Happy Birthday Becky!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BECKY!!!

We celebrated on Friday because Becky took vacation on this week.  I got a Tuxedo cake from Sobey's.  It was really good and rivals Sobey's version.

Tuxedo Cake.

Weekend Report -> Good Dim Sum

Food this weekend ->
On Friday, Peter and I tried out NU Caribbean.  Only on Fridays a fish meal is available.  So I got that.  It was a "King Fish" on rice with slaw and plantains.  I didn't know "King Fish" was the same as "Big Head Fish". 

King Fish Meal.

The meal was amazingly good.  The size of the piece of fish was huge and really thick.  Well cooked, moist, and meaty.  I was surprised with the plantains too.  I thought it would be too much like banana, but it was more like a sweet potato taste.  I would definitely get this again.

Big Piece of Fish!

On Saturday the family went out for dim sum at New Beijing Legend on Bank St.

Dim Sum

Good stuff, but the best stuff they have is rice wrap dishes.  I prefer the shrimp rice wrap.

Meat and Shrimp Rice Wraps.

We also got the fried bread rice wrap and the egg tarts.  The fried bread rice wrap was really fresh and crispy.  The egg tarts tasted just like it was from the good Montreal place.  Very flaky shell and the filling was very good.

Egg Tarts and Fried Dough Rice Wraps.

Useless Gaming News:
3-Player gaming at Brian's.  We played The Dresden Files.  It was better than I remember it, but Brian kept breaking the rules and telling us exactly what cards he has in detail.  Not as fun as it could have been.  This is exactly like how he likes to play Pandemic too.

Dresden Files.

We also played 80's-90's Trivia.  Some really hard questions and some really easy ones.  ie How many friends were on Friends?

80's - 90's Trivia.

Orange Crush Gummies

Snack today -> Orange Crush Gummies
Found this box of Orange Crush Gummies at Walmart the other day.  Tried them out today.  They are pretty good.  They DO taste like Orange Crush with a nice chewyness.  I recommend trying this if you like Orange Crush.

Orange Crush Gummies

Useless Lego News:
Picked up the LEGO "Batman Rescue from Ra's al Ghul" set at Super Walmart in Kanata.  The display price was $39.98, but when you scan it, it comes up as $25.  3 left after I left at 8:45pm Thursday night.

Reduced LEGO Set.

1000 Piece Puzzle Done

Lunch today -> Fried Chicken Wrap
Food trucks today.  Peter, Reza, Carmelo, and I went this time.  Today was Dash.  They make wraps.  I got a fried chicken wrap.  It was very good.  Very flavourful and big moist chicken strips in it.  It also came with home-made hickory sticks.  Very good meal.

Fried Chicken Wrap.

Useless Gaming News:
A few weeks ago Rebecca brought to work a 1000 piece puzzle.  Anyone could work on during lunch/coffee breaks, and today it was finally finished!

Completed 1000 Piece Puzzle.

We are planning to use puzzle glue on it, frame it, and hang it in our coffee lounge.

10 Hotdog Pack

Nothing really going on Monday and today.  Took Monday off and wasted the whole day sleeping, watching TV, and playing on my phone (Family Farm Seaside and South Park Phone Destroyer). 

Lunch today -> Hotdogs.
Went home at lunchtime today and bought some hotdogs and hotdog buns to eat.  I boiled the pack of hotdogs, but I didn't realize the pack only had 10 hotdogs in it!?!  The buns were a pack of 12.  Now I'm short 2 hotdogs!  Anyways, I ate 4 hotdogs for lunch.

Lunch.

Weekend Report -> Korean Marinated Blue Crab

Food this weekend ->
I got free soft serve icecream on Friday.  Peter and I went at 11:45 and we were about 6th inline.  We got our cones right away.  I got the chocolate vanilla twist with salted caramel topping.  Perfect for the hot day.

Chocolate & Vanilla Twist with Salted Caramel

I went back later with Katie to keep her company in line.  I was tempted to get another one because we waited 15 minutes for her cone.  Katie got a vanilla cone with strawberry jam center.

Ben made cold Korean buckwheat noodles for lunch on Saturday.  It was very good.  The noodles are in a sour broth topped with sliced pork and eggs.  I also brought vegetarian meat and salt & pepper pork chops.  Susanna and my parent's got abunch of 50% off kabobs from Loblaws and my dad BBQed some.

Korean Cold Noodle Lunch.

After lunch, we made Korean marinated blue crabs.  Ben, Susanna and I bought all the ingredients listed in this site and followed her recipe.  It took alittle while to make the marinade.  I think the marinate needs to be more sweet.  2.5 cups of soy sauce is alot!

Marinade Complete.

Cleaning the blue crabs was alot of work.  We froze them to put them to sleep, but as they defrosted they woke up.  Ben and I picked some big blue crabs.  10 of 12 were female and they had lots of eggs. 

Cleaned Blue Crabs.

We prepared 7 for the marinade and I took the rest home to eat :)

Crabs in Marinade.

Soaked the crabs over night.  I sprikled some sesame seeds and green onion on it.  I ate 1 leg raw.  It tasted OK. 

24hrs Later.

My mom and I agreed it would be better steamed.  And it was!

Steamed Korean Marinated Blue Crabs.

Too much work to make this and probably won't do it again.

With the crabs I took home, I boiled them in salt water and ate them over some french beans (and 1 left over sausage.)  Simple and good meal, but took awhile to eat all the meat from the crabs.

Blue Crabs over French Beans.

Freshly picked cherry tomatoes from my garden.  Each stem has a small dent that seems to be the break off point for picking.  They are very sweet.

Cherry Tomatoes from Garden.

Useless Gaming News:
4-player gaming at Brian's on Friday night.  We finished the TIME Stories Dragon Amulet expansion.  It's a really good expansion.  We them played abunch of short games: Archer Love Letter, Before I Kill You Mister Spy, Sixes, and Space Invaders Dice.  FYI: Space Invaders Dice is a single player game attempting to be a multiplayer game.  Not that good either.  Archer Love Letter is good, but all Love Letter games are good.

Short Games.

Happy Birthday Thu!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY THU!!!

Free Ice Cream on Friday

Dinner today -> Broccoli and Steak.
Made a simple dinner today.  Pan cooked a steak and sliced it up.  Then cooked some broccoli in the steak drippings and threw the steak slices back in.  Garnished it with a few fresh cherry tomatoes from my garden.

Dinner.

Useless Food News:
There is FREE ice cream on Friday at the Kanata Hub!

Free Ice Cream Friday July 21, 2017.

Useless Idol News:
AKB48's Kashiwagi Yuki got a haircut and she cut her hair short! 

Short Hair Kashiwagi Yuki.

It looks good, but I think I prefer long hair Kashiwagi.

Peter Won?!?

Lunch today -> Poutine.
Food Truck Wednesday today.  Only 1 truck again.  Pizza was scheduled, but Smokin' R&R showed up instead.  I wasn't too hungry so I just got a poutine this time.  It was very good.  The flavoured fries covered with cheese curds and a good gravy made a good meal.

Poutine.

Useless Gaming News:
We played 4-player Clank! after work today.  It was a very close game even with Evan getting some fast boots early, grabbing a cheap artifact and hustling out of the dungeon.  Evan finished last even with the 20 point bonus.  The surprise winner was Peter, who just made it out of the depths on his very last turn.

I went to Comic Book Shoppe afterwards and found they got the Clank Expansion "Sunken Treasures".  It adds an underwater element to the map along with a new double-sided map.  I hope to try it next week.

Clank! Sunken Treasures and Vendetta DVD.

Also went to Walmart and picked up the new animated Resident Evil Movie "Vendetta".

Black Cherry, White Pear and Cranberry Balsamic

Dinner today -> Sausages and Salad.
After softball today, picked up some 50% off Italian sausages from Loblaws.  I boiled and then pan fried them.  I also made a quick salad dressed with black cherry, white pear, and cranberry balsamic.  The dressing is unique and tasty.  It gave a sweet fruity taste.  Only way the salad would have been better was if I had some sliced almonds and mandarin slices.  I got the dressing from The Unrefined Olive in the Signature Centre.

Italian Sausages and Sweet Salad.

Useless Softball News:
Strike Fighters played Saved by the Balls tonight.  We were short 2 players at the last minute, but were able to borrow 3 players from the game before ours.  They are first in a division above ours and it showed.  I think we lost 14-4.  It wasn't our best game, but we didn't play that bad either.
I hit 0-for-2: fly out, walk, and fly out.

Homecoming

Lunch today -> Burger King
Went to Burger King at lunch and got 2 Whoppers and 20 Chicken Nuggets.  I saved 1 Whopper for dinner and was planning to eat 1 Whopper and the 20 nuggets then.  I finished 1 Whopper and washed it down with some water, but I choked on the water.  I wasn't hungry after that.  Ate about 8 nuggets and gave the rest away.

Burger King Food.

Useless Movie News:
Watched the new Spiderman: Homecoming movie at Coliseum.  I really like the leather recliner seats.  They are really comfortable.
The new Spiderman movie is great.  It flows very well, the new characters are really well acted, and the story is very good.  Not much to complain about and a couple parts completely caught me off-guard (in a good way).  The movie really shows Peter Parker trying to be a hero while still having a high school kids life.  I highly recommend watching this movie.  A great fun movie.  I'll probably buy this on DVD.
FYI: There is 1 mid-credit scene, and 1 scene after the credits.  The last one is good :)

Useless LEGO News:
Picked up Killer Croc Sewer Smash on clearance at Walmart.  It's been on clearance for awhile, but I never seem to find one.  But I finally found one :)

Killer Croc Sewer Smash LEGO Set.

Weekend Report -> Mystery Lobster

Food this weekend ->
Went to Julie's BBQ/Pool Party on Saturday.  I ate alot of junk food, but the best snack was this apple dip thing where you dip tart apple slices into a cream cheese, caramel, and crumbled Skor layered dip.  It was really good.  I would have had more, but someone was double dipping... >:(
We played some Clank! and I spilled my lemonade all over the board and some cards!  The liquid even got into the sleeved cards!  We cleaned most of it off there and I doubled cleaned it with a sponge when I got home.  We seemed to have saved everything, so the game doesn't need replacing.  We also played some Code Names: Pictures.  Much harder than regular Code Names.

On Sunday, I was cleaning food out of the freezer and I found a bag of frozen lobster tails!  I do not remember buying these.  It's a mystery where these came from?  They were dated 2015. 
Anyways. I defrosted them in cold water and then steamed them for 3mins.

Steamed Lobster Tails.

I then chopped them in half and added some garlic butter.  They tasted fine and not freezer burnt, but the meat was sticking to the shell.  That made it difficult to eat.

Lobster Tails Topped with Garlic Butter.

Guardian and Zelda Amiibo Found!

Useless Toy News:
Made a trip to Toys R Us at lunchtime.  I was lucky and they finally restocked the rare Breath of the Wild Guardian Amiibo and Zelda Amiibo.  I picked up both.  I also nabbed Wolf Link Amiibo.

New Zelda Amiibos, MPM-3 Bumblebee, and Deadpool.

I also found MPM-3 Masterpiece Movie Bumblebee.  I don't remember if I have MPM-1 Starscream or MPM-2 Bumblebee?  I'll have to check later.
Lastly I picked up Deadpool from the Marvel Legends figures.  The figures were mis-priced at $19.98 instead of the sale price of $22.95 from $29.95.

Strawberries and Cool Whip

Lunch today -> Bison Burger.
Wednesday food trucks today at The Hub.  Only 1 truck today.  It was Smokin' R&Rs.  They've been there before a few times, and every time I missed them, but not today.  I got the bison burger and fries.  A bit pricey but it was very good.  The burger was juicy and had a slight gamey taste.  Simply topped with spring salad, onions and tomatoes.  The fries were very good too.  They were tossed with a mix of savoury spices.

Bison Burger and Fries.

I heard the gravy is very good too.  I'll have to add that to my fries next time.

Snack today -> Strawberries and Cool Whip.
The Social Committee got fresh strawberries for everyone today.  We served them with a tub of Cool Whip.  Everyone enjoyed this surprise treat today.  By chance, I'm pretty sure the sweeter basket were the strawberries in the downstair's kitchen... closer to me :)

Strawberries and Cool Whip.

I ate my fill of strawberries, but on the very last one I ate, strawberry juice squirted straight down on to my white t-shirt!  D'oh!  I hope the stain comes out in the wash.

Useless Gaming News:
After work gaming tonight.  James, Evan, and I played Clank!  We played the beginner side again because Evan hasn't played before.  He picked it up quickly and won the game.  He just beat me with 87 points to my 82 points.  James finished with 57 points because he died 2 rooms away from the exit and couldn't collect the bonus 20 points.

3-Player Clank!

Double-Header VS 2 Different Teams

Breakfast today -> White Macadamia Nut Cookies.
I bought this box of white macadamia nut cookies from Sobey's.  They are good as is, BUT once heated in the microwave for 10 seconds, they are amazing!  They become warm and chewy, like it was freshly baked.  I ate 8 for breakfast.  I wished I had milk.

White Macadamia Nut Cookies.

Lunch today -> Cheese Stuffed Crust Pepperoni Pizza.
Ran a quick errand at Walmart and I hit Little Caesar's on the way back the CMC.  I got the hot 'n' ready cheese stuffed crust pepperoni pizza for $9.  The pizza was good, but the stuffed crust isn't equally filled across all slices.  Some had more cheese than others.  Still good, and I'd get it again.

Cheese Stuffed Crust Pepperoni Pizza.

Useless Softball News:
CMC Strike Fighters had a double-header tonight against 2 different teams.  Didn't seem very fair, but that what was scheduled.  The first game was against Brew Jays.  We scored the max 6 runs every inning and defeated them 24-6.
I hit 4-for-4: double, single, single, and single.

We then played Ripping Dingers in the second game.  It was a closer match but we defeated them 16-10.  I was drenched in sweat by the end of the night.
I hit 2-for-3: double, single, hit into a double-play.

Weekend Report -> K'ehFC

Food this weekend ->
Tried these new Cinnamon Bun Oreos on Friday at work.  These are good!  Tastes like cinnamon bun.  I easily ate 4 right away.  I'll get these again. 

Cinnamon Bun Oreos

I went to KFC to pick up a bucket for dinner on Friday.  I got the limited edition K'ehFC lid! :)  I got a 12-piece bucket with fries and gravy (used a coupon).  I'm not sure if I like the new way they cut the chicken breast part now.  It is a bigger piece, but is awkward to eat.

K'ehFC.

Sunday I mowed the lawn and made a late lunch.  I decide to make lunch and dinner at the same time.  I cooked up a couple steaks (on sale at Sobey's), boiled mini-red potatoes and then pan fried in butter, microwaved broccoli and then quickly pan fried in the leftover butter to soak up the butter, and pan fried some diced portabella mushrooms in the steak drippings with a bit olive oil, salt, and pepper.

Lunch Steak and Dinner Steak Plates.

Useless Gaming News:
4-player gaming at Brian's on Saturday night.  We played a new game called "5-Minute Dungeon".  It's really fun and I think I'll need to buy it now.  BUT only the Kickstarter version.  It's a cooperative card game where players help each other defeat monsters/obstacles/people as you quickly traverse to the Boss.  Everyone needs to battle to the boss and defeat him in 5 minutes or everyone loses.

5-Minute Dungeon.

We also played another adventure in TIME Stories.  We played the "A Prophecy of Dragons" expansion.  It was a really good adventure, but we didn't finish the game, even after 3.5 hrs at it.  The box says 90mins but it's nowhere near that.

Useless Toy News:
I didn't realize I had not seen Gordon for the longest time, and he gave me my birthday present.  I got a Lego Birthday Cake, Brawn, and a couple Transformer mini-figs (Shockwave and Soundwave).  Thanks Gordon!

Birthday Gifts.

Useless Aquarium News:
Feed my ghost shrimps another mussel this weekend.  I think they've developed a taste for it.  They started feasting on the mussel right after I put it in the tank.  By the next day, almost all of it was gone.  The mussel used to last a few days, but now it doesn't even last 1 day.

Ghost Shrimp Feasting on Mussel.

Earphones

Useless Toy News:
Picked some new items from Toys R Us last week: Toilet Trouble (it was on sale), 3 Transformers Pez dispensers, and a 16GB Minion stick.

Newest Toys R Us Items.

Useless Kickstarter News:
Just backed this bluetooth earphones called "Liberty+".  If they work as described, these should be last earphones I buy for a long, long time.

Scarecrow Harvest

Lunch today -> Five Guys.
Food Truck Wednesday today.  Peter and I went to check it out and only found the Asian Taco Truck there.  We weren't too thrilled with the food so we drove to Five Guys and got burgers instead.  I got a bacon burger, fries, and a drink.  I had forgotten they top-up the bag with an extra scoop of fries.  Also, today's fries were made from PEI Cavendish potatoes.

Five Guys Bacon Burger.

Dinner today -> Wings, Ribs, and Wedges.
Susanna and I went shopping tonight and the last stop was at Loblaws.  We picked up alot of food, and all of it was 50% off.  We got a couple beef roasts, 4 packs of portabella mushrooms, and sausages.  I also got a couple of meals: wings with wedges and ribs with wedges.  The wings and wedges were good, but the ribs weren't very meaty and was dry.

Discount Loblaws Food.

Useless Lego News:
Super Walmart in Kanata has some clearance Lego sets.  The Resistance X-Wing is on clearance for $50 from $99, and the Scarecrow Harvest of Fear Set is on clearance for $50 from $75.  I already have the X-Wing, so I got the Scarecrow set.

Scarecrow Set.

Subway Italian Hero Sandwich

Dinner today -> Subway Italian Hero Sandwich.
Went to Subway after softball today and got the new Italian Hero Sandwich.  I saw the commercial for it today and it looked pretty good.  It's got 3 Italian meats: Capicola, Mortadella, and Genoa Salami.  The Subway guy said it was the first hero sandwich he's made as the promo had only started today.  The sandwich was pretty good and a nice change from my usual cold-cut trio.  I think Steve would like this sandwich.

Italian Hero Sandwich.

Useless Softball News:
Strike Fighters was visitors against Accelerators tonight.  It was hot, but we defeated them 33-9 in 6 innings.  Our defense was working pretty well, but our offense was clicking perfectly.  We had hit 0 homeruns in the game but everyone was hitting base hits to boost the score.  We scored the maximum 6 runs almost every inning too.
I hit 4-for-4 tonight: single, double, single, and a double; with 2 plays at the plate.