My Birthday Celebration: Lunch delivery from Suika

I have two birthday requests for my birthday: mocha cake and katsu curry from Suika. Because there's a steady increase of COVID-19 cases in BC, we decided to order Suika for delivery instead of dining in.

I got my favourite Stewed Beef Tendon Curry with Tonkotsu

Wagyu Stewed Hamburg Hayashi Bowl

Chicken Kara-age

I can't wait to eat in Suika again.

My Birthday Celebration: Cake from Arts to Bakes

It's my birthday weekend. We went to my parent's place in Richmond, BC, to celebrate. Don't worry, we didn't invite people to the celebration - it's just seven people and two households. The first household is me, and my husband and the second household is my parents and three siblings.

Mocha Cake from Arts to Bakes

KayeBakes CA is my go-to cake source, but Kaye is busy, so I asked the Filipino food group if they would please recommend a place or person who bakes delicious mocha cake since I really want it for my birthday.

The first comment recommended Arts to Bakes. I sent their page a message and asked about the price, delivery, etc.

Mocha Cake from Arts to Bakes in Vancouver, BC.

It's too pretty to eat.

I am delighted with the mocha cake. It's beautiful, and more importantly, it's delicious. The cake is moist, and initially, I thought the coffee flavour is too strong, but with each bite, including the buttercream, it's perfect. The sweet chocolate buttercream and the coffee flavour are amazing.

My mom has the perfect knife for the delicious and moist chiffon mocha cake.

It's such a shame that I don't have a big fridge at home, and I can't bring home to Vancouver most of the cake. I am happy to leave it in Richmond for my parents to enjoy with their coffee and my siblings to eat as dessert.

I highly recommend Arts to Bakes. Be sure to order from them.

My Birthday Celebration: Filipino Food from Tasty Pinoy BBQ Skewers at iba pa

It's my birthday weekend. We went to my parent's place in Richmond, BC, to celebrate. Don't worry, we didn't invite people to the celebration - it's just seven people and two households. The first household is my husband and me, and the second household is my parents and three siblings.

I asked my mom to cook spaghetti for my birthday, and I thought of ordering from LA Chicken. Spaghetti and fried chicken is like a staple in Filipino birthday children's party. However, I became lazy and didn't want to line up and order from LA Chicken.

Feast from Tasty Pinoy BBQ Skewers at Iba pa

To go with my mom's spaghetti, I ordered lumpiang shanghai (Filipino-style spring rolls), pork BBQ in skewers, kwek-kwek, and kare-kare from Tasty Pinoy BBQ Skewers at Iba pa.

My Birthday Feast

Beautiful Vegetables for the Kare-Kare

Veggies and Meat is separate from the creamy peanut sauce.

Filipino-Style Pork BBQ Skewers

My youngest sister is picky with her Filipino-style pork BBQ, and she approved of this. I am happy! As she succinctly expressed, the meat is juicy and has the perfect meat-fat ratio.

Kwek-Kwek

My younger sister loved Kwek-Kwek and she couldn't stop herself from eating.

Lumpiang Shanghai

A Filipino birthday party is incomplete without lumpia, and the one they serve is gigantic.

Birthdays are a celebration of life. I am grateful for all the love and blessing I have received so far, and I can't wait to see what the future holds.

Dinner delivery from KFC

We enjoyed our fried chicken feast from KFC tonight while watching the Vancouver Whitecaps FC game. I haven't had KFC in a long time, and I am shocked at how tasty the food we received. I love the gravy; it kinda reminded me of gravy from KFC Philippines. I'll order the spicy chicken again - the fries and chicken popcorn I'll skip. For the chicken strips, I am still undecided whether I find it too salty or just right.

KFC Feast

Chicken Combo (4 pcs)

Boneless Bucket: Chicken Strips

Boneless Bucket: Large Popcorn Chicken

Large French Fries

KFC's dipping sauces

Happy Sunday night!

Dinner delivery from Gia Minh Restaurant

We were supposed to have Irish food tonight because, apparently, Halloween started in Ireland.  However, we couldn't find a good restaurant that would deliver Irish food, and I suddenly became cold. I turned on the heater. Then, decided to order pho for the warm soup.

Grilled Meat Sub - Banh Mi Ga Nuong

Rare Steak and Beef Balls Pho - Pho Tai, Bo Vien

Spring Roll - Cha Gio

Beef Stew - Bo Kho

Happy Saturday, dinner!

Puffcream for desserts at Popina Canteen

One of the reasons why I created this blog is to remember what I ate from different restaurants. It's been helpful today. I remember we have tried Puffcream in the past, but I can't remember which one we've tried, so I open this blog on my phone and searched for Puffcream. Apparently, I have tried the Old Fashioned, so today we know we have to try something else.

Essentially, a Puffcream is a freshly baked cream puff served with soft-serve ice cream. The toppings are different depending on which one you pick. Today, picked "Hubby."

"Hubby" Puffcream - hard shell chocolate sauce, pretzels, and peanut butter

My hubby holding the Hubby Puffcream.

Yummy! I love the contrast between the crunchy and salty pretzels and soft-serve ice cream.

I also ordered shoestring fries, which were crispy and perfect with the Puffcream.

Yay for the weekend!

Lunch at Granville Island Public Market

Yesterday was my last day at work. Today, I dropped by the office to return my equipment. Afterwards, we grabbed lunch from Granville Island Public Market and ate it by the water. Everything is beautiful and amazing until a seagull attacked. Thankfully, I was able to protect my precious pizza.

Clear day and the beautiful view while enjoying Pizza from Pizza Pzazz.

The Greek Pizza slice from Pizza Pzazz
This photo was taken then a seagull hit my head. Thankfully I didn't drop it.

For our second lunch, I ordered from my favourite stall from the Granville Island Public Market - Gourmet Wok. I love the kung pao chicken, pork BBQ, and fried fish.

Fried Fish, Pork BBQ, and Kung Pao Chicken on top of fried rice from Gourmet Wok

Happy beautiful Saturday!

Granville Island Public Market Food checklist

My first full-time job in Canada is located in the building by the entrance of Granville Island. Thus, from 2016 until the pandemic, I visited the Granville Island Public Market minimum four times a week. My work is also the reason why we looked for an apartment to rent within a kilometre walk of Granville Island.

In this post, I will share with you a list of Food and Drink vendors inside the Granville Island Public Market and a link to each one I have tried.

Food Items	Enjoyment Date
🔲 A Bread Affair
☑️ A La Mode	2018 March 14
☑️ Blue Parrot Espresso Bar	2018 February 12
☑️ Celine's Fish and Chips	2018 March 2
☑️ Chau Veggie Express	2018 February 8
☑️ Fraser Valley Juice and Salad	2018 February 8
☑️ Gourmet Wok	2020 October 31
🔲 Granville Island Tea Company Ltd.
🔲 JJ Bean
☑️ Kaisereck Delicatessen	2018 January 25
☑️ La Tortilleria	2017 December 13
☑️ Laurelle's Fine Foods	2019 March 14
☑️ Lee's Donuts	2020 December 31
☑️ Market Grill	2016 December 9
☑️ Muffin Granny	2018 February 27
☑️ Omi Japan	2018 February 12
🔲 Petit Ami
☑️ Pizza Pzazz	2018 February 9
☑️ Popina Canteen	2020 October 31
☑️ Sen Pad Thai	2018 January 8
☑️ Sprig Contemporary Greek Kitchen	2018 February 9
🔲 The Stock Market

Most of my food adventure in Granville Island Public Market was in 2018. I'll do my best to visit the same food stalls and see if anything has changed. My personal favourite is Gourmet Wok because it's delicious and most affordable.