It was quite an adventure trying to go downtown for just about 1.5 miles. First, we hopped on a bus which to our surprise terminated service after one block. We then decided to jumped onto a nearby subway train, but after one stop, it went out of service and they told all the passengers to...
Category: <span>Bakery</span>
Taste of 7th Street
Taste of 7th Street food festival ran for two days from Sat Feb 27th to Sun Feb 28th. Scoop St offered a discount voucher for $18 to sample signature menu items of five restaurants on 7th Street. It would normally cost $35, so it was quite a sweet deal. Scoop St presents special deals from...
Two food events in one day
This past weekend, I attended two food events in one day – The Taste of 7th Street food festival and the NYC Food Crawl‘s February Pork Bun Crawl. It was a fun-filled day of wandering around, grabbing food, eating food, and repeat. Agenda for the day: 12:30pm: Taste of 7th Street 3:00pm: Pork Bun Crawl
Bread.A Bakery, Flushing, NY
I’ve briefly mentioned Bread.A Bakery in a couple of previous posts: (mooncake and rice cake) but haven’t dedicated a whole post to them yet. So, here it is! Bread.A Bakery is located at 41-46 College Point Blvd (between 41 Ave and Sanford Ave) in Flushing, NY. It is a small Chinese Vegetarian/Vegan bakery serving organic...
Cafe Selmarie, Chicago, IL
While wandering the Lincoln Square area in Chicago earlier this month, we made a stop at Cafe Selmarie for a quick drink and snack. Cafe Selmarie is located at 4729 North Lincoln Avenue, Chicago. This bakery/cafe have breakfast, lunch, and dinner menus. They also serve brunch on the weekend mornings. Their hours vary slightly throughout...
Adventures in Toronto: Tim Hortons
Coffee and donuts! That’s a great combination. Coffee and donuts for a quick breakfast or a snack. It’s probably not the most healthy thing to be eating all the time, but I do love to treat myself to some donuts once in a while. French crullers, old fashion and chocolate donuts are my favorites. I...
Paris broke my heart, but I found myself in Saigon
UPDATED: Banh Mi Saigon Bakery is now located at 198 Grand Street, near Mott Street. I was in Chinatown, New York City the other day and in the mood for some Vietnamese Subs! Therefore, I went to the usual Paris Sandwiches on Mott Street in hopes of treating myself to the Regular Pork Sub or...
Destination New York City: Paris Sandwich
Here is a great place for Banh Mi, Vietnamese subs, located right in New York City Chinatown. Paris Sandwich can be found at 113 Mott Street, between Canal St & Hester St. They opened up about a little over than a year ago, around December 2006. I have dined there multiple times and they have...