Soma Chocolate

Located at 443 King Street West in Toronto

After our dinner at Rodney’s Oyster House, we strolled over to Soma Chocolate.  It’s a chocolate paradise for those who have a sweet tooth as they have every type of chocolate and nut combination available.

I was recommended to try their Soma Spicy Mayan Hot Chocolate by my friends.  Continue reading

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Rodney’s Oyster House

Located at 469 King St W in Toronto

I was a little disappointed with our night out at Rodney’s Oyster House when we celebrated our 1-3-5 October birthday dinner there.  I’ve been to Rodney’s Oyster House in the past.  I remember ordering their lobster club, shrimp jambalaya, and oysters with my friends before we headed out to see War Horse.   Continue reading

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Moxie’s Grill & Bar (Fairview Mall location)

Located at 1800 Sheppard Ave E in North York

I haven’t dined at a Moxie’s in a while so when Justin suggested it to catch up over dinner here, I was all for it.  I took a look at the online menu before I left my house (when you think about this, 20 years ago people weren’t even able to do this! — It really shows you how technology has moved on and integrated itself into our daily lives so smoothly) and I already picked out what I wanted to eat.   Continue reading

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More Seafood from Club 21

Located at 6380 Fallsview Blvd in Niagara Falls

After our first awesome seafood feast, we returned again for another yummy meal at Club 21.

This time, our server wasn’t as professional and friendly as last time’s which put a little bit of a damper to the mood of the evening (great service and pleasantries are so important to a night out!).   Continue reading

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Descent

Toledo, Spain. October 31, 2014

Ha!  When I saw the theme for this week’s photo challenge, I knew right away which photo to feature.  For all of my past photo challenge pictures (except one — pun intended), I’ve been using pictures that are old — anywhere from a week to 8 years old.  This photo that I’ve chosen for this week’s challenge was actually taken today!   Continue reading

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Gold Mark Chinese Cuisine

Located at 7501 Woodbine Ave in Markham

Gold Mark Chinese Cuisine is a Chinese restaurant that is newly opened.  I noticed it when driving on streets of John Street and Woodbine since The Fish House previously occupied this place.  I was so disappointed to find that that Western seafood restaurant had closed down.   Continue reading

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Swiss Chalet (Collingwood)

Located at 440 First Street in Collingwood in Ontario

On our weekend trip to Blue Mountain in Collingwood, after climbing through caves and mountain sides, we had lunch at Swiss Chalet.  Swiss Chalet is a popular and rather ubiquitous family chain restaurant in Ontario that serves rotisserie chicken with their specialty Chalet Sauce.    Continue reading

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Garlic Onion

Located at 10755 Leslie St. in Richmond Hill

My mom and I were in this area of the neighborhood up at Elgin Mills and Leslie and decided to try out this small Chinese HK-style cafe that I’ve noticed residing in the same plaza as the Sunset Grill.

It was a modern and casual style diner (which had free wifi! — Score!).  They had many selections of food that came with a spring roll or soup and a drink.  As always, HK style cafes offer a ton of choices that are characteristically delicious and affordable.   Continue reading

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Birthday Celebration at Los Chicos Brasa Peruvian Rotisserie

Located at 7595 Markham Road, Unit 15 in Markham

As part of my early birthday celebration, my friends and I went to try out Peruvian cuisine; in particular, Peruvian rotisserie chicken.  Alejandro recommended this place as we had all never been there before.

Los Chicos Brasa Peruvian Rotisserie is located in Markham near Markham Road and 14th.  It is two storeys where it features mostly take-out on the lower level and a separate dine-in room on the upper level.  Continue reading

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Organizing my Own Shoreline Cleanup at Bluffer’s Park

Shoreline Cleanup at Bluffer’s Park — October 2014

One of the things I absolutely LOVE doing is cleanups.  There’s just something almost ‘thrilling’ in the challenge of the ‘treasure’-hunting process — treat every piece of trash that you can spot out in the natural environment of greenery as a game and the goal is to see how much treasure trash you can collect.  Fun game, no?  It is to me!  😀   Continue reading

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