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I, for one, welcome our pancake-robots overlords.

Food log: Tuesday, September 29

So it's official: the chefs at work are fattening us up for some kind of ritualistic sacrifice. Or they are just really nice. But more on that later, let's start with breakfast.

Toasts and orange splash water at home


Tea from the bistro - free


For lunch, I had a magnificent bento meal!

Click on the picture to see the descriptive notes. I also had some unsweetened apple sauce.

Dessert was a pilfered cupcake from the bistro

It was awesome. The icing had real strawberries in it. It counts as a fruit serving, right?

Today's snack from the bistro was Rice Krispies treats.


Post-pool dinner was pizza

Not pictured: vegetables. Because I suck and was to tired to cook any.

And industrial dessert was also consumed in the form of a mini ice cream sandwich


So all in all: not my best day, health-wise. But tasty!

Money spent on food: 0

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"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe"


- Carl Sagan

Food log: Monday, September 28

Today started with toast and flavored water. 

I don't know about these flavored water products. Are they good or just another way to ingest poison on a daily basis?

Speaking of poison: Diet Coke from the vending machine ($1.25)


I forgot to bring my camera to the bistro for lunch, so you're going to have to close your eyes and imagine this: Leftover shrimp and peppers from last night and apple sauce. And free tea from the bistro. And Lindsay gave me a strawberry. Can you see it all? Can you see it in your mind's eye?

So it's official, we are having snacks everyday at work now. Today's was delicious cookies, still warm from the oven.



Does your place of work smell like freshly bakes goods? Mine does.

I got home and had a snack, then had dinner with Alex Trebek.

Crackers and vegetable cocktail


Mushroom turnovers and green beans


Money spent on food today: $1.25

Food log: Sunday, September 27

Hello all. It's time for a food log!
Breakfast was toasts with bananas and peanut butter.


Second breakfast was Perrier and toast again. Either I am a hobbit or this bread is really really gooooood.


I had to go downtown under the cold drizzling rain to meet someone. It so happened that it was near the Jang Teu Oriental market on St-Catherine (A.K.A. Épicerie Japonaise et Coréenne), so I stopped to stock up on sushi rice, canned spiced tuna, soba noodles, Pocari Sweat and tofu. Cost: $ 21.46 And on the way home, I stopped at IGA for some coriander and ginger ($2.23) to make Otsu again.

I had a bottle of Pocari Sweat with Doritos for a little snacky snack. ($1.45 - no pic for the chips)

After you get over the unfortunate name, Pocari Sweat is pretty awesome. I tasted it for the first time while I was in Japan. It has a sweet grapefruit taste and is very refreshing. It's a great "morning after a night filled with tons of food and lots of wine and martinis" drink.

I also found a very nifty bento lunch box at the market. It has a bottle for drinks, 2 containers and chopsticks, all packed into a thermal bag. They are made by Lock & Lock, so you know the food will stay fresh. Cost: $19.99.







Snack at home: two pieces of Kiri cheese



Dinner was garlic and tomato prawns with onions, bell peppers and rice noodles



I had waffles for dessert.

I have officialy gone carb-crazy. I need to watch it, the cold weather is turning me into a bear.


Money spent on food today: $25.14

Food log: Saturday, September 26

Scambled eggs, toast, grapes and juice at home


Popcorn and Diet Coke at home, while watching the last House DVD


Bought a loaf of wheat bread at Première Moisson - $2.95


Greasy lunch at La Pataterie - $6 with tip




Martini and fried, spiced pasta at Macaroni bar



Bread and some sort of flavored butter at Macaroni



Delicious Italian wine at Macaroni


Gnocchi and St-Germain cheese poutine appetizer at Macaroni


Braised veal cheeks with asparagus and mashed potatoes at Macaroni


Moscato D'Asti for dessert at Macaroni

Dinner at Macaroni was $68.83

Negroni at Plan B - $9.95 with tip


Beer at Plan B - $7.25 with tip



Money spent on food today: $94.98

Food log: Friday, September 25

The day started on a crunchy note

Cereals at home


Then I had my usual cuppa tea

I forgot my lunch at home, so it was the perfect excuse to go out and have lunch at Holder's with Cindy! We started things is style with a few cocktails: a Perfect Manhattan for me and a cosmo for Cindy.

Then I had the asparagus and crab soup and some buttered croûtons



And the pièce de résistance: the unbeatable lobster ravioli with asparagus and truffle butter

Lunch at Holder's was $47 with tip.

I needed some very hot tea from the Bistro to digest it all.


Later, the Bistro had another surprise for us. That makes 5/5 days this week. Lindsay thinks they are trying to fatten us up for the winter. We are not complaining. Some are even writting songs of happiness about the whole situation.

I had some crunchy stuff and a soda from the machine ($1.25)



After work, I had to go on my biennial hunt for a swimsuit to wear to aquagym class (chlorine is a biatch) and stopped at my favorite mall-rat Japanese restaurant for dinner.

I had the tempura dinner with miso soup and a Diet Coke - $11

And now it's time for a nice glass of Gentil Hugel ($16.95 for a bottle) and a movie. Cheers!



Money spent on food today: $76.20