Royal Jade Restaurant located at 2100 Steeles Ave W, Concord
After a visit to our favourite liquidator store, we stopped by Royal Jade Restaurant for a late lunch. The ratings online were high and I hadn’t had Hakka food in a while so we decided to check it out. Upon walking into the restaurant at around 2 p.m., I was surprised to see it completely empty. Continue reading
Crawling all over the main floor
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Pho Le located at 324 Hwy 7, Unit 7, Richmond Hill
I’ve noticed some foodies post about this newly opened Vietnamese restaurant at the Golden Court Plaza in Richmond Hill called Phở Lệ 錦麗. Their original location in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam has received a Michelin Bib gourmand in 2023. And so recently when I dined at a next-door restaurant with Continue reading
Lotus Vegetarian Restaurant located at 3838 Midland Ave, Scarborough
I believe I’ve been to Lotus Vegetarian Restaurant as a child but I don’t have a solid memory of it. We celebrated the first day of the new year 2024 and my FIL’s early birthday here with one of their set meals for 8 and some of their dim sum. Continue reading
Highlights of 2023
It’s time to wrap up the year and write my favourite summary blog post. 2023 was a really great year for me. Let me recount the happenings. 😀 Continue reading
The 28 surprise bags of food I rescued from being wasted in December 2023
Want to save money on food costs and save food from being wasted? Download the app “Too Good to Go”! For one third of the original cost, you can buy unsold or surplus food from participating restaurants, bakeries, groceries stores. For usually less than $10, you can get a “surprise bag” full of goodies that the store has picked. You won’t know what’s in it until you pick it up. It’s been a fun ride for me since starting it in January 2023. Continue reading
Baby nursing during my belly binding treatment
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Happy one year of breastfeeding to me!
Week 170 motherhood of 3 year old and 1 year old! Continue reading
The 6 surprise bags I got from Too Good to Go stores in November 2023
Too Good to Go is an app where you can get discounted surplus or unsold food from restaurants, bakeries, and stores. The participating store offers a “surprise bag” where they pack what is leftover or extra and you pay one third of the original price for it. It is fun to see what you get in your surprise bag and good for the earth to save perfectly edible food from being tossed out! Continue reading
The 10 surprise bags I got in October 2023
There is a food waste app called “Too Good to Go” where you can buy surprise bags filled with food that the restaurant or bakery or participating store has not sold (or extras that they made that don’t look good but are still good to eat). You pay one third of the original cost. Continue reading
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