Indulge With Mimi

The Best Macaron Recipe, Macaron Art & More

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Healthier Strawberry and Banana Smash Cake

A healthier smash cake for baby’s first birthday. The pretty pink color comes from dehydrated strawberry powder while the cake base consists of bananas, Einkorn whole wheat, oats and contains no added sugar. Happy Birthday little one!

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Mad Hatter Afternoon Tea at Neverland Tea Salon

Mimi’s experience with the new Mad Hatter afternoon tea at Neverland Tea Salon in Vancouver’s Kitsilano neighborhood. The new tea set features treats with an Alice in Wonderland theme.

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Frozen Enchantment Afternoon Tea at Trump Hotel Vancouver

Mimi’s afternoon tea experience with the Frozen Enchantment high tea set at Trump Hotel Vancouver in Coal Harbour. This is a festive winter themed tea set for the holiday season. Available from December 7th – March 21st, 2020.

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Laduree Canada’s New Brunch Menu

Mimi’s experience with Laduree Canada’s new brunch menu on Robson Street featuring French pastries, macarons, omelettes, french toasts, cocktails and more.

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Mooncake and Tea Tasting at TWG Canada

Mimi’s experience tasting Fall 2019 mooncakes at TWG Tea Canada. Snowskin mooncakes and traditional ones packaged in a beautiful box ready for gift giving.

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Afternoon Tea at Colette Grand Cafe in Holt Renfrew

Mimi’s afternoon tea experience at Colette Grand Cafe in Holt Renfrew, downtown Vancouver. The tea set is served on a traditional 3-tier display. Ample dining space is great for large parties like bridal or baby showers.

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Picnic Afternoon Tea at Trump Hotel Vancouver

This afternoon I had the pleasure of being invited to a sneak peak of the new summer picnic-themed afternoon tea set at the Trump Hotel Vancouver. The new tea set is served on a custom-built picnic table display and features sweet and savoury treats that perfectly captures the essence of summer. If you have been […]

Canada 150 On Canada’s 150th birthday today, I’d like to pay a little tribute to this country which I’m lucky to call my home. (Read about my Canada150 Afternoon Tea experience here.)  I know you’re probably thinking why I didn’t post an accompanying photo of a maple leaf or other well-known images symbolic to the […]

This recipe was influenced by a dinner party experience I had in which one of the guests was concerned about food that contained food colouring. Before eating each dessert item, he asked diligently if it contained any food colouring. Unfortunately, I had indeed used some food colouring in the macaron shells so he couldn’t have […]

On a typical winter day in Vancouver, the list for fun things-to-do can wither down somewhat due to the never ending West Coast rainfall. Since most outdoor activities are out of the question at this time, we tend to gravitate towards trying new restaurants and dessert shops at the expense of our ever growing food […]

This is the third of 4 sets of pictures from my travels in Lisbon, Portugal which I shared with Deborah Moore this morning on Fairchild Radio. This post highlights our day out in Belem where most of the well known attractions are located and it is about 15 minutes away from Lisbon by car. Thanks for letting me […]