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French

Review: Cru

by gigi on June 14, 2010

It’s been quite a while since I embarked on this journey called Ho Yummy. My first post ever was a birthday dinner I had at Cru. What better way to come full circle by going back to Cru? The opportunity presented itself when I heard about the restaurant’s $99 Couples Night special on Thursdays. For [...]

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Portland: St Honoré Boulangerie

by gigi on May 31, 2010

The last time Jenkins and I were in Portland, I read about a delicious French bakery called St Honoré Boulangerie that had a great selection of baked goods and sandwiches. I put it on my list of places to check out but it was pretty far away from where we were staying at the time [...]

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Review: Brunch at Provence Marinaside

by gigi on January 25, 2010

I just realised that I have been going out to brunch quite a lot lately, but what can I say, it is one of my favourite meals!  Karen and I hadn’t met up in quite a few months and brunch always seems to work out well for us as that’s when we usually have our [...]

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Review: Le Crocodile

by gigi on November 9, 2009

It was Jenkins’ and my one-year anniversary recently and to celebrate, we went to one of my favourite restaurants for dinner: Le Crocodile. It had been a while since I was last at Le Crocodile so I was glad that we decided to have our dinner there. All the meals I’ve had at Le Crocodile [...]

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Review: La Brasserie

by gigi on September 30, 2009

I had walked past La Brasserie on Davie Street several times, usually while on my way to some other restaurant, and every time, I tell myself that I should check out La Brasserie the next time I’m going out to eat. My short term memory can be pretty bad at times so La Brasserie doesn’t [...]

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Review: db Bistro Moderne

by gigi on August 6, 2009

It was my birthday recently and thus also the 2-year anniversary of Ho Yummy! Jenkins took me to db Bistro Moderne to celebrate and along with us also came Samantha and George. I had wanted to go to db Bistro for quite a while and since we went a little earlier at 6pm, we were [...]

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