Butter Chicken Roti located at 861 York Mills Rd., Unit 7 in Toronto
April 26, 2019: Butter Chicken Roti has a location at York Mills and Don Mills. They are a fast casual restaurant serving both vegetarian and non-vegetarian roti and rice dishes. Thanks to Patrick of @feedmyphone, I was able to try the Indian food at this location in a private tasting. Continue reading
Cheesy Turkey Melts with Caramelized Onions and Oven Fries
April 22, 2019: Don’t get sick of my recent abundance of Chefs Plate meals yet because this dish was a really good one and so easy to make! This was a Cheesy Turkey Melts with Caramelized Onions and Oven Fries. Chefs Plate is a weekly subscription make-your-own meal at home delivery service (you can pause the plan at any time). I’ve been using it on-and-off since 2015! Continue reading
Mediterranean Quinoa & Sweet Potato Patties with Yogurt-Cucumber Sauce
April 18, 2019: The third Chefs Plate meal of this week’s shipment is the Mediterranean Quinoa & Sweet Potato Patties with Yogurt-Cucumber Sauce. Chefs Plate allows you to choose from a weekly changing menu of dishes, delivers you the fresh pre-measured ingredients so that you can cook from the comfort of your own home. You’ll be a master chef at home every Continue reading
Pizza Studio located at 8610 Woodbine Ave in Markham
April 20, 2019: Markham now has a fast casual pizza joint where you can customize unlimited toppings on a choice of five crusts! Downtown Toronto has plenty of these pizza joints like Blaze Pizza, Pi Co, and Za Pizza Bistro, so it’s great to see a similar concept uptown.
Pizza Studio is a franchise with three other locations across the Greater Toronto Area and across Continue reading
Rosemary Pork and Apple Chutney with Mashed Sweet Potatoes and Brussels Sprouts
April 17, 2019: Here’s another Chefs Plate meal! This is the Rosemary Pork and Apple Chutney with Mashed Sweet Potatoes and Brussels Sprouts. It has a difficulty level of “easy” and takes 30 minutes to cook.
(Have you ever tried Chefs Plate before? If not, you can redeem four plates of food for free here.) Continue reading
Oven Baked Fish with Lemon Aioli and a Warm Arugula Salad
April 15, 2019: I’m back with the Chefs Plate meals! 😀 I only order these Chefs Plate meals whenever the weekly-changing menu for the week appeals to me and when I have time to make them (i.e., when my workload is low and I’m working from home). I usually like to make them early in the day there is ample sunlight for my photos. 😀
This meal is the Oven Baked Fish with Lemon Aioli and a Warm Arugula Salad with a Continue reading
Osmow’s located at 8630 Woodbine Ave, Unit 5 in Markham
April 13, 2019: It had been a while since I had been to an Osmow’s for some Mediterranean wraps or platters. I recall really enjoying their generous platters and shawarmas when I first visited the Richmond Hill Bayview location.
This new Markham location is in a string of new restaurants on Woodbine Avenue north of Highway 7 across from LA Fitness. Walking in on a Saturday at noon, we were Continue reading
A Corner Cafe located at 4981 Hwy 7, Unit 11 in Unionville
April 19, 2019: There is a new brunch spot in Markham! A Corner Cafe is located at Highway 7 east of McCowan Road directly across from Markville Mall. It’s also close to a Krispy’s Kajun Chicken and replaces a former Green Grotto location.
A Corner Cafe is currently in its soft opening. My friend Betty and I went to check it out on the second day Continue reading
CBQ Health & Wellness Clinic located at 21 Fairburn Dr, Unit #19 in Markham
April 12, 2019: I found another amazing massage parlour!! This one, called CBQ Health & Wellness Clinic (名仁养生馆), is super close to me too! (It’s located in the cluster of store units at Rodick Road and Highway 7; right behind First Markham Place.)
After an arduous nine days and nights of doing 31 hours of transcription work, my body was letting me know that it was sore in my lower back, forearms, and buttocks area, and I severely needed Continue reading
Presentation of my new CSR designation
April 6, 2019: This year’s Chartered Shorthand Reporters’ Association of Ontario Conference was held once again at the Oakham House at Ryerson University.
Unlike previous years, this was a much more quiet and subdued conference. I’m not sure exactly of the reason for this although I can personally think of a few reasons including Continue reading
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