Dim Sum at Casa Deluz Banquet Hall

Located at 1571 Sandhurst Circle in Toronto

Walking into this restaurant brings back so many memories.  This Chinese restaurant is now renovated and newly christened as Casa Deluz.  Previously, it was famously known as Red Ruby Chinese Restaurant.  Ah, does that ring a bell with some of you local Canadian Chinese residents?  It was one of the biggest and most popular restaurants to go for Chinese dim sum.   Continue reading

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Hong Kong Delights (Hong Kong International Airport)

Located at Hong Kong International Airport (HKG), 1 Sky Plaza Road in Hong Kong

Oh, dear!  It turns out that I forgot to post one last Hong Kong restaurant that I had blogged about.  Whoops!  Here it is: (!)

One last meal before we fly out of Hong Kong!  We had our lunch at Hong Kong Delights inside Terminal 2 at the HK airport.   Continue reading

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Escape Game: LockQuest

Located at 1204a Yonge St in Toronto

Earlier this week, nine of us played another escape room called LockQuest.  By now, most people know about room escape games and how they’re currently a top pasttime since they’re fun, challenging, and involve lots of teamwork.  LockQuest is located directly across from the Summerhill subway station on Yonge Street in Toronto which makes it very convenient to get to by public transit.   Continue reading

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Weekly Photo Challenge: New

Markham. January 2015

It is definitely cliché that the first Weekly Photo Challenge of the year has the theme of “new”.  No matter, I’m up for it.  As always!  I got a good one for this week.  At first, I wanted to see what was the first picture that I took of 2015 but when I looked in my photos, I realized it wasn’t so much a picture as an informational one, so that option was scrapped.  Instead, I chose something that is still a rather good idea. 😀   Continue reading

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Dinner at Yang’s Chinese Cuisine

Located at 8432 Leslie St Unit 110 in Markham

Happy first day of 2015!  Since today marks the first day of the calendar, it also marks the first day being back from being backlogged from completing all my restaurant reviews from my HK trip — I’m back to blogging about Canadian restaurants again!  😀

I really didn’t expect to blog about this restaurant again.  I previously went to Yang’s Chinese Cuisine to have dim sum with my family.  The food was average and the place was nice.  I expected dinner service to be about the same.  Oh boy was I wrong!   Continue reading

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2014 Reflection

2014 — many firsts and memories!

So, today’s the very last day of 2014 — December 31, 2014.  We’ll never see this day again and never feel the same way we did on this day.  Before I get too far into how every day actually passes us just like this (a *snap*), let me recount the amazing things that happened this year:   Continue reading

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stenoodie’s 2014 in review (WordPress version)

Wow!  It’s the second-last day of the year already!!!  Do you know what that means?  For me, that means recounting what happened in the past 357 days and posting it here for me to reflect on.  But before that happens, WordPress provided a neat little prezzie for us this year by accumulating all our stats for the year and summarizing it for us.   Continue reading

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Room Escape Adventures — Trapped in a Room with a Zombie

Located at 37 Bulwer Street in Toronto

A week ago, eleven friends and I went to play this newer room escape adventure called “Trapped in a Room with a Zombie” courtesy of Room Escape Adventures.  I first heard about this from my friend after we played the “Inception” room at Xscaper Arts about how there was an escape room that had a real live person dressed up as a zombie that was chained up while you tried to solve the clues in order to get out of the room.   Continue reading

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Nra Trang (Hong Kong)

Located at 7/F, New Town Plaza Phase 1, 18 Sha Tin Centre Street, Sha Tin in Hong Kong

The final restaurant review blog of a restaurant I ate at in Hong Kong from my autumn 2014 trip is Nra Trang.  I ate at this restaurant a few days after I arrived in Hong Kong for lunch with my mom and aunt but for some reason, the photos from this visit have completely disappeared from my phone.   Continue reading

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Warmth

Walnut cake, South Korea. December 2011

Winter is here!  That means that we are all searching for warmth, whether it be a toasty cuddle under the blankets on cold night, intertwining fingers next to an open fire’s glow, the feeling you get when that special someone whispers something goosebumps-inducing in your ear, or a simple sweet snack that warms your heart, warmth is something we all love and can’t get enough of. 🙂   Continue reading

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