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Afternoon Tea at Hy Tea Lounge by Granville Island in Vancouver

Afternoon Tea Near Granville Island and Olympic Village Recently, it seems that there are abundantly more afternoon tea services popping up around the city. New choices in town include downtown newcomers like H Tasting Lounge  and Honey Salt Vancouver. On the outskirts of the city, there’s Audrey Moment in Burnaby and Little White House in Langley. […]

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Eastern Afternoon Tea Set at H Tasting Lounge in the Westin Bayshore

Eastern Afternoon Tea Set A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of being invited to experience the new Eastern afternoon tea set at the H Tasting Lounge in the Westin Bayshore. Does it seem like déjà vu to you? It’s probably because the last afternoon tea experience I shared with all of you was also […]

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Afternoon Tea at H Tasting Lounge in the Westin Bayshore Hotel Vancouver

Coal Habour’s Newest Afternoon Tea Spot I was on twitter one day when I noticed a tweet from H Tasting Lounge promoting their new afternoon tea service. A real sense of excitement came over me as I LOVE discovering new afternoon tea spots. Actually, the week before, I had checked if the newly revamped Westin […]

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Afternoon Tea at Audrey Moment in Burnaby

Burnaby’s First Afternoon Tea Spot I was so delighted that my HK Bestie flew in to visit me last week and I planned for her to join my Vancouver BFF and two close girlfriends for afternoon tea. Since we all live in different parts of Metro Vancouver, I wanted to find a location which would […]

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Vegan Gluten-Free Afternoon Tea at Indigo Age Cafe in Downtown Vancouver

Part 3 of 4 Vancouver events and/or recipes I shared with Deborah Moore on AM1470 on December 26th, 2017 A Healthy Afternoon Tea I recently experienced a truly healthy tea set in Indigo Age Cafe located in Gastown. The cafe itself specializes in vegetarian, organic, raw, vegan, gluten free and diabetic friendly food. Besides afternoon tea, […]

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Christmas Themed Afternoon Tea at Notch8 in Fairmont Hotel Vancouver

Part 2 of 4 Vancouver events and/or recipes I shared with Deborah Moore on AM1470 on December 26th, 2017 A Festive Christmas Tea Date It has been an incredibly busy holiday season so far (which year isn’t?) filled with baking, gift deliveries to loved ones and Christmas get-togethers. After making 900 cookies for gift giving, […]

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Game On Afternoon Tea & Tipsy Tea at Notch8 in Fairmont Vancouver

Game On! Being social is one of the fundamental aspects of an afternoon tea outing so besides just drinking tea, eating sweets and catching up on a little bit of gossip, there is another activity you can now add to that list: table games. For the month of October, Notch8 in the Fairmont Vancouver will […]

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Afternoon Tea at Avery Cake & Tea House

Newest Afternoon Tea Offering in Richmond Richmond is now home to a brand new tea salon called Avery Cakes & Tea House. This new salon joins the ranks of the city’s other tea offerings like L’Opera Patisserie and Adorabelle. It’s located in a shopping plaza on the corner of Garden City and Alderbridge. The outside looks […]

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Afternoon Tea at Mosquito in Gastown

Here is Part 2 of 3 of the events I shared with Deborah Moore this morning on AM1470. It’s rare to find a late night dessert bar that is both sophisticated and sexy in this city but there is one establishment that happens to possess that elusive quality – Mosquito in Gastown. Opened since 2015, […]

Christmas Macaron Bear Tutorial with Template

  I’m super excited about this post! It’s the first time that I am posting a #MacaronArt recipe that comes with an accompanying video and template! Hopefully, it will provide you with a comprehensive look into the makings of macaron art. This is perhaps the longest time I’ve spent on a post. It took about two and a half […]

GIVEAWAY & Strawberry Basil Macarons made with Real Strawberries (Template)

  THE CHALLENGE OF USING REAL STRAWBERRIES On the road of recipe development, there are those recipes which feels somewhat effortless and taste great the very first or second try, and then there are those which make you want to pull your hair out and abandon the project altogether. This recipe definitely belonged to the latter. […]

Pink Bear Bridal Macarons Favors with Royal Sugar Roses (Bear Template)

Here is the second set of goodies I made for Bestie’s Surprise Wedding which I first posted about two weeks ago in the Cherry Blossom Macaron Cake Tutorial. I made 60 of these bridal bears to be given out as guest favours. They were placed on long skewers and wrapped individually inside clear plastic bags with the intention […]

Making Jams with Lee Murphy at Vista D’oro Farms

This is Part 2 of 3 of my recent Vancouver Adventures that I shared with Deborah Moore this morning on AM1470. “Hot Days are the Best for Making Jams – Not” This weekend, we experienced a very unexpected but welcomed heat wave in Vancouver. It was unusually hot for this time of year but after […]