Jade Garden located at Shop 302, 3/F, Tai Wo Shopping Centre Phase 1, 12 Tai Wo Road, Tai Wo in Hong Kong
Sept 29, 2016 – Jade Garden 翠園 at Tai Po Plaza
We had had dinner here the other night in Hong Kong and returned here for dim sum in the morning. We ordered so much dim sum!
The dim sum was all very good, tasted the way they should have, decent portions, and were available to order via the dim sum order sheet or from the push carts. Continue reading
Hui Lau Shan located at Shop B, G/F, Kok Pah Mansion, 58-60 Cameron Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui in Hong Kong
Sept 28, 2016 – Hui Lau Shan Healthy Dessert 許留山 in Tsim Sha Tsui.
This is just one of the many, many ubiquitous Hui Lau Shan branches in the Hong Kong vicinity. They serve desserts, traditional ones as well as modern ones famously with mango. (I previously blogged about it in 2014 here.) Continue reading
Rhine River, Germany. April 2016
Spot the name! This week’s photo challenge is about spotting a name in a photo. I have to commend Michelle this week for choosing and thinking of such a unique theme! Her photo of stamps on an egg was so unique — I’ve never seen something like that before. My photo this week is of a boat and as we all know, all boats are given a name! Spot the name of this boat. 🙂 Continue reading
Johnny Bistro located at 5 Washington St in Markham
For our annual holiday get-together, we chose Johnny Bistro in Markham for dinner. Johnny Bistro is located in the east side of Markham close to Main Street Markham on the next street over on 5 Washington Street.
I arrived here at 7 p.m. and there were already a number of patrons dining in. Continue reading
House of Beijing located at Shop 001-003, 1/F, Uptown Plaza, 9 Nam Wan Road, Tai Po in Hong Kong
Sept 27, 2016. – House of Beijing 北京人家.
Dim sum with the relatives! I enjoyed the dim sum here at House of Beijing. The food was tasty and we actually ordered a lot. We didn’t quite finish everything (which was rare considering how many people we had at the table). Continue reading
Cafe by the Park at BP International Hotel located at No. 8 Austin Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon in Hong Kong
Sept 22, 2016 — Dinner Buffet at Cafe by the Park at BP International Hotel 龍堡國際.
We ate at the buffet at Cafe by the Park, the designated restaurant at the BP International Hotel since we had a discount for dinner due to us staying as guests at the hotel for more than a week. Continue reading
SOCO Kitchen + Bar located at 75 Lower Simcoe St in Toronto
The sweetie was smart enough to make reservations for a second restaurant for us to lounge at and eat and drink until midnight for the New Year’s Eve countdown. The reservation was booked for 10 p.m. at SOCO Kitchen + Bar and we arrived there to wave good-bye to the last of 2016 and say hello to 2017. Since we were so full from our first dinner at O & B Cafe Grill, we didn’t end up ordering any food. Continue reading
Oliver & Bonacini Café Grill located at 33 Yonge St in Toronto
Ken and I celebrated New Year’s Eve with dinner at Oliver & Bonacini Café Grill at their Yonge & Front Street location. Our reservations were booked at 7:30 p.m. and there were a lot of people dining already when we arrived. It was a really nice dimly lit restaurant perfect for dates or large casual gatherings. They had a lot of large tables for big groups. Continue reading
Kyouka Ramen located at 8384 Woodbine Avenue in Markham
I was really surprised that the former burger shop, Big Jack’s Burger Shop, had closed down and now was taken over by Kyouka Ramen (I really liked that burger joint). Kyouka Ramen, a Japanese ramen house, is located on Woodbine Avenue south of Highway 7. We were here on a Friday afternoon and they opened right at noon. Thus, even though we were here a few minutes before noon, we waited outside before they opened. Continue reading
2016 collage
Hello, December 31, 2016. This is going to be a summary of my year in 2016:
2016 started off rocky and looked bleak and uncomfortable. (I remember at the time looking forward to the end of the year already because I couldn’t wait to reflect on the entire year and write this post to wrap it all up lol.) Continue reading
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