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Novita Italian Cuisine

Posted on December 27, 2016 by stenoodie

Novita Italian Cuisine located at 25 Cochrane Dr in Markham

After a week of being sick and completing last-minute transcript orders before the holidays, I was finally able to emerge and enjoy food at a brand new restaurant! 😀 I had been wanting to try this restaurant with two friends for a holiday dinner but due to me being sick, I wasn’t able to visit Novita Italian Cuisine until later on the weekend at which time Ken and I had a full day of food adventures before arriving at Novita Italian at 7:30 p.m for dinner. Continue reading →

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Dinner at Jade Garden (Tai Po Plaza)

Posted on December 25, 2016 by stenoodie

Jade Garden located at Shop 302, 3/F, Tai Wo Shopping Centre Phase 1, 12 Tai Wo Road, Tai Wo in Hong Kong

Sept 24. 2016 – Jade Garden at Tai Po Plaza (太和翠園).

This marked one of the first and many family dinners that we had in Chinese restaurants in Hong Kong. I’m not going to really comment about the food or service in particular unless there was something really outstanding so this post is mostly of photos of the food…. Continue reading →

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Afternoon Meal at Alfafa in Lok Fu Plaza in Hong Kong

Posted on December 24, 2016 by stenoodie

Alfafa located at Shop Nos. L226 & L227, UG2/F, Lok Fu Plaza, 198 Junction Road, Lok Fu in Hong Kong

Sept. 24, 2016 – Alfafa

For a really quick afternoon tea, more so often because I was accompanying my mom who was hungry, we stopped by Alfafa in the Lok Fu Plaza for food. Continue reading →

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My Network Marketing Journey

Posted on December 23, 2016 by stenoodie

people will forget what you said people will never forget how you made them feel

An emotional journey

Written in July 2016:

I’ve been thinking and brainstorming about how to go about writing this. This is a very personal post and reflects my own experience and perspective of what I went through in the last two and a half years of being in a network marketing company. I’ll start with the very beginning and include all and any details that I can think of. Thanks in advance for reading. Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Path

Posted on December 23, 2016 by stenoodie

Shiretoko National Park, Hokkaido, Japan. October 2016

This was the picturesque view while walking along the path at Shiretoko National Park in Hokkaido, Japan in October this year. It was autumn time and the air was so crisp and fresh while strolling along this boardwalk. I really enjoyed it. 🙂

In other news, this year was definitely an interesting path to walk. More details to come in the post tonight (:p) and on the last day of 2016. 🙂

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Emack & Bolio’s Ice Cream in Central, Hong Kong

Posted on December 22, 2016 by stenoodie

Emack & Bolio’s located at 26 Cochrane St, Central in Hong Kong

After our lunch at BEP, we walked around and stopped at Emack & Bolio’s in Central for some dessert. Walking into Emack & Bolio’s, there were a lot of people here already and their display of premade ice cream cones behind the glass counter was so impressive and super photogenic. (They also sold smoothies, milkshakes, and chocolates but for the purpose of this post, I am going to talk all about their ice cream.) There were so many ice cream cones displayed upside down (with the pointy cone facing up) that were covered with Fruit Loops! I had definitely seen anything like this before. Continue reading →

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BEP Vietnamese Kitchen

Posted on December 21, 2016 by stenoodie

BEP Vietnamese Kitchen located at Tsung Wing Ln, Central in Hong Kong

Sept. 24, 2016 – BÊP Vietnamese Kitchen.

I feel lucky that every time I come to Hong Kong, I can meet up with friends who live in Hong Kong and are local residents. On this visit, I got to meet up with Carson again and we met up in his neighbourhood of Central, Hong Kong for lunch! Continue reading →

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佳佳甜品

Posted on December 20, 2016 by stenoodie

佳佳甜品 located at G/F, 121-123 Parkes Street, Jordan in Hong Kong

Sept 23. 2016 – 佳佳甜品

Finishing off our full day of food adventures on September 23, we arrived at 佳佳甜品 for some traditional Chinese desserts. This dessert shop doesn’t appear to have an English name at all. Continue reading →

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Block 18 Doggie’s Noodle

Posted on December 19, 2016 by stenoodie

Block 18 Doggie’s Noodle located at G/F, 27A Ning Po Street, Jordan in Hong Kong

Sept. 23, 2016 – 十八座狗仔粉 Block 18 Doggie’s Noodle

It was a food hopping adventure kind of day. After we had the infamous wonton noodles at Mak Man Kee Noodle Shop, we were on the search for this inconspicuous noodle shop that was actually on the 2016 Michelin Guide of Recommended Street Food to eat in Hong Kong! Continue reading →

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Mak Man Kee Noodle Shop

Posted on December 18, 2016 by stenoodie

Mak Man Kee Noodle Shop located 51 Parkes St, Jordan in Hong Kong

Sept 23, 2016 – 麥文記麵家 Mak Man Kee Noodle Shop

Later that evening on September 23, after some shopping nearby, we returned again to Parkes Street in Jordan, Hong Kong to visit another classic Chinese noodle shop (we had visited the Australia Dairy Company earlier that day after dim sum) called Mak Man Kee Noodle Shop. Continue reading →