Tag Archive | Food

Jeanie’s Resto Bar & Pool Lounge – September 4, 2012

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We had decided to not cook at home, and take advantage of another one, of our many deal vouchers we have 🙂 So we chose to go to Jeanie’s, as it’s a place we’ve always passed by, and wondered what it was like.

It happened to be $4 margarita and Corona day, so my hubby and I gave in and ordered one 🙂 The margarita was a bit too sweet for me, so I ended up only drinking half of it.

After deliberating, for what seemed like forever, we finally decided to just get some apps for dinner. It’s amazing how little you get for $30 these days, but we decided on 2lbs of wings and potato skins to share. Now, bar food is bar food, so I can’t say much about either. Other then the fact that the wings were cooked and sauced well, we chose half medium and half sweet chili. The potato skins were just plain nummy because they were also fried…omnomnom. More so then anything, the company and conversation were the stars of the evening, as the bar was somewhat quiet – other then the mini poker tourney going on in the back. I can’t say anything, about the rest of the menu, as we didn’t try any of the entrees or burgers. But if you just want, good ol’ bar food with your beverage, Jeanie’s does the trick 🙂

Jeanie’s Resto Bar & Pool Lounge

Bon Appetit Everyone!! 🙂

Finally Made the Long Awaited Peach Crisp I’ve Been Talking About!!

Sep6

Peaches. How could you possibly not love the peach? They’re juicy and super sweet, and hold up really well to baking – a gem of a fruit if you ask me!!

Now, the peach crisp recipe I used came with instructions, on how to easily peel the peaches. Since my hubby and I love the skin, and I’m not into having to peel them anyway, I sliced up and cooked them down like I did with the compote. After that, I placed them into the baking dish and covered them with the crumble, before placing it into the oven 🙂

After about 30mins, in a 350 degree oven, the crisp was done!! Don’t mind the leakage 😉 Some of the nummy juices crept through the topping while baking LOL

It turned out great!! By no fault of the recipes I used (I used 2), the only thing I’ll change next time is cutting the amount of orange juice, and honey used to cook down the peach slices by half. That’s it. Other then that, the crisp turned out great!! I’ll definitely be adding this one to my recipe binder for the future 🙂

Fresh Peach Compote

Peach Crisp

Bon Appetit Everyone!! 🙂

Haugen’s Chicken and Ribs Barbeque – September 2, 2012

Sep5

After spending the day, in picturesque Port Perry, we were hungry!!

We had noticed a place called Haugen’s Chicken & Ribs Barbeque, on our way to Port Perry, so we decided to go back the way we came to check it out. When we got there, we noticed a sign that said Haugen’s was featured on The Food Network’s ‘You Gotta Eat Here’. My hubby and I looked at each other and chuckled, because in the car, we were saying this place sounded familiar LOL

The menu wasn’t very big…BONUS. But, we were there for their specialty anyway, which is roasted chicken and ribs. The ribs fell off the bone and the sauce was a good combination of sweet and savoury. The chicken was roasted perfectly, and not as salty as Swiss Chalet, which was a bonus for me. You also got an abundance of fresh cut fries, and a dipping sauce that was their own tomato sauce concoction. The waitress told us, people either love or hate the dipping sauce. It just wasn’t for us, so we didn’t use it. If they offered a secondary dipping option similar to Swiss Chalet’s, that would be great, but alas they do not. All in all it was a very filling meal which gave us leftovers, and if we’re ever in the area again, we’d go back 🙂

Haugen’s Chicken & Ribs Barbeque

Bon Appetit Everyone 🙂

Scotiabank Toronto Buskerfest – August 25, 2012

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So, last Saturday my hubby and I went to the Toronto Buskerfest, for the second year in a row. It’s in support of Epilepsy Toronto, which is a cause that’s near and dear to my heart. So, if you have the chance to go next year, do so – it’s for a great cause 🙂

We were HUNGRY!! So, we decided to nosh on a little something, before checking out the buskers 🙂 We came across a stand, which I can’t remember the name of, and forgot to take a photo of!! We saw that they had BBQ Pork sliders…SOLD 🙂 The BBQ pork was really good, but then again, when is it not?! LOL The bun was a bit sweet and was surprisingly REALLY dense. Was a good way to begin our Buskerfest afternoon though!!

The first busker we came across was this hilarious juggler. I couldn’t believe he was so dressed up, as it was sweltering that day in the sun.

After his act finished, we came across a poutine truck, called The Poutine Machine. Mmm…poutine!! The fresh cut fries were perfectly crisp and hot, and the beef gravy did not disappoint, but the cheese curds did. They were COLD 😦 I get that they have to refrigerate them, due to the fact that it was super hot out, but it made for cold curds that didn’t melt and get all gooey – like they should. It was disappointing, and while we were eating it, we kept saying we should’ve just bought the fries with gravy instead.

No buskerfest is complete, without an Elvis mime!! 🙂

As we kept on walking through the fest, we came across this food stand, called Yes to Fresh. We weren’t feeling up to having a burger, or anything heavy, so we chose a fresh vegetable spring roll. Basically, it’s exactly the same as the shrimp ones we get, when we go for Pho – minus the shrimp. It was good, very simple, with carrots, daikon radish, rice vermicelli and cucumber thinly sliced and packed tightly together in rice wrappers. We had it with some sweet chili sauce…omnomnom!!

This juggler/fire eater was hilarious as well, and really good at what he did. It was a bit of a sad year, as he told everyone, this was the last fest he’d be breathing fire.

This golden mime, was just standing there, as if she was a statue…until you put a coin into her coin box in front. Once you did, she came to life!! Her routine was way longer then the 3 photos depict though 🙂

For dessert, we chose to have these tiny cupcakes, from Bite Bar. They were the perfect end to our noming pleasure 🙂 We had gotten 2 chocolate mint, 2 chocolate coconut, 1 lemon drop and 1 double chocolate cupcake. We shared the last 2 and had 1 each of the other 2 flavours. They were all good…but you can’t go wrong with those flavours!!

The last performance we watched of these 3 girls who do acrobatics and fire baton and fire sword twirling. They were pretty funny and VERY hyper…which got the audience really into it with cheers of encouragement 🙂

Before we left, we came across this artist, and her 3D road art. This art form is awesome, and I couldn’t leave without photographing it!!

All in all it was a great day, filled with super talented buskers, entertaining the masses for a very good cause. Which is why we go every year!!

Bon Appetit Everyone 🙂