From the monthly archives:

January 2008

Wedding: Cupcakes Cake Tasting

by gigi on January 17, 2008

After Jenkins and I finished our cake tasting at Ganache, we headed over to Cupcakes on Broadway for our second and last tasting of the day. If you are going to cake tastings, I would recommend not doing more than twice a day, or else you will get tired of cake pretty quickly. I didn’t [...]

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Wedding: Ganache Cake Tasting

by gigi on January 16, 2008

As some of you may know, Jenkins and I are getting married later this year. One of the best things about the wedding planning process (or maybe even the best thing!) is cake tasting. Before I started looking into cake tastings, I had no idea that most of them were complimentary and that you had [...]

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Review: Athene’s

by gigi on January 14, 2008

Jenkins, his brother, his dad, and I trooped over to Athene’s for lunch one day. His dad was in the mood for some Greek food, we had a coupon for Athene’s, and Athene’s always has great reviews so it was a no brainer. If you have an Entertainment Book, there are also coupons in there [...]

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Review: Otokomae at Kitanoya Guu

by gigi on January 13, 2008

It was Jenkins’ dad’s birthday so we went to Otokomae at Kitanoya Guu or more casually known as Guu Gastown. Of the three Guus in Vancouver, this is supposed to be the fanciest and a bit more trendy inside. I had blogged about Guu with Garlic back in the summer and it had been a [...]

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Review: Saffron Indian Cuisine

by gigi on January 9, 2008

Gene, Christina, Mabel, and I went to Saffron restaurant to celebrate our last day of work together before some of us started our Christmas holidays. Saffron is an Indian restaurant located on Kingsway near Metrotown. For lunch, they offer a small but tasty buffet for $10.95. I had only ordered take-out from here so I [...]

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Review: Vogue Restaurant

by gigi on January 8, 2008

Jenkins and I popped over to Vogue Restaurant in Richmond for some lunch one day. Vogue is located in Continental Square just down the street from Aberdeen Centre. It features Taiwanese and Northern Chinese cuisine. I remember when Vogue first opened, it was always packed for both lunch and dinner. These days, the crowds have [...]

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