14 surprise bags purchased from Too Good To Go in October 2025
A fun app where you can save food and enjoy food at a third of the price is called Too Good To Go. I use it on the daily to get groceries, bread items, dairy, meat, and ready-to-eat foods for myself and my family. Restaurants and stores that have surplus or unsold items post “surprise bags” and consumers can buy it and then pick it up in store at a specific time. Continue reading
The Japanese Kiln Matcha Tea Set from Umi Tea Sets
Umi Tea Sets is a one-stop shop for all things Asian tea and matcha. You can find extensive collections like tea leaves, tea sets, teapots, tea cups, accessories, trays, table and chairs, and more. They offer free shipping worldwide and include all tariffs and duties with your order. Upon purchasing more than two items, you can receive a Continue reading
A Chinese Cuisine located at 9570 McCowan Rd in Markham,
“A Chinese Cuisine” is a casual restaurant that serves Chinese-style skewers of all types, baked items in tin foil, soup noodles, and more. It’s located at the plaza (with a FreshCo) at McCowan Road and Bur Oak Avenue in Markham.
I dined in at this restaurant with Continue reading
Cara Cara Pasta & Cicheti located at 16 Vogell Rd, Unit D in Richmond Hill
Cara Cara Pasta & Cicheti (“cicheti” translates to “small amounts” or small snacks) is exactly what the name implies. It’s a relatively new restaurant (opened in September 2024) for Italian pasta and small plates, and as I was craving for some good pasta, Continue reading
Jeon Ju Hyang Korean Restaurant located at 8601 Warden Ave in Markham
Jeon Ju Hyang is a Korean restaurant located in the Markham Town Square plaza at Warden and Highway 7 in Markham. There are two other locations in the Greater Toronto Area too.
This was our second visit to this restaurant but the first time I’m blogging about it. (And actually, we ordered takeout from this restaurant during the pandemic Continue reading
All of this for under $9.51!
Here is my monthly recap of what our family buys from the best food-saving app ever, Flashfood! Flashfood offers discounted food and goods from 50% off the regular price. The items are near their “best before dates”, but Continue reading
The 23 surprise bags I got in September 2025
A fun food-saving app to try new restaurants and stores outside of your everyday routine is called Too Good To Go. I use this app on the regular to buy ready-to-eat food items, groceries, desserts, and even floral bouquets (now that more florists are joining TGTG). It’s satisfying to help the planet reduce food and floral waste too. 😊 Continue reading
CashWalk app homescreen
CashWalk is a reliable walking app that pays you for your steps. My mom’s friend was the one who recommended it to us over a year ago. I downloaded it in July 2024 and still use it to this day because it pays fairly well (I log a moderate number of steps and I can get a $5 gift card to Amazon every month). My husband logs more steps than I do and he can redeem a $5 gift card about every 2 to 3 weeks. Since using it for a year, we’ve gotten consistent gift card rewards every month!
(My referral code is: VCU55. Use it to get 500 coins when you join or click this link.) Continue reading
Pears Restaurant located at 170 Enterprise Blvd, unit J105 in Unionville
For our sixth wedding anniversary celebration, we went to Pears Restaurant by Keith Pears located in downtown Markham for dinner. It was easy to make a reservation for the early dining time of 5:15 p.m. for a Monday evening as there were many available time slots. We were one of the only two tables dining in when we arrived. There is free Continue reading
My fave haul from Flashfood this month! All these for $12.49
It’s that time of the month again! Time to see what our family bought from the Flashfood app and see how much money we saved on groceries this month. 🙂 This blog post recaps what items I purchased. Continue reading
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