Category: Western (西方美食)

Dec 07 2012

Jackson Triggs and Niagara Falls revisited

Another wonders of the world – Niagara Falls.  If you are a follower of my blog, you probably remember I went there with a few of my friends last month to see the Winter Festival of Lights, you can find that post here “Niagara Falls Weekend 2012”.  Most of the times my friends would drive when we travel to places which require long driving hours but this time, I had to be the host for my guest.  You might ask, why?  very simple, because I have no patience driving long hours 😛  And to be safe, I booked a hotel there so we could stay a night then drive back the next day 😛

Our first stop of the day was Jackson Triggs – Jackson-Triggs is a blend of  founders’ names Allan Jackson and Don Triggs, who established the winery in 1993.  I also went there once a long time ago, but this time I had a super cool digital camera with me, hehe  Anyways, the wine tour was great, though all the grapes died out already because of the cold weather but a look inside the machines and barrels was awesome!!!  I also bought a few wines that are not sold in LCBO too, perfect as X’mas gifts, hehe.

Second stop of the day was Niagara Falls – wonders of the world again 😛  The weather was a lot better than I expected, consider I was there a month ago, it was FREEZING… but surprisingly it wasn’t that bad this time, we could actually stay outside for a couple of hours near the falls and the main area, finally got a chance to really walk around in details and of course, tons of pictures were taken 😀  Had our dinner at one of the Montana’s – yet, another famous chain restaurant in Toronto, don’t think I need to say much about it here 😛  Anyways, it was really fun hanging out in bars, D&B and bars again the whole night 😛

More photos of the whole album on my facebook link here http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151326100620211.522211.689775210&type=1&l=aaf259f425

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Nov 03 2012

Niagara Falls Weekend 2012

We planned going to this event for sometime because of the 30th Annual CAA opening ceremonies with Disney Winter Festival of Lights at Niagara Falls Ontario.  It was cold and rainy all day Friday but our trip still went on no matter what :p

After our breakfast and 1.5 hrs of driving, we arrived at our first stop, Niagara Parks – Butterfly Conservatory.  Most people know that I hate anything with more than 4 legs, but because I had never been there, I had to take a look inside…  When we first got in, I almost freaked out, seriously…  It was a glass house full of butterflies flying around, so many kinds and different sizes, the biggest one was as big as my hand…  Well, after a few minutes of walking around, it wasn’t as bad as I expected BUT I still can’t stand the fact that sometimes those butterflies would land on your head, arms, legs, etc. …  Anyways, it was a good experience for all of us for sure, it was probably a fairy land for most people but for someone that hate anything with more than 4 legs, umm, I don’t think I will go back :-p

We stayed at Embassy Suite, one of the tallest hotel in Niagara Falls with Falls view, really not bad if you are not afraid of heights :-p  Our dinner was on the 9th floor at the Keg, which also had an amazing view of the falls and food was very good as well.  We were expecting the Grace family to arrive at around 9 but instead, they arrived at  10ish…  Anyways, didn’t really do much that night, went to the bar downstairs with Simon Lam and went to bed after :-p

On to the next day, after having our breakfast at Canada one Factory Outlets, of course shopping time for me, yay!  Didn’t really buy much but we did spend a long time there tho :-p  SkyWheel for Marcus next and we killed sometime there until the time for the Winter Festival of Lights.  It was freaking cold when the event started, I think the temperature must had been about 0º not counting the wind tho but the kids there were soo excited to see Mickey and Minnie and they already forgot about the cold weather…  Anyways, it was a fun experience over all, the shows they provided were a little boring, maybe good for kids but not for me, hehee, fireworks was amazing, extremely close, thumbs up for that 😀

The most horrifying experience was the walk from the event area back up to the eating area.  Like I said, it was really cold, and the walk towards the wind up was horrible…  Anyways, if I even do this again next time, I would be totally prepared I am sure 😀  It must have been like 15 minutes walking but it really felt like 30…  Luckily, with all our toes still attached, we got to Outback, a restaurant that don’t exist any more in Toronto area, don’t really know why but everything there still taste very well :-p  Anyways, I had a great weekend really, the whole trip cost me only $130 with hotel, food and everything, not bad huh?

Tons of facebook pictures here http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151276448875211.515167.689775210&type=1

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Oct 24 2012

Delicious Seafood & Steak

Delicious Seafood & Steak, a Hong Kong style restaurant that just opened business about a week, located at Commerce Gate facing highway 7 (was 稻香).  I have already tried their lunch twice and so far, everything tasted not bad at all plus they are still doing a promotion right now, everything is half price.  If you are bored having lunch at the same places in the area, this is really a good try out place for Hong Kong style 😀  Hopefully this one is going to stay because everything in the same location didn’t last very long…  Here are a few typical Hong Kong style dishes 😀

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Oct 04 2012

Museum Tavern

I left work early to see Hong Kong Sinfonietta Conducted by Yip Wing-Sie Toronto, so me and Karen just wandered around bloor and yonge area shopping and looking for a diner before the show. After minutes of walking, we found Museum Tavern.  A diner that just opened for 2 months right across Koerner Hall, we had no idea how good it was or what so ever but we walked in anyways :-p  The place is small but the atmosphere is nice, a patio on bloor, where can you find something like that right? hehe   Small kitchen but with big heart chefs because you could hear the chefs yelling out orders I wondered why?  Surprisingly, the food we ordered was amazing good, so if I go shopping in that area next time, looking for a place to eat, I would probably go back there and try other things because my order, baby ribs tasted very very good and Karen’s chicken tasted amazing too!!!  Let’s take a look at some pictures 😀

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May 19 2012

Long Weekend Trip to Hamilton

The original plan was to go to the tulips fest in Ottawa, but we were told because of the weird weather that had been going on the last few weeks, the flowers season could be near the end, so we decided to go Hamilton instead.

After having breakfast early Saturday morning, our trip started along with a nice warm sunny weather.  Our first stop was to visit Royal Botanical Gardens hoping to take some nice pictures of flowers, sadly, most flowers were dead as expected but I still managed to have some awesome pictures taken even with the greens and left over flowers :p  Next stop was Adventure Village, mainly it was a perfect place for kids, but for adults, you play with the kids :p  So what did I do?  Well, I went exploring the area and found a beach right beside it :p  Didn’t do much other then taking pictures the whole afternoon :p  And our last stop was a restaurant that I was looking forward to, Spencer’s at the water front Burlington.  Heard a lot about it, seen tons of pictures and finally got to try it in person 😀  With the super nice weather dinning on the patio made the food look and taste even better than I expected really 😀  Anyhow, there are tons of things that words can’t really describe, so please enjoy the pictures below and get a feel of my wonderful day in Hamilton 😀

And of course if you are digging for more, there are TONS more including panorama photos on my facebook link here http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150962400180211.473890.689775210&type=1&aft=10150962421775211&l=1fda12aacf

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