Thai Purple Cabbage Bowl from Fresh City Farms

Thai Purple Cabbage Bowl Recipe Bag from Fresh City Farms

Thank you to Fresh City Farms for contacting me and providing me with three recipe bags so that I could try out their service and recipe bags!  Fresh City Farms is a service that delivers farm fresh, local,and organic groceries in the GTA!  They can include recipes in the delivery where you can make your own dish according to the instructions (this is similar to Chef’s Plate that does the same!).   Continue reading

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Dinner at Byblos

Byblos located at 11 Duncan Street in Toronto

I finally, finally got to try Byblos!  Last weekend, I was supposed to come here with Ai and Jing for our catch-up dinner, but because Byblos is very popular and their reservation gets booked up very quickly, we weren’t able to get a table in time — we went to Boralia instead, which I highly, highly recommend!   Continue reading

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Ornate

Kaohsiung, Taiwan. March 2013

I think this is such a great example of what “ornate” means.  This week’s theme is really great and makes us think again about the objects around us that we may overlook — let’s have more of these themes instead of these ones. 🙂   Continue reading

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Brunch at New City Restaurant

New City Restaurant located at 8362 Kennedy Road in Markham

Let’s do this more often!  Weekday brunch with friends and family.  Why is it that we are born to go to school and then work for 40-50 years of our lives and only live for the weekend?  Some thoughts for you to consider.  Five of us met up just before our day 2 of the Motives training on a Monday afternoon and had brunch at New City Restaurant in Markham.   Continue reading

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Chinese Steamed Rice Lunches at Lucullus Bakery

Lucullus Bakery located at 7750 Kennedy Road in Markham

We had less than an hour’s time for lunch when we were learning about make-up from world-reknown make-up consulant and beauty advisor Tiffiny Luong two weekends ago, so we popped into Lucullus Bakery for some lunch!  Don’t be mistaken, even though this is primarily a bakery, Lucullus actually has some really decent and super affordable lunches for dine-in or on-the-go!   Continue reading

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Burrito Bowl at Chipotle Mexican Grill

Located at Shops on Don Mills at 1072 Don Mills Road in North York

On a Saturday afternoon, after my weekly foodie get-together with the “Roundies”, I drove out to Shops on Don Mills to have a second lunch at Chipotle Mexican Grill with a foodie instagramer and some of her blogger friends.

Long story short, the lunch get-together didn’t happen Continue reading

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Treat

S’Mores Dip at Ballers’ Bistro. October 2015

A treat is something sweet, something that you get for free, and a pleasure to receive.  Recently, I was extended an invitation to the newest and only snookball playing venue in Canada called Ballers’ Bistro.   Continue reading

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Announcing the Winners of the NuPasta contest!

NuPasta October Contest

Thank you very much to everyone to participated in our latest contest and giveaway!   The two winners will win a three-pack from NuPasta containing angel hair, spaghetti, and fettuccine NuPasta.  You can read my blog post about this innovative, gluten-free, and organic pasta here.   Continue reading

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Dim Sum at Mong Kok Chinese Restaurant

Located at 8360 Kennedy Road in Markham

As per usual, we met up on a Saturday morning for food and to chat.  We are the Round Table Foodies!  No, really, we’re just called Roundies lol.  On this particular day, instead of making  buying food to bring to eat together, we went to Mong Kok Chinese Restaurant for dim sum at 9 o’clock in the morning.   Continue reading

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Lunch at Dickens Cafe (Richmond Hill)

Located at 9425 Leslie Street in Richmond Hill

Last week, for lunch, my mom and I went to Richlane Mall for food.  It was my first time to this mall in a while and its Cantonese translation is “rich eat street”, meaning a street or plaza full of amazing food!  I was in the mood for some good old Hong Kong style cafe, so we headed to Dickens Cafe.   Continue reading

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