Archive for March, 2008

Mar 30 2008

Chicken Bacon

Published by crunchasaurus rex under Canadian

I haven’t eaten real bacon for the last 7 yrs.. because the taste is horrid. I started eating turkey bacon.. and i saw chicken bacon newly recommended by Maple Lodge Farms. Bought it and tried it.. and was quite disappointed with it. I think i will stick to my turkey bacon from [...]

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Mar 30 2008

Home Made Lemon Meringue

Published by crunchasaurus rex under Cakes/Desserts

I’ll have to say .. the “ang mohs” are very good in making pies, cakes.. brownies.. muffins.. and any kind of desserts. This is a home-made lemon meringue pie made by the man’s aunt.. and when i asked her for the recipe.. she easily rattle it off.. as if it’s nothing at all. [...]

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Mar 28 2008

Organic Tofu

Published by crunchasaurus rex under Canadian, Chinese

Found this at the local grocery store.. and not the city’s asian grocery store.. so i was kinda surprised.. and bought it to try of course. At $1.99 for 2 pieces of tofu.. i know all of you from Asia.. must be thinking i am crazy. But chinese food like that are ex [...]

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Mar 26 2008

Easter Lunch

Published by crunchasaurus rex under Canadian

You must all be wondering what i had for Easter lunch at my in-laws. Well.. my MIL made me my favorite potatoes and eggs salad. Of course we had the regular potatoes for the boys.. and my daughter… with carrots, brocolli (because it’s my favourite) and dessert. Sorry .. i didn’t take alot [...]

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Mar 23 2008

Luncheon Meat Porridge

Published by crunchasaurus rex under Chinese

While once upon a time.. i would never think of eating luncheon meat at all… i know craved for them.. and will eat just about any kinda luncheon meat by Ma Ling.. and in anything. Yes.. when i was young .. my mother said.. never to eat luncheon meat.. because it’s garbage.. therefore [...]

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Mar 21 2008

Red Bean Sago With White Nut

Finally i managed to cook my red bean dessert with sago. I very the blur..!!! Never cooked sago before in my life.. and didn’t wanna mess up.. because as you all know. .ingredients are hard to come by. I asked Barb.. if she knew.. but looks like she never cooked sago before [...]

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Mar 20 2008

New Bakery In Town

New management.. new bakery.. and new owner.. for a very old bakery. Stay tuned for more.. while i make sure i get all the right info.

Some goodies.. but nope.. we didn’t buy these. We bought some chocolate cubes and some other cakes for the sitter’s parents.

More goodies.. that we have yet to try.  [...]

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Mar 19 2008

Mixed Sushi @ Dharma Sushi, Halifax

Published by crunchasaurus rex under Japanese

This was the lunch special I had at Dharma Sushi .. when I was up in Halifax a few weeks ago. As you can see.. the presentation was so-so.. but the food was decent. Unlike the ones sold at our local Sobeys..this is definitely worth eating. The rice was moist and the [...]

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Mar 17 2008

Seaweed Roasted

Published by crunchasaurus rex under Japanese

You wouldn’t believed it.. but the local grocery store - Sobeys is carry seaweed.. and rice vinegar.. and japanese rice. .and ginger.. for us to make our own sushi..!! woohoo..! i already ate 2 packs of these.. with my noodles.. now if only they bring back that soba.. that they had moons ago. [...]

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Mar 15 2008

Red Bean Cake

By very rare chance i found this during my trip to the city. This are Japanese rice cake with red bean inside it. They were very nice and fresh .. at $1.95 per piece. .it wasn’t too bad a deal at all. But the red bean could be softer though. I [...]

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