Cinnamon Twists

Lunch today -> Ritz, Cheese, and Salametti.
Made a fancy lunch today.  I got some Ritz crackers, 4 kinds of cheese cubes (marble, cheddar, jalapeno, and swiss), and some salametti.  The cheese and salametti was 50% off at Loblaws :)

Fancy Lunch.

Dinner today -> Broccoli & Steak and Tofu Curd Soup
Also from Loblaws for 50% off was sliced steak.  Pan cooked it and added some broccoli and a sauce.  Would have been really good over rice, but I just this with hamburger buns.

Steak and Broccoli.

I also prepared some tofu curd soup.  This batch I made with chicken broth, dashi, shitake mushrooms, bailing mushrooms, dried tofu curds, quail eggs, and konnyaku noodle knots.  It tasted good today, but it will be even better tomorrow.

Tofu Curd Soup.

Snack today -> Cinnamon Twists
Found a new item at Sobey's: Cinnamon Twists.  They taste like my monkey bread but they don't fall apart easily like monkey bread.  Kind of like a twisted up cinnamon bun covered with chewy caramel and sprinkled with walnuts.  Not bad, but could be better; and looks better than it tastes.  Probably won't get it again.

Good-Looking Cinnamon Twists.

I Ate the Whole Thing

Lunch today -> Burger and Fries.
Went to Food Trucks today.  Just R&R BBQ was there today.  I got the beef burger and fries combo.  The burger was very good, as was the fries.  This truck is one of the better ones out there.

Lunch.

Snack today -> Strawberry Shortcake.
One of our co-ops was leaving soon, so we had a little cake for him.  Good cake.  Very fresh.  I don't know where it was bought from.

Farewell Cake.

Dinner today -> Tex-Mex Lasagna.
Working really late today and I dropped by Loblaws afterwards.  I got a Tex-Mex Lasagna to try out.

Tex-Mex Lasagna.

It was pretty good.  I cut it into bite-sized cubes to eat.

Half-Way There.

I can't believe I ate the whole thing in one sitting!

All Gone.

I probably would have only eaten half if I wasn't so lazy to get up and get a glass of milk.  Since I didn't, I just chowed it all down.

Overlord

Busy with work this week and stayed there til about 8pm.  Missed softball because of that.

Useless Transformers News:
Found 3 Overlords at Merivale Walmart at lunchtime today.  Picked one up.

Overlord.

Useless M:tG News:
Also went to Miraj at lunchtime.  Picked up some deck boxes, sleeves, and a set of Commander 2017.  Apparently the orange and red boxes are worth the most.

Commander 2017.

GOT ep 7

Dinner today -> KFC.
Got a bucket of KFC, fries and gravy to eat while watching the season finale of Game of Thrones today.  The chicken was good.  The episode... I found it abit slow and was lacking something, not sure what but something.  The episode was still good though.  The Winterfell scene :)

KFC.

Weekend Report -> Happy Birthday Dad!!!

Food this weekend ->
Made cold egg white noodles with steak on Friday.  It was just egg white noodles mixed with soy sauce, oyster sauce, sesame oil, and cooked oil.  Sliced up some leftover steak and mixed it all together.

Cold Egg White Noodles with Steak.

Made tofu curd soup on Saturday.  I made it with dried tofu curds, dashi, shitake mushrooms, bailing mushrooms, and low-salt chicken broth.  The bailing mushrooms have a similar look and texture as abalone but with a mushroom taste. 

Tofu Curd with Mushrooms Soup.

It was very tasty.  Gave most of it to my grandparents.

Sunday, went to Chinese buffet on Merivale for my dad's birthday.  The food has lower quality everytime we go there.  I usually get some sushi there, but the sushi rice was super mushy (and I'm pretty sure it wasn't sushi rice.).

Plate #1.

Made my congee bowl for my 2nd plate.

Congee Bowl and Sides.

We had cake afterwards.  It was Frutti Bosco from Montreal.

Frutti Bosco

Very moist and good.

Cake Cross-section.

Useless Garden News:
Picked all my finger eggplants and gave them to my grandparents.  I will be getting a 2nd harvest of finger eggplants if my cherry tomato plant doesn't block them out.

Finger Eggplants.

Ben and Susanna told me a chipmunk was in my cherry tomato plant.  That must be the animal that is eating my tomatoes and strawberries.  I thought it was a racoon.

Instant Hotpot was Inedible

Lunch today -> Triple Decker Grill Cheeese.
Peter and I went to food trucks today.  Only "Dash" was there.  We each got a "Triple Decker Grill Cheese".  It has smoked pulled pork in 1 layer and kimchi with crispy garlic in the 2 layer.  It also came with homemade hickory sticks. 

Triple Decker Grill Cheese.

The grill cheese was really good!  I usually don't like kimchi, but it works in this sandwich.  Very filling meal.  I'd probably get it again.  The price was $12.

Dinner today -> Instant Hotpot.
I got this instant hotpot meal from T&T on sale a few weeks ago.

Instant Hotpot Box.

I asked my parents to translate the instructions for me.  First you put the sauce pack, noodles, and vegetable packs in to the smaller top container.  Then add hot water to the line.  Then put the white heating pack into the bigger container and add cold water to cover it.  The cold water cause a reaction and boils really fast and hot.

Chemical Reaction Pack.

Afterwards, put the smaller container onto the bigger container

Steaming Hot Hotpot.

Cover for 8 minutes.  Then remove and stir.

Finished and Inedible Hotpot.

It looks really good, but it was so spicy I couldn't eat it.  It's got chinese pepper corn and peppers in it.  It numbs the lips and doesn't taste that great.  Too bad it looks so good and really cool to make, but was inedible.  If I get this again on a big discount, I wouldn't add the sauce pack or herbs.  I'd just add a ramen flavour pack for the soup base.

Useless Food News:
Klondike bars are on sale at Loblaws for 50% off!  I bought 4 boxes for $2.99 each :) 

50% Off Klondike Bar Boxes.

Up-Side-Down Ghost Shrimp

Dinner today -> Pork Loin.
Defrosted a garlic and herb pork loin last night.  I slice it into medallions and pan cooked them.  I picked 1 finger egg plant and fried it in the drippings.  I didn't have any greens or rice handy to add to the meal, so I added Pink Lady apple slices. 

Pork with Apples.

Not sure why people say apples go well with pork, because it didn't.

Useless Aquarium News:
I added a feeding ring to my fish tank a couple months ago, and now my ghost shrimp have learned to go the hang up-side-down on it and wait to be feed.  The pic is abit blurry but 4 shrimp are in it (3 smaller males and 1 female).

Ghost Shrimp Hanging Up-Side-Down.

Eclipse

The big eclipse was today.  A bunch of us went outside at 2:30pm to see it.  We had 1 pair of official glasses and a couple welding masks.  We also had some impromptu pinhole cameras.  I took a photo with my phone through the glasses.  Can't really see it in the photo.

Eclipse.

Dinner today -> Ribs.
Went to Big Bone BBQ and got the Monday Mania: 1 rack + 1lb of firery honey garlic wings + large fries for $25 + tax.  It was good, but the sauce tasted sweeter than I remembered.

Mmmm... Ribs.

Useless Lego News:
I went to Walmart tonight and I found some "brick tape".  The 6.5ft roll was $13 and the 3.2ft roll was $8.  I got the bigger roll.  It comes in alot of different colours, but I chose black.  The brick tape can be cut to size and stuck anywhere.  Not sure where I will use it yet.

Brick Tape.

Useless Gaming News:
Tried out my Roll Player game using the solo variant.  It's pretty good.  Lots of decisions of where to place dice and how best to utilize them.  Need to try it multiplayer.

Solo Roll Player.

Useless Idol News:
My current favorite 48-group member: Kitahara Rie, announced her graduation from NGT48 today!  I'm shocked!  Didn't expect her to graduate yet.  Her grad will be in the spring of 2018.

Weekend Report -> Trypticon Stickers

Food this weekend ->
Picked up asian goodies for lunch on Friday from the Asian Market on Hazeldean.  Got homemade rice noodle wraps, homemade sesame balls, and Vietnamese subs.

Asian Lunch.

I haven't had the sesame balls in a long time.  They were fresh and crunchy.  So good!

Made steak for dinner on Sunday.  Got a 5 pack of top sirloin steaks for $10!  Added some broccoli to the pan to soak up all the drippings.

Steak and Broccoli.

Susanna and I went to Carleton Place on Sunday.  We went to the "purple cow" ice cream parlour (aka The Cheddar Stop).

Purple Cow.

Susanna got the small cup: 1 scoop of pistachio and almonds and 1 scoop of orange pineapple.  I got a small cone: apple pie (seasonal flavour) topped with a scoop of Big Foot (vanilla with caramel ribbons and mini-peanutbutter cups).

Ice Cream.

The orange pineapple tastes like orange creamsicle but sweeter.
The apple pie was really good.  A good apple cinnamon taste.
The Big Foot was good too.

Useless Lego News:
Picked up the last Lego Batcave from Carleton Place Walmart.  It was on clearance for $84.  Not sure when I will build this.  Also not sure where to put it after....?

Lego Batcave.

Useless Transformers News:
Opened up Trypticon.  He is awesome and huge!  Transforms very similarly to the original G1 Trypticon.  He comes with a sticker sheet and I decided to put all the stickers on.  It took me over 2.5 hours to put all the stickers on!  There were 158 tiny little stickers that required toothpicks to place in some hard to get to areas.  Good luck Gordon if you put the stickers on too.

Trypticon with Stickers.

AABDJ: 2-1

Snack today -> Sizzlin' Szechuan Chips.
Tried the new Sizzlin' Szechuan Lays chips today.  It's ok.  It tastes like chicken ramen.  It's not spicy either, even tho it has alot of chili peppers on it.  I may get it again.  I wasn't too impressed with it.

Lunch today -> Hotdogs.
Ate a couple leftover BBQ hotdogs for lunch.  I topped them with mayo and mustard.

Snacks today part 2 -> Watermelon.
Cut up the leftover watermelon for an afternoon snack today.  It was really sweet and very juicy.  I ate atleast 8 slices.  We got the watermelons from Kanata Costco.

Useless Transformers News:
Picked up Trypticon and the Siege on Cybertron set at Toys R Us Kanata today. 

I get an extra Siege on Cybertron using the "Buy 2 Get 1 Free" coupon.  (BTW: I grabbed the last of these boxes from the shelves.)

Useless Escape Room News:
AABDJ re-united and attempted 2 more rooms at the Mystery Manor tonight. 

The 1st room we did was The Boudoir.  Good room and somewhat difficult.  We had to use our 1 clue.  We did escape and had 5:45 left.
The 2nd room was The Parlour.  I would say this was a challenging room.  It had 1 puzzle that was extremely time consuming.  On top of that we made it even more difficult for ourselves because:
1) one of us *Cough*Anthony*Cough* wore the clues and didn't check all the pockets. 
2) one person who had no sense of smell, was working on the smell puzzle.
We finished the room using 3 clues and 5 extra minutes.  We had to buy the extra clues because we needed to be successful to obtain the diamond scavenger hunt clues.

BBQ Hotdogs

Lunch today -> BBQ Hotdogs.
I helped organize a hotdog BBQ at work for lunch today.  We bought the big Costco sized hotdogs, potato salad, watermelon, and drinks for everyone.  Excellent turnout and everyone left full.

BBQ Hotdogs.

Cherry Tomato Plant Take-Over

Useless Garden News:
I added some Miracle Grow to my tomato plant a couple weeks ago.  Today you can really tell the Miracle Grow has kicked in.  The cherry tomato plant has pretty much taken over the garden.  It's choking out all the other plants and has grabbed on to the hanging strawberry plant!

Cherry Tomato Plant Take-Over.

I expect to be picking some more cherry tomatoes soon.  There are alot of little green tomatoes now.

Useless Softball News:
Strike Fighters played a higher level B division team tonight.  We kept it close but they were a home run team and we couldn't keep up.  We lost 19-22.
I hit 2-for-3 with 1 walk and 2 singles.

What If Jugsaw Puzzle #10

Lunch today -> Vietnamese Sub.
Ate a Vietnamese sub from the Kanata Asian grocery store.  It was very good.  Way better than the T&T ones (I still don't understand why T&T cuts the bread from the top instead of from the side, so looks stupidly wide and difficult to eat). 

Lunch.

I also had a few mini-chocolate bars for dessert.  These were from my Halloween supply from last year.  I figure I should eat it now since I see Halloween candy out at Walmart already.

Dinner today -> Vegetarian Stuff and Chicken Soup.
At a platter of vegetarian stuff (don't remember what this is called in english) for dinner.  This stuff used to have a curry flavour in the pack too, but it's been missing for a long time now.

Vegetarian Stuff.

I also had some left over chicken soup.  Seems to taste better the next day :)

Leftover Chicken Soup.

Useless Gaming News:
Work people finished another puzzle today.  They finished the "What If" puzzle I donated in less than a week.

What If Puzzle #10.

Weekend Report -> Deliverance Pizza Delivered

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WILL!!!

Food this weekend ->
Made eggs and toast for dinner on Friday.  Nothing fancy.

Eggs and Toast.

Saturday dinner was abit more fancy.  I made Laksa Ramen and added some beans, leftover sliced steak, an egg, and a couple green mussels.

Ramen.

Bought more chicken bones from Farmboy to make chicken soup on Sunday.  This time I also added Daikon to add a more refreshing taste.  I made the soup with 16 chicken halves, 2 onions, salt, dashi, and daikon.

Chicken Soup.

Useless Gaming News:
An impromptu game night Saturday night at Anthony's.  We started with an old 1990 Ontario board game (forgot what it was called).  The objective is to travel from Windsor to Winisk.  It's a luck and educational game.
Then we played a couple rounds of Hey! That's My Fish!

Hey! That's My Fish!

Followed by Spy Alley and Kiwetin.

Spy Alley.

Ben, Brian, Gordon and I hit Room Escapes on Sunday afternoon to try the new Deliverance escape room.  This room is really good.  Very good puzzles.  We successfully finished the room and delivered the pizza with 10:43 left.  I highly recommend this room, but not for your first try.  The told us the success rate was fairly low.

Deliverance Poster.