I may have posted this line before, I have this love-hate relationship with my new home country. Though Canada still doesn't feel home, most of the time, I still feel like I am just on vacation and can't wait to go back home to the Philippines.
Anyway, I love Canada! This last winter season (December to February) is the worst snow British Columbia has seen in x number years, specifically in Metro Vancouver. Growing up in a tropical country, I would only dream of seeing snow gently falling from the sky like in the movies. But being able to see it with my own eyes and touch it while waiting for a bus is really a dream come true. I love the snow and how gently it would fall. The biggest reason of this love and amazement for snow is it's my first time to experience it. But the day or two after a snowfall, is just really annoying. Icy roads, icy sidewalk, icy everything and the fear of slipping is something difficult to live with.
Snow on my way home.Snow the following morning on my way to work
I am not exactly looking forward to winter but seeing God's beautiful and amazing nature miracle, I look forward to the next snowy days that come my way. Oh and I will be better equip next time with winter boots.
Food Adventure for the Month
Before, my goal is to try 1 new restaurant per week but now, I am happy to try 1 new place per month. Now that I think about it, I still get to try 1 new restaurant but it's delivered to our office every Wednesday (we have free lunch every Wednesday and I get to choose which restaurant where the team is going to order) but no photos because delivered food is not as pretty as "for here" food.
Yolks
Yolks is a local restaurant focuses on breakfast and brunch food. I went to the branch near Broadway City Hall Canada Line I am a big fan of chicken and waffles since I moved to Canada so decided to get that one.
Chicken and Waffles: Organic fried chicken, Belgian waffles, chicken gravy & Canadian maple syrup
Lotus Pho Restaurant
I have tried the pho from Lotus a couple of times but I have definitely found my favorite, Chicken and Chicken Meatball Noodle Soup (S9 on the menu).
S9. Pho Ga, Ga Vien Chicken and Chicken Meat Ball Noodle Soup
That's a short summary of the highlights of my February.
I am not sure how to do my year-end summary this year since we're too paranoid about travelling because of the pandemic. For inspiration, I read all the year-end post I've had since 2012. I never realized how much I travelled before and how happy I was. Before, I was happy and broke, visiting new places and meeting people. Now, I am not broke, but I don't travel, and I am not as happy as I was during my carefree younger years. For fun, here's a link to all my year-end posts in chronological order: 2012: Travel Inventory 2013: Travel Inventory 2014: Travel Inventory To the year that was 2015 To the year that was 2016 To the year that was 2017 I didn't make a year-end post for 2018 Top 19 for 2019 2020 Year-End Summary For this year, I will make a list of the top 20 things that made me happy, I accomplishe...
My sisters have been craving for churros for a while now. In the Philippines, Taco Bell offers Churros with a chocolate dip that they love. Thus, my hunt for Churros in Metro Vancouver begins. I was in Downtown Vancouver yesterday and decided I could spend the afternoon searching for Churros. According to Foursquare (my trusted and fave application), I could go to Tacofino Cantina, a food truck along Howe Street since it's the closest to my location yesterday. I walked for 10 minutes and asked if they have Churros available. It was out of stock! The guy suggested I go to their main restaurant at Gastown, but I am too lazy to walk all the way there. Last week, I also went to Cambie Village to search for churros. The only restaurant there that offers churros is Las Tortas, and it's also out of stock. Going back to yesterday, I remember Therese saying that Cineplex sells churros so I searched for the nearest Cineplex and the Scotiabank Theatre is a 6-minute walk. I also did ...
Happy Canada Day! Our celebration began last night when we had dinner at the only Indigenous restaurant in Vancouver, Salmon n' Bannock. We enjoyed Elk Steak and Bison Soup, among other dishes. Today, our day started with breakfast at Tim Hortons. It's as cliche as it gets. Then, we walked across Granville Bridge on a beautiful clear day to Downtown Vancouver. View from Granville Bridge We were walking along Howe Street when my husband suggested we stop by and check out the activities happening in the northern plaza of the Vancouver Art Gallery. It was the Taiwanese Canadian Cultural Festival, and we enjoyed Taiwanese Sausage and had a Red Bean Wheel Cake for the first time. Taiwanese Canadian Cultural Festival Then, Canada Place is as bust as it gets. There's a main stage, a kids' area, and ...
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