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Our Journey: Butter
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Hearing this, I couldn't help but venture out to St. Lawrence market as it was named as a source of obtaining this European goodness. I spotted a side fridge of a dairy shop who carried the new Stirling butter and proceeded to chat up the owner. Jackpot! Here is a close up of our contenders. We soon decided to test them against our regular butter on three levels: simply as is; in cooking; and in baking. For the last test, I brought the left over butters with me to my friend Moj. Monday, May 07, 2012.
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Our Journey: May 2011
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Our Trip to XinJiang: Part 1 of. It's been a while since my last post. I do apologize, but we did take a three week vacation to Asia (which will be the basis of the following series of posts), and then went through a two week post-vacation depression. You know how it is. :) Well, here goes. Our nineteen day trip to XinJiang (新疆), China, was planned through a friend of ours (Annie) currently residing in Hong Kong. How we picked the destination? We'll be road-tripping through the province so that takes a b...
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Our Journey: October 2011
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Summer Projects: The Front Porch. Kel and I've been wanting to redo the front porch since it was made of patio stones and weeds were poking through. There was also a colony of ants living under the stones! We decided that this year was the year to give it a new look. I've been eyeing stamped concrete porches for a while, and got a contact from an old coworker. The awesome thing about stamped concrete is that you can pick the pattern AND the colour you want! So while we were getting new windows. Frank cam...
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Our Journey: February 2012
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Chefs' House - Lindt Chocolate Lovers' Feast. Doors open at 6:30pm and after getting to our table, we were promptly greeted with such goodies as chocolate dipped bacon, and a Parmesan tart with grape chutney drizzled with chocolate. The night was getting off to a great start! Our signal that dessert was on its way: fresh bread sticks dipped in Lindt chocolate. And last but not least, our dessert. They weren't kidding on the menu about there being "chocolate of various forms and textures! There was chocol...
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Our Journey: September 2011
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Our Trip to XinJiang: Part 13 of 14. We woke up in Jiayuguan (嘉峪關) that day, had breakfast and made our way back to Hami, otherwise known as Kumul (哈密) in XinJiang province. Once again, we only stopped for meals and washroom breaks, travelling 611 kilometers over ten hours. Hami was a much bigger city than the others we've been to in our previous days. It actually had a modern four star hotel! The giant sea turtle. The knight chess piece. Below: We hiked up the fortress ruins for more photo ops! He assur...
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Our Journey: October 2012
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Wow it seems like everytime we go on vacation, I go into relapse. and stop updating my blog. Whoops. This year was worse than the last. I promise I will post stories of our trip soon. For now. We've been busy with our garden over the summer. It's been decent this year, but we did have issues with earwigs, flea beetles, and pepper maggot flies. Oh, and then we discovered that tomatoes could get blossom end rot, and that the squirrels loved to steal our tomatoes and eggplants! Thursday, October 04, 2012.
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Our Journey: December 2011
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The idea's been there for a while, but the process has been long. It's really not that hard to do, but the process of selecting pictures and getting cheap frames takes time. In fact, we've had the pictures framed for over a month now, but when Kel realized on which wall and at which height I wanted them, he said "how 'bout later". Well, later's finally here! This wall will be our ongoing project, adding pictures as time goes on. Wednesday, December 21, 2011. Dinner at Sushi Kaji. Our fourth dish: the ass...
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Our Journey: May 2012
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A new neighbour moved in a couple weeks ago. We discovered her nest out back on our deck while we were barbecuing with some friends. We decided to peek in and found that she was expecting two little ones! Judging from the blueness of her eggs, we knew she must be a robin. And yes, they are real eggs, not made by Cadbury, and we didn't doctor the picture in any way. This was taken with an iPhone. My friends started joking that we should throw some Cadbury eggs in there and see if Ms Robin would notice.
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Our Journey: November 2011
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The Toronto Underground Market - Nov 2011 Event. I first heard of the Toronto Underground Market (TUM). Through a co-worker of mine. Whilst trying to decide how many tickets to get for the October event over lunch, it sold out! Kel and I started out our TUM adventure by tasting the various samosas from Mama Nashi's Indian Gourmet Fare. They offered three kinds: chicken, beef, and vegetarian. They were de-lish and served their role well as our first course. Every chance they got. After sharing the grilled...
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Our Journey: Our Trip to XinJiang: Part 14 of 14
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Our Trip to XinJiang: Part 14 of 14. We woke up that morning, had breakfast in Hami and were on our way to Turpan. Our goal was to travel 427 km to Tuyugou Valley to visit the Mazar Village otherwise known as Tuyuq (吐峪溝) at the edge of Turpan, then to the Ancient City of Gaochang (高昌故城), before ending the night in Turpan (吐鲁番). Kel crept out to the edge for his photos; I wouldn't dare as I could foresee myself slipping and rolling down every which way. The other side of the village where the pond is; you...
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