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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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New Years Eve Set Dinner Menu at Minami in Yaletown 2019

This afternoon I was invited to experience the exclusive New Year’s Set Dinner Menu at Minami Yaletown. This special five-course menu will be available for only one evening. As always, everything was expertly prepared and I was more than satisfied with the portion size so those with heartier appetites will really appreciate that point. Besides […]

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New Bûche de Noël Yule Log Cake at Laduree Vancouver

After baking many a holiday treats including the traditional Bûche de Noël aka Yule Log cake in my home kitchen, I was ready to sit down and enjoy some holiday treats myself. Fortunately for me, I was invited to experience the new holiday menu at Laduree Vancouver. As you know from my latest post on […]

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Laduree Vancouver’s New Dessert and Pastry Offerings for Afternoon Tea

New Laduree Pastries and Desserts I was invited to celebrate Bastille Day this weekend at Laduree on Robson Street to sample their brand new pasty offerings. I absolutely adore the world of Laduree so I was especially excited to learn more about their new offerings. I had the opportunity to hear Laduree Executive Pastry Chef, […]

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Macaron Candle Making Class at Soigne Atelier in East Vancouver

Girl’s Day Out My Vancouver BFF arranged for us to do something fun together yesterday with just the two of us, which I really appreciated since life for her as a new mom is always hectic. For those of us who don’t have children, it means so much to be remembered by our friends who […]

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Gingerbread House Lane at the Hyatt Hotel Vancouver

Part 2 of 4 Vancouver events and/or recipes I shared with Deborah Moore on AM1470 on December 26th, 2017 After my festive Christmas themed afternoon tea date with my girlfriends at the Fairmont Hotel, I took a 3-minute walk to the Hyatt Hotel to see the Gingerbread Lane Display featuring 30 different gingerbread houses made […]

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My Night at My Shanti for a 5 Course Northern Divine Sturgeon Dinner

Since I do 99.9% of the grocery shopping in my home (the other .01% is when hubby runs out to get himself ice cream), I have the responsibility of picking out produce that is both healthy and delicious so organic produce is a big part of our diet. To consumers, the organic food movement is […]

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I ate 11 Ice Cream Sundaes in 3 weeks

Here is Part 3 of 3 of the events I shared with Deborah Moore this morning on AM1470. #SundaeChallengeYVR A month ago I was asked to participate in something that was both delightful and daunting at the same time – to be one of the media judges in this year’s Vanfoodster Sundae Challenge. I was […]

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Afternoon Tea at Mosquito in Gastown

Updated 2018: Mosquito has closed permanently. 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, Mosquito has made a name for itself as an upscale dessert and […]

Exotic Fruit Macarons I’ve always wanted to make lychee-flavoured macarons. This exotic fruit from China has a hard, rough, pinkish-red shell. The bouncy, translucent flesh within is both sweet and sour. Its juiciness and fleshy composition is comparable to that of grapes. Every time I go back to Asia, I would make a conscious effort […]

I don’t usually do much baking for Halloween since I like to jump straight into preparations for the Christmas holiday season once September comes around. I always find it interesting that so many people rejoice the return of the Fall season while I, on the other hand, find the season a bit meloncholy. Having to say goodbye to my […]

The last tutorial I wrote on How to Bake Multi-Colored Macarons required a specialized three part coupler. It’s a great tool for creating more definition between the three different batter colours. I have it listed in my online shop and you can check it out here. However, I appreciate that not everyone may have access to this tool so I […]

It all started two years ago when I received a very unexpected call from my hairdresser of three years. She told me she would be returning the next day to her native country Japan due to an emergency. I wished her well and hoped that everything would be okay but also secretly worried that I […]