We had actually gone over to Auntie Su Lee’s at Lam’s Book Store for some of her spring rolls but instead – she gave us these special spring rolls she bought from Halifax.  You see they had a friend from out of town who is into bird watching and needed a get some binoculars and while the boys were out shopping for  them – she had gone to chat with a friend who owns a grocery store up in Halifax and were selling these special spring rolls.

She had handed over the spring rolls to PB to bring them back to me – and didn’t charge us – so the next time i went over – i had asked her about these special spring rolls with mushrooms in them – but alas, they were not for sale.  The ones that Su Lee made were smaller but more in a packet for $10 – wherelse, this ones were less but bigger.  Both had different taste and I didn’t mind it at all.  So the next time they are up in Halifax – looking for my bird watching equipments – they said they would get some more for me.  So kind right?   So yes!   there are awesome people around us – so for those from home – don’t worry about us here eh.

I don’t usually eat Pizza but if I do – I eat from Greco’s mostly and Pizza Delight as well.  PB on the other hand would eat a slice of pizza every now and then from a local place near our store – a customer from the states  but residents here for the summer, had  joke about needing NC health insurance if they were to  eat from that place .  Fortunately for us  here in Canada – Canada citizens are entitled to free medical service insurance but while I am at it – let me clear this – seeing the doctor is free but medication isn’t eh – still gotta pay!

Love Greco – because they are very accommodating – and pretty quick most days – very rarely do they take more than 15 mins to get your order together.   And since they have the crustless promotion – PB and I decided to try some – and also if you didn’t know this – lately – ive been having a chicken wing craze.

So when i saw this deal for $9.99 – for a 9″ pizza and 6 chicken wings – I had to get it lah!  We ordered mushroom, pepperoni and bacon bits for our pizza topping and look at the cheeseeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!  yummy or what..!!!

My wings with garlic sauce on the side – yummy!!  despite that it was small – but still good lah.   By the way – i saw a customer of ours eating a slice of pizza from Jessy’s the other day – and it was huggggggggeee..!!! and looked really yummy – so not all slice pizzas are like cardboard ok – the ones at Jessy’s seems really yummy – this week alone – i saw 2 persons eating Jessy’s slice pizza .. and they were massive..!!!!   I told PB we would have to give it a try…!! anyone out there tried it..??  in the meantime – the Greco deal came with a can of pop too..!!   Burp!

We may not live in Toronto but our friends/customers who are there always bring back food for us from there or blogging friends from Toronto and Vancouver always send stuff to us – like Jenn and Stephanie.  Su Lee from the book store was in Toronto about a month ago – she had said she wanted to bring back some noodles for chloe but i joked with her that i prefer some fresh durian – hahhahaha!!  Su Lee didn’t bring back durian when she came back because they weren’t in season – but she brought us some mangoes & persimmons  – full of vitamins she said just for dear Chloe.   We are so blessed – friends/customers do take care of us – a lot!  by bringing back food and fruits and even durian – which Su Lee did one year – from Halifax – she is very, very awesome!   Everytime, Chloe goes to the bookstore – she offers a free book for Chloe – they are too sweet to her.

A month and a half ago – we were out shopping at the local supermarket here and to our surprised – pleasant one – of course to find that they are carrying more food from home. Woohoo!!  i was all excited of course – so Jenn, Lina and Barb  – if you are reading this – no need to send me chinese noodles no more – they have it here  – woohoo!!!   I was so excited about it – i stopped reading about how to treat acne when i got home – and called my girlfriend from home to let her know about it too.   You see she misses Chinese food as well but also like me in a remote area for Asian groceries.

I’m also happy that they are carrying so many variety now because the Asian students definitely would love it and I try my best to get them some when i am up in the city.

They also started to carry snacks from home – but this is not the Calbee brand that i’m used to – but beggars can’t be choosers right?   They were pretty good – but not as good as Calbee brand if you asked me – but yes – i would still buy them.

I’m hoping they will carry on bringing more new stuff for the Asian Grocery section – hurray ! for SuperSTore!!  you ROCK!

I never thought i would have so much fun with combos – since we don’t have combos back home – in a real chinese restaurant back home – combos are not in the menu whatsoever.  It is very popular though in the west – not only in Canada but in USA and UK as well. Not so much in UK these days because you can get real authentic Chinese food – just about anywhere in London now and not forgetting their best acne treatment as well.  Girlfriend in London swears by it.

Anyhow – local Chinese restaurant in town – New Century Restaurant down at Main Street is one of the most authentic Chinese food you can find in this town.   Food is fresh and the owner is very accommodating – and really honest.   I ordered this combo – Combo # 11 – that comes with a freshly made egg roll, some sweet and sour chicken balls, honey spare ribs, chicken chow mein (my favorite – vegggies!) and lots of fried rice.   The fried rice is soft and fluffy and never dry – unlike some i’ve tasted and everything is fresh – you can taste it.   Their take out menu is extensive – check out their website : www.newcenturyrestaurant.com. These people – the staff at the restaurant – treat you with respect and whether your order is small or huge – they are very nice to you.  Plus – if you are not pleased with their food or they got your food wrongly – they would even deliver a new order right up to your doorstep – talk about good service eh – you don’t get very much of those these days.

Haha! i know what you are thinking about    you are all thinking that PB drinks rum eh?  well – no – silly – PB donch drink nothing except water.  Yes ! plain cold water – no coffee and no tea – very little pop and very little juice.  Well, he does drink chocolate milk too occasionally but nope – no beer, no wine nor any hard liquor.   So he doesn’t need any nuphedragen – although someone I know – needs it badly  but i ain’t gonna say nothing – you know whose doctor said she is obese – muahahha!!

The rum is for Chloe’s grampie on Father’s day – yes – he has a small cup whenever he pleases but why buy him something he won’t use or drink right?  gotta buy the man what he wants – he had mentioned it on Mother’s Day – that he could use some rum when he finished his dessert then.  So i made a note to get him some on Father’s Day which was about a month apart.  PB had wanted to get a smaller bottle – but i had insisted on getting a bigger one – hahha!!  that’s how i am – but with myself – when i wanna buy something for myself – i have to think a long time before getting any. Weird or what?  are you like me – cheap on yourself but generous to others?

I have been having a craving for croissant of late and don’t want my regular rye bread nor the walnut and raisin that I have for breakfast.  So when we were out shopping  for a  Panerai with my best friend one day – and saw these incredibly looking delicious croissant – i just had to try/buy them.

Sorry that my mind was more on food than the Panerai – afterall, the croissant is much cheaper – hahhaha! but you see my g/f is crazy about the Panerai and she even have a club for it – I kid you not!   Anyhow, PB sharpen a knife for me just so i can split the croissant nicely and it was awesome – i toasted the croissant and slapped on some chicken salad and tomatoes on it and i had an awesome and filling breakfast.   Some said that eating croissant often isn’t good but it sure tasted good to me.. hahahaha!!  how many of you like croissants?  the other day – they didn’t have the cheese ones no more..   but had the whole wheat type.  So I went over to the bakery and asked them..  “excuse me, do you have the croissants that would make me fat and give me lots of cholesterol ? hhahaha!!”  In which the baker just laughed and replied – “no – sorry – you have to stay healthy for now” hahahahh!!!   I love people with a good sense of humor – don’t you?   Life is too short – be happy!

When we were up in the city in early May – I bought some Frozen Durian – you see they don’t have it all the time – even if i lived up in the city.  So when i saw it at Tian Phat up in Bedford way – i grabbed it.   So i do get to eat durian periodically – and i feel bad that i have to eat it inside the house – because you and I know that even though we love the smelll – the “ang mohs” well, it needs getting used to.

The frozen durian isn’t as good as the real one of course – but beggars cannot be choosers right?  so yes – it was pretty good – but this time – i saved some for Chloe’s grampie because I dare him – hahahahha!!! and he was quite sporting about it and ate some – and liked it.  But it did stink up the whole house – hahhaha!!  and guess what i had to do -  after grampie tasted durian??  i had to touch a CATTTT!!!!!  hahhaha!!!  all in good fun..!  all in good fun!

Guess where I had lunch a few weeks ago – yes, yes..! i’m back logged .. and you know the reason why.  Busy business and lots of work online.  But anyhow – I took pictures to show you what a lovely meal i had.  This was take out – and it only took 15mins for us to pick up our food – super fast and super efficient – the staff were .  They were ready – even before PB came back from picking up some   best prenatal multivitamin for his buddy’s wife.  Why?  our store near the pharmacy mah!

Remember the last time – we went for a sit down on a Sunday – and they didn’t have Tabasco sauce – therefore i didn’t order Spaghetti ?  yes – i’m horrid in that sense – need the burning sensation.  But yes I ordered a Spaghetti Supreme.  What is a Spaghetti supreme..??  It’s oven-baked spaghetti with meat sauce, mushrooms, Italian meatballs and our signature cheese blend.  Yummy or not..??

I ordered a side salad – a Caesar to go with my meal of course and it’s sinful – but absolutely hit the spot.   The side salad was only $2.99 and they did come with a piece of garlic bread – but i prefer the ones from Jessy’s – rich !   The meal cost less than 15 bucks and chloe and I had the ghettis and there were leftovers for another meal – so definitely value for money – huge portion of food and really quick too.

Yums!!

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As usual, we debated on what to eat on a Saturday afternoon and admiring some contemporary sofas that my customer had brought a catalogue in for us to see.  Since Chloe was going to her grammie’s – we ended up having a late lunch as per usual – what’s new eh..?? when you run a busy business and work online as much as I do – you kinda gotta eat – when you have time.  So Jessy’s Pizza we picked for the day and we chose to try their lasagna – lunch didn’t take too long – i think only 15 mins after we ordered.  I walked over to pick the food because I haven’t been in before.  It was clean, bright and spacious – too bad i didn’t have my camera with me.

The staff were friendly and the lasagna came with a huge garlic bread that just came out from the oven – it had CHEESEEEEE on it..  yumss!!!   I liked it!!!  the picture i took of the lasagna didn’t do it justice – i really do look better than the picture i tell yer.

So PB and I had this for lunch and dinner.. and we had some left  – it was a lot of food for just $7.99 i think.  Definitely, definitely worth the money!!!  and yummy too!!!   The cheese was a lot and rich food!  i could eat this everyday if i was 20 yrs younger – but when you are my age – we just have to watch our cholesterol eh – but this was really good .. and you bet we are going to Jessy’s Pizza again.