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It’s a shame none of us have time for afternoon tea anymore. Relegated to a luxurious treat in fancy hotels, I wish we could all stop for sandwiches with the crusts cut off every day.
The Dove’s Nest in Calgary is one of the few places I’ve found that does it on a regular basis [...]
Part of the fun in trying restaurants is venturing into newer parts of Calgary. Located in Quarry Park — which still doesn’t fully register on Google Maps or GPS — Colonial Fusion was a bit tricky to find directions for, but it turned out to be pretty straight-forward (Deerfoot to 24 Street East to 107 [...]
I loathe Chinese desserts. Beans, jellies, cooked fruit in hot soup… BLEEEACH. Nonetheless, I was willing to accompany my sister and a couple of good friends to a Chinese dessert house in Markham.
Hung Fook Tong is a Hong Kong company that manufactures bottled herbal drinks and packaged desserts. I guess this is one of their [...]
I got an email last month from a marketing company working on the Healthy Insider’s Report campaign and the launch of 138 new Blue Menu products for President’s Choice: would I be interested in reviewing some of their new items?
I’m already a big fan of PC — the in-house brand of Real Canadian Superstore and [...]
Zhangyang Soup City (正陽湯城) is a great restaurant in Guilin (桂林), right in its downtown on a pedestrian street that’s teeming with people at night. But be warned, it has different English and Chinese menus.
I flipped through the English menu, and it will get you fed just fine. But sweet and sour pork and fried [...]
The Red Tea Box is Toronto’s best little hideaway. It makes me trip over with adjectives: pretty, quaint, charming and delicious.You walk into a little store selling fancy teas and Alice-in-Wonderland pastries. There’s two or three tiny tables here and a chalkboard menu. Where are we going to eat lunch I wonder?
We’re led to [...]
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