Ghost Pepper McChicken

Lunch today -> Ghost Pepper McChicken
Got the limited time Ghost Pepper McChicken from McDonalds for lunch today (and a coffee). 

Ghost Pepper McChicken.

It's the last of the 3 spicy McChickens and by far the best one.  The other 2 (jalapeno and habanero) were not hot at all, but this ghost pepper one has a good heat that works with the McChicken.  The only down side is that the burger cost $6!  I recommend it to try, but it will disappear at the end of next week.

Happy (belated) Birthday Kaitlyn!!!

HAPPY (belated) BIRTHDAY KAITLYN!!!

Dinner Saturday -> Rideau.
Been super busy with work the past few days and doing some late nights.  Picked up Rideau Saturday night.  I got beef chow mein, dry fried rice noodles with beef, and salt & pepper squid.  Even with the quality of their other dishes going down or changing flavours, these 3 are still the same and very good.

Rideau Takeout.

Dinner today -> Sushi.
Left work late and went straight to Bayshore tonight.  I got there at 7:45pm and the sushi was already BOGO!  I got 2 Bento boxes and 4 regular boxes.  I ate BBQ eel and the salmon avocado boxes tonight and saved a Bento and Combo box for my lunch tomorrow.  Ed wanted me to pick up some for him, so will have the other Bento and Combo box.

6 BOGO Free Sushi Boxes!

Mary Brown's Forgot to Pack Taters

Lunch today -> Chicken Pad Thai.
Ed, Steve and I went to KNH2 for lunch.  Ed and I got the Chicken Pad Thai with extra sauce.  The plate was huge!  It could easily be 2.5 servings for me (3 servings for Ben).  No way Ed and I were able to finish our plates and we had to take a doggie bag.  (No pic: Phone died at 96% battery)

Dinner today -> Mary Brown's Chicken & NO Taters
Went out tonight and helped Linda and Katelyn make fresh cotton candy with my cotton candy machine.  Then I went to Mary Browns to pick up some chicken for dinner.  I had a coupon for two 3-pieces of chicken and two small taters.  This was about 8:45pm and I was the only one in the restaurant.  They packed my stuff and I went to Walmart and then home.  When I got home, there were only 2 boxes of chicken in the bag!  They forgot my 2 small taters!  I was the only one in the store!

Mary Brown's Chicken & No Taters.

The chicken was OK.  Similar to KFC but less herbs and spices.  I think Popeye's is better.  MB's chicken is not as juicy or as big.  Plus they forgot my taters!  Didn't matter.  I hear Loblaw's taters is better from 3 separate, unconnected people now.  Probably won't go back because of the mistake.  The Fry is still the best chicken place, even if it is all they way in Barrhaven.

Useless Transformers News:
Went to Walmart after getting MB chicken.  Found the new Transformers Seige Ultra Magnus and Shockwave.  Grabbed the last ones.

Ultra Magnus & Shockwave.

Long Weekend Report -> Storm Chips.

Food this weekend ->
Got the Half & Half Special from The Fry on Saturday.  Soy & garlic fried chicken and chicken with sauce.  Soooo good.  I also got an order of rice cakes.  This was really good too, but abit on the spicy side this time.  I ate the whole meal over 2 days.

The Fry.

Useless Food News:
I got a bag of the new "in" food to eat: Storm Chips.  I think they are only available at Farm Boy. It's 4 types of chips in 1 bag: sweet BBQ, salt & vinegar, ketchup, and dill.  It's very good.  Perfect for a party (*hint* *hint* Linda).

Storm Chips.

Useless Food News, Part Deux:
Susanna got me a couple new chocolates from the USA: Peanut Butter Snickers and Limited Edition Jalapeno Peanut M&Ms.  I haven't tried the peanut butter Snickers yet, but I did try the M&Ms.  They taste like a normal peanut M&M, but after you swallow, you can feel a small amount of heat in the back of your mouth/throat.  It's not a strong heat but a nice decent heat, stronger than the Jalapeno McChicken and the Habanero McChicken.  I like these M&Ms and I want more :)  Why don't they sell these in Canada!?!?

USA Chocolates.

Useless Gaming News:
My monthy game night tonight at Peter's house.  It was 5 of us tonight.  We feasted on chicken from Popeyes and home made gyoza from Norm's wife.  Then and we got down to business and played Forbidden Sky and Dominion.  Dessert was Farmboy Ice Cream Sandwiches.
James, Sheridan and I have been playing 3-player Forbidden Sky at work on gaming days, but we never beat it over 4 tries; but tonight with 5 players, we got lucky on the draws and finally beat it.  We completed the circuit and launched the rocket with all players on-board.
We played a couple games of Dominion next.  Game 1: Very close game that came down to my unlucky last hand, which allowed Evan to just beat me by 1 point.  Then in game 2 it was close again, but I just beat Evan by 2 points.

Snow Storm

Dinner today -> KFC
The snow storm hit Kanata around 3:10pm today.  It was all clear and then "poof" heavy snow.  I took off and hustled to KFC.  I was hoping to go get Korean fried chicken from The Fry, but they don't open til 4pm on weekdays.

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My plan is to hunker down tonight and to work from home on Wednesday, with a bucket of KFC by my side :).  Maybe I'll make some congee to go with it.

Weekend Report: Highway

Food this weekend ->
After getting a haircut, I went and got some flatbreads from Simbad Bakery on Saturday.  I got 3 meat, 2 zaatar, and 2 cheese pocket.  I devoured a meat while driving home.  It was toasty hot and delicious.

Flatbreads.

Useless Gaming News:
3 player gaming at Brian's house on Saturday night.  We played Tokyo Highway, Herbaceous Sprouts, and New Bedford.
New Bedford is a worker placement game about whaling and building a town.  So-so game.
Herbaceous Sprouts is the dice version of Herbaceous.  This game was fun.  It's about rolling dice to get combinations in order to plant and score points. 
Tokyo Highway is a dexterity game where each player builds their own highway around buildings and other highways.  To win you need to cross over or under opponent highways to place your car, and placing all your cars to win.  I think this game is better 4 players.

3-Player Highways.

Lego Movie 2 Blind Pack Figs

Useless Lego News:
Picked up a few packs of the new Lego Movie 2 blind packs from Centrum Walmart.  I didn't know what figs were in the set as there was no box to check against.  The packs were just loose in a big bin by electronics.  Of the 4 packs I got, only 1 was from Lego Movie 2 :(  The other 2 are from The Wizard of Oz (Dorothy & Toto and Lion), and I got an duplicate Lion in the 4th pack.

New Lego Movie 2 Figs.

I think I want to get #3 Benny, #4 Giraffe guy, #13 Abraham Lincoln (vampire hunter?), and #14 the Raptor Trainer.
BTW: from the checklist, there are 4 figs with mics.  I think will be a big musical number in the movie.

Year of the Pig

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!

Took vacation Monday and Tuesday for Chinese New Year and because I have alot of vacation days to use.  This year is the Year of the Pig!

Year of the Pig Food ->
We had New Year's dinner at Rideau Restaurant.

CNY Dinner.

The meal was OK.  The fish maw crab meat soup (not shown), chicken, steamed fish, pipa tofu, and beef with greens were good.  The pipa tofu was made very well this time and the fish was also well cooked.
I did't eat the Yi Mein noodles.  Never liked it.  I find it too mushy. 
The Sweet and Sour pork were sliced pork chop in a red sauce (aka not the expected sweet and sour pork with pineapple).  I ate a few pieces, but it was too lean.  It lacked the fatty bits from real sweet and sour pork.
And the other greens dish Ben wanted (hollow stem tips of spinach? or some other greens), I don't really like and it was really expensive ($16), but Ben insisted on getting it.  He was also a total baby and an a-hole about not changing it too. 
So I ate 5 of the 7 dishes, but really only enjoyed 4.  Glad I had food to eat later.

Useless Food News:
I tried the new Jalapeno McChicken from McDonalds. 

Jalapeno McChicken.

It was not spicy.  I give it a 1 out of 10 for spice level. 

Not Hot.

The Habanero McChicken is a week away.  Maybe it will be hotter?  The Ghost pepper McChicken is 3 weeks away.