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Leftover Food

HoWeiSek — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:10:22 +0000

Sundays are usually days when we go out to eat as a family – but like most restaurants in Canada – the portions are really huge – we never ever managed to finish our food. So what do we do? we doggy bag the leftover and eat them for dinner (most times) or the next day. We’ve always taught Chloe from young that food must not be wasted – so we always finish our leftovers – what about you guys? what is your take with leftover food from restaurants and at home? do you eat them all another day – or do you not doggy bag them for fear of looking cheap?

Many years ago before coming to Canada – I would never dream of packing up leftovers at the restaurants. When I eat with my bosses or travel for work with them – I always felt like it’s so cheap to wanna doggy bag the food home – so why the 360 degree change? Firstly, my current food is not paid by my bosses – who always eat extravagantly and being expatriates – they never like to pack food back to the hotel but now that I have a kid – I have to teach her good values and because of all the charitable organization I’ve joined after coming to Canada – I’m made aware of the many people who are less fortunate than us – therefore, I try never to waste food.

The Man Is Cooking

HoWeiSek — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:56:52 +0000

Ever since coming to Canada – I’ve to learned to cook for myself – but one thing awesome about cooking here is I never have to cook for PB – why? because he likes his own kinda food – like potatoes, carrots, some chicken – not a lot of beef or sandwiches. So I never have to worry about cooking for him – he can eat a sandwich in the morning, sandwich for lunch and another sandwich for dinner. Yup! he isn’t adventurous at all with his food – but every Sunday – he will cook potatoes, carrots – some sort of meat for supper – for the entire family – so I can’t really complained right? Sure it is monotonous but better than my dad – having only cooked for his children once in our entire life – so I count my blessings.

I loved a good garlic bread – and found one that I liked very much here – so sometimes we also have garlic bread but not every weekend. And for lunch we dine out on Sundays – although PB doesn’t really like eating out either. So yes, for someone who lovesssssssssssss food like myself and being with a man who eats to live – well - quite bizarre right? but he has improved over the years – and he makes it a point to bring me and Chloe out to eat every week – although there are limited restaurants that he likes.

Burnt Christmas Cookies

HoWeiSek — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 02:49:42 +0000

We had bought some Christmas cookies to be baked at home on Christmas eve – but alas – as you can see here – it was left too long in the oven. What a bummer! PB and Chloe was disappointed because they were the ones who wanted the cookies.

They were so burnt they can’t even be saved! guess our oven is hotter than we thought it was. While chloe was whining about it and PB ranting about the oven – what did mama do? just ignored the burnt cookies and showed everyone to the tv room. muahahhah! that’s what mummy’s are good for right?

Home Made Cookies & Fruit Baskets

HoWeiSek — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 23:36:27 +0000

We are truly blessed by good and true friends from around here – not only does Chloe and I get gifts all the time – we also get specially made cookies from Kim every year. I think it is a priceless gesture and wished I had the time to do the same for all my friends too – alas, being so busy with my own work and work at the store – and of course Chloe – it doesn’t leave me a lot of time. But my friends are steadfast and they understand it and never hold it against me.

And every year we received fruit baskets from friends as well – this one is from Lynette and Josh. They are so thoughtful – even when they were just getting over their illness – they came by with gifts for Chloe for her birthday and Christmas and a fruit basket for us. In everyone’s life – we have lots of friends but those who are with you throughout the good and the bad times and never jealous of your achievements – those are hard to come by. I’m glad I have friends who are never envy or jealous of our successes and celebrate them with us. Thank you for your friendship Kim and Lynette.

A gourmet fruit basket from a customer.

And another 3 more from friends of the store too.

5 lbs Of Lobsters

HoWeiSek — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 20:20:54 +0000

For those who’ve supported Chloe in raising funds for her school – thru’ the lobster tickets sale – I’m sorry to say that no one from our group won the 25lbs of lobsters – it was someone else in town that we didn’t the name at all. But since Chloe won for bringing in the most money for the school – a total of $725 – Chloe won 5 lbs of lobsters that was delivered by her principal to our store.

The zhu’s cooked the lobster for me – and I’m forever grateful because I wouldn’t know how to cook them or how to break them into pieces. And the Zhu’s stirred fried them with ginger and spring onions for me – it was very yummy!

I haven’t had lobsters for a long time – whole lobsters like that and I’ve almost forgotten how whole lobsters tasted like. I wished I had some sambal to stir fried it with – but the ginger and spring onion was just as good – yummy!! thanks to everyone once again! We are forever grateful!

Horses & Good Food

HoWeiSek — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:04:49 +0000

For those of you who are not aware of this – we’ve put Chloe into horse riding classes since last year – and we get all her equestrian apparel online but when it comes to getting the saddle and tack, we are always try and get them locally if the price is right. So a few weeks ago, we headed to Shelburne to look for this. This is a FQHB 16 inch Stallion Tack – I loved that it has lots of silver it – they were asking for $650 and it was a very good price – but alas, it was a little too big for Chloe – so we didn’t end up getting it. Guess we will continue to look for it online.

It was an hour drive back, so we stopped at Austrain Inn to eat – and it always makes us hungry after sending her for horse riding classes but we get to go out and eat – which is our favorite.

The Austrain Inn looked small from the outside but it has a huge capacity inside as you can see.

It was very spacious and we went late for lunch – therefore, you don’t see many customers at this time.

The service was good and the food was good too. We had a hard time deciding on what we wanted.

The soup that came with my meal wasn’t something i liked too much – so I didn’t drink it.

Chloe as you can see loved this place a lot.

Her chocolate milk came first.

Chloe had fish and chips – they dont have this in the kid’s menu – I think they don’t have a kid’s menu to be honest. But the next time I have to remember to ask them not to put the green stuff. I think it was basil if I am not wrong.

I had the most wonderful BBQ schnitzel chicken with some buttered rice and carrots – they were such a healthy combination if you asked me. By far the best meal I had here in Canada.

PB had the chicken cordon bleu – he likes it – the chicken is good – but the ham and cheese inside were different from what he likes – but he said the chicken was really tender. We always have a hearty meal after Chloe horse – riding and she enjoys it so much – we really want to get her the right apparel for classes next year.

Food To Eat When You Don’t Know What To Eat

HoWeiSek — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 05:13:40 +0000

So tell me what food would you order if you don’t know what to eat ? or when you are not too full nor too hungry for you just had breakfast not too, too long ago. My recommendation is omelet – you cannot go wrong with that – and when I am not too hungry I order some omelet – but of course I asked for only 2 omelet instead of 3 and I don’t eat the potatoes they offer and very little bread. What about you ? what do you eat when you are out in a restaurant with family and friends but don’t know what to order or too full to eat too much. Pray tell.

And here we have chloe – her only food when she eats out is fish and chips – as long as they have fish and chips – we are all safe.

Christmas Parties

HoWeiSek — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:19:36 +0000

We’ve been invited to several Christmas parties this year and Chloe and PB baked some sugar cookies to bring to our hosts – we thought it would be a nice gesture since most of our friends have everything and insist that we don’t bring anything except ourselves. We had to turn down some parties because we were afraid that the weather may not permit us to travel to and fro for the parties – plus in previous years we’ve seen many accidents on the highway – even when the snow wasn’t so bad – it’s the ice on the road that causes these accidents. Of course, medical help would be there when the need arises but why court trouble when you don’t have to right – so we only attend parties right in town and the time has to be right too – because of Chloe’s food – she is a fussy eater.

PB always insist that he is a careful driver – and I always remind him that it’s not him I’m worried about on the road – it’s those that are drinking during their parties or those who’ve ate too much – and falling asleep on the road. You can never be too careful – so this Christmas season – for those who drink – don’t drive and if the weather is bad – don’t go out – because you may be a cautious driver – but the person riding down the highway – may not be – or the road conditions just may not be the best. Be safe this Christmas and always have an emergency kit with you in the car and a number to call for Medical Emergency Assistance.

Food Gifts From Toronto

HoWeiSek — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:20:27 +0000

Thanks to Jenn from Toronto – I’m having some food from home – a huge box came in for me and Chloe last week. Jenn – who blogs like I do – had been sending me lots of food and gifts – and even though she is pregnant, she is still taking care of us. Thank you so much Jenn and Chapman!

I bet you want to know what is in the huge box that arrived right? well, here is a glimpse of what is inside.

From jewelry to angpow and of course lots of food that I liked from home.

Wedding favors from her wedding earlier this year – so thoughtful right?

How cute right? Chloe had one too – that she carries with her to school everyday.

Pork floss to go with my pineapple rice.

Cute ang pows for Chinese New Year in January 2012

Lychee jello that chloe loved.

Yummy Taro Mochi!! I loved it so much!

Red bean mochi – yummy to the max.

Pickled mustard aka hum choi for my soup.

A lovely Christmas card – really thoughtful.

And laksa!! what i was waiting for ! i want to cook this for Chloe’s teachers.

Yummy spicy cuttlefish !! it was so yummy!! i finished it in 2 days. Thank you so much Jenn – i truly appreciate all your effort and thoughtfulness. God bless you and Chapman! both of you got a heart of gold! and thank you for donating to Chloe’s lobster fund!

Home Made Birthday Cake

HoWeiSek — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 03:54:26 +0000

We always celebrate Chloe’s birthday early – to avoid the bad weather, so after that year – we always do it earlier – so the kid won’t be disappointed if her friends don’t show up due to bad weather. But this year, we decided to let Grammie do the birthday party – afterall, she is the only grand daughter right?

So Chloe is turning 8 yrs old in another 10 days – we cannot be more proud of her – and yeas! grammie made the cake and we had bought her a toy – to make it look like a real birthday cake.

Chloe being silly for her birthday party – which consisted all her aunts and uncles – we didn’t invite any children because I just want her to be with family and loved.