Sunday 4 November 2012

Happy Birthday Chrissy! :)

Yesterday was the birthday of my very dear friend Christina and her family was kind enough to invite a few of her close friends over for a giant celebration dinner. They cooked so much food that I seriously thought it was Chinese New Year. 

A bit of background: Christina and I have been friends since grade 4 and she is definitely one of my best-est friends of all time. Growing up, she was the one that offered me a shoulder to cry on when I needed it and we try to see each other once a week ( if possible). Her family are just the nicest people in the world and I love coming over for dinner :D.

On this particular day, we had more then 10 dishes that was mostly a mix of vegetables and meat. We had some pure vegetarian dishes to accomodate her cousin's girlfriend who was a vegetarian. Here's a look at what we had last night:

Pre-cooked version. Christina's parents took some chopped pork and mixed it with mushroom and stuffed it in melons before steaming it.
What's a Chinese meal without some chicken wings? These were oven-baked and they were amazing!

Not too dry, and perfectly seasoned :)
 Her boyfriend was kind enough to grill ribs for everyone and they were amazing!

BBQ should be an all-season thing
 Here's the cooked version of the stuffed melons from above, don't they look good?




What's a chinese meal with out rice? Here's a picture of my bowl :)

          

Good thing they had a big dining table or else it wouldn't have fitted all 14 of us. Here's a view of the table with all the food :D

 

Annie and Janet chipped in to get Christina a strawberry Oreo ice cream cake from MarbleSlab.

Can you make out where her name was written?
 Extras:
 Christina's dad likes to collect antiques so there are some really fun pieces at her home.

An antique carriage set
Antique clock
This has been a very eventful and enjoyable week for me and I hope for you as well. Have a good week everyone!

Saturday 3 November 2012

Pumpkin Festival on Harbord


I got to go to a local Pumpkin Festival on Harbord Street this week, which is a small, mixed-use street between College and Bloor on the west side of Toronto. The neighbourhood business association held the Pumpkin Festival as a way to recycle pumpkins after Halloween and draw some new visitors to the area. Here are some of the highlights:


Nyannnn Cat pumpkin anyone?

Marilyn Monroe--Witch Style
 This is not a pumpkin but this dog was really cute when he posed for me ^^


One of the restaurants' on this street when all out in pumpkin carvings and decorations. They were amazing!







I believe the residents in the area carve them for Halloween and the community association picks them up on Nov.1st for display. It's a nice idea and great way to recycle your old pumpkins.


Charlie Brown!
 They even gave us free cake and hot apple cider! It was nice to have a warm drink on a chilly night ^^.


The Harbord Bakery was also kind enough to provide free cookies! I can definitely say I'll be coming back since the cookies were great





Extras:

On the night of Halloween itself, I went over to my friend's house to give out candy. But since it rained, no one came to the door. Her neighbours take Halloween very seriously and went all out in the decorations.

We ended up having hot chocolate with giant marshmallows in it, which was nice since it's been a while since we've spent time together.


Also, I walked by the Bay on Queen Street and looks like they've already put up their Christmas decorations!

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