Homemade Style Eggs Beney

Sometimes, it's nice to get creative in the kitchen when you've got time.

Today, I woke up early and decided to indulge in a hot breakfast. 

What's the recipe:

1 bagel (multigrain)

2 eggs, sunny side up

Topped with season salt

Toast the bagel and then assemble.

And don't forget that it always taste better when the egg yolk is under cooked.

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Happy breakfast talk!

Food Review: Springbox Kitchen

They do healthy

Let's find out how they did.....

Located at a very lovely neighborhood by Portland/King St. West

As I entered, I immediately noticed how narrow, dark and empty the restaurant was. I got there around 1:30pm and there were 2 staff working quietly behind the counter. They did acknowledge me, but I was busy looking up to the neon lights/menu on the wall behind them. The menu itself was very big and long and playfully clever with the "Nutrition Facts" title.

They offer a variety of shakes, sandwiches, salads and sweets. I was happy to be able to visually see how my order was being made. 

My lunch order:

This was my Prosciutto and Bocconcin sandwich ($9.95) with a ice cold refreshing Tropic Thunder smoothie ($5.49).

The portion size was fairly large and the smoothie itself was very tasty. Try one for yourself and you'll find out.

My sandwich was also another great hit. Eating it, I felt that it was very delicious without the oils added. 

They had interesting seating.. and by that I mean some seats had board games on top. One had a chess table and another had Jenga. With the rest of the seating, they had 2 tables in the front (with good lighting) and 4 tables in the back (much darker).

Overall, the experience was a good one. 

Location: Great neighborhood

Price: $$ 

Service: Friendly staff (a lady I chatted with pleasantly), 4/5

Atmosphere: 2/5

It's a good place to get good, healthier food. However, it's not the great go-to for a hang out with friends.

Food Review: Yoyo's Yogurt Cafe

Just a few steps west from Spadina on Bloor, there's a house-shaped cafe that does frozen yogurt.

Wedged between 2 plaza building, this frozen yogurt cafe is a fun and bright spot for some froyo.

Similar to Menchies & Yogurty's (also located on the same street, just a few streets west), they have a few options to choose from.

With a choice of 8 different flavours, compared to their competitors, they have pretty unique flavours. I had a taste of the pumkin pie and it tasted like I was eating the real thing, just very cold.

I love that they have a spacious patio and a dog-friendly area with a watering hole for them. They also have a  better layout for seats, although it's much less cozy for "small groups" to enjoy their own space. The layout is more cafeteria-like. 

They've also got a fairly large topping selection. =)

And of course, the frozen yogurt was very tasty!

Comparable with its other competitors, this place felt more homey. The rest is all the same (price, flavours, topping selection)

Food Review: Juniors (NYC)

If you haven't already heard, or you've never had the chance to try Junior's original cheesecake (originally from Brooklyn), then this is a must!

The Junior "little fella" was new to me. The last time I was here, I bought the one-slice ($6.25, plain) and that was the smallest cheesecake you could get. Now... with this very cute and smaller portion called "little fella" ($4.75),  it still felt like it was a lot to eat for one person. Of course, I enjoyed it most splendidly. 

The thing that makes this cheesecake more delicious than any other cheesecake is not only because it's melt-in-your-mouth-creaminess, but it's the light fluffy cake crust that they use. It brings the whole cake together in one light-tasting bite.

Food Review: Salad King

After the wall had fallen down and Salad King was no more (downtown), I had not gone back to the newly opened Salad King on the west side of Yonge/Gould until a couple weeks ago. 

The new restaurant looks even better -smaller. Not making the whole restaurant cafeteria-like, I like that they split the other half to looking more like a high end restaurant! =0)

This is probably the best dish I've ever had at any Thai restaurant. It's called Pattaya Chicken ($8.25). It's breaded chicken breast with thyme, onions, bell peppers, carrots, in honey and lime chili sauce with steamed rice.

The breaded chicken breast was succulent and crispy with the sweet and lime-y chili sauce.  And with its price, it was way more than enough. But it was so good, I did try my best to finish what I could.

Overall, I found that the new Salad King is much better. Of course, it's not as visible for anyone to find as it's located on the second floor and the front door to Yonge is very narrow and not easy to find if you're just a passerby.

But go... cuz it's 1) good and 2) a lot of food

Price is $8-15

Service: They move rather quickly, but since my 2 times there, I have no complaints

Atmosphere: If you are seated in the cafeteria area, then it's suuuuper loud and horrible for any quality conversation. However, I have yet to be seated in the "booths" area, so I'm sure it's way quieter there.

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Film Review: Samsara

Went to watch SAMSARA at Bell Lightbox last week.

Unspoken but....

Full of movement

Full of colours

Full of despair

Full of joy

Full of attitude

Full of nature

Full of technology

.....but most of all.....

Full of cultures

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At first, I was a little antsy about hearing no speaking either from the subjects or in narrative form. It went on for about 20 mins and right when I was about to lose interest the images became more alive on screen. The story it told was not only intriguing but heartfelt and mind-boggling. 

I was amazed at how many emotions, the film tapped into using a simple technique and beautiful photography. 

This makes me more confident of how real God really is.

This is a must-see film if you want an inside view of the world without ever leaving your home.

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A day with Miss Eve

It's that time again!

With all the busyness going on, Miss Eve has set some time to hang out with theccgirl.

It starts with a call.

then....

...a ride up the elevator!

After Miss Eve picks up theccgirl, we are ready to go out! 

Got the keys and we're ready for....

 

..some grocery shopping/walking!

Life is good! -Miss Eve

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Cost: $30 $25

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Rediscovering the discovered on Queen St. West

It's not a new street, Queen Street, but... I always seem to find something new since I tend to stick to the stores I'm used to.

Last weekend, however, I found myself drawn to go into Lavish & Squalor and for the first time.

It always did look very appealing to me, but I sort of assumed I wouldn't be buying anything because it was more boutique-like with boutique prices.

But sometimes... you just gotta go in and try something new.

So I did.

What no one had told me or was even known was that this was more than just a boutique... it was a cafe as well.

With a very old-style atmosphere, the menu is by the bar under one of those pull lights (photo above, left).

And in the middle of the room, 2nd floor, right in front of the dressing rooms are 4-5 two-person tables for the "cafe" (photo above, right).

But.. if you aren't in the mood for espresso, then I suggest some FREE lemon water.

It's a great thing to have for shoppers on Queen. Who knows when you'll need to re-hydrate after hours and hours of shopping. ;p

Next time, I might go out and try their cafe.