Snowman Cookie from Starbucks Canada

Happy Friday! It's a long weekend and today feels like a Saturday. But, unfortunately, my brain has not processed that it's a Friday.

Anyhow, we walked to the Starbucks location underneath a Jollibee, and it required a lot of restraint to not go up and order Peach Mango Pie.

To satisfy my sweet tooth, we tried the 380-calorie Snowman Cookie from Starbucks.

Snowman Cookie from Starbucks

The cookie is crumbly and quite delicious, but the design icing is way too thick. However, the sugar crystals at the bottom are a nice touch.

This post was first published when I was still at Starbucks. Yay for real-time blog posts. 😂

Weekly Special: Hojicha Mochi Soufflé Pancake at Fufú Pancake Café

After our food coma lunch at Suika, we walked around and window-shopped at Indigo, Staples, and Toys "R" Us. Then, we decided to have two Sweet Soufflé Pancakes from Fufú Pancake Café.

Tiramisu Soufflé Pancake
(3) stacked soufflé pancakes, mascarpone cheese whipped cream, espresso sauce, almond chunks, dark chocolate curls, espresso flake ice cream, cocoa powder

Hojicha Mochi Soufflé Pancake
(3) soufflé pancakes, hojicha infused whipped cream, (5) shiratamako mochi, azuki red bean paste, house-made hojicha sauce, vanilla ice cream, kinako powder

The Hojicha Mochi Soufflé Pancake is my favourite sweet pancake they have so far. It's not overly sweet, and I love the hojicha-infused whipped cream. The mochi and red bean paste are a nice touch to round up the dish.

For future me, below is a list of all the pancakes we've tried.

• Matcha Mochi Soufflé Pancake
• Nutella & Caramelized Banana Soufflé Pancake
• Tiramisu Soufflé Pancake
• Weekly Special: Hojicha Mochi Soufflé Pancake

2 Kind Grilled Fish Set for lunch at Suika

I took a day off today to celebrate my birthday at my favourite restaurant in Vancouver, Suika. I had my usual Japanese Curry while hubby ordered the last item in the Rice Dish section of the menu that we hadn't tried: a 2 Kind of Grilled Fish Set.

2 Kind Grilled Fish Set
Chef's Choices 2 Kinds of Grilled Fish

Signature Beef Curry with Tonkatsu
Suika Original Stewed Beef Tendon Curry with Pork Loin Cutlet

After enjoying our meal and being food coma, the team at Suika sang happy birthday to me and gave us a free Chestnut Pudding. It was such a nice gesture and made me love the restaurant more.

Free birthday surprise from Suika, complete with candle

Creamy Chestnut Pudding
Custard pudding with rich chestnut cream (mont blanc)

Ghost Pepper Nuggets from Burger King

Happy Monday! I took today and tomorrow off from work for an extra long weekend. So for dinner, we ordered from Burger King.

It seems like the last time we ate from there was in 2020.

Ghost Pepper Nuggets

I ordered the Ghost Pepper Nuggets to see how spicy it was and was extremely disappointed. There was no heat whatsoever, but it's tender chicken. Why do I get the feeling that we received regular nuggets? 🤷‍♀️

8-piece Ghost Pepper Nuggets
Scary Hot! Our Ghost Pepper Nuggets are packing a flavourful kick, tingling with peppery spice. Tender and juicy chicken, coated in a crispy and spicy breading, perfect for dipping in any of our sauces. Feel the Ghost Pepper heat before it’s gone!

Nashville Hot Chicken Meal

There's a bit of heat from the Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich, but again nothing that can hold a candle to Popeye's, Church's, or even KFC.

Nashville Hot Chicken
Grab the bold delicious flavour of our new Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich. Made with juicy, tender and crispy premium white meat chicken, seasoned with traditional Nashville Hot flavours and just the right amount of heat; topped with pickles, and creamy mayonnaise all on a potato bun.

Bacon and Cheese WHOPPER Meal

Hubby ordered the Bacon and Cheese Whopper Meal, and from the bite I took, there was a good amount of bacon and, of course, the flame-grilled burger patty.

Burger and Cheese WHOPPER Meal
The Bacon and Cheese WHOPPER sandwich is a ¼ lb of savory flame-grilled beef topped with thick-cut smoked bacon, melted cheese, ripe tomatoes, fresh lettuce, creamy mayonnaise, ketchup, crunchy pickles, and sliced onions, all on a warm, toasted, sesame seed bun. Served with your choice of medium side and medium drink.

Hershey's Sundae Pie

Yum! Perfect sweetness to end a rather disappointing meal from Burger King.

HERSHEY'S Sundae Pie
Say hello to the HERSHEY’S Sundae Pie. One part crunchy chocolate crust and one part chocolate crème filling, garnished with a delicious topping of fudge drizzle and real HERSHEY’S Chocolate Chips.

Festive Ginger Cookies and Li'l Donuts from McDonald's

Happy rainy Sunday! Hubby and I stayed home today and watched the BC Lions playoff game on TSN. Before the game started, I ordered from McDonald's.

Festive Ginger Cookie from McDonald's

I read the press release that McDonald's Canada launched their 2022 limited-time festive menu for the holiday season.

One of the items in the McCafé® festive offerings is the RMHC® Ginger Cookie.

RMHC® Ginger Cookie

Unfortunately, there's nothing festive about how it looks and tastes. Maybe I expected too much.

Double Glazed Li'l Donut and Maple Iced and Caramel Filled Donut from McCafé®

The Crème Brûlée Li’L Donut is part of the Limited Time Festive Menu, but it's not exactly new since we had it last year in October. So, instead of ordering the crème brûlée, we opted for the two remaining li'l donuts we have not tried: Double Glazed and Maple Iced and Caramel Filled.

Double Glazed Li'l Donut

Maple Iced and Caramel Filled Li'l Donut

Smarties McFlurry and Skor McFlurry

Hubby ordered the Smarties McFlurry, so I can't comment. The Skor McFlurry is good, but I'll stick to Oreo McFlurry. I think Dairy Queen's Skor Blizzard is better if you want Skor in ice cream.

Skor McFlurry

Smarties McFlurrry

McNuggets and French Fries from McDonald's

Of course, I ordered 20 pieces of Chicken McNuggets and 2 large fries.

20-pieces Chicken McNuggets and Fries

Taiwanese Sausage Rice for dinner at Redbeef Noodle Kitchen

After Mass, we went to Redbeef Noodle Kitchen. It is my second favourite restaurant in all of Vancouver and hubby gave me reign for this week because my birthday is coming up.

I can't believe it's been more than 7 months since we last ate here! Unfortunately, the menu has changed, and I can't find my favourite Malay Sponge Cake.

I ordered my usual Chicken Cutlet Rice and Salt and Pepper Popcorn Chicken. Meanwhile, hubby ordered Taiwanese Sausage Rice.

Taiwanese Sausage Rice

Chicken Cutlet Rice

Salt & Pepper Popcorn Chicken

Everything is as delicious as ever. I'm pleased. The only sad thing is we didn't finish our meal since we ate a lot for lunch. So we decided to ask for to-go boxes to bring home our leftovers to enjoy tomorrow. I'm excited!

Redbeef Noodle Kitchen Menu

For future me, below is a list of items you tried from Redbeef so far.

Noodles
Signature Beef Quartet Noodle Soup	Spicy Beef Noodle Soup
Rice
Black Pepper Beef Brisket Stew Rice with Mushroom Fried Spareribs with Rice Curry Beef Finger Meat Rice Curry Chicken Cutlet Rice	Chicken Cutlet Rice Crispy Spicy Chicken with Rice Taiwanese Sausage Rice ** Sliced Garlic Pork with Rice
Noodles Salt & Pepper Popcorn Chicken	Vegetables Taiwanese Pickled Cabbage
Vegetables Steamed Pork Soup Dumplings Pan Fried Beef Wraps Steamed Beef Shumai Steamed Creamy Custard Buns ** Malay Sponge Cake	Desserts Tea-Infused Cream Brulee Caramel Pudding

Legend:

** No longer on the menu

Irish Cream Cheesecake from Trees Cheesecake + Organic Coffee

There are two desserts we're obsessed with. First, the Tim Hortons' dream donuts, and the second is the seasonal featured cheesecake flavour from Trees Cheesecake + Organic Coffee.

Every time we walk by their West Broadway location, we check their posters to see if there's any new cheesecake promoted, and today we spotted that it changed from Pumpkin Cheesecake to Irish Cream Cheesecake!

Irish Cream Cheesecake from Trees Cheesecake + Organic Coffee

Yum! I'm not sure what Irish Cream would taste like on its own, but I absolutely love the Irish Cream Cheesecake. It has a subtle hint of what I think is coffee, but it could be alcohol from the liqueur.

List of Seasonal Cheesecake from Trees Cheesecake + Organic Coffee

Below is a list of the seasonal cheesecakes we have tried from Trees arranged alphabetically.

Almond Marzipan Cheesecake Apple Crisp Cheesecake Banana Cream Cheesecake Banoffee Cheesecake Coconut Dream Cheesecake

Ferrero Rocher Cheesecake Irish Cream Cheesecake Mango Cheesecake Matcha Cheesecake

Peanut Butter Cheesecake Pumpkin Cheesecake Strawberry Cheesecake Taro Cheesecake

List of Cheesecake from Trees Cheesecake + Organic Coffee

Below is a list of cheesecakes from Trees that's available all the time.

Blueberry Cheesecake Chocoholic Cheesecake Key Lime Cheesecake Maple Walnut Cheesecake

New York Cheesecake Oreo Cheesecake Raspberry White Chocolate Cheesecake Tiramisu Cheesecake