Local No90 Bar + Kitchen located at 90 Mill Street N in Port Hope
August 18, 2018: Local No90 Bar + Kitchen is a relatively new restaurant in downtown Port Hope, Ontario. This restaurant is a bar and grill that serves artisan savory pies and local shareable dishes as well as a host of rotating feature items. They also have wine on tap, local craft beers, and cocktails. Continue reading
Olympus Burger located at 55 Mill St S in Port Hope
August 18, 2018: Olympus Burger is a Greek mythology-themed burger joint situated in downtown Port Hope that has won several best burger awards including a feature on the “You Gotta Eat Here” TV show. We had actually passed by this restaurant on one of my very first visits to Port Hope and had wanted to stop in to try it, but never had a chance to due to certain circumstances Continue reading
Treetop Trekking Garanarska (Port Hope) located at 10585 Cold Spring Camp Rd in Campbellcroft, ON
August 18, 2018: It was a pleasure to return to the Treetop Trekking facilities at Ganaraska, Port Hope to partake in some more aerial obstacle courses and zip line fun!
“Treetop Trekking” has five locations across Ontario (and five locations in Quebec). This branch in Ganaraska is located at 10585 Cold Spring Camp Road in Campbellcroft, Ontario (which is really about a 20 minutes drive from downtown Port Hope but I’ll refer to it as Port Hope anyway). Continue reading
Ninki Sushi located in the PATH at Scotia Plaza at 40 King Street West in Toronto
August 16, 2018: I’ve passed by Ninki Sushi, a Japanese restaurant, dozens and dozens of times whenever I work at the Bay Adelaide Centre, but this was my first time dining in. I never knew what a fancy restaurant it was inside!
My boo took me here for dinner as I was starving from a full day of overtime work. I was so impressed with its interior; it was so fancy and low light with spotlights so you could still see Continue reading
Patisserie Kirin ft. Tendou Matcha & Dessert located at 3621 Hwy 7, Unit #105 in Markham
August 14, 2018: I had dined at Tendou before for their matcha-focused desserts and ice cream. Since then, they have closed and reinvented themselves as Patisserie Kirin ft. Tendou Matcha & Dessert to focus more on other pastry desserts and drinks while still continuing to offer their popular matcha ice cream and other previously signature desserts Continue reading
Aroma Espresso Bar located at 179 Enterprise Blvd in Unionville
August 22, 2018: I usually publish blog posts about events that I attended consecutively, but as this is a time sensitive event, here goes: Participating Aroma Espresso Bar locations are giving away free Gelato pops tomorrow afternoon! Starting at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 23, 2018, you can try their new summer treats for free! Continue reading
Za Pizza Bistro located at 290 Adelaide St W in Toronto
August 14, 2018: Last week, I was invited to the media preview and tasting of a new pizza bistro opening up in Toronto. Za Pizza Bistro is already an established and popular pizzeria in Manitoba and this new opening signifies one of three new locations they have expanded to in the province of Ontario (Downtown Toronto, Vaughan, and Mississauga Continue reading
Stouffville Country Ribfest located at Memorial Park in Stoufville
August 12, 2018: This was the 6th annual Stouffville Country Ribfest. It took place during the weekend of August 10 to 12 at the Stouffville Memorial Park in Stouffville. I actually won a pair of “free” admission tickets (care of Yelp GTA) to the ribfest but this ribfest is actually admission by donation and kids are free Continue reading
La Carnita located at 106 John St in Toronto
August 11, 2018: Lunch at La Carnita! I’ve always wanted to try this taco restaurant and so here we were on a Saturday for a late lunch. 😀
There are a couple of locations of La Carnita in Toronto. We went to the John Street location near St. Andrew Station in the Entertainment District Continue reading
Pun Cao Tong located at 550 York Regional Rd 7 in Richmond Hill
August 5, 2018: I was in need of some turtle herbal jelly, so I decided to try out this Chinese dessert shop that I’ve noticed in the Times Square plaza at Leslie and Highway 7 in Richmond Hill.
(Its signage and menu says “Sweet Turtle Desserts” but online, they are known as “Pun Cao Tong (本草堂)“. I’m guessing the English name is a newer rendition of their business name Continue reading
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