As you can tell by the ultra-light blogging, I’ve been rather preoccupied these days — with houseguests, work, photography, travel planning, you name it. Besides the big brunch crowd last Sunday, I had a houseguest from France over the weekend, and a few hours after he left on Monday, my Austrian houseguests arrived. The spare [...]

I’m writing this in recovery mode from the wonderful dinner you see here (and more, consumed but unpictured), prepared for me by my host in Quebec City. It is my first visit here and I rolled up at dinnertime from a long drive that started in Toronto this morning. Look what I was greeted with!

I [...]

(Soul II Soul’s track — arguably one of the best singles of 1989)
After about a week of laying low and working on various projects (except for the Summerlicious interlude), I decided to break the work-eat-sleep cycle and join in some meetups around town. On Thursday night after work, I took my houseguest Eve out to [...]

This week I’ve been finishing off the candies that the Japanese tourists gave to me for tourguiding them around Toronto before we all flew to Vancouver on July 5. I’ve never had candies quite like this before, but only the first package has English on it so the second package remains a mystery. One thing [...]

I booked into this Summerlicious event before I went to Vancouver, an inaugural visit to Starfish at 100 Adelaide Street for their $35 prix fixe dinner menu. It’s a good thing I did, too, since I started my seafood kick in Vancouver and I was still craving it after I arrived home. There’s something very [...]

It was his birthday today. It called for the Mother of All Sandwiches.
Eating contest, anyone?

Breakfast, lunch, AND dinner, near the airport.

It’s 6 o’clock on Saturday morning and I have yet to go to bed. Why? I think my body is in some form of sugar shock.
A bunch of us invaded Maria’s place like a band of modern-day pirates, except we didn’t make off with anything except bellies full of nachos, pasta, cocktails, champagne, and a [...]

Pho Hung Vietnamese Restaurant
350 Spadina Ave., Toronto
Their lemongrass chicken is pretty good… mmm-m-mm, lemon grass. I like the option of fresh hot peppers, although I’m more likely to take a photo of them rather than add them to my dish.