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The hubby and I had our Valentine's Day dinner at Ruth's Chris Steak House in downtown Toronto. We've been wanting to go there for years now but never got around to doing it until now.
Mahn! I can't believe we've waited this long to dine there. Their steak was definitely THE BEST STEAK the hubby and I have ever had!
We were very lucky to have gotten a table for tonight. The hubby called them at 1:00 am last night to see if we can make reservations. Lo and behold, they had one more available slot!
The restaurant's ambiance was perfect! We ordered their 3-course prix fixe meal. Both the hubby and I had lobster bisque as appetizers. For the main course, the hubby had their rib eye steak while I had the filet. Our side dishes were mashed potatoes and sauteed mushrooms.
The steaks were served in hot and sizzling plates. The server actually had us hold up our napkins to prevent our clothes from getting splattered on. Apparently, their steaks are broiled in 1800*F to lock in the flavours.
When we crave for good steak, we usually go to The Keg. But now, I don't think we can ever go back to eating steak from The Keg after tasting Ruth's Chris Steak House's steak.
The only downside is though, the place is a bit pricey for normal people like myself. I almost had a heart attack when we got the bill- LOL. But it was an evening and money well-spent.
Over the weekend, Brice and I had lunch at HOSU Bistro. I ordered my usual- Chicken Teriyaki with Tempura Bento Box. It cost $9.95.
But guess what?
For $4.99 you can get the exact same thing but you just have to get it TO GO!
Can you believe that? You can save yourself $5 to have your food in a styrofoam container instead. But I think the reason they charge more when you dine in is for this:
"FREE" Appetizers!
I've been on maternity leave for 8 months. It's been great so far although there had been so many times when I get so bored at home, especially when Brice is on duty at the hospital. I started thinking about what I could do to help with my boredom but nothing good enough came to my mind (nothing that doesn't involve spending money, that is).
Then one day, my mother-in-law asked me if I wanted to help out at her store. I was kinda iffy in the beginning but the hubby reminded me about my childhood dream. And he said I was gonna get paid, too! So I went and tried it out... and I loved it! I was living my childhood dream but I can be sitting down doing it and read all the magazines I used to spend lots of money on- FOR FREE! Plus, my boss is not really a boss. I don't really do any heavy work cuz the hubby or the brother-in-law are always there.
How cool is that? I get some time away from the kids (I love them but I need a break once in a while), catch up on my mags, spend time with the hubby all while GETTING PAID!
The only bad thing is, I've been munching on a lot of junk that we sell at the store.
About a year ago, McDonald's came out with a new dessert- Cinammon Melts! After trying it for the first time, I stopped buying cinnamon buns from Cinnabon and St. Cinnamon. The McD's one tasted better and it's only $1.79!
Like that wasn't bad enough, just a few days ago Brice introduced me to another new dessert McD's came out with- Chocolate Melts!
Both these desserts are to die for! Forget the calories, forget any diets! Go WALK to your nearest McDonald's right now- that's the least you could do.
One of my favourite breakfasts: Champorado WITH NIDO! It has to be with NIDO or else... I won't have it. Regular milk just doesn't taste the same. That's why it took me almost a year (if not even more) to eat champorado again- it took me that long to find Nido again. I got lucky, I guess. And who cares if it's ridiculously overpriced?! As long as I can have my YUMMY breakfast again... that's all that matters.
MMM... SOOO GOOD!
(above: bumming around, karaoke-ing, eating, chatting, and more... all at the same time!)
It was only a couple of days ago when we left for London (ON) to ring in the New Year at the Gonzales' but it seems like we were on vacation for a long time. It was nice just sitting around, eating LOTS of GOOD FOOD and just catching up with everybody. It was almost like the good ol' days back in the Phils although now I didn't know if I belonged in the Kids section or with the old... i mean, cool moms... oh my! I mostly spent my time with the mommies since all the cool young'ns were mostly chillin' in the basement which I found a bit too cold for me (I guess I AM getting a little old- yikes!). But I had tons of fun discovering a lot of VERY interesting things about my titos, titas, MOM and etc. I also introduced them to my buddy Happyslip. Maybe Happyslip will be invited next year as Tito Bong's new friend. HE-HE-HE. KIDDING! I'm sure she's not a homewrecker! BUWAHAHAHA!
Anyway, we really had so much fun the past couple of days and I wish we could get together like this more often. They are MY FAMILY here and I can NOT wait til NEXT NEW YEAR! For now, I need to burn off all the 'excess baggage' I brought home with me from London! And what?! I actually have to cook our meals now?! *sigh*
**Thanks to Tito Erv for teaching us yet another English term of a Bisaya word I haven't heard in a while- very FLATTERING indeed!
I never thought I'd actually like living in a condo but now... I'M LOVING IT! Here's why: - The maintenance fee pays for pretty much everything- including cable TV!
- Our unit is on the 2nd floor- very practical for us, especially with the two kids. In case of an emergency, it's easy for us to get out (the stairs is right infront of our unit). No elevators needed- especially when we're running late for work, appointments, etc.
- The party room, squash courts, billiards room, SWIMMING POOL and the GYM are just a door away from us. Our unit is the closest to all these facilities. Oh, and the entrance to get to the 'rooftop' park and tennis courts is just right there, too! No more excuses of not exercising- everything is FREE!
- No need to MOW the lawn and/or SHOVEL snow!
- 24-hour security. We can contact the security guards directly through the alarm system.
- We're back in SCARBOROUGH! What's the big deal? Everything is here! Lots of Asian grocery stores to choose from, lots of Filipino stores/restaurants and TONS OF CHEAP restaurants (i.e. Dragon Centre- Brice, Kyla and I can have a meal for $5! #44, please!- that's Chicken Fried Rice for those who don't go there enough). There's also a grocery store, McDonalds, bakery, Chinese restaurant/take-out, hair salon, nair salon and a convenient store in the plaza right infront of our building.
- Work is only 5 minutes away!
- We've been good on gas- everything is close by!
- and... Kyla finally stopped asking for her own room!
Oh yea... I also learned how to cook, clean the house and BUDGET! It's already been 3 months since we've been on our own and so far... so good...
I am currently in Ajax at my parents' place and I don't know how it all started but we started talking about random stuff- including MY FOBBY moments. And now, my MOTHER AND HUSBAND wanted me to share my VERY EMBARRASSING moments to the whole wide world!-I was on my first few shifts at McDonald's (my very first job) and a customer asked me for something... I couldn't understand what he was saying at all. It sounded like pure mumbling to me although that 'something' he was asking for sounded familiar. After he repeated himself so many times, I started to panic- I still had no idea what EXACTLY he wanted and he was getting really frustrated with me. And I was already trying my hardest to lip-read! I thought I was gonna cry but since I thought I knew what he was asking for I said, "Oh, that!" I can see the relief on his face while I started to walk to the side- going to the ice cream machine getting his 'something.' I walked back to the customer with a huge smile on my face and handed him the MOST PERFECT VANILLA CONE I was capable of making. The customer looked at me like I just did the STUPIDEST thing and said, "What's this?" I said, "You wanted *me mumbling trying to make it sound like whatever he said*, right?" At this time, a good friend of mine (who happened to work with me and was working on the next till) was looking at us trying to figure out what was happening. When the customer shouted, "I want some S**V****ES!" I was almost in tears, then I saw my friend walk outside to the condiments counter and got him a whole bunch of napkins. She then walked up to me and said, "He was asking for SERVIETTES!" (To all you Filipinos out there: get it? SERVIETTES? SORBETES? And I wasn't even sure what SORBETES meant. I just remembered seeing that word on some ice cream container in the Philippines so I assumed it meant ice cream!).-Same setting: McDonalds. A man came up and asked for some 'chips.' I was very apologetic when I said, "I'm sorry, sir. We don't sell chips here. This is McDonalds. The convenient store is just around the corner." He looked at me and pointing to the fry machine he said, "What are those then?" FRIES!At least when the incident above happened, I finally realized that it was okay to order 'Fish and Chips.' I never wanted to order it before cuz when they say 'chips," it's usually Lay's or some kind of potato chips which I don't really appreciate much. And besides, why would you eat fish with CHIPS? Fish and Fries sounds more appetizing!-I was doing some shopping and when the cashier handed me the receipt I looked at it and looked at her in shock. I walked back and said, "How'd you know my name? I never told you my first name, did I? By the way, it's misspelled." Then I left staring at the receipt that said, "THANK YOU, MERCI!"And lastly...-We were at Fairview Mall earlier this evening and I volunteered to order the food. Brice wanted something from Grill It Up so I decided that I'd get something from there too to save time. I ordered Tandoori Chicken and I specified that I wanted it mild. When the guy handed me my order, I stared at it surprised (again!). On the container was scribbled, "TAN, M"- my last name and first initial! I guess the guy saw my expression cuz he then said, "That's what you wanted, right? TANdoori Mild? I just smiled like an idiot and left.Mahn! Even after being 'Canadian' for a while now (over a decade already!), these things still happen to me! But now, I can finally laugh it off and say, "I AM SUCH A FOB!"It's okay, you can laugh WITH me :-DHA - HA - HA !
