Tag: Toronto Blogger

Make This Easy 5-Ingredient Spicy Korean Rice Cake Snack!

Meet spicy Korean rice cakes I would walk nearly a kilometre during the winter in -20 weather for a taste of these freshly grilled Korean rice cake skewers at Yonge & Finch. It’d be a rough walk, but I knew it’d be worth it every time. One order for $1.50, and worth every…

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Easy Scallion Pancake Hack (with Wonton Wrappers) + Dipping Sauce

Flaky, oily, salty golden crusted scallion pancakes, aka cong you bing (葱油饼). I love ordering these savoury green onion pancakes at my favourite dumpling spot in town, and taking bites between slurps of juicy, dumplings. I’ve tried to replicate this dish at home with flour & water plenty of times, but with no…

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Grilled Pork on Noodles (Thịt Heo Nướng)

If there’s any excuse to eat copious amounts of fish sauce dip, I’ll be there. Vermicelli rice noodles are just a vehicle for it. The star ingredient to a good vermicelli bowl is a well marinated meat to go with it – today’s pick is lemongrass marinated pork shoulder. I can’t tell you…

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Mustard-Crusted Lamb Rack

Fresh food produce, it’s here! Apart of this “let’s eat” series, I’m making a stop at my local grocer each month to pick up the next seasonal produce in line and discovering ways to experiment with it. Saute, bake, or in a salad? There are so many methods. Let’s see how they each…

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Taste of Toronto 2016

Before you enter Taste of Toronto, you must first brace yourself with a hungry appetite to dig into a haven of food and drinks galore. Taste of Toronto is among the top opportunities of the year to grab your favourite food-loving friends and leap across the greenery of Fort York to explore the range of offered…

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Favourite BBQ yet, Lancaster Smokehouse in Kitchener

Good. Friggin’. BBQ. When I crave meat, these three words are all I ever asking for, but is it really such a hard plead to grant? It was Day 1 of Ever After festival and we were looking for a pre-festival meal. As we were driving along this scene, it began to sprinkle and we spotted…

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The Hidden Gem in Waterloo, Bhima Warung

I’ve been wanting to share my words about this pla­ce since it’s discovery in Spring 2015, but decided that I’m­ going to leave it be and see if it can stand t­he test of time. And, guess what? It has! I give you…. THE BEST MEAL I’VE HAD IN 2015. This is a backlog is from our…

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We found The Yeti in Kitchener

This is a backlog is from our Kitchener visit in Spring 2015, the weather was just becoming warmer, but unfortunately (or so very fortunately) for our weekend visit, there was an unexpected heavy downpour of rain throughout. We were restricted from going on with our original plans to visit the muddy two-day Ever After…

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Cask Days 2015: 300+ Beers over 3 Days

I won’t admit that I have a problem – when there’s three whole days to be surrounded by over 300 casks, how could I turn down one single day? October 23rd to 25th welcomed the annual Cask Days weekend which took place in the spacious Evergreen Brickworks founded by the fellas behind Barvolo in…

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Love Food, Give Food

Love Food, Give Food is back around throughout the month of October, in support of Action Against Hunger’s fight to end hunger. Canadians can take action in two ways: Dine at one of these participating restaurants, or attend the upcoming Love Food Fest this Thursday at 99 Sudbury St. Join the cause for a…

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