http://elliotng.com Tue, 19 Jan 2010 06:27:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://elliotng.com/2010/01/18/launching-toronto-works-for-haiti/ 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 ... http://elliotng.com/2009/12/07/tested-improved-baked-eggs-florentine/ Update: 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 ... http://elliotng.com/2009/12/01/sweet-potato-salmon-cakes/ Here's a mosaic of all my Twitter followers. Pretty cool app - twitter mosaic. http://elliotng.com/2009/09/30/my-twitter-followers-at-a-glance/ 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 ... http://elliotng.com/2009/09/23/nuit-mange-food-food-and-more-food/ [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="375" caption="Close to 2,706 feet high"][/caption] I'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. ... http://elliotng.com/2009/04/07/april-2009-trip-to-arizona/ As 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 ... http://elliotng.com/2008/12/28/finally-made-it-to-the-mandarin/ 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 ... http://elliotng.com/2008/12/13/getting-ready-to-hosting-a-christmas-dinner-with-17-guests/ 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 ... http://elliotng.com/2008/11/08/day-four-of-25-challenge-we-made-dumplings/ Latest 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 ... http://elliotng.com/2008/10/29/third-night-of-the-25-challenge/