From the monthly archives:

August 2008

Going on a Trip!

by gigi on August 30, 2008

As you probably noticed, my blogging has been quite sporadic for the past few weeks.  I’m going to be going on vacation on Monday to Paris and Northern Italy and can’t be more excited!   All this trip planning and a bunch of other things have just completely eaten up my time lately.  Just because [...]

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Review: Fancy Rolls at Shota Sushi & Grill

by gigi on August 20, 2008

Jenkins and I hadn’t been to Shota Sushi in a while so we decided to drop by Kerrisdale one evening to check it out.  Shota Sushi’s claim to fame is that it’s probably one of the first restaurants in the Lower Mainland to come up with the concept of “fancy” rolls.  These rolls are generally [...]

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Wedding: More Cake Tasting at Ganache

by gigi on August 12, 2008

Jenkins and my wedding date is drawing closer and closer so it was time for us to make a visit to Ganache Patisserie.  We ended up picking Ganache and the intrepid Peter Fong to make our wedding cake because of all the places we went to, it offered the most interesting types of cakes and [...]

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Review: The Big 8-0 at Fisherman’s Terrace

by gigi on August 11, 2008

It was my grandma’s big 80th birthday back in June and we celebrated it the way our family knows best: a big Chinese dinner at Fisherman’s Terrace in Aberdeen Centre.    My aunt pre-ordered a banquet menu for us so all we needed to do was pretty much show up and chow down. First came [...]

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Review: Eats at Corner 23

by gigi on August 10, 2008

Despite my less than impressive bubble tea outing at Corner 23, I decided to give it another try and went there for dinner with Ann and Karen.  I had noticed from the last time I was there that most people had some food along with their drink, so I figured it would be good. Ann [...]

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