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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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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 […]

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Afternoon Tea at Van Dusen Gardens

Mimi’s afternoon tea experience at Van Dusen Garden’s Truffles Fine Foods Cafe & Catering. The tea set is set apart by its casual and informal format

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GIVEAWAY Chinese New Years Afternoon Tea at Audrey Moment

This afternoon, I was invited to experience the Chinese New Years inspired afternoon tea set at Audrey Moment in Burnaby (read original Audrey Moment visit here). As of this writing, I believe it is still the only spot in Burnaby to offer a complete tea set in a tea salon that is dedicated to serving […]

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Beauty and the Beast Themed Afternoon Tea at Trump Vancouver

Today I was invited to a sneak peek of the brand new Beauty and the Beast themed afternoon tea for the spring season at Trump Hotel Vancouver. This season’s “A Tale As Old As Time Afternoon Tea” features treats shaped into the beloved characters and symbols from the enchanted fairy tale. Although the hotel has […]

My bear macarons were invited to be part of the Panda fun at the first birthday party for MurDeFleur’s little princess. It was a fabulous purple, black and white panda themed party styled by ChicFete. It offered me a perfect opportunity to try out some of the new supplies I bought while in Chicago. Disco Dust was an item which was particularly hard […]

Unicorn macarons are definitely good but unicorns with rainbow horns hanging onto a cupcake topped with cotton candy are GREAT! Ever since I created Tri-color Unicorn Macarons over the holidays, I’ve been thinking of new ways to incorporate this magical creature into my creations. Another project I did was the Double Unicorn Macarons which was […]

  Note: This is part 1 of 2 recipes I shared on AM1470 with Deborah Moore on November 28th, 2017 What Pairs with Gingerbread? I’ve been planning feverishly for the holiday season since mid-November and I knew I wanted to create a new winter macaron flavour that would incorporate gingerbread spice macaron shells with some […]

A small souffle soup on stacks of vintage tea saucers.

L’Opera Patisserie in Richmond has always been on my must-visit list for afternoon tea in the Lower Mainland. At the price of $45/set, its positioned at the upper end of Greater Vancouver’s offering for tea so naturally, I was intrigued and held above average expectations from this establishment. On this visit I was joined by, […]