Smooch Food: Love Letters to Every Bite

It's a happy Tuesday! Hubby said yes to ordering fried chicken and tomorrow, we'll pick up 5 days worth of food from New India Buffet + Bar & Restaurant. We'll be out for a couple of hours running errands (yes, we need to go to the bank too - coins are needed for laundry). Then, we'll be staying home again for the next week. Praying that a vaccine for COVID-19 is invented soon. Juke Fried Chicken Juke Fried Chicken for delivery Cheers to supporting small and local restaurants and their employees in these difficult times.

Hubby and I are blessed to have work in these difficult times. We both work in the tech industry, and as such, we can work from home. We get to keep our salaries, benefits, and everything that goes with it. Not everyone is as lucky. I always ask myself, how can we help. With the economy down, we need to help keep money going around. Today, I placed an order on Skip The Dishes from Broadway Chinese Restaurant. It's a small business in our neighbourhood. Skip also has the option to tip the restaurant, which I did. I ordered A LOT of food, more than enough for us to eat over the weekend up to early next week. I also gave a 20% tip to the Skip The Dishes driver. What's the point of this post? My point is if you did not lose your job and are still earning, please spend a bit more to help those small businesses and their employees. With my purchase today, I helped the restaurant, the delivery person, and Skip The Dishes. Let's help each other keep the economy going. Our...

To celebrate my sister's birthday, we ordered food from The Canadian Brewhouse for delivery at home. The food was surprisingly delicious. I can't wait for restaurants to be open again so we can come here and try the food. Little Italy Chicken Parmesan Brisket Shepherd's Pie Caramel Chocolate Dessert Poutine

Day 7 of mostly staying at home. Since last Monday, we've only been out of the house to grab groceries, then go back home. Today, I needed my fried chicken fix, and thankfully, Church's Chicken is on SkipTheDishes. What's inside the bag? Church's Chicken! Fried Chicken fix Butter Biscuit and Chicken Strips I tried the biscuit for the first time, and now I understand why people on Twitter are raving about this thing. It's so delicious.

Yay for Domino's Pizza delivery. It's making Monday work from home and marathon of meetings so much better. Pasta, Parm Bites, and Pizza Working from Home

After celebrating Pi Day and attending Mass, we decided to have dinner at Redbeef Noodle Kitchen. I want fried chicken. Crispy Spicy Chicken with Rice Sliced Garlic Pork with Rice Salt & Pepper Popcorn Chicken

We love Pi day! We celebrated it last year  and the year before as well. For 2020, Pi day is on a Saturday, so we had more time to explore and visit places. We walked around 4th Avenue between Maple and Burrard Avenue to eat pie and pizza slices. "I only have pies for you." La Ruota Authentic Neopolitan Pizza This is a relatively new place in this neighbourhood. We grabbed a couple of pizza slices each and found it surprising! I'm also surprised how quickly the area filled up after we sat down. Pizza slice for Pi day Pizza slices for Pi day The Pie Hole The perfect place to celebrate the pi day is in a restaurant dedicated to pie. There was a line up to the door! I completely forgot that they were doing a $3.14 for a 4" pie promo. By the time we're in front, they announced that the 4" pies are sold out. It was crazy! As with our tradition, we got our "usual" apple pie, pecan pie (in this case it was pecan tart), ...

It's Friday the 13th! I was planning to file my resignation today, but the universe has other plans. We did a tour of potential office space with my current work at the HSBC building. Afterwards, we decide to have lunch inside the Art Gallery building. Coastal BC Salmon Fillet Golden beets, roasted parsnips, carrots, purple potatoes, fennel, pumpkin seed pesto, citrus cauliflower sauce The food was delicious, and the service was excellent. I can't wait to come back.

I ended my previous post with our plans to resign was delayed because of an event. Well, at around three in the afternoon, we all received an email from HR that we will all be working from home for a month. After sorting things out at the office, hubby and I decided to have dinner outside. Barney's Nachos Barney's Nachos is terrific. It has tied the nachos from The Mexican in Downtown Vancouver. The primary difference is this one does not skimp on the toppings. It's overloaded for sure. The one at The Mexican is a winner as well because of the homemade chips. Moscow Mule Classic Poutine with pork belly Dessert of the Week! Let's see how I'll survive this month-long work from home.

It's been an exhausting day at work, and we went to grab lunch at Go Fish. I had my usual 2-pc salmon and fries. It was a beautiful cold day in Vancouver. The skies were clear, which is perfect for eating outside. 2-pc salmon and fries One of my colleagues said this is like the last supper for us, eh? We were planning to resign on Friday the 13th (i.e. tomorrow), but events later on the day will change our plans.

It's a beautiful day in Vancouver. The sun is out, the skies are clear, and the mountain views are amazing. Hubby decided to do his weekly run while I walked around the seawall. After taking a walk, we decided to have early dinner at Menya Raizo. We started our meal with Takoyaki and Cheese Mentai Mayo Gyoza. Deep-fried octopus ball Cheese Mentai Mayo Gyoza Gyokai Shoyu Ramen with pork cha-shu Bean sprouts, green onion, radish sprouts, onion, nori seaweed, and seasoned half-boiled egg Umami Shoyu Ramen with half chicken and half pork cha-shu Green onion, thin sliced Japanese leek, radish sprouts, half seasoned soft boiled egg and onion Kuromitsu Kinako Ice Cream Vanilla Ice Cream with Black Sweet Sauce and Roasted Soybean Powder I love this place.

I had a final interview in a nearby coffee shop. I am scared and stressed so I decided to have dinner here with hubby. Salt and Pepper Chicken Popcorn  Large Fried Chicken with BBQ Specialty Sauce

Tuna Sandwich from Blue Hat Cafe of Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts. Tuna Sandwich

Breakfast at A&W before the oath-taking of mother and sister. A&W

I had an interview at the Guinness Building. I was 1-hour early for it and have decided to enjoy a cup of drink to calm the nerves. Coffee from KIOSK

Visting my parents and siblings means Pizza Hut delivery! Triple Treat Pizza