Weekly Photo Challenge: Transformation

Much Music Video Awards stage

Much Music Video Awards, Toronto. June 2017

Every year in June on Father’s Day weekend, the streets of downtown Toronto transform from ordinary streets to the huge stage and set for the Much Music Video Awards!  I happened to pass by this year when the transformation was taking place and it was neat to be able to capture its in-transformation look Continue reading

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Sukiyaki, Donburi, and Udon at Ken Oh

Ken Oh food

Ken Oh located at 183 Dundas St W in Toronto

November 21, 2017:  There are so many restaurants on Dundas Street that I have yet to try.  Tonight, Grace and I tried out Ken Oh.  It’s a restaurant that serves Japanese “spaghetti” or udon and rice bowls.

There were a decent number of customers here when we arrived at 5:30 p.m.  The restaurant itself is rather small but comfortable enough to fit a lot of tables Continue reading

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Butter Baker’s Grand Opening on November 24! (Plus Gingerbread Man Croissants!)

Butter Baker croissants

Butter Baker located at 120 Dundas Street West

Butter Baker, the new pastry bakery featuring French confectionery cooking from the minds of Butter Avenue, is set to have their Grand Opening this Friday, November 24, 2017 at their shop at 120 Dundas Street (near Dundas Square)!

Their intersection is at Dundas Street and Bay Street.  The store opens from  8 a.m. to 8 p.m.  They will  be launching the first two holiday items at this time also to celebrate the Grand Opening!  The first 50 customers will receive these two holiday items complimentary along with a chance to win $100 Butter Baker app credit on the spot!   Continue reading

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Chefs Plate: Quinoa Masala Meatballs

Quinoa Masala Meatballs in Romaine Lettuce Cups with Creamy Sweet Chili Sauce

Quinoa Masala Meatballs in Romaine Lettuce Cups with Creamy Sweet Chili Sauce

November 16, 2017:  As the last plate of this week’s order with Chefs Plate, I selected and made a vegetarian dish for the first time!  Usually, I think that ordering the meat dishes are more worth it in value but since I’ve been enjoying more vegetables in my daily meals, this one was very unique to make and terrific to eat Continue reading

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Chefs Plate: Thai Fish Curry

Thai Fish Curry in a Coconut Broth with Snow Peas and Lime Couscous

Chefs Plate: Thai Fish Curry in a Coconut Broth with Snow Peas and Lime Couscous

November 15, 2017:  This was the first meal of this type from Chefs Plate that I made!  It was a Thai Fish Curry in a Coconut Broth with Snow Peas and Lime Couscous.  This was different since it was a broth and it was curry!  I hadn’t made either one of these from any of the Chefs Plate recipes before. 😀

It had difficulty level of “easy” and a Continue reading

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Chefs Plate: Pork Bruschetta Burgers

Pork Bruschetta Burgers with Provolone Cheese and a Field Green Salad

Pork Bruschetta Burgers with Provolone Cheese and a Field Green Salad

November 14, 2017:  I’ve ordered so many meals from Chefs Plate now that I’m going to stop keeping count.  For this order, we made Pork Bruschetta Burgers with Provolone Cheese and a Field Green Salad!  This had a difficulty level of “easy” and a prep time of 25 minutes.

This recipe really was very simple and straight-forward to Continue reading

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Experimental

avocado seed in water

Growing an avocado seed into a plant

I remember a number of years ago when I was very into the practice of eating avocados and had so many of the large avocado pits laying around at home that I decided to plant them.  I don’t remember what happened the the dozens of avocado plants that I successfully sprouted but recently terribly miss eating these awesome fruits and also growing their seeds into plants.  Continue reading

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Hotel Review: Jingxi International Hotel in Changsha, China

Jingxi International Hotel

Jingxi International Hotel in Changsha, China

September 16, 2017:  For our fourth night in Zhangjiajie, Changsha in China, we stayed at Jingxi International Hotel.  This was a hotel that was very close to the tourist area with lots of shops and restaurants.  It looked so nice from the outside and had a large and spacious lobby area with lots of space and lounge chairs for guests Continue reading

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Day 4 in Changsha, China 2017: Zhangjiajie Glass Bridge, Tianzi “Avatar” Mountains

Tianzi Mountains

Visiting the famous Tianzi Mountain in China!

September 16, 2017:  We visited the infamous mountains today made internationally known by the movie “Avatar”!  But first, we had a continental breakfast early in the morning at 6:30 a.m. in the dining room at the Mellow Crystal Hotel.  This was a really good buffet with tons of selection including of course the familiar noodle station Continue reading

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