It all started more than a month ago, on a hot Sunday afternoon as my friend Joseph from Seattle was picking Toronto as his first sabbatical destination.
We were sitting at a park and chatting over many things including our philanthropic goals. Then we started talking about Steve Jobs’ recent post on “Thoughts on Flash.” Joseph [...]
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People I want to meet this year
28Mar10Intellectuals I would like to meet this year:
Dr. Michael Geist, is a law professor at the University of Ottawa, and I read his Toronto Star technology column every Monday.
Christopher Hume, Mr. Condo Critic, with his Saturday column at the Toronto Star.
If you know of their future public appearance, please let me know @productionteams and I’d love [...]
In response to the Haiti disaster last Tuesday, a group of concerned Torontonians are launching “Toronto Works for Haiti” – Offering professional services in exchange for donations to support disaster relief efforts in Haiti.
Are you looking for more ways to help the disaster relief operations in Haiti?
Are you a small business looking for [...]
Saw a recipe on the Canadian House & Home (Jan 2010 issue). I have tested it this morning and decided to improve the recipe with salmon and creme cheese.
Serve 6:
12 slices of sourdough bread (Got it at the bakery in the Runnymede area)
3 eggs
1-1/2 cups milk
1 tbsp chopped dill
1/2 tsp table salt
2 tbsp butter
1 clove [...]
Sweet Potato Salmon Cakes
01Dec09Update: I saw this recipe on to.night. I will try it out on weekend.
Ingredients
1 medium sweet potato
2, 7.5 oz cans low sodium wild salmon, drained
1/2 cup minced celery
1/2 cup minced green onion
1 tbsp minced dill pickle
1 tbsp minced fresh dill
1 egg
1/2 cup whole wheat bread crumbs
2 tbsp olive oil
In microwave, cook sweet potato on [...]
Mary from Toronto had asked me why I haven’t updated my blog for a while. I apologize for not given much attention to this site. I have mainly been Twitter (@productionteams) my food quest.
Updates: I did find some good eats in Toronto:
Good dessert place in Toronto: Sweet Tooth on 50B Danforth
Pain au chocolate: La [...]
April 2009 Trip to Arizona
07Apr09I’m glad I had cached The Today’s Hits of the Slacker Radio on my BlackBerry. We drove around Arizona for four days and the music certainly made the 1,775 km drive a lot more enjoyable.
I didn’t have much expectations of Arizona. I was blown away by the vast changes of rock formation and vegetation [...]
Finally made it to the Mandarin!
28Dec08As the creator of “Forks or Chopsticks” blog, I finally persuded my friends and my old high school buddy visiting from Orlando to try out the family favourite “Mandarin” buffet at the St Catharines.
Boy oh boy, I can’t even give it either a fork or chopsticks. Can’t understand why people like it so much. [...]
I set up the Christmas tree on Friday night. It’s lid up and decorated with ornaments. Though I have injured my shoulder/back/thigh when I was lifting the heavy armchair (the brown chair as seen on the picture below) in preparation for tonight’s party.
Update: The dinner was a hit. It went well into 2am. We did [...]
On day four, we need to find new ways to stretch that $25. Fortunately with the Chinese diet, we can make dumplings at home. The cost is $1.96 for the off the shelve pastry dough. We bought around $6 of the minced pork and 50 cents worth of chives from the supermarket. And we made [...]
Third night of the $25 Challenge
29Oct08Latest update: We have two people voted themselves off the Challenge. Both of them worked in offices where they believe in giving back to their employees by pampering with a lot of free breakfast and luncheon from the firm and it was definitely exceeded the $25 budget.
I also went to an art auction last night. [...]
I was inspired by the $25 Challenge I read from a MSN Money Central blog post. The Illinois food bank did a challenge to simulate how the life would be like to be living on food stamps – $25 a week just for food.
Six of our close friends in Toronto, Canada, agreed to participate in [...]
Rack of Lamb (a la provençal)
13Oct08
Rack of Lamb
Ingredients
1/8 C fresh parsley
1/8 C fresh oregano
1/8 C fresh rosemary
1/8 C fresh thyme
1/2 C fresh breadcrumbs
1 1/2 T garlic, minced
1/4 C + 2T olive oil
1 T Dijon mustard
salt & pepper to taste
1 rack of lamb (about 2 – 2 1/2 lbs)
Steps:
Pre-heat oven to 450F
In the bowl of a food processor, combine all ingredients, [...]
This recipe can be substituted by a chicken
Ingredients
10-15 lbs of whole turkey
2 carrots, 2 small onions
4 stalks of celery, 4 cloves of garlic
3 tablespoons each of salt and pepper
1/4 cup of Brandy *** Special recipe
Prepartion Time
3-4 Hours or 1.25 hours for chicken
Directions
1. Preparation for turkey/ chicken
Clean turkey and pat dry with kitchen paper towel. Take [...]
First Thanksgiving Dinner at my place. It was a success!
The guest loves my rack of lamb (a la Provençal)
Thilo said “I am the Iron Chef winner at this first round in Toronto”
Benedict said “It’s the best lamb I’d ever had outside of France”
It’s a nice and happy Thanksgiving and everyone is leaving very well fed!
I read a review on Toronto Life a few months ago at my doctor’s office and it mentioned a french pastry shop on St Clair West. I went there on the weekend and found out that Patachou supplies all the pastries to Pusateri’s!
Check out their location at:
- 1120 Yonge St (@ MacPherson)
- 835 St. Clair [...]
Clafouti
Amazing French Pastry shop on the Queen West in Toronto.
Remember my previous post calling for my pastry substitute in TO?
Best Pastry Place (so far) – Clafouti on 915 Queen St West
416-603-1935
Closed on Mondays. Cash Only.
I think I have found it! They have my favorite french pastry, the Clafouti! I had the Pomegranate & Raspberry Clafouti [...]
Today I was doing my excursion on DanForth Street in Toronto. Suprise suprise. Without the help of internet or any referrals, I found a supermarket called “The Big Carrot“. It reminds me of the award winning development of Capers on West 4th. I immediately recognize the close resemblance to the architecture in Vancouver and I [...]
All the best in your Christmas of this year.
Have a super Merry Christmas + Best Wishes in 2007 as well!
My travel (Montpellier, Nice, Nimes, Pont du Gard,
Toulouse, Cannes, Grasse, Monte Carlo, Paris, Barcalona, and Prague) pics:
http://pixs.elliotng.com
Elliot
Food. Food. More Food.
05Dec06It has been 3 weeks since I left Vancouver. Thanks god I missed all the rain and snow. (Sorry folks in Vancouver). There hasn’t been a day in France where I had a bad meal.
The food in France is exceptional. Just about anywhere in the town you can find good food, shall I thank the [...]
The things I miss the most…
27Nov06Suprisingly enough, the 3 things I miss the most:
My own fast computer with FireFox and an ENGLISH keyboard.
Starbucks’ Chai Latte* or my beloved Tall Iced Passion Tea!
The all CANADIAN full breakfast with EGGS + Sasuages + Fries + Toasts
*(okay, I am not going to be picky for a Soy Chai)
I adore the french food, but after [...]
After fighting over the jetlag, my second day in Montpellier of this small very old town in the south of France was being very plesant. I took the TGV for the first time from Gare de Lyon, Paris to here for about 3 hours. The scenery along the way was like a dream, everywhere you [...]
Food tour episode 1:
Walking on a brisk winter morning in Toronto to the Hart House’s gym, my sleepy soul was refreshed by the 30-min cardio I did, as well as the company of the infamous “Rainy Men” song.
Right after the workout, I had a craving for mushroom and my palette was indulged by this little [...]
Yoshoku Ya’s Hamburg Steak
09Nov06Yoshoku Ya is one of my favorite Japanese restaurants in Vancouver. Their ambience isc carried over from a traditional German restaurant. It’s cozy and homey. Price is very reasonable and it offers one of a kind Japanese Western food in Vancouver.
Tonight’s craving was the Hamburg Steak. Nice, juicy, and tender with the Japanese BBQ sauce [...]
Butternut Squash Soup
05Nov06Butternut Squash Soup
1 medium butternut squash (about 2 1/4 pounds)
Nonstick vegetable oil spray
1 medium onion, chopped (about 1 cup)
1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger, optional
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
3 cups chicken broth
1-2 cups water, as needed
Salt and pepper to taste
Sour cream and parsley for garnish
Cut squash in half lengthwise, and scoop out [...]
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