Mar 22 2011

Asus 3D monitor with Nvidia 3D glasses combo :D

God, I couldn’t resist when I saw this, yes yes, it’s just a gimmick but I bought it anyways :p  It’s an Asus 3D monitor with Nvidia 3D glasses combo 😀  from Canada Computers, very good deal and here is the link from their site http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_699_292&item_id=032642 Well, it was sort of a downgrade for me from a 24 inch to a 23 but it was well worth it because the monitor is a lot nicer in colors and brightness and of course, playing World of Warcraft with both is super awesome really 😀  Here is a picture of my achievement :p

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Mar 20 2011

Fin – izakaya – authenic Japanese Izakaya in Midtown

Fin – izakaya is another really nice Japanese restaurant in Toronto. Karen’s birthday is coming real soon, so we decided to treat her a really nice dinner.  Cheryl had been there a few times but it was my first time there, I was already excited when I saw the front door of the restaurant and once we went in, you could actually feel the Japanese spirit is in there 😀  We ordered a lot of food even there were only 5 of us including Marcus but surprisingly we finished them all hehe.  But sadly, I was not surprised with the raw fish because I think you could find the same quality in most Japanese restaurants, tho, the surprising part was the cooked food, they all look and taste really good 😀  Anyways, here are some of the photos I took below:

There are tons more pictures on my facebook link here http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=342194&id=689775210&l=eb0d21273b with food descriptions by Cheryl 😀

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Mar 11 2011

Lemon Yogurt Cake

Lemon Yogurt Cake

Ingredients
– 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
– 2 tsp baking powder
– 1/2 tsp kosher salt
– 1 cup plain whole-milk yogurt
– 1 cup sugar
– 3 extra-large egg
– 2 tsp (2 lemons) grated lemon zest
– 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
– 1/2 cup vegetable oil

Directions
-preheat the oven to 350F, grease an 8-1/2 by 4-1/4 by 2-1/2 inch loaf pan, line the bottom with parchment paper, grease and flour the pan
-sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt into 1 bowl. In another bowl, whisk together the yogurt, sugar, the eggs, lemon zest, and vanilla. Slowly whisk the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. With a rubber spatula, fold the vegetable oil into the batter, making sure it’s all incorporated. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for about 50 minutes, or until a cake tester placed in the centre of the loaf comes out clean.

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Feb 25 2011

Maxim Restaurant (美心餐廳)

Had dinner with a bunch of people including 3 kids… at Maxim Restaurant (美心餐廳) Richmond Hill.  We haven’t seen Thomas for quite a long time, since his wife just had a baby boy, so we decided to have a first look at their new born baby boy along with a nice dinner :p  The little guy was soo quiet most of the time which was kind of like a surprise for a 2 months old new born.  Also take a look at the food we had, mine was a 10 oz Sirloin Steak, it should have been medium but instead, it was more like well done, so next time if you go there, you should definitely ask for medium rare 😀  Other than that, everything was pretty nice 😀

 

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Feb 20 2011

Doris’s birthday dinner at Tony’s house

Doris’s actual birthday is in a few days but this weekend is a long weekend so we made it early.  A lovely gift for Doris from me of course was to make a her my specialty cake, so I went to Tony’s house early so I would have enough time to prepare.  Once I got there around 3, the food preparation was already started, seeing Tony and Jin so busy working on our nom nom made me realize we would leave their house with a 110% full stomach :p  Of course, it wouldn’t work if only 2 people cooking for soo many people so when Doris arrived, she definitely had to show off her cooking skill 😀  and with their cooking power together, they made soo much good looking/tasty yummy food.  Enough with the talk, please check out the pictures I took 😀

there are tons more on my facebook here http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=333839&id=689775210&l=3abc84e308

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