Weekend Report -> More Poutine

Food this weekend ->
Went back to World of Poutine on Friday with Ed, James and Marc.  I got from Golden Fries the award winning 2019 Toronto Poutine: Bacon and Lobster.

Meh... Bacon and Lobster Poutine.

It wasn't that good.  Actually it didn't work for me at all.  The lobster and brown gravy didn't go well together.  I didn't get much bacon either.  AND the gravy and fries weren't hot enough to melt the cheese curds.  Not sure how this truck won.  I saw that another truck also had lobster poutine, but he used a white gravy.  I think that would have worked better with seafood.

On Saturday, I went back again with Julie and Arseni.  I got a Brisket Poutine from BBQ Babes.  It was $18 but totally worth it.

Meaty Brisket Poutine.

As you can see, there was lots of brisket meat topping.  The gravy was good as was the BBQ sauce.  The fries and gravy were hot enough to melt the cheese curds too.
We also shared a blooming onion and deep fried cheese curds from the Golden Onion truck.  I forgot to ask them where they normally locate their truck :(

Sunday, I made a curry stew.  I roasted the stewing beef and vegetables (mini potatoes, carrots, onions, and garlic) in the oven Saturday night.  Then I cooled them in the fridge over night.  On Sunday morning I boiled the meat in a simmer for 30 mins before adding the veggies and the Japanese curry roux blocks.  Served it over fresh white rice.

Curry Stew on Rice.

Useless Gaming News:
Gaming at Anthony's on Friday night with just 3 players: Anthony, Jeff and myself.  Ben has been "wha-pa!" and couldn't go.  We played a couple rounds of Draftosaurus, a couple rounds of Point Salad, a game of Quacks with level 4 books, and short game of Robo-Rally to finish the night.

On Saturday, I was suppose to have 6-player gaming at my house after poutine lunch, but only Julie and Arseni could make it (and Sherlock the dog).  We played Tapestry first.  Arseni backed it on Kickstarter and brought it over to try out.  This is a really good game!  Only 5 turns in the game, but there is lots to do.  Many different ways to get points and win the game.  It now tops the list of the next boardgame I need to get. 
We also played Mansions of Madness 2nd edition.  The app makes this game so easy to setup and play.  We just barely won the 1st mission (the easy beginner mission).  Arseni and I were rolling really bad, but Julie was giving us re-rolls with her character's ability as well as rolling really well.
The 2nd mission we played had a bigger map but seemed easier.  We didn't take as much damage as the first game.

Mansions of Madness and SwordCrafters.

We finished the night by trying out Sword Crafters.  It's a drafting game to build a 3D sword.  Neat idea for a game, but it lacks something.  We only played it 2 players, so maybe it's better with more players?

World of Poutine 2019

Food today ->
The World of Poutine Championships started in Kanata today.  It runs until Sunday 7pm, with hours of 11am-9pm Fri and Sat.  I went to check it out at 1:30pm today when, as I expected, it was quite.
There are alot of poutine trucks there.  I think it was about 15 trucks.

Trucks,

trucks,

trucks,

and more poutine trucks!

There was also a mini-donut truck.  I think it's the same one from Ribfest where Ben bought a re-fillable bucket of mini-donuts for $5.
BUT the one truck I was looking for was the Blooming Onion truck and it was there!

Golden Onion Truck.

I ordered one around 3:30 for a late afternoon snack/early dinner.  Fresh, hot, and soooo good.  It's $13 but totally worth it. 

Fresh Blooming Onion.

FYI: Don't put it on your car like I did for the pic.  The grease went through the wax paper and through the paper plate.
I'm planning to go back every day for poutine, so I'm thinking I will get mini-donut bucket too.

Weekend Report -> Sweet Blue Crabs

Food this weekend -> 
Got some blue crabs from the Asian grocery story on Hazeldean.  I got 5 of them and the price only came to $6.17! 

Cheap Blue Crabs

They weren't super big, but together they made for good snack.  I got 2 females and 3 males, but I thought I picked out all females.  I boiled them for 10 mins.  The meat inside was sweet.

2 Cooked Blue Crabs.

I also got a Sausage Egg McMuffin Meal on Sunday morning with 2 extra hash browns.  No pic, but I got 3 instant wins: 1 medium fries, 1 small fountain drink, and a cheeseburger.

Useless Food News:
Susanna got me a pack of the "Zombie Skittles" from the Syracuse.  They are popular for Halloween this year and abit hard to find.  They are regular Skittles with a few mixed in camouflaged "BBQ feet" flavoured ones (That's what I read it tastes like).

Zombie Skittles.

Useless Gaming News:
Monthly gaming session with James and Sheridan on Sunday.  We played 2 games of Scythe, 2 games of The Towers of Arkhanos, and 2 games of Reef.  I won one game of each different game.

$5 Monopoly Winner!

Snack today -> Crab Roe Flavor
I got these 2 bags of Crab Roe Flavor Broad Beans and Sunflower Seeds. 

NOT Crab Roe Flavor.

They don't taste like Crab Roe, but they do taste really good.  There are individual packs inside each big bag, and it's currently 2 for $5 at T&T.  The Sunflower Seeds is better than the Broad Beans.

Useless Food News:
Got coffee with the boyz today.  We went to McDonald's today instead of Tim's because of the Monopoly promotion.  I won $5 at The Bay!  Not sure what you can get for $5?  Socks?  Chocolate bars?

$5 Winner.

AND Ed won $20 for Skull Candy too!

Long Weekend Report -> Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Food this week ->
Bake sale at CMC on Thursday for United Way.  I made 2 cheese cakes: Lemon cheese cake with toasted coconut and a Cherry cheese cake.

Bake Sale Table 1.

I had one of each cookie and 2 rice crispy squares.

Bake Sale Table 2.

Ed, Steve and I went to Ox Head at the Centrum on Friday.  The Ox Head Vermicelli was excellent.  Lots of meat (thick cut this time) and grilled nicely.  Their vermicelli is still better than KNH.

Ox Head Vermicelli.

Defrosted beef roast I had from last December.  I made the roast using the 500C technique. 
I covered the room temperature roast with salt, black pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder.  I cooked it at 500C for 32mins then turned off the heat and let it sit with the door closed for 2hrs.

Roast Beef.

It came out a juicy and moist medium.  I cut it up into columns and it mostly fit into 2 boxes.  Ate it with fresh white rice.

Sliced up Roast Beef with Carrots.

Useless Gaming News:
Gordon, Brian, Ben and I played a new scenario of TIME Stories.  It was the Lumen Fidei expansion.  We finished it in 1 go and only ran out of time once.  It took us 4hrs.  The game was pretty good.  It had 1 puzzle that stumped us, but it made sense if you remember all the uncommon names the story text used.  The puzzle wasn't difficult once you find the right place to look.

Weekend Report: Gold Rush Ottawa 2.0 Cancelled?

Food this weekend ->
I bought an 8 pack of steaks from Walmart for 50% off and it was only $14!  I pan fried a couple in a buttered with abit of salt, pepper, and garlic powder.  I ate them with leftover fried rice.

I got The Fry on Saturday for dinner.  I got the Half & Half Fried Chicken special: 1/2 with Sauce and 1/2 with soy and garlic.  This Korean style chicken is so good!  I'm also 3 coupons away from a free large chicken.

Half & Half Korean Fried Chicken

Useless Gaming News:
Ben, Jeff, Anthony and I were planning on playing Gold Rush Canada 2.0 all weekend to try and win the $40K, but apparently it was cancelled... or we assume it was.  I never got an email of the map, or an email notification of cancellation, find any official posts on their website/facebook about it being cancelled.  Someone posted on their facebook with a pic of the cancellation email.  We assume it was real.  I sent them an inquiry email, but no reply.  Apparently they've gone dark.  Sounds like Montreal 2.0
We ended up playing boardgames and Fibbage 2 Friday and Saturday nights instead.

King of Tokyo.

Note: my Fibbage title for Benedict Cumberbatch's chocolate statue was "Choco Mc Choco Face".  Jeff and I were cracking up hard LOL.