Too Good To Go Surprise Bags in December 2024

Posted on December 31, 2024 by stenoodie
Too Good to Go surprise bags across Markham and GTA

18 surprise bags purchased in December 2024

Use the Too Good To Go app to rescue unsold food from going to waste!  Participating restaurants and stores will put together “surprise bags” for one third of the retail price and customers purchase it on the app and then go to pick it up in store.  It’s a fun way to explore new restaurants and stores around you while saving food from being wasted and getting a great deal on food too!  Each store has a different rating, depending on how well they assemble the surprise bags.  Continue reading →

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Week 222 motherhood – turkey sandwiches, potluck party, Cooking with Santa, 2 years old!, holiday tarts and drinks, movie date night, solo lunch, ISTM

Posted on December 19, 2024 by stenoodie
Chocolate birthday cake for a 2 year old

Happy 2nd birthday to my secondborn child! 😘

Week 222 of motherhood with 4 year old and 2 year old(!):  Continue reading →

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Miss Qu Barbecue & Restaurant at Commerce Gate

Posted on December 2, 2024 by stenoodie
Miss Qu Barbecue & Restaurant

Miss Qu Barbecue & Restaurant located at 505 Hwy 7, Unit 91-92, Thornhill

Last Friday night, we had a mommy-daughter date at Miss Qu Barbecue & Restaurant (曲小姐江湖菜烧烤酒馆).  I spotted this restaurant the last time that the husband and I had date night in this plaza.  Miss Qu Barbecue & Restaurant is a new restaurant to grace the restaurant scene at Commerce Gate Continue reading →

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Flashfood Purchases in November 2024

Posted on December 2, 2024 by stenoodie
peas and guacamole cups

Best haul this month: $0.44 for each item!! (Original price of one is $6)

I am a huge fan of the Flashfood app where I can buy discounted groceries for my family consistently.  Continue reading →

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Too Good To Go Surprise Bags in November 2024

Posted on December 1, 2024 by stenoodie
Too Good to Go surprise bags collage

All the surprise bags I bought from Too Good to Go in November 2024

A food waste prevention app called Too Good To Go is making waves around the country.  Have you used it before?  Continue reading →

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Pine House Cafe (Steeles & Middlefield)

Posted on November 18, 2024 by stenoodie
Pine House Cafe storefront

Pine House Cafe located at 5661 Steeles Ave E, Unit 21 in Scarborough

We found ourselves in the east side of Markham and I chose Pine House Cafe (松屋) for us to have our late lunch.  We had been in this Milliken Crossing plaza many times (where Matsuda, Da Fu Seafood Restaurant, Jatujak, SumiLicious, and Nguyen Huong Vietnamese Sandwich are, to name a few) and hadn’t tried this Hong Kong style cafe out before.

Arriving there at 2 p.m. on a Saturday, we waited a couple of minutes before a booth table was cleared for us.  It was really busy in there despite the Continue reading →

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Flashfood Purchases in October 2024

Posted on November 1, 2024 by stenoodie
Flashfood fridge with new logo

Flashfood fridges seen at Vi’s No Frills

Flashfood is the best app for saving money.  It’s a free app where you can buy items that are nearing their “sell by” date for 50% off or more of their original price.

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Too Good To Go Surprise Bags in October 2024

Posted on October 31, 2024 by stenoodie
Too good to go surprise bags collage

The 10 surprise bags I got in October 2024

A food waste prevention app called Too Good To Go is a fun way to try new restaurants and buy food for cheap!  Restaurants that participate on this free app can sell “surprise bags” of food that they weren’t able to sell by day’s end for 1/3rd of the original retail price.  Continue reading →

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Brunch at Eggsmart (Thornhill location)

Posted on October 29, 2024 by stenoodie
Eggsmart Thornhill seating

Located at 8051 Yonge St in Thornhill/Markham

This past weekend, we went to Eggsmart at the 8051 Yonge Street location in Thornhill/Markham for brunch.  I realized I had last been here nine years ago.  The space is basically the same but somehow it looked different too.  Continue reading →

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Afternoon Tea at Ruelo Bakehouse in North York

Posted on October 28, 2024 by stenoodie
Ruelo Bakehouse baking kitchen

Ruelo Bakehouse located at 463 McNicoll Ave. in North York.

I am so glad that my friends brought up the idea of having afternoon tea for our catch-up session (in lieu of a lunch or dinner spot)!  I haven’t been to afternoon tea in more than ten years and missed the idea of it.

We chose Ruelo Bakehouse located at 463 McNicoll Avenue (McNicoll/404) in North York.  Continue reading →

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