Patria located at 478 King St W in Toronto
October 6, 2017: For my birthday this year, Ken surprised me with an authentic Spanish tapas dinner at Patria. I’ve heard of Patria before and was excited to try it out! They serve Spanish tapas in a stylish interior hidden past an iron gate on King Street West in downtown Toronto.
Ken had made reservations for us for Continue reading
Yang’s Sushi Bar Japanese Restaurant located at 4261 Hwy 7 in Unionville
October 2, 2017: I have been to Yang’s Sushi Bar Japanese Restaurant (大禾曰本料理) (also known as Yang’s Kitchen or Yang’s Kitchen & Sushi Bar) many times for dinner and lunch. This was my second time having their lunch buffet. Yang’s Sushi Bar Japanese Restaurant is a Japanese restaurant that serves all-you-can-eat items during lunch or dinner. I believe they also have an a la carte menu too.
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Hong Shing Chinese Restaurant located at 195 Dundas St W in Toronto
September 30, 2017:
After the conclusion of the CSRAO Annual Convention 2017, we set off and walked to Hong Shing Chinese Restaurant located in Chinatown, Toronto at Dundas and Centre Street (close to St. Patrick subway station) for dinner.
I’ve heard about Hong Shing Chinese Restaurant before and how they have good lobster dinners. For this reservation, Lisa had reserved about 20-30 people’s worth of seats and arranged a set group dinner for $35 a head. Hong Shing served standard Chinese food in a Continue reading
CSRAO Convention 2017
I came back from my vacation just in time for the CSRAO Annual Conference this year — yes, it is that important and exciting to me! This year, I was especially excited because there was a captioning bootcamp session. Captioning has been a long-term goal for me ever since I started learning stenography way back in 2009. It’s an attractive career because you don’t have to bring anything home with you after hours Continue reading
Fenghuang County, China. September 2017
On the second day of our trip to Zhangjaijie in Hunan, China in the late summer of 2017, we visited the Fenghuang County at night to see the beautiful ancient city and town. The entire street and river were donned with beautiful classic lights. Although everything was so beautiful and lit (and I won’t share those photos until I blog about it), this picture stands out in terms of the glow that was emitted from all the lights and light fixtures.
I took this photo of the lampposts as we walked back to the hotel alongside the Continue reading
Crispy Fish & Sauce Gribiche with Parmesan Green Beans and Baby Potatoes
October 16, 2017. Yay, Chefs Plate! I really adore this cooking service and am happy to be cooking with them once more!
This is my 17th plate from the meal subscription service (you can pause your plan at any time if you want) where you pick from a pre-made menu of a variety of dishes and they deliver the fresh ingredients to your door. Every week is a different menu. It’s very easy (for the most part) to cook these meals. Everything is pre-measured and packaged together for Continue reading
7 Lounge located at 4411 Hwy 7 in Woodbridge
October 15, 2017: This past Sunday, I attended a Yelp Elite Event at 7 Lounge in Vaughan/Woodbridge. 7 Lounge is a hookah bar. I’ve never been to a hookah bar (or smoked anything in my life for that matter) so even though it was outside of the usual places I’d go to, considering it was a Yelp Elite Event, I thought it was the best safe/controlled opportunity to experience something new like this.
The event ran from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on the Continue reading
Dear & Fro located at 3300 Midland Ave, Unit 39 in Scarborough
October 15, 2017: Yesterday, I went to the newly opened Dear & Fro, a dessert spot at Midland and Finch in Scarborough that serves up the Korean inspired bingsu, a shaved ice dessert with freshly cut fruits, flavoured syrup, and ice cream. They just opened on October 10, 2017. Sweven Media provided me with two dessert vouchers for me to go on my Continue reading
Bymark located at 66 Wellington St W in Toronto
For my birthday lunch, Ken took me to Bymark for a lunch getaway. I’ve been to Bymark previously before (for Summerlicious 2013 where Daphne and I had a memorable dinner experience — you can read about it on that blog post here).
This was my first time returning back for a meal. We received a selection of bread from a bread basket that the server was handling out and served Continue reading
The Owl of Minvera located at 4733 Steeles Ave E #2 in Scarborough
October 14, 2017: Last night, Daphne and I had a dinner after her church service. We went to The Owl of Minerva at Steeles and Silver Star in Scarborough. This was the third Owl Korean restaurant I’ve been to!
It was very bright, clean, and spacious inside this branch. If I’m not mistaken, this unit used to be a Japanese restaurant very early in the 2000s (don’t I sound old hahaha Continue reading
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