Peaches

Dinner today -> Rideau Takeout.
Went to Ben's house for dinner.  We had some fish fried rice, noodles, fish with corn, lemon chicken, beef with Chinese greens, and salt & pepper porkchops.  I brought left over salmon sashimi and candied salmon.  The porkchops were weirdly sliced.  Not as good as the previous times.

Useless Food News:
This is how you some people in China sell peaches... put them in underwear.  Article is probably safe for work, unless you get offended by fruit in their undies.

Useless Idol Info:
Last week's AKB48 performance on Music Station.  KFC performed with a live high school brass band.

Pulled Pork Poutine

Lunch today -> Pulled Pork Poutine
I checked out Big D's Dog House and Poutine Emporium on Ed's recommendation.  It's a food truck on Hazeldean between Kanata and Stittsville (near Cabottos ). 

Big D's Truck (Ed's pic).

Good selection and big portions for a good price.  I got the Pulled Pork Poutine, medium (ladies) size for $9.  It was a big portion and the box was heavy.  It had a good amount of pulled pork and the cheese was also layered between the fries.  The poutine was good.  The fries could be more crispy before.  Maybe it was just my box, but after eating half, I found an aftertaste in the fries that hinted a unique "smokiness".  I didn't like it very much, but Ed liked it.  I'll give them another shot, as it might just be today's batch.

Pulled Pork Poutine.

Useless TV News:
I watched the ending of Sharknado 2 tonight.  Alot of cameos and how Iain Zierinig's character survived the sharknado was stupidly hilarious.  I'll didn't know it was on, so I'll have to check the re-run later tonight or I think it is repeated on the weekend too.

Win #4

Dinner today -> Scooby Doo Alfredo with Steak and Mushrooms
My pre-softball game meal.  Made some Scooby Doo pasta with Alfredo sauce.  Added sliced blade steak and quartered straw mushrooms.  Tasty and filling.  Then I had a power nap after the meal :)

Useless Softball News:
Strike Fighters beat Alcatel Anonymous tonight is a close game, 18-16.  That was only Win #4 of the season.
Gary's son Jeff played his first game for us tonight.  The rookie made some minor mistakes, but at his first at-bat he hit a lead off homerun!  Sean hit another grand slam too!
I hit 3-for-4: single, double, and a triple!  I only scored 1 RBI.

Free Cupcake

Dinner today -> Salmon Sashimi and Candied Salmon.
Simple dinner.  Just some salmon sashimi and leftover candied salmon with rice.

Salmon Sashimi and Candied Salmon Dinner.

I picked up some cupcakes from Beyond the Batter on the weekend.  My initial plan was to get 2 flavours: Blueberry Lemonade and Chocolate Cheesecake, but the cute cashier girl gave me a 3rd one for free :)  She recommended the one rolled in Oreo cookie, so I got that.

3 Cupcakes.

Weekend Report - Candied Salmon

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANITA!!!

Food this weekend ->
Picked up some home made rice flour wraps from the Chinese grocery store by Arby's on Hazeldean.  For $5, this is pretty good.  I think there were about 12 wraps in the container and the filling was ground pork and bits of mushroom.  The fish sauce was alright, but when I added some lite-soy sauce, it was much better.

Rice Flour Wraps.

Salmon was sale at Loblaws for $1.99 a filet!  I picked up some filets, and made some simple salmon sushi with it.

Salmon Sushi.

At Sobey's blade steak was on sale.  I got a couple blade steaks.  Made it with some mixed veggies.  Added some ketchup and "No Limits" BBQ sauce.  This "No Limits" BBQ sauce is the very good.  A sweet, savoury, smoky flavour.  Perfect for meat.  Highly recommended.

Steak and Veggies.

I also got some candied salmon from Sobey's.  This stuff is uber good!!!  Good by itself, but great with rice.  I think I have to get more of this.

Candied Salmon on Rice.

Useless Gaming News:
I finally got my Kickstarted copy of Province.  I didn't even know it shipped a few weeks ago, until Brian told me.

Kickstarted Province.

I also got my Kickstarted copy of Ultimate Werewolf.  I've never played the game myself, but I hear it's fun.  Plus, the AKB members play it too, so it must be fun.

Kickstarted Ultimate Werewolf.

Legendary Villians

Lunch today -> XO Noodle Cup
Instant noodle cup for lunch today.  XO flavour.  The Nissin brand I get is from Japan and has lots of noodles and toppings in it.  Very satisfying meal.

XO Noodle Cup

Useless Gaming News:
Picked up the new version of Marvel's Legendary game: Legendary Villains.  Similar to the original, but you play as the villians.

Useless Idol News:
Original Morning Musume member, Abe Natsumi, re-released a new version of "Furusato".  One of my old favorites.

Change Wallet

Food today -> Onigiri
Susanna and I bought some ingredients to make spicy salmon onigiri (rice balls) and tuna fish salad onigiri tonight.  We made most of them for our parents and grandparents to eat incase they need food in the waiting room on Thursday.  I forgot to take a pic of them, but they kind of look like the 2nd picture on the right in the Onigiri Wikipedia link.

Useless Kickstarter News:
I got my ELCO Wallets in the mail today.  They are coin wallets from an Ottawa project.  Simple mini-wallet for spare change.  I think these will be handy, but they are smaller than I thought.

Still waiting for my Ultimate Werewolf game to show up in the mail.

Splitting the Wins

Useless Softball News:
CMC Strike Fighters played Honeywell tonight in a double header.  We split the games with a win each.
In Game #1, we just lost 7-6.  I was surprised it was low scoring.
I hit 3-for-4, with a double and 2 singles.
MVP for Game #1: Dave.  Playing shortstop and made great plays.

In Game #2, we won 25-7.  Honeywell used 4 different pitchers but we were able to hit off all of them.  Mark pitched most of Game #2 and he was pretty much in control of the batters.
I think I hit 5-for-5, with 4 singles and a walk.
MVP for Game #2: Mark.  Controlled pitching all game long.

Dinner tonight -> Whole Rotisserie Chicken.
I dropped by Sobey's after the game to find something to eat.  I picked up a whole chicken.  I destroyed most of it.

Whole Chicken Before it's was Destroyed.

New Lay's Chips Flavours

Food today -> Buffet
Went to the Chinese buffet formerly known a "Du Barry" (don't remember the current name).  I was there with my parent, cousins, and relatives from Edmonton.  We stayed 2.5hrs!  I ate 6 plates of food :)

Plate #1: Lots of Mussels and Clams.

Congee Mix with Mini-Egg Tart.

Useless Food News:
These are new Lay's Chips flavours: Bacon Mac & Cheese, Cappuccino, Mango Salsa, and Wasabi Ginger.  The reviews weren't that great, and these flavours don't interest me.

Happy Birthday Thu!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY THU!!!

Weekend Report: Congratulations Justin and Vickie!!!

CONGRATULATIONS 
JUSTIN & VICKIE!!!

My cousin Justin got married to Vickie this weekend in Toronto. 

Vickie & Justin.

My mom and I couldn't go due to a family issue, but here are a couple pics from the dinner.

Wedding Cake and Table.

Steak and Lobster Main Plate.

I got these souvenirs too.  Ben says the cake pop was Red Velvet cake.

Wedding Souvenirs.

Food this weekend ->
I dropped by T&T on Friday.  I got myself a 4 item combo: salt & pepper pork chop, green beans in black bean, fish with tofu, and sweet & sour pork.

4 Item Combo.

After I got my meal, I found they had some fried dungeness crab!  I grabbed some and was snacking on these all weekend while watching Police Academy episodes and Fairy Tail anime.  Crab cooked like this is so tasty, but takes me forever to eat, as I clean out all the meat.  Also there are 1 1/2 crabs in each container.

Dungeness Crabs.

I also made some beef with Chinese greens this weekend, as the crab isn't filling enough.  I made it with alot of sauce.

Saucy Beef & Chinese Greens.

It goes good over rice.

Beef & Chinese Greens over Rice.

Useless M:tG News:
The new Magic Core set "M15" was released on Friday.  Picked up a couple of booster boxes and the fat pack.

M15.

Police Academy Cartoon

Useless DVD News:
Ordered the Police Academy Cartoon Series Volume 1 from Amazon.  It's got the first 30 episodes.  Ben and I used to watch this weekday mornings before school, but we would always miss the ending of each episode because we had to leave and catch the bus.  Now I can watch them all and see the ending :)  It's hilarious to see the cartoon Hooks scream "Don't move dirtbag!".  Cartoons now a days can't say that.

Police Academy Animated Series DVD Vol 1.

Opening:

Red Roaster

Lunch today -> Chicken Poutine.
There was a "Red Roaster" food truck outside CMC today.  First food truck ever to be around here.

Red Roaster Food Truck.

I gave them a shot and got the Chicken Poutine for $7.  It was alright.  The gravy was very good, and decent amount of cheese, but I would expect more chicken for $7.  They didn't advertise and they weren't near the intersection, so I don't think they got that much business.

Chicken Poutine.

Inferior Pizza

Lunch today -> Pizza.
Picked up some pizza for lunch.  Just standard Hot n' Ready Pepperoni Pizza, but mine had a big air bubble.  Last I remember they don't sell these or sell them at a discount, as it is an inferior pizza.  I used to get these for free at night when I worked at Megapower Games.

Inferior Pizza.

Useless Softball News:
CMC Strike Fighters played the Beerfeasters tonight.  We lost 10-3, but it was actually a closer match than the score says.  It was a fun game too.
MVP: Mark.  Mark's pitching was incredible tonight.  He was in control and battled all the batters well.  He only gave up a few bad pitches to their home-run hitters.  We couldn't help Mark when we went to bat.
Honourable Mention: John.  He made 2 highlight reel catches in the outfield.
I hit 2-for-3 with 2 singles.

Useless Gaming News:
Fan-made live action Super Mario Webisodes called "Mario Warfare".  Looks like there are 8 parts.  I haven't watched it yet, but it looks pretty good.

Target Master Scoop

Dinner today -> Congee with KFC.
Made some congee with shitake mushrooms and preserved egg.  Topped it with some Kentucky Fried Chicken.  Classic mix.  I wish I had some green onion and fried dough to add to this.

Congee + KFC.

Useless Tranformers News:
Picked up the latest wave of Transformers: Generations while I was in Montreal last week.  I found Target Master Scoop and Starscream pretty good.  Skywarp was so-so.  The Mini-con Assult Team wasn't that great.  The helicopter mini-con was the worst.

Latest TF Generations.

Weekend Report: Happy Birthday Grandma!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDMA!!!

I picked up a cake from Les Delices Lafrenaie in Montreal.  The 2 ladies before me bought the last of the Nutella Crepe Cake, so I got the regular Crepe Cake. 

Happy Birthday Grandma!!!

It's not bad.  If it had fruit in the middle I'd like it more, but I prefer the Nutella version.

Crepe Cake.

But the layers and crepe and whip cream is still very impressive.

The Layers.

Useless Food News:
Last week I was in Montreal CMC from Tues through Fri. 
I brought some cupcakes from "Beyond the Batter Cupcakes".  I gave them to SQA, OCM, and my former SW team.  Everyone enjoyed them, especially the Tahitian Treat (pink).  I also got Indecision, Men are from Mars, and others I forgot what they were.

Tasty Cupcakes.

The food at the Montreal CMC cafeteria is really good.  Wednesday I had a pork shank.  The pork was falling off like pulled pork, and the bone in side was full of marrow!  It was so delicious.  Only $6.50 too!

Pork Shank.

Thursday, I had the pork meatloaf.  This was really good and filling too.  Maybe too much potato sides (whole baked potato and carrot-sweet potato mash).

Meatloaf.

Love Machine

Useless Idol News:
AKB48 performed Morning Musume's classic "Love Machine" last month on UTAGE!

DM2: Banana Fart Blaster

Useless Toy News:
I finally picked up the Despicable Me 2 Fart Blaster!  It was on sale a few weeks ago for 30% off.  I was waiting forever for it to go on sale.

Banana Fart Blaster.

To MTL

Dinner today -> Franks #1
I'm off to MTL for work.  I'm bringing Franks with me for dinner :)

Franks #1.

Black Flies and Mosquitoes Bites.

Dinner today -> Fish Rice.
Made another batch of fish rice.  It's easy to make and good.  This time I added a blob of butter instead of oil.  Added a nice buttery taste.

Fish Rice.

Useless Softball News:
Double header vs Rockwell Collins tonight. 
Game#1 we lost 14-13.  We almost tied it up in the last inning.  During this game, the little black flies were relentless and annoying.
I hit 2-for-4 with 2 singles.

Game#2 we won 23-10. 
I hit 2-for-5 with 2 singles, but I was robbed of another single by their right fielder, who came out of nowhere and snagged my fly ball.  We made a couple of good plays at home including a double-play at the plate.
As the sun went down, out came all these mosquitoes.  We were eaten alive!  The bug spray didn't seem effective.  The damage to myself:
Right arm = 4 bites,
Left arm = 3 bites,
Right leg = 6 bites,
Left leg = 4 bites,
AND Left butt cheek = 1 bite.

Weekend Report: Rice Cooker Pancake Works.

Got my hair cut from my normal place "DanAldo's", but this time it seemed it was shorter than normal?  Maybe it's just me but I thought the sides were too short.
Missed out on gaming this weekend too.  I forgot my phone at home when I went to work and shopping on Saturday.

Food this weekend ->
I made 2 meals with my rice cooker this weekend. 
First I made a rice cooker pancake.  I used Aunt Jemima Buttermilk Pancake mix.

Pancake Mix.

It turned out pretty well.  After pressing down the sides abit, the pancake falls right out.

Fresh Rice Cooker Pancake.

It was abit dense, but not bad.  Felt like it needed something to make it abit sweeter.

Sliced it up like pizza and topped with butter and syrup.  Maybe next time I'll just mix the butter and syrup in the rice cooker too.

Pancake Sections.

The 2nd rice cooker dish was fish rice.  I followed a similar recipe from HKT48 no Odekake! (episode 27).
I made rice using a broth of 1 part soy sauce, 1 part mirin, and 2 parts rice wine + water to the right level.  Topped it with a can of salmon (forgot to get fresh fish when I was out).

Fish Rice Done.

When done, I mixed the fish into the rice and added abit of oil.  The show added edamame but I didn't have any in the freezer.  It taste good like this, but I don't think it's everyone's taste.  It's fishy, but a good fishy.

Fish Rice.

Loud Chirping Bird

Definitely sick with a summer cold?  I went home at lunchtime and tried to get some sleep.  I had the windows open as it was cool today, but this stupid bird outside wouldn't stop chirping for hours!  It was super loud too.

Dinner today -> Scooby Doos with Meat Sauce.
Made a meat sauce with ground beef, frozen veggies, garlic, onions, sour cream, and tomato sauce.  Then stirred in some Scooby Doo pasta.

Useless Idol Info:
AKB48 performance on Music Station last Friday.
Labrador Retriever:

Viewer voted Flying Get with Sasshi Center:

Happy Birthday Teresa!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TERESA!!!

Poupon

Lunch today -> Chicken Salad Sandwich.
Made a couple of chicken salad sandwiches for lunch today.  The chicken salad filling was 50% off at Farmboy on Monday.  It was alright.  It needed more Miracle Whip.

Chicken Salad Sandwich.

Useless Commercial News:
A fan-made Grey Poupon commercial was in the news a few days ago.  I remembered to watch it last night.  It's pretty good, but I still like "Ship my pants" more.

Useless Idol News:
AKB48's Kashiwagi Yuki is now officially on Twitter.

Yukirin's Twitter.