8" Sacher cake from Blue Hat Bakery

I am celebrating my special day with colleagues by buying an 8" Sacher cake from Blue Hat Bakery. This cake is delicious as expected with all the pastries and cake from Blue Hat Bakery.

Birthday dinner at Carlos O'Bryan's

My new food "discovery" is the existence of a Yorkshire pudding, I tried it first at The Wicklow, then at a Dublin Crossing Irish Pub so for my birthday dinner, I told hubby that we should go to the nearby Carlos O'Bryan's, in search for the dish.

I found the dish under Appetizers.

Prime Rib Yorkies

Honestly, the only good thing about this is the prime rib. The gravy is way too sweet, and I love my delicious savoury dishes, but this was unexpectedly sweet.

Meanwhile, the Chicken Lips 'N' is excellent. But it's hard to get chicken fingers wrong.

Chicken Lips 'N' ... and Pachos

I'll probably come back for those Pachos and Long Island Iced Tea.

Dinner at Döner Kebab

Döner Kebab has the best falafel I have tried so far.

Mix Plate with chicken and falafel

Best Xiao Long Bao in Vancouver

My family loves dumplings (I mean, who doesn't?), and I'll say the best Xiao Long Bao we've tried are from Lin Chinese Cuisine and Tea House along West Broadway (between Granville and Fir).

Moreover, they have such a great lunch deal. You get to choose a dish, and its served with a cup of rice and your choice of soup only for $10.99! The dish serving is good for sharing too.

Xiao Long Bao, Szechuan Chicken, and Sesame Chicken (both chicken dish is part of the lunch combo deal)

Beef with green bean in black bean sauce

House special chow mein

From Hemlock to Fir along West Broadway, there are three Chinese restaurants: Broadway Restaurant (along Hemlock), Fortune Garden Restaurant, and Lin Chinese Cuisine. The cheapest is the Broadway Restaurant, but the quality of food is not close to the other two. I think Fortune serves good food, but too expensive. It's geared towards big family events. Then, Lin provides excellent food at a great price.

Trying new items at Tim Hortons

We went to Tim Hortons and tried two new items from the menu, which are Montreal Smoked Meat Sandwich and Grilled Country Wrap.

Short review: I won't order them again. The sandwich bun was burnt while in the wrap, they didn't have potato wedges in stock to complete the country wrap.

Country Wrap and Montreal Meat Sandwich

Pizza by the Slice for Lunch from Uncle Fatih's

We had a long 2.5 hours of walking because of Pokemon Go. For late lunch, we dropped by my fave pizza by the slice spot in Vancouver, Uncle Fatih's!

Leave a note of kindness at Starbucks

Dinner tonight is a Starbucks breakfast sandwich and a frappuccino. While waiting for my drink, I saw this:

Positivity to start the weekend!

Leave a note of kindness or take a note to brighten your day! Kindness it costs nothing, but means everything!

I left a short note while waiting for my sandwich and frappuccino.

Sausage and Egg Breakfast Sandwich and Salted Caramel Mocha Frappuccino

This kind gesture is at Starbucks Chapters branch (Granville Street at West Broadway) in Vancouver, BC. Happy Friday!

Pinoy Food for Halloween

We were in the neighbourhood of Mount Pleasant (for Pokemon GO), and I told hubby that I'm craving for Filipino BBQ (or mainly savoury meat). Since Josephine's Restaurant is nearby (Main and 11th), we decided to grab dinner there.

There were a lot of trick-and-treaters in the neighbourhood, which is a pleasant surprise. Restaurants and stores that want to participate have a sign on the door that they welcome trick-or-treaters.

Anyway, for dinner, I ordered beef sinigang (tamarind soup), laing (taro leaves in coconut milk), lumpiang shangai (spring roll), and rice. Hubby ordered pancit (noodles) and longganisa (cocktail sausages). We had turon (fried banana wrapped in spring roll wrapper) for dessert.

Pinoy Food at Josephine's

Happiness