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A First Look at the Monga Fried Chicken in Toronto

Posted on September 7, 2017 by stenoodie

Monga Fried Chicken located at 692 Yonge St in Toronto

Thanks to another DKLoEvent, I was able to attend a tasting to try the new Monga Fried Chicken that has arrived in Toronto. Monga Fried Chicken (艋舺雞排) is a Taiwanese chain of fried chicken that boasts thick-cut and crispy fried chicken cutlets and “Bao-gers”.

On a Tuesday evening at 6:15 p.m., the tasting began. As usual, there were a lot of food Instagrammers in the house, both new and old. I took some photos of the products on display. Shortly thereafter, Darren welcomed us officially to Continue reading →

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Rodizio Style All-You-Can-Eat Fine Dining at Touro Brazilian Steakhouse

Posted on September 6, 2017 by stenoodie

Touro Brazilian Steakhouse grilled pineapple

Touro Brazilian Steakhouse located at 125 York Blvd in Richmond Hill

The final contest meal I won this summer was a meal for two at Touro Brazilian Steakhouse (Touro Churrascaria). Thanks to Jackie of @theeverydayfoodie who hosted the Instagram contest, I was selected as a winner to enjoy this complimentary meal. Yay!

I had dined at another Brazilian steakhouse before; that of Copacabana Brazilian Steakhouse located in downtown Toronto. Thus, I had a general idea of what to expect already. A Brazilian steakhouse restaurant is where there are servers called Gauchos who bring various cuts of meat like chicken, beef, and lamb on a skewer to your table. If you want to take it, then you take your tongs to clamp a piece while the Gaucho slices it it on to your plate. It’s a unique table-side service for all-you-can-eat meat!

I decided to bring my mom with me since she had never experienced a Brazilian steakhouse restaurant before.

Touro Brazilian Steakhouse was located at Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Waiting

Posted on September 6, 2017 by stenoodie

Markham, Ontario. May 2017

How perfect. I am just finishing up the final touches of the post that I wrote yesterday about watching a robin’s nest back in May of this year. This photo shows one of the baby robins waiting patiently as mom or dad comes back to the nest with a juicy worm in their beak for feeding time. 🙂 Continue reading →

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Robin’s Nest and Robin Babies Outside my Front Door

Posted on September 5, 2017 by stenoodie

Robin family

Back in May of this year, I had the pleasure to witness a robin’s nest come to life with robin eggs and babies that grew up and later flew away. I had only seen robin eggs and robin babies in online videos and photos up to that point. What a surprise it was to find out that we had a robin choose our home as their home to nest their Continue reading →

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A Savory Crepe from Muncheez Creperie

Posted on September 4, 2017 by stenoodie

Muncheez Creperie located at 7181 Yonge St, Unit #21 in Thornhill

May 28, 2017: Just as we were off to Doors Open 2017 in Toronto, the babe got me a quick lunch since he knew that I was hungry. We had always been talking about visiting Muncheez Creperie but never around to going there. Thus, he decided to surprise me and pick up a crepe from there to satisfy my hunger cravings. Yay!

Unless I’m mistaken, he got the Big Bird savory crepe for me. This had oven roasted turkey breast, lettuce, kosher pickles, green peppers, avocado, havarti cheese, and mustard. This was all wrapped up so nicely in a thin layered crepe.

I was pleasantly surprised at how such a crepe with simple ingredients could taste so good! It was really fresh. I remember the lettuce was crispy and Continue reading →

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Trying out Fatburger for the first time! [Defunct]

Posted on September 3, 2017 by stenoodie

Fatburger located at 10 Disera Dr, Unit #120 in Thornhill

Back in July, Andrew of Fatburger sent me a message inviting me to their store to try out their Fatburger combo in order for some social media exposure for their restaurant. I didn’t get a chance to visit them until this past Friday. I hadn’t tried Fatburger before and also never heard of them until recently.

Fatburger is located near Centre Street and Bathurst Street in Thornhill near the SmartCentres Thornhill plaza. I am not in this area often; in fact, the last time I was here was actually for lunch across the street at Continue reading →

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L-eat Catering’s Cottage Grab and Go Box tasting

Posted on September 2, 2017 by stenoodie

L-eat Catering located at 3829 Bathurst St in Toronto

May 24, 2017: Jojoinstameets set up a tasting with Paese Ristorante. Originally, the plan was for a sit-down dinner at the restaurant but since they had already hosted a dinner tasting event previously with another group of Instagrammers, this second one was a bit different. We were informed via e-mail that it would be an outdoor BBQ experience with a focus on “Cottage Grab and Go” — “products that are specially prepared foods aimed to help the busy weekend cottager. These foods are conveniently packaged and ready to be Continue reading →

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Sushi Bong in Thornhill

Posted on September 1, 2017 by stenoodie

Sushi Bong located at 7181 Yonge St, Unit 27 in Thornhill

May 22, 2017: For a small snack in the afternoon, we stopped by Sushi Bong in Thornhill. This was my first time to Sushi Bong despite hearing all about their delicious sushi rolls. Their original location is at Yonge and Finch. This location in Thornhill is their second location. It’s located where the World on Yonge Complex is (also where the original Love Me Sweet is).

When we walked in, we were the only dine-in customers. They only have two tables for dine-in as the majority of their orders are all take-out orders.

We ordered the classic Dynamite Roll and an order of Gyoza. I was really looking forward to trying their sushi rolls since I Continue reading →

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Tasting at Soi Thai Street Food [Defunct]

Posted on September 1, 2017 by stenoodie

Soi Thai Street Food located at 651 College St in Toronto

May 18, 2017: In May, I was invited to Soi Thai Street Food by @jojoinstameets for a tasting. Soi Thai Street Food serves exactly its namesake — Thai street food. Their restaurant was decorated in a way that it makes you feel like you are dining on the streets of Bangkok, Thailand.

I was running a little late as I arrived to the event just after 6 p.m. As I got there, all of the food Instagrammers were already in the process of taking photographs of the food dishes that were being served. As it was a hot day, the large window of their restaurant was Continue reading →

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The Best Mac n’ Cheese at The Gabardine!

Posted on August 31, 2017 by stenoodie

The Gabardine located at 372 Bay St in Toronto

May 15, 2017: This was one of the best meals I’ve ever had! The food was good from beginning to end with appetizer and finishing off with dessert. I had heard a lot about The Gabardine and especially for their mac and cheese (and chicken pot pies as well). Thus, Grace and I came here after work one day for dinner.

Grace had already arrived when I got there just before 6 p.m. There were a lot of people there already and dining and drinking on a Monday evening. I was pleasantly surprised!

We ordered the Korean Fried Cauliflower appetizer, and two mains: Mac n’ Cheese and the Chicken Pot Pie to Continue reading →