Burritos, Enchiladas, and Fried Ice Cream at Mexican Amigos

Mexican Amigos at 10720 Yonge Street in Richmond Hill

The foodie in me just couldn’t resist participating in the very last day of the Savour York Region Restaurant Week festivities.  I visited Mexican Amigos for lunch and was very pleased with the selection of dishes offered for just $15 per person.   Continue reading →

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Bayview Kitchen is a Hong Kong Style Cafe in Richmond Hill

Bayview Kitchen is a small Chinese restaurant that serves breakfast, afternoon tea, lunch, and dinner sets.  It’s your typical Chinese fare with milk tea or coffee served with club sandwiches, macaroni with ham in noodles, instant noodles, and buttered toast for breakfast.  I say that it’s a small restaurant since they only have 7-10 tables depending on if they split up tables from 4 to 2 if there’s a need for more customers.  It’s a very popular place to eat a fast meal as lots of people came in and out during the short time Continue reading →

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Womens Fitness Clubs of Canada — Richmond Hill location

Womens Fitness clubs of Canada (WFCC) just opened a new location in Richmond Hill and had an open house event for group exercise classes free of charge to anyone who wanted to try out a class at their new location.  I visited the 10341 Yonge Street location on a rainy Saturday morning to partake in a good, fun, high-energy Zumba class.   Continue reading →

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Measuring my Steno Progress through Songs

It’s no secret that I love practising to videos that I watch on YouTube; I’ve done it for as many as two years now. In particular, part of the reason why I think I was able to pass so many speed tests consecutively when I first started speedbuilding was because I kept practising to certain music videos over and over again. Continue reading →

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Shanghainese Food at A LA Kitchen in Markham

A LA Kitchen storefront

A LA Kitchen at 21 Fairburn Dr Unit #18 in Markham

About a week ago, I visited a restaurant that is located right behind First Markham Place in Markham.  A LA Kitchen looked like a rather recent opening of a new restaurant and I thought that it served Chinese cuisine.  I hopped in one afternoon and was surprised to see that they actually serve Shanghainese cuisine instead.  They host a big selection of Shanghainese dishes and some dim sum too.  
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Fish House — Popular For Their Fresh Fish and Seafood [Defunct]

The Fish House at 7501 Woodbine Avenue in Markham

I consider myself very lucky and am very grateful to get the opportunity to always dine out at such delicious establishments.  Today, my friend Betty and I visited The Fish House in Markham for lunch.  It’s situated on the corner of Woodbine and John Street, an intersection that both of us (and probably some of you reading now) are familiar with; having passed by on many occasions.   Continue reading →

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Dickens Restaurant in Scarborough

Inside of Dickens Restaurant in Scarborough. Some of the hanging lamps have little hearts in them. : )
Located at 8 Glen Watford Drive in Toronto

I happened to enter this small Chinese restaurant by chance.  I was looking for a close restaurant to have a late lunch at.  I actually had another restaurant in mind and was about to get into the car to drive across the street to go there.  However, on my way to the car, when I walked by this restaurant and happened to see that they had free wifi posted on their front entrance, I immediately dashed in — Continue reading →

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Kicking Off Savour York Region Restaurant Week at Crave Restaurant!

Crave Restaurant at Sheraton Parkway Hotel

I found out through a fellow foodie friend that York Region offers three-course prix fixe meals in select restaurants for two weeks in fall!  To me, that screams “Fallicious”!   That’s my take on the popular Summerlicious and Winterlicious events that the city of Toronto has every summer and winter season. 😉   Continue reading →

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DiSCOVER. Trip to China. Day 11. July 26, 2013.

Climbed mount tai after a delayed start in the hotel due to rain. Continue reading →

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Grand Buffet at Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort

The inside of Grand Buffet at the Niagara Fallsview Casino

Over the weekend, I visited Niagara Fallsview Casino with my mom and we had breakfast/lunch at the Grand Buffet which is located directly inside the casino.  I’ve been to this buffet a handful of times before and I always enjoy their food.  They have a great variety of cold dishes, salads, hot dishes, soups, a carving station, and their dessert station is ENORMOUS!   Continue reading →

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