Costco Food Court in their Richmond, BC location offers Chicken Wings in 10 or 30 pieces. Unfortunately, the wings are unavailable in the Downtown Vancouver Costco branch.
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| Chicken Wings |
It's good, perfectly fried chicken wings. Crispy skin and juicy chicken meat. It's suitable for parties.
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| Chicken Strips and French Fries |
We also ordered the Chicken Strips just to try them out. The meat was flavourful, but getting one of the dips would be advisable.
Wendy's Canada welcomes 2023 by introducing the Homestyle French Toast Sticks and welcoming the Bacon Portabella Mushroom Melt back.
We arrived at the closest Wendy's location at 10:00 AM. They're just about to transition from breakfast to the lunch menu. I ordered the Bacon Portabella Mushroom Melt burger and baked potato.
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| Bacon Portabella Mushroom Melt from Wendy's |
The Bacon Portabella Mushroom Melt features a fresh, quarter-pound beef patty, applewood-smoked and rich portabellas in a melty cheddar sauce, all sandwiched between a warm toasted bun.
You get all that earthy, musky mushroom flavour with the first bite. Then, you get that juicy beef patty and crunchy bacon. It's delicious! No wonder it's a fan-favourite at Wendy's.
The same bacon, mushroom, and cheddar sauce can also be ordered on top of soft baked potatoes. It's good but needs more cheddar sauce.
Bacon Portabella Mushroom Melt Baked Potatoes from Wendy's Overall, a good and unusual brunch at Wendy's.
This week (January 9), Wendy's Canada made the NEW Homestyle French Toast Sticks available. After offering a competitive breakfast menu, the Homestyle French Toast Sticks is the first sweet breakfast item offered at Wendy's.
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| NEW Homestyle French Toast Sticks from Wendy's Canada |
Because they released it on a Monday (and I work a regular day job), I can only go to Wendy's today for breakfast. We arrived at the closest Wendy's location at 10:00 AM and ordered the Homestyle French Toast Sticks. We waited 30 minutes until the lunch menu became available to finally try their Bacon Portabella Mushroom Melt.
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| NEW Homestyle French Toast Sticks fr Wendy's Canada |
Soft inside and crunchy edges. The golden brown colour is impressive. Though, there are not a lot of flavours. I was expecting sweet, but I'm not getting that. There's a subtle taste of egg, but that's about it. Great texture, only a little flavour.
Unless you're highly challenged in the kitchen, you can make this better at home. So that's my short review of the NEW Homestyle French Toast Sticks from Wendy's Canada.
We successfully did meatless Monday today. Hubby prepared oatmeal and tea for breakfast. Meanwhile, I cooked white basmati rice and reheated the Karahi Paneer leftovers for lunch. Then, I prepared the Tuscan-Inspired Tortellini with Roasted Red Peppers from our HelloFresh box for dinner.
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| Tuscan-Inspired Tortellini with Roasted Red Peppers from HelloFresh |
The cheese tortellini cooked for 3 minutes came out perfectly al dente. The sauce was a bit saltier than I'd liked but creamy and buttery. I like the melted shredded parmesan cheese on top.
Unfortunately, the roasted red pepper didn't add anything flavour-wise but provided a different crisp texture. The spinach added bitterness and a pop of colour to the dish.
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| Tuscan-Inspired Tortellini with Roasted Red Peppers from HelloFresh |
Below is the HelloFresh description for this meal.
Tuscan-Inspired Tortellini with Roasted Red Peppers
HelloFresh Description:
Sun-dried tomato pesto, fire-roasted red peppers and creamy Parmesan await with every bit of this Tuscan-inspired cheese tortellini. Get ready to be whisked away to Italy.
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| Tuscan-Inspired Tortellini with Roasted Red Peppers from HelloFresh |
Preparation Time: 25 minutes
Calories: 970 calories per serving
Do you need an oven to prepare this meal? No
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We arrived at Bombay Kitchen + Bar at 11:30 AM when they opened. It's a beautifully designed restaurant. I love the fountain and fireplace; the wall decorations and lighting are exquisite.
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| The beautiful interior of Bombay Kitchen + Bar at 11th Avenue. |
We were seated and given the menu. After five minutes, our waiter returned to inform us that the chef had just arrived and it'll be a few minutes before they could take our order and asked if we could wait. Thankfully, we're not famished and just had breakfast at Blenz Coffee.
At noon, the server returned and took our order of Honey Chilli Fries, Butter Chicken, Karahi Paneer, Garlic Naan, and Mix Biryani.
The first to arrive at our table is the Honey Chilli Fries. It was sweet and a bit spicy, and the fries were soggy because of the sauce. However, the portion was surprisingly generous and perfect for sharing between 2-3 people.
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Honey Chilli Fries from Bombay Kitchen + Bar Sweet & spicy fries tossed in a special chef's sauce. |
The Butter Chicken arrived next, and we ordered it with a medium spice level. It was sweet. I don't know what's wrong with me because I never knew butter chicken was sweet until I tried some at New India Buffet. I can only taste the savoury sweetness (I'm not sure if that made sense as a flavour). I expected it to be creamy and savoury with minimal to no sweetness. It's so amusing. I blame my love for Vindaloo, which is tarty and spicy, so maybe that's why butter chicken tastes sweet.
January 12 Update: We had butter chicken leftovers and it still has a lot of sweet flavours but there's a more subtle heat going on. Eating it with plain rice seems to be the way to go to appreciate the full flavour.
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Butter Chicken Chicken breast cooked with light cream and tomato with fenugreek. |
It's our first time trying karahi paneer. It has a subtle sour flavour because of the tomatoes, while the onions provided sweetness, and the paneer was creamy.
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Karahi Paneer Homemade cheese pieces are served in thick gravy with big chunky pieces of onion, capsicum, and tomatoes. |
We ordered the Mix Biryani and Garlic Naan because those two were my favourite things when we had food from Bombay Kitchen + Bar in 2021. The naan has a nice char and is slightly bitter, especially on the edges. There is crushed garlic on top, providing so much garlicky flavour to the naan.
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Garlic Naan White leavened bread flavoured with garlic. |
Meanwhile, the Biryani is perfectly spicy and seasoned. The chicken and lamb are tender, and the prawns are perfectly cooked. I love it!
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Mix Biryani A rich combination of veggies, chicken, lamb, & prawn spices & basmati rice. |
I wanted Kheer, but it's unavailable. So we tried the Gajar Ka Halwa for the first time. It's made with fresh carrots. It's not overly sweet. The bowl and dessert were warm and had a lot of coconut flavour.
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Gajar Ka Halwa Indian pudding made with fresh carrots, milk, sugar, ghee, & nuts. |
We stayed here until 1:30 PM and enjoyed our meal over gossip. We discussed the latest in Philippine news and chismis and our dreams and goals. Weekly dates with my husband are always a heart-fluttering experience.
Happy blessed Sunday morning to you! We changed our Sunday routine today. Instead of grabbing breakfast before the 9:00 AM Mass, we did it afterwards. Instead of Tim Hortons, we went to a quiet Blenz location.
It's the last weekend of their holiday drinks and I am having instant regret. Hubby ordered the Cranberry Dark Hot Chocolate while I went for the Matcha White Hot Chocolate.
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| Breakfast at Blenz Coffee |
The Cranberry Dark Hot Chocolate tasted like cranberries. It hits you right on the face. It's so unique! On the other hand, the Matcha White Hot Chocolate is as usual. Matcha flavour overpowered by the sweetness of white chocolate.
For our sandwiches, we shared a Bacon English Muffin and Breakfast Bagel.
The best part of the Bacon English Muffin is the perfectly salted egg on top of soft English muffins. It seems like hubby ate all the bacon because I didn't find any. 😂
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| Bacon English Muffin from Blenz Coffee |
Meanwhile, the Breakfast Bagel has a generous serving of ham. I wish the bagel was slightly toasted but it's good quality sesame bagel. It's soft and feels freshly baked.
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| Breakfast Bagel from Blenz Coffee |
We're hanging out at Blenz until our lunch reservation nearby.
