Chef’s Plate: Handmade Goat Cheese Ravioli

Handmade Goat Cheese Ravioli with English peas, asparagus, and a brown butter sauce

Handmade Goat Cheese Ravioli with English peas, asparagus, and a brown butter sauce

I had never made ravioli before at home, never mind ones stuffed with goat cheese, which is exactly the reason why this dish was selected out of the many other ones on the Chef’s Plate website last week when I was browsing for what to order to make at home.   Continue reading

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Vlaamse Frites (Amsterdam Airport Schiphol)

Vlamsse Frites Amsterdam airport

Vlaamse Frites located inside Amsterdam Airport Schiphol at Evert van de Beekstraat 202 1118 Schiphol in Amsterdam

When we had stopped for about 30 minutes inside the Amsterdam Airport to grab some food or groceries, I spotted Vlaamse Frites and instantly recognized it as a well-known franchise for Dutch Fries.  Even though I had never had fries from Vlaamse Frites before, something about it screamed must-try and authentic.   Continue reading

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China Restaurant Peking Am Dom (Köln, Germany)

China Restaurant Peking Am Dom

China Restaurant Peking Am Dom located atMarzellenstraße 2, 50667 in Köln, Germany

Peking Am Dom.  Restaurant Peking.  Day 5 lunch in Köln, Germany.

For lunch in Köln, Germany, we decided to go to China Restaurant Peking Am Dom for some traditional Chinese food.

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Numbers

 University of Toronto St. George campus convocation

University of Toronto St. George campus. June 2012

Searching for this photo for this week’s photo challenge and looking at the rest of the album has got me all reminiscing about the past and my convocations in 2012.  It is currently the season of convocations with thousands of graduates all across Canada and the world over gathering together to celebrate these successful individuals and to carry them forward into the next stage of their lives.   Continue reading

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Happy 1,000 Published Posts on stenoodie.com!

1,000 posts on stenoodie.com

Published 1,000 posts on stenoodie.com

Woohoo!  From the start until now, March 21, 2013 to June 2, 2016, I have published 1,000 posts on this blog!  I say “published posts” because I have written posts on this blog that have either yet to be published or were “private” and hidden from view.   Continue reading

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Chef’s Plate: Espresso Rubbed Steak with Crispy Shredded Potatoes and Baby Bell Peppers

Espresso Rubbed Steak with Crispy Shredded Potatoes and Baby Bell Peppers

Espresso Rubbed Steak with Crispy Shredded Potatoes and Baby Bell Peppers from Chef’s Plate

Chef’s Plate has done it again, delivering utterly fresh and local ingredients and a simple yet tasty recipe for an amazing dinner at home.  Chef’s Plate is a food program where you select the meals you want to make at home and they send you the fresh ingredients that are pre-packaged with a recipe created from a chef for a set fee.   Continue reading

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Bake Code Summer Series Preview (Molten Series)

Bake Code Peanut Butter Filed Croissant

Bake Code located at 4910 Yonge Street in Toronto

Thanks to Acorn Communication, I was able to try Bake Code for the first time!  I had heard so much about this Taiwanese bakery that features European and Asian baked goods but just never got around to trying them — there are so many beautiful photos of their baked goods on social media, especially ones containing matcha!   Continue reading

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#FeedMyPhoneInstaMeet: Toronto’s First Thai-Inspired Ice Cream Rolls at Arctic Bites

FeedMyPhoneInstaMeet Pre-launch at Arctic Bites

Arctic Bites located at 21 Baldwin St in Toronto

Thanks to Patrick of @feedmyphone, my fellow foodie friends and I were able to try out Toronto’s very first Thai-inspired ice cream rolls at Arctic Bites.  At the time of writing, they were not officially open to the public yet, but their soft launch to the public was on May 31 from 3-10 p.m. (this blog was published on May 31 at 8:30 p.m.) so by the time you read this, they will already be open to the public for everyone to enjoy!   Continue reading

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Eating Raw Crabs at Jung Soo Nae Restaurant

raw crabs and banchan

Jung Soo Nae Restaurant located at 5754 Yonge St in Toronto

After our dinner some time ago at Hot Pot on Yonge, we mentioned that we should try Korean raw crabs next time.  Thus, when we decided to get together for a mini Trip to China reunion/dinner get-together recently, we went to Jung Soo Nae for a Korean meal and to try out these raw crabs!   Continue reading

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Sushi Time on Queen Street West in Toronto

Bento boxes

Sushi Time located at 325 Queen Street West in Toronto

After attending the SoCiAL LITE Vodka Launch Party, Mandy and I were in need of food for dinner, so we walked back to Queen Street West and into the first Japanese restaurant we saw, Sushi Time.  We were aiming for something simple and Japanese food is always simple yet delicious!   Continue reading

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