Peruvian dishes at El Fogon

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El Fogon located at 543 Saint Clair Avenue West in Toronto

Last night, a friend and I tried Peruvian food at El Fogon.  It’s a nice little restaurant on St. Clair West.  I was the first person to walk into the restaurant at 7 p.m. on a Thursday night, but as the night went on, there were more patrons.  It seems like a small family-owned restaurant which is always nice.   Continue reading →

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Steno Progress

Six students passed their speed tests this weekend.  Woohoo!  So happy when I got the e-mails informing me that they passed and and four of them were my former theory students.  YAY!   Continue reading →

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Fishmen Lobster Clubhouse Restaurant [Relocated]

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My Favourite Dishes at Golden Shanghai Restaurant

June 2013:  This is a restaurant that serves Shanghai food that I’ve visited every so often over the past several years.  I don’t remember when was the first time I stepped into this restaurant as it was many years ago, but because of the really good food that they serve here, I’ve been coming back again and again every time I feel like having some of my favourite Shanghainese dishes.

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My First Time Eating at Banh Mi Boys

I finally had a chance to visit the esteemed Banh Mi Boys!  It’s a Vietnamese sandwich (called a “banh mi”) shop that also sells the popular “kimchi fries”.  It was obvious that we had to go there to these all of these out!  Their sandwiches were also declared the best sandwich of the year by the Toronto Star in 2012.  Translation —  foodie hotspot!   Continue reading →

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A First Dinner Visit to Richmond Station

My friend and I visited this little restaurant called Richmond Station a week ago to have a nice catch-up dinner since she had just returned from teaching overseas and travelling away from home for over two years.  It was a quaint little restaurant and not too loud inside so it was perfect to eat and catch up.   Continue reading →

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Heading to Music City in August!

Yay!  I just booked my plane tickets to Nashville, Tennessee for August for the NCRA Annual Convention!  Yay!!!  I’ve also just registered for the event too.  Heh.  I got excited reading about the resort that the Convention is being held in this year too.   Continue reading →

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Yamamoto Japanese Cuisine [Defunct]

My friends and I went to a Japanese all-you-can-eat restaurant last night and I was  pleasantly surprised at the quality and yumminess of the food!  It’s a new restaurant that opened up at Market Village where the Mongolian grill place used to be.   Continue reading →

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Translation Statistics

On Friday, I shadowed a fellow friend and former CCVS grad and now court reporter at an examination for discovery.  There was an interpreter for this examination and it pertained to a local business!  I was pretty excited for it since the material was relevant and I had never been on an examination where there was an interpreter before.  The witness spoke in Cantonese, interestingly, so I was actually able to understand what was being said without the interpreter.   Continue reading →

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Short shadowing session

I shadowed Lisa today again on a case!  Yay!  To my surprise, the case was only 48 minutes lol. We started at 10 a.m. sharp and before we even had any sort of break at all, the lawyer announced he was done questioning.  To date, this is the shortest case I’ve been on.  I’m not complaining, of course; I got to spend the rest of my day completing things on my to-do list.   Continue reading →

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