I haven’t even been a mom for a full month yet but reading this passage hit me really hard and left me with Continue reading
Hai Tang Cafe & Takeout located at 38 Buttonfield Rd in Markham
July 1, 2020: For dinner for the long weekend holiday, we decided to get takeout from a local Chinese restaurant which has recently become a favourite for us over the past couple of months.
The first blog post I wrote about Hai Tang Cafe & Takeout was in 2015 (which you can read here). Since that visit, I have visited them a number of times both for breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, and dinner. Those visits ranged from typical Hong Kong style cafe food to beloved favourite dishes to occasional Continue reading
The Farmhouse Restaurant located at 268 Bradford St in Barrie
July 1, 2020: For Canada Day, we decided to venture out of the Greater Toronto Area on a short road trip to Barrie for our first patio lunch of the year (which also signalled the first time we had dined out since March when the COVID-19 lockdown began). This was also when restaurants were able to operate in the Stage 2 capacity meaning that patrons could dine in at restaurant patios.
I did some research of the restaurants in Barrie the day before our road trip and found that The Farmhouse Restaurant had Continue reading
The Melon Bun from Sweetened by M
Sweetened by M is a home-based bakery from a husband and wife team whose travels inspired their baking. I personally know the sweet couple behind the new venture (having met them during the Mon Sheong summer retreat in 2014) and then saw how their love flourished over the years with milestones like Continue reading
Fishman Lobster Clubhouse Restaurant located at 4020 Finch Ave E in Scarborough
To celebrate Father’s Day this year, I decided to surprise Ken with a lobster feast from Fishman Lobster Clubhouse Restaurant (魚樂軒), the best place to eat “lobster mountains” in Toronto! I previously blogged about my visits to this seafood restaurant and how their freshly prepared lobsters are one of the best in the city and how you always get an jaw-dropping picture of the stack of lobster at such a feast. Continue reading
Jerusalem Restaurant located at 4777 Leslie St in North York
March 6, 2020: For my mom’s birthday this year, we went to Jerusalem Restaurant (4777 Leslie Street, North York) for the first time. Jerusalem Restaurant is a Middle Eastern cuisine restaurant that serves a la carte dishes as well as a buffet with live singing and belly dancing performances. This was actually the second-last time we Continue reading
Cha Kee Restaurant located at 280 West Beaver Creek Road, Unit #30 in Richmond Hill
We actually dined at this restaurant sometime after they opened earlier last year before the pandemic hit, but that blog post is part of the backlog that I still have to post, so this one serves as the first one about it.
We were feeling for some authentic Hong Kong style cafe food and decided to order from Cha Kee (茶記) Restaurant for an Continue reading
iHalo Krunch located at 1 Bass Pro Mills Dr in Vaughan
February 17, 2020: This was the last time we set foot inside of a shopping mall before the lockdown hit. And remember that summer a year or two ago when it was all about the ice cream from iHalo Krunch? I gave up on attempting to line up for it that summer at their flagship Queen Street store but finally had a taste of this popular ice cream at their Vaughan outpost at the Vaughan Mills shopping mall Continue reading
Me Va Me Express located at 330 Steeles Ave W in Thornhill
A few weeks ago after browsing items at Babies R Us, the hunger pangs struck my husband so we headed straight to Me Va Me Express (330 Steeles Ave W) which was in the same shopping vicinity. This location of Me Va Me in Thornhill is an express eatery, meaning that Continue reading
Tam Vietnamese Street Food and Cafe located at 369 Keele St, Toronto
February 15, 2020: DKLo invited us to a tasting at Tam Vietnamese Street Food and Cafe (369 Keele St), a brand new Vietnamese family-owned restaurant in the Junction in the west side of Toronto. We were excited to try out this restaurant in this part of the city, as I don’t tend to frequent it often. Continue reading
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