Tiana Feng

BOOMburger

October 22, 2014Food, Restaurant ReviewsLeave a Comment

The best thing about being on vacation is eating out! My friend Laura’s as much as a burger fan as me so she took us to BOOMburger. The restaurant style is very similar to Five Guy’s, specializing in the classic burgers. The ingredients are locally sourced (PEI potatoes and cheese from COWS). I ordered a Bacon Cheeseburger with everything on it (grilled mushrooms, grilled onions, lettuce, tomato etc). It’s been a while since I had a classic burger (one with no weird ingredients on it) but this one was juicy and delicious! I chose the “zesty pepper fries” over normal fries and those were sure addictive.

I couldn’t go to PEI without trying Anne of Green Gables’ Raspberry cordial! It was like a bottle of the red coloured freezies.

Hope to share with you more food adventures soon!

I’m in PEI!

October 21, 2014October 21, 2014Art, Life, Photography, Travel, World1 Comment

Nash and I are currently in Prince Edward Island for my best friend’s wedding next weekend. We had a little bit of time to explore over the past few days, so here’s what we did so far.

We tried Gahan Craft Beer. This Honey Wheat Ale had a nice sweetness to it. This could possibly be the most Canadian looking beer.

The next morning we had breakfast at Phinley’s, where poutine for breakfast is a thing!

We then went to a pumpkin patch to pick a few up. We got some decent sized ones for only $3!

I enjoyed these bales of hay in the form of Angry Birds.

We considered a gigantic pumpkin for a moment.

Laura has two sweet cats which were adopted. This is Maddie.

And this is Bella.

Here are more random cat photos:

Don’t they just look like sweethearts?

Homemade ribs.

On Saturday we went to see Rich Aucoin at the PEI Brewing Company. We happend to walk in when an art battle was just ending. Aucoin himself was painting something!

On Sunday, we explored downtown Charlottetown. This year, they celebrated the 50 year anniversary of the 1864 Canadian Confederation Conference. Here is Laura and I with a gigantic 2014.

This cruise ship looked rather familiar.

How could we go to the east coast without visiting a Cows Icecream?

Mmmmmmmm.

The weather was warm over the weekend so we had a chance to walk along the water and in town.

A Crazy Little Thing Called Life

October 12, 2014LifeLeave a Comment

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Best day! Cotton candy at work

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Hey guys, sorry for being a little bit MIA lately. There has been so many things going on in the past little while that I’ve had no time to blog (and not just on this one)! A lot of exciting things have happened/are happening that I will surely tell you about soon.

Life’s a little like cotton candy, you must eat it (or experience it) before it melts.. or maybe I have no idea what I’m talking about.

Thai Lime

September 21, 2014Food, Restaurant ReviewsLeave a Comment

Recently, we tried Thai Lime, close to the Junction. It was very cozy and the menu items were relatively inexpensive. Nash ordered the Pad Thai pictured above.

I had the Malaysian Beef Curry ($12.69). Rice was included with the order (which isn’t always a thing at Thai places). The portion and flavours were plenty.

The great thing about the place is that they’re also available on a lot of delivery platforms in Toronto including Just-Eat and Orderit.

Photos: Toronto Island

September 13, 2014Art, PhotographyLeave a Comment

I’ve been too busy to blog lately but here are a few random photos I took last weekend at the Toronto Islands.

Tacos & Beer @ O&B Canteen

September 6, 2014Food, Restaurant ReviewsLeave a Comment

I stopped by O&B Canteen one day after a Jays game for their $5 Mill Street happy hour. I was a bit hungry so I ordered the Calamari Tacos ($12). After all, I was at a restaurant owned by Oliver & Bonacini! The tacos were nice and light and had a delicious mango sauce with buttermilk cream.

Disgraceland

September 4, 2014Food, Restaurant ReviewsLeave a Comment

A few weeks ago we hit up Disgraceland for the first time in Bloor Court. The place is a little bit divey but they are known for their bar food and wide variety of vegetarian/vegan options. I’m not a vegan by any means but I like to try the occasional vegan cuisine for fun. The first thing I ordered was the Cinco de Fryo ($9 pictured above)- fries topped with cheese, black bean corn salsa, guacamole and cilantro mayo. The ingredients worked really nicely together and I enjoyed the flavour of mayo.

Not entirely sure why, but I also had the Vegan Rib Dinner. Since I really enjoyed Hogtown Vegan’s take on meat goodies, I thought I’d give them a shot here. However, the ribs turned out to be dry and after a few bites, I didn’t find them appetizing at all. I kind of lost my appetite for the beans and the coleslaw after trying the ribs.

Nash ordered the Lord of the Rings burger, which is really what I should have got.

I’m not sure if meat-eater bias came into play here, but I really didn’t enjoy the vegan dish I ordered. The fries on the other hand were very good and I heard no complaints about Nash’s burger!

Labour Day Weekend in Espanola

September 2, 2014Life, Photography, Travel1 Comment

I spent Labour Day weekend at Nash’s parents’ place in Espanola, a town of around 5000 people in Northern Ontario. It was rainy all weekend but I still tried to take some photos of the beautiful scenery and other random things.
This is their fat kitty named Beans.
So cute, so fat.

Random clay frog.

This is a giant mushroom, almost the size of a soccer ball.

The atmosphere was so calm. It was nice to get away from the city.

Nash in a hammock.

An actual frog.

I’m standing in front of the town sign.

Lancome Grandiose Mascara

August 29, 2014Beauty2 Comments

My latest Influenster Canada Voxbox was Lancome’s new Grandiose Mascara. It was presented beautifully in a black box.
There’s a certain elegance to the bottle that gives it a luxurious feel. The top has a lovely rose decal inside the clear plastic.
The want itself touts a “swan neck”. The greatest thing about this wand is that it allows for easy application to the second eye with my weak hand. I can change the angle of the brush so that mascara doesn’t end up on my face.

Here are some diagrams to demonstrate the ways the wand really helps.

I enjoyed this mascara a lot because it thickens and lengthens my lashes. There’s also no clumping so I don’t end up a racoon by the end of the day. This is definitely going in my daily make-up bag.

Electric Mud BBQ

August 24, 2014Food, Restaurant ReviewsLeave a Comment

Located on Brock Ave in Parkdale, Electric Mud BBQ serves up unique BBQ eats. It’s by the owned by the same people as buzzy Mexican restaurant Grand Electric (which we still haven’t been there because we aren’t really committed to lining up for a meal). The first item we ordered was the day’s special, a grilled chicken. It came with a dipping sauce, but we couldn’t tell if it tasted better with or without. The white sauce, chives and marinade were already perfect.

Also our meat list were these rib ends. They were crispy and had a tangy bbq sauce spiced with jalapenos.

Since we were eating meat, we thought we’d get some vegetables as a side. Well, sort of. These buffalo cauliflower (compete with a blue cheese salad) resembled classic buffalo wings. What a lovely twist.