Lack of blog updates :(

Sorry gang, not too many updates with Ian outta town. I think Ian is the real one to blame here, he goes out for lunch everyday but yet nothing on the blog!

What does everyone think, should we get Jackie to join our blog and update on Korean food stuff???

Week Long Kayak Marathon

I just got back from 6 days of kayak action. The real star of my camping cooking was a home-made egg mcmuffin.

Toast up a mini whole wheat pita break pita or two, scramble an egg or two with salt and pepper, layer eggs between pita with a slice or two of black diamond cheddar cheese slices. Good for really any meal! Mmmm....no more eggs till next year.......

Royal Canadian Yacht Club

The regional and world directors and managers from my group were in town for a strategy meeting, so everyone was invited for a cruise around the Toronto Harbour and a BBQ at the Royal Canadian Yacht club. It was SUPER fancy and the food was pretty decent! Better yet, it was all free.....

Not that great for the veggie eaters, but I definately did not go home hungry. The meet eaters had lots of stuff: chicken, salmon, steaks etc...mmmmmm......

Olive Garden

Back when we lived in Edmonton, Ian and I were somewhat obsessed with this place and would go a few times a year. In Ontario, they used to have the Olive but they have pretty much packed it in here and the nearest one is in Buffalo.

So anyway, to make a long story short, Ian and I went a few weekends ago in California. It was a gross amount of not very good food. So yeah, I don't miss the Olive as much as I thought that I would. Maybe I could eat more food in my younger days and it was better value?

If you still happen to live in E-town, go for Chianti or Fiore...mmmmm....

Weekend Stuff

I went for some brunch to Scruffy Murphys in the Yonge and Eglinton area yesterday morning. Alright food for some good prices. The soccer fans were out and going hard with the liquor and pancakes at 11 AM!

Decided to go to new gen today for lunch and the yam maki was tasty. I seem to get the same waitress and I'm not sure she understands the difference between tea and water, but I will not hold that against new gen! Yummy food for $8 including tax and tip.

Burritos

One thing that Toronto lacks is an adequate supply of burritos. Sure there are places like burrito boyz but they're overpriced and they charge EXTRA for guacamole. To make things worse they don't really have many choices for burritos. Here in California though burrito supply is definitely not an issue.

I've been eating them 3-5 times a week while here. My favorite chain is una mas. They offer some very tasty offerings. Janice tried a squash one and wasn't super impressed but I've been impressed with all the meaty ones I've tried. From this trend, we can finally conclude that eating meat is by far the smartest course of action? As the months go buy I will review each of the burritos

As an added bonus, the una mas's seem to have free internet ( I think). The signal is weak in the parking lot when I tried but I assume it's fine in the store. Although I've never seen anyone there with a laptop and burrito?

Yummy Pasta

I am normally not a big Italian fan, but decided to cook up some past tonight.

Here's what I did:

Olive oil + garlic + onion + red pepper flakes -> low heat 10 min
Toss in a bunch of rehydrated sun dried tomatoes + some liquid
Saute for a minute or two

Take off heat and add in chopped parsley, pine nuts, salt and freshly ground black pepper.

Toss with pasta and that's it! Super easy, but really really good!

Really CHEAP wine

I was visiting Ian in San Jose and we went to his favorite whole food-like store, trader joes. The americains seem better and conveniently have lots of liquor available at almost any type of store, including TJ's.

I wanted to buy some $4 wine, but Ian convinced me to be super cheap. We went with a merlot called Charles Shaw aka "Two buck chuck". Charles know what's he's doing and has a whole family of wines. We may visit his winery next month since he seems like a master winemaker.

I was expecting the worst, but it was actually rather good!

I was thinking that Ian should take up drinking as a hobby at a rate of 1 bottle/night since that's cheaper than almost any sort of other entertainment!