Matcha Desserts and Drinks at Tsujiri

 Tsujiri Sundae

Tsujiri located at 147 Dundas St W in Toronto

After seeing an influx of friends and acquaintances on social media post about the matcha desserts at Tsujiri, I finally had a chance to check it out for myself!  Tsujiri is located on 147 Dundas Street West along a street of many other great restaurants and dessert places in Toronto.

Tsujiri is a 156-year-old Japanese traditional tea brand that was first established by Riemon Tsuji in Uji in Kyoto, Japan.   Continue reading

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Front Street Foods at Adelaide Place 2016

Front Street Foods at Adelaide Place

Front Street Foods at Adelaide Place at 150 York St / 181 University Ave

Right after our visit to Union Summer food market at Front Street, Grace and I ventured to the “actual” Front Streets Foods market which was relocated to Adelaide Place this year.  I personally don’t know why they relocated from the busy and well-populated area of Front Street to be at Adelaide Place and overlooking both Adelaide St. West and University Ave.   Continue reading

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Union Summer Food Market on Front Street

 Ice cream chimney cone

Ice cream chimney cone at Union Summer at Front Street!

This year’s Canada Day long weekend started with a visit to the Union Summer food market on Front Street in Toronto!  I had heard about this food market in front of Union Station last summer but actually never ventured around that area of the city in order to check it out.  This year, I was able to swing by and experience it for myself!   Continue reading

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Treetop Trekking in Stouffville with the Mon Sheong Youth Group!

Treetop Trekking Stouffville

Treetop Trekking in Stouffville!

Last weekend, 20 of us at the Mon Sheong Youth Group gathered together at the Stouffville location of the original Treetop Trekking adventure park to go treetop trekking together!  I really enjoy treetop trekking and had been treetop trekking two previous times before (you can view my posts about those visits here and here).   Continue reading

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Opposites

Ancient City Wall, Xi'an

Ancient City Wall, Xi’an, Chian. July 2013

This photo was taken in Xi’an in the summer of 2013 when I was travelling with the DiSCOVER group to China.  We were biking on the Ancient City Wall and encountering the magnificent buildings that were all along this 13.7 km long wall.   Continue reading

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Chef’s Plate: Red Spiced Pork Tenderloin

 Chef's Plate Red Spiced Pork Tenderloin

Red Spiced Pork Tenderloin with carrots and mini potatoes in a lemon paprika sauce

Chef’s Plate!  Actually I think they recently rebranded themselves as “Chefs Plate”.  I’m not sure of the reason why but the service itself has not changed and I still love the convenience of making brand new recipes at home using pre-packaged and pre-portioned fresh groceries that are delivered right to my doorstep! Continue reading

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My First Time Attending Taste of Toronto 2016!

Crispy Calamari Po-Boy

Taste of Toronto 2016 located at the Garrison Common At Fort York (250 Fort York Boulevard) in Toronto

What a privilege it was to be able to attend the Taste of Toronto 2016 this year!  This is an annual restaurant food festival that is in its third year in 2016 and is hosted at the Fort York grounds in downtown Toronto (June 23-26, 2016).  There is an entrance fee to enter the food festival where dozens of restaurants showcase some of their best eats and special dishes for the three day event.   Continue reading

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Giveaway in Celebration of Wooffles & Cream’s One-Year Anniversary!

 Wooffles & Cream giveaway

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Hello food lovers (and everyone else)! 😉   Hard to realize that it’s already been one year since Wooffles & Cream opened their doors to the public in Markham and has garnered an incredible community of ‘Wooffles’ and soft serve ice cream lovers!  Have you tried their incredible lap cheong and seaweed Wooffles or their creamy matcha soft serve?  :9  Those are just a few of their most popular choices and which are super tasty!  To commemorate this amazing milestone, we are collaborating with Wooffles & Cream to host a giveaway!   Continue reading

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Chef’s Plate: Southwest Beef Lasagna

Southwest Beef Lasagna with Black Beans, Whole Wheat Tortillas, and Marble Cheese

Southwest Beef Lasagna with Black Beans, Whole Wheat Tortillas, and Marble Cheese

This was the first time that I had made my own lasagna at home!  Chef’s Plate is a great platform for anyone to make their own meals from scratch using pre-portioned ingredients and an easy-to-follow recipe.

For my 15th meal from Chef’s Plate, this was a Southwest Beef Lasagna with Black Beans, Whole Wheat Tortillas, and Marble Cheese.   Continue reading

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New King Mandarin Cuisine (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

New King Mandarin Cuisine wontons

New King Mandarin Cuisine located at Zeedijk 115-117 1012 AV in Amsterdam, Netherlands

After our quick meal of authentic Dutch fries on the streets of Amsterdam, the adults still wanted some good old fashioned hot Chinese food to comfort the stomachs, so we headed back towards the Red Light District to Chinatown where we stepped into New King Mandarin Cuisine to eat a ‘second’ dinner.   Continue reading

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