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Sweet Note Desserts [Defunct]

Posted on June 19, 2015 by stenoodie

Located at 505 Highway 7 East, Unit 61-63 in Markham

Nicole, Ron, and I visited Sweet Note Desserts on a Thursday afternoon to hang out and to try the desserts. I’ve heard of Sweet Note before and have passed by their storefront many times when I’ve eaten at the Commerce Gate Plaza (King Dragon Cuisine, Donburi, Shaanxi). This was my first time trying them out!

Walking into the dessert shop, it was actually so much more spacious than I expected it to be. There was a lot of open space where there were tables and chairs with the cutest homemade lollipop centre pieces. Continue reading →

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Dinner at Queen Mother Cafe

Posted on June 18, 2015 by stenoodie

Located at 208 Queen Street West in Toronto

Sophia and I met up to catch up after over four years of not having seen each other! It was so fun to talk about just anything and realize that we actually have a ton of things in common. So cool! Most of all, our biggest commonality lies in us both being adventurous foodies! Continue reading →

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Who am I? An INFJ

Posted on June 17, 2015 by stenoodie

This is me, June 2015

It seems like a lot of people enjoyed my Introversion post from the other day. Good! I’m glad that more people understand who I really am now and that more people can identify with introverts because there is a smaller population of us in the world versus extroverts.

In the same stream of thinking about “who am I?” recently and wanting to be more in tune with myself, I also came across the 16Personalities test a day after I wrote the post. Continue reading →

Posted in Learning | Tagged @16Personalities, Advocate, change, Constant Improvement, Diplomat, Feeling, free test, INFJ, Introverted, Intuitive, Judging, me, personality, personalty test, self-improvement, traits, Turbulent, understanding yourself | 11 Comments

Dinner at B&B Cafe Restaurant

Posted on June 16, 2015 by stenoodie

Located at 50 Bur Oak Avenue, Unit C9 in Markham

After sharing some yummy snacks at our weekly meeting, we went to B&B Cafe restaurant to have some grub. It’s an unassuming Chinese restaurant that also serves HK-style food in addition to dinner. It’s located in the plaza at Bur Oak and Kennedy and is a small family restaurant. Continue reading →

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Lunch at Ithaca Greek Mediterranean Restaurant

Posted on June 15, 2015 by stenoodie

Located at 5308 Highway 7 East in Markham

We used to play badminton every Sunday afternoon, but slowly, our core group started to die out and now our Sunday afternoons are replaced with other activities.

We reunited here recently for brunch! It was so nice to catch up again, especially after many of us had been travelling around the world. Continue reading →

Posted in Food | Tagged 5308 Highway 7 East, calamari, Dolmadakia, Flambé Cheese, food blog, foodie, garlic bread, grape leaves, Greek, Greek salad, Highway 7, Ithaca Greek Mediterranean Restaurant, Ithaca Restaurant, Kalamarakia, lunch, Markham, Mediterranean, Mixed Souvlaki, restaurant review, Roasted Lamb, Saganaki Opa, souvlaki, stuffed grape leaves, tzatziki | 5 Comments

Ice Cream at The Big Chill

Posted on June 14, 2015 by stenoodie

Located at 566 College Street in Toronto

Apparently, The Big Chill‘s been around for over a decade and is an old fixture in the College and Bathurst area in downtown Toronto. After an amazing meal at DaiLo (you need to try this place!), we headed for dessert here. It was a chilly night but it was warm inside this ice cream parlour.

The Big Chill looked like an old-fashioned ice cream parlour and they are distinctively decorated with cow-themed merchandise all over the place. Continue reading →

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Introversion — that’s me

Posted on June 13, 2015 by stenoodie

Every person is unique

Maybe it’s time for a little reflection post. I hope everyone has been enjoying my daily foodie posts, restaurant reviews, and occasional travel flashback posts (more are coming and I’m still backlogged).

Summer time is here and that means there are more events on the horizon. It’s great to socialize but it tires me out. I really dislike small talk even though I like getting to know a person. I thrive best in one-on-one settings. I can only focus on one person talking at a time. Continue reading →

Posted in Life | Tagged battery, being around an introvert, energy, extroverts, introspect, introversion, introvert, introverts, leave me alone, me, need alone time, personality, quiet time, recharge, reflection, there's nothing wrong with this | 20 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Off-Season

Posted on June 12, 2015 by stenoodie

Blue Mountain, Collingwood. June 2013

The theme for this week’s Photo Challenge is difficult! There’s only one thing that “off-season” makes me think of and there’s no room to really be creative around this theme unless your ideas are kind of arbitrary. Continue reading →

Posted in Weekly Photo Challenge | Tagged activities, Blue Mountain, Collingwood, postaday, summer, weekly photo challenge | 7 Comments

Chef’s Choice Dinner at DaiLo

Posted on June 11, 2015 by stenoodie

Located at 503 College St in Toronto

On a sunny but a little chilly spring night, four of us visited DaiLo for a delicious and satisfying fusion French and Chinese dinner. I had heard lots about this restaurant, residing on College Street near Bathurst in Toronto, but didn’t have the chance to visit until now. What a treat it was for us as we left very satisfied with our tummies full and our taste buds dancing.

DaiLo is a two character phrase in Chinese that means “big boss”. Funnily enough, we decided to let the “big boss” of the restaurant decide our eating choices for the night. Continue reading →

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Dinner at Thoroughbred Food & Drink [Defunct]

Posted on June 10, 2015 by stenoodie

Located at 304 Richmond Street West in Toronto

Since we weren’t able to get a dinner reservation at Copacabana (Adelaide location), I rescheduled us to still have dinner downtown at our preset dinner time. Since Urbanspoon recently shut down on June 1, 2015 and switched over to Zomato, I had trouble locating my bookmarked lists and resorted to using the not-so-friendly-or-easy-to-use-tools on Zomato to do some restaurant searching. Continue reading →