Füdi Meal #4: Southwest Chicken with Pearl Barley and Kale

Füdi Meal #4: Southwest Chicken with Pearl Barley and Kale

I’m getting better at this preparation and presentation cooking thing.  Yay!  For the fourth Füdi meal, the flavour was a “Southwest Chicken” with pearl barely and kale.  If you’ve been keeping up with my five-part series on this Fudi meal blog, you know that I’ve received this from Füdi Canada so that I can participate in a photo contest with other fellow top food bloggers.   Continue reading

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ABC Bakery Coffee Shop in North York

ABC Bakery Coffee Shop located at 3618 Victoria Park Avenue in North York

I didn’t know that this Chinese bakery existed!  ABC Bakery Coffee Shop not only serves Chinese buns and the regular tarts and pastries, but they also have early morning breakfast and lunch combos.  They are also famously known among the Chinese community for their fresh and delicious egg tarts!   Continue reading

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Optimistic

Lake Louise, Alberta. January 2016

This week’s theme is “optimistic“.  What picture shows you an image that will make you optimistic about something?  While a lot of other bloggers and photographers have chosen warm, sunny, bright pictures of summer because we are in the middle of winter right now and they cannot wait for the warm weather and days to arrive again, I really don’t think winter is all that bad.   Continue reading

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Melissa’s Missteak (Banff)

Melissa’s Missteak located at 218 Lynx St in Banff

What a pleasure it was to be able to dine in Banff, the world’s most beautiful rocky mountains and the village that is so picturesque!! 😀   Unfortunately, by the time we drove in from Lake Louise (which was actually an hour away), the sun had set and it was really cold outside!  All that was on our minds was dinner before we started another 5-hour drive home to Edmonton (thank you to our friends who drove!).   Continue reading

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Füdi Meal #3: Cajun Chicken with Pearl Barley and Kale

Füdi Meal #3: Cajun Chicken with Pearl Barley and Kale

I had my third package of the Füdi Meals today!  Just like last time, they are very easy to cook and heat up!  I tried the Cajun Chicken with Pearl Barley and Kale.

After bringing a medium pot of water to boil, I put in the two pouches of the cooked Cajun chicken with pearl barley and the uncooked kale and left it in there for about 15 to 17 minutes.   Continue reading

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Lake Louise Village Grill & Bar

Lake Louise Village Grill & Bar located at 101 Lake Louise Dr in Lake Louise, Alberta

On New Year’s day, we had a road trip from Calgary to Lake Louise and Banff in Alberta!  We were blessed to have great weather on this day.  Despite being chilly outside, it was the best weather we could ask for because the skies were clear, the roads were clear of any heavy snow, and our trip was smooth and we arrived safely.  A big thank you to our friends for driving us there! ^_^   Continue reading

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Blogger Tasting Event at Kintori Yakitori

Kintori Yakitori located at 668 Bloor Street West, Second Floor in Toronto

I am always so thankful for these blogger tasting events!  Thank you Stella, Kinka Family, and Kintori Yakitori for extending the event out to me! 🙂  Nowadays, there are a lot more food “instagramers” than food bloggers Continue reading

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Seoul BBQ Restaurant (Calgary)

Seoul BBQ Restaurant located at 4336 Macleod Trl SW in Calgary

For our New Year’s Eve dinner, the last dinner of 2015, we went out to Seoul BBQ Restaurant to eat when we were in Calgary.  Seoul BBQ Restaurant is a Korean BBQ restaurant where you either get to order a la carte from their menu of traditional Korean dishes or you can choose to eat from the all-you-can-eat BBQ menu where you get to grill your own meat on the Korean grills, a traditional and fun way of cooking and eating food.   Continue reading

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Shibuya Izakaya Japanese Restaurant (Calgary)

Shibuya Izakaya Japanese Restaurant located at 449 16 Ave NE in Calgary

After a brief stop and stroll at the Chinook Centre after arrived in Calgary after 3-4 hours of driving from Edmonton, we went to Shibuya Izakaya Japanese Restaurant for lunch!  Melissa’s friend Linda recommended this Japanese restaurant to her for their really good sushi and izakaya items!   Continue reading

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