Friday, September 10, 2021
Week 2 of HelloFresh
Saturday, September 4, 2021
Dinner: First time trying Popeyes
Happy Saturday and Labour Day Long Weekend.
We spent most of the day at my parent's place in Richmond, BC, and their apartment is close to a Popeyes and a Church's Chicken. I want to do a fried chicken battle between the two fried chicken fast-food chains, but to get things started, I ordered from Popeyes tonight. We ordered for delivery with UberEats.
Popeyes Feast |
As you can see from the picture above, I ordered a lot. I ordered 8 pieces Bonafide Chicken Family Meal (half mild and half spicy), large cajun gravy, three chicken sandwiches, macaroni and cheese, cajun fries, mashed potatoes and gravy, onion rings, and 8 pieces of New Nugget. Plus, they gave us five biscuits.
Bonafide Chicken Family Meal |
Spicy Chicken Sandwiches |
8 pieces nuggets |
Signature Sides: Cajun Fries, Mashed Potatoes with Cajun Fries, Biscuits, Onion Rings, and Macaroni and Cheese |
As I write this blog post, I haven't tried the spicy fried chicken, so I can't comment yet if I like it better than the one from Church's. However, I can tell their biscuits are using salted butter, and the texture is my favourite of all the ones I have tried so far.
Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Trying HelloFresh Again
1. Hack to make HelloFresh feel less expensive
When you sign up using this link, you will get $90 off.
2, 3, and 4. Choose better recipes
Cantonese-style Noodles with Beyond Meat I love the sauce and the crunchy vegetables. It's delicious! |
Not Nonna's Chicken Cacciatore with Cavatappi and Basil My favourite part of the dish is the chicken! |
Summer Turkey Bolognese My least favourite of all the three dishes this week. |
5. Packaging
Saturday, August 28, 2021
Lunch at Viet Flavour Restaurant
One of our after-work entertainment is watching Mikey Chen and Strictly Dumplings on YouTube. In the most recent video we watched, he enjoyed a bowl of pho and other Vietnamese dishes. Thus, we decided to go to the closest Vietnamese restaurant to our place: Viet Flavour Restaurant.
We used to have Express Pho a couple blocks away, but it has closed down to give way for the new sky train station.
Today, we ordered two main dishes, an appetizer, and a dessert.
Pho Dac Biet Special beef noodle soup (pho) with rare beef, brisket, beef balls, and tripe |
Delicious! |
It's so delicious I want to cry. I tried adding Sriracha to see its flavour, and I am not a fan of adding it to my pho. It adds heat, but that's about it. I love my pho bowl as is.
Com Suon, Cha, Cha Gio Grilled lemongrass pork, chicken, and spring roll on rice |
This is hubby's order. Of course, I would order my favourite beef stew if he ordered pho, but that's just a good reason to come back.
Cha Gio Vietnamese deep-fried pork spring rolls |
It's hard to go wrong with spring rolls. It's crunchy outside and porky inside.
Kem chuoi Chien Ice cream fried banana |
The dessert is like our turon from the Philippines, but without the sugar coating on the spring roll wrapper.
Friday, August 27, 2021
The Brownie Bakers at Thank Granville It's Food trucks (TGIF)
Three different brownie flavours from The Brownie Bakers |
I mentioned in my previous, and I will reiterate that their brownie is fudgier (cake-like?) and quite different from brownies from stores. I should bring some for my youngest sister since she bakes brownies just to see what she thinks.
Plain Chocolate Brownie |
We can only eat two bronies tonight, so as suggested by the nice lady selling at The Brownie Bakers, we placed our Plain Chocolate Brownie in the fridge. I can't wait to put it in the microwave tomorrow.
Classic Toasted Walnuts Brownie |
I love desserts with varying textures - fudgy browny and chewy walnuts are a good combination.
Oreo Brownie |
Tuesday, August 24, 2021
Lunch from Kulinarya Filipino Eatery
Lunch delivery from Kulinarya Filipino Eatery |
Batil Patong Menu Description: From Roy's hometown, Tuguegarao. Stir fry egg noodles, pork belly, egg, cabbage, carrot, bean sprouts, and ground beef |
It is the reason I love trying new dishes. Batil Patong is so delicious, and I hadn't heard of it before hubby pointed it out in the Kulinarya Filipino Eatery menu. It's saucy, and as you can see from the picture, the serving is tremendous - definitely good for sharing.
Daing na Bangus Boneless milkfish with tomato and onion Ensalada |
The Ensalada is so delicious, and of course, boneless milkfish is my favourite fish from the Philippines.
Beef Kaldereta Hearty beef stew in a tomato-based sauce with potatoes and vegetables |
The Beef Kaldereta is spicy and delicious, but the serving size is the smallest among all the things we have ordered from Kulinarya Filipino Eatery. But what it lacks in serving size, it makes up in flavour.
Ube Brownie Purple yam brownie |
Hubby and I can't decide if we liked it or not. It does have a nice ube flavour, and it's not overly sweet, but it feels more like a pudding than a brownie, and I think they should serve it with ube ice cream.
Cassava Cake Pudding made of freshly grated cassava, egg, coco milk, and sugar |
I enjoyed the cassava cake. The top has the texture of egg pie, while the cake itself is moist. The inside is filled with cassava. It's delicious. At this point, we have tried four out of the five desserts that Kulinarya has to offer. I'll wait for Leche Flan to be at DoorDash, and we'll order that next.
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