Dumpling? Dumpling!

Dinner today -> Dumplings
Hung out with Julie tonight.  We went to "Dumpling? Dumpling!" for dinner (Great name.  Note the punctuations).  I used the "meal for two" Groupon I bought last week.
Julie started with the wonton soup.  The broth was very savoury.  The wontons had a good taste and the skins didn't fall apart and not too thick or rubbery.  I got the hot and sour soup.  It was also very good.  Abit on the spicy side, but good.  Alot in the bowl too.

Wonton Soup and Hot and Sour Soup.

For the rest of the meal, we ordered beef and curry onion dumplings (left), and pork and chives dumplings (right).  The beef and curry onion went perfectly with the vinegar dipping sauce, while the pork and chives went well with the hot sauce (sriracha).  We steamed both orders, but I think next time we will fry one of them.

We also had spring rolls and bubble tea included with our Groupon meal, but we also added a large beef brisket.  The spring rolls had alot of ginger taste.  Abit too much for my liking, but otherwise standard.  The bubble tea was better than the last time I was there, but this time I got the strawberry milk tea.  Julie got the honeydew milk tea.  The brisket was good.  The waiter said the small only had about 5 slices of meat, so we got the large which came with about 16 slices.  It came with a spicy red powder dip. 
We are definitely going back.

Crispy Pizza

Lunch today -> Pizza.
Picked up Little Caesars Hot 'n; Ready Pepperoni pizza for lunch.  The pizza was alittle over cooked in the salamander.  BUT when I ate a slice it was actually very good and crispy.  It was a good mistake.

Crispy Pizza.

Dinner today -> Pork Backs.
Bought some pork backs from T&T last week.  I boiled them with some onions and potates yesterday and re-heated them today for dinner.  The broth absorbed alot of the gelatin from the bones and was very tasty.  Good amount of meat on the bones too.  It was only $3 and I got about 15 back pieces.

Pork Back Bones and Potatoes.

Useless Softball News:
Strike Fighters were home to Accelerators tonight.  We played pretty well most of the night and beat them 19-13.  Marc hit 2 homeruns!

Gary Pitching.

I hit 2-for-2 with a single, walk, and single.  Still batting .1000 this year.

Weekend Report -> Red Lobster Birthday Party

Ben was so annoying on Sunday.  He acts and speaks like the world revolves around him.  On top of that, he drives like he can't buy anymore gas.  Everyone passes him (on both sides), super slow acceleration, and he leaves so much space infront that everyone cuts infront of him.  Exactly like him driving his Yoshi avatar in Mario Kart (all average stats.)

Food this weekend ->
Went to Red Lobster for Julie's Birthday dinner on Saturday night.  It was a fun gathering.  I started with the loaded seaside fries (basically fries and razor clams covered with cheese and clam chowder) and a tall glass of strawberry lemonade.

Red Lobster Starter.

My main course was a Lobster Bake.  It had linguini topped with mussels, scallops, shrimps, and 1.5 lobster tails in a white wine with diced tomato sauce.

Lobster Bake.

After dinner we all went to DQ.  I got a strawberry shortcake sundae.  I forgot to take a pic but it is so good!  There was shortcake botttom topped with a generous amount of softserve ice cream and then covered with strawberry sauce and 4 big blobs of whipped cream.

I was thinking of going to the Kanata Ribfest on Sunday night for dinner, but I was too lazy to go.  Instead I made steak with some garlic cheese bread.  Pan fried the steak and topped it with a big blob of Farmboy garlic dressing.  I broiled the bread abit too long in the oven so it was blackened abit but still tasty. 

Steak and Garlic Cheese Bread.

Happy Birthday Julie!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIE!!!

Meow! That's Hot Tasting

When I was making my salt & pepper shrimp on the weekend, I had splashed hot oil on my fore-arm.  It hurt at first but I thought nothing of it until this morning, when one of the burn spots burst in the shower.  Now that spot is really tender.  Julie says it's a 3rd degree burn.

Oil Burns.

Lunch today -> Beef Empanada.
Lunch trucks started today at the Kanata Hub.  Only 1 truck today, but it was a good one.  It served Ecuadorian fusion food.  Peter, Katie, and I went today.  I got a beef empanada with guacamole. 
Very good.  The orange stuff is a spicy carrot salsa.

Beef Empanada.

Snack today -> Meow! That's Hot sauce tasting.
Becky's niece makes the local hot sauce called "Meow! That's Hot" and now they have their own bistro on Bank Street.  Becky brought in 4 sauces to try: Fire Kitty, Bengal burn, Siamese Sizzle, and Ghost Cat.  They all have a great taste and good heat, not like others where it all heat and no taste.  I really like the Bengal Burn and Ghost Cat.

Today's Hot Sauce Sampling.

The Bengal Burn is fruity and medium hot (to my taste).  We were discussing that this would be great in a burger or as a topping over cheesecake.
The Ghost Cat has ghost peppers in it, but I didn't find it that hot.  It has a nice sweet flavour and a good steady heat afterwards.  Definitely good with meat.

Useless TV News:
Watched the latest 2 episodes of iZombie tonight at Julie's place.  I think it is 1 more episode left this season.  Good news is that it got renewed for Season 5 :)

Crystal Fish Egg Balls

Stressed all weekend about an issue, but it got resolved this morning with an OK resolution.

Dinner today (part 1) -> Crystal Fish Egg Balls.
I got these fish balls from T&T awhile ago, but didn't get around to eating them.  They are teardrop shaped fish balls filled with a creamy-yolk like filling and with little bits of fish roe (1 is sliced open in the pic).  I dipped them in a sriracha, hoisen sauce, sesame oil mix.

Crystal Fish Egg Balls.

These fish balls are amazing!  As you chew them, the little fish roe pops with little bits of flavour.  Ben/Susanna you have to try these!!!  I want to go to T&T and get more now.  The package looks like this and I found it in the freezer across from the BBQ pork chopping station.

The Bag.

Dinner today (part 2) -> Steak.
After softball today, Marc and I went to Loblaws looking for discount stuff.  I found some berry muffins (which I'll save for Wednesday) and got some steaks that were on sale.  Made 1 for dinner.

Steak Dinner.

Useless Softball News:
Strike Fighters hosted Big Hitties tonight.  We played the complete game and squeaked out a win 14-13.  Very good game tonight and I was sweating like a pig as it got humid.
I hit 3-for-3 tonight with 3 singles.  I made another error tonight throwing to 1st base.  Exactly the same error I did last game too.

Long Weekend Report -> Victoria Day.

Food this weekend ->
Picked up some 50% off mini-croissants filled with nutella Thursday night for breakfast on Friday.  They weren't that good.  Definitely tasted like they should be 50% off.

Nutella filled Mini-Croissants.

Friday was also Jim's retirement gathering.  He had a great presentation and we had cake.  It was both chocolate and vanilla cake.

Jim's Retirement Cake.

Went to see Avengers: Infinity War Friday night with Peter.  We went to Moxies for food before the movie.  It took a little while so we had to eat fast to make the movie time.  I got the hot beef sandwich with fries.  It was good, but alot of meat.  The fries were excellent.

Hot Beef Sandwich.

Ate fruits, veggies and fish for dinner on Sunday night.

Healthy Bowl.

I was satisfied for a little while, but was still hungry.  I quickly defrosted some shrimp and made salt & pepper shrimp.

Salt & Pepper Shrimp.

Monday, I made stew: stewing beef, yellow potatoes, organic baby carrots, garlic, and red onions.

Stew.

Useless Movie News:
I enjoyed Avengers: Infinity War.  Everyone had a part and only 1 slow part.  It leaves alot of questions and watched like a "part 1" (aka Empire Stikes Back).