Dynasty furniture which was made without nails using traditional woodworking techniques to create this piece. Continue reading
Butter Avenue located at 477 Queen Street West in Toronto
Thanks to @cfooodie and Butter Avenue who were hosting a contest during the winter holidays, I was able to win myself a box of macarons from Butter Avenue! Yay! 😀 I had known about and seen this pastisserie that sold macarons and other delicate baked goods many times but and wanted to try them out so this turned out to be the perfect chance to do so! Thank you again for the lovely gift. ^_^ Continue reading
Batch located at 75 Victoria St in Toronto
Holly, Joyce, and I made reservations to enjoy a Winterlicious dinner at Batch on a Tuesday evening. This was the evening where Toronto had freezing rain warnings and lots of falling ice later in the evening due to the warmer temperatures but we all still made it safely into the Batch restaurant which featured a brewery and was a “microbrewery” restaurant. Continue reading
Luxembourg, Luxembourg. April 2016
Why didn’t anyone give me a heads up that the Weekly Photo Challenges are now going to be posted on Wednesdays?! XD No more Friday WPCs after this post. I quite liked the challenges to be scheduled on Fridays — they were like a end-of-the week celebration post and usually the days when I work from home and thus could be ready to post right at noon when the challenge goes up. But alas, things change. Continue reading
I’ve gotten into the habit of reviewing the hotels that I stay at recently so here is the review for my stay at Comfort Inn & Suites Collingwood! The address is 4 Balsam St, Collingwood. Continue reading
Congee Queen located at 230 Commerce Valley Dr E, Unit #1 in Markham
Upon coming back from our Blue Mountain trip, we both were in need some of comfort food and veggies, so we went to Congee Queen at Highway 7 and Leslie (皇后名粥) in Markham for some reliable Chinese comfort food.
It was my first time to this location of the congee/rice/noodle franchise chain and I really liked the interior design of this shop! Continue reading
TheSmoke BBQ Restaurant located at 498 First St in Collingwood
On our last day in Collingwood, we went to TheSmoke for brunch! It was a Sunday brunch and there was a dedicated menu where I chose the Pulled Pork Pancakes with Jack Daniels Maple Syrup and Ken chose the Eggs Benny.
We were one of the first ones here for brunch on a Sunday morning but the restaurant quickly filled up. I liked the layout of TheSmoke. Continue reading
Northwinds Brewhouse & Kitchen located at 499 First Street in Collingwood
For dinner of our weekend getaway trip to Collingwood, we went to Northwinds Brewhouse & Kitchen. (It was a busy Saturday night and we actually took waiting lists on two other restaurants in the vicinity to see which restaurant would have room for us first. Northwinds was the first (and only) one to text us back with an availability in about 30 minutes’ wait time). I was really glad that we were able to try this microbrewery restaurant out! Continue reading
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