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

Things that taste like childhood

Food log: Thursday September 24

PB toasts and milk at home


Tea from the bistro - free

Drank it all before thinking of taking a pic. Sorry.

Banana from the bistro - free

I usualy like my banana more on the green side of life. This one was a bordeline reject. I other news, have I told you about my band, The Bordeline Rejects?

Lamb curry, rice, grilled veggies, cucumber salad, banana cake, lemonade from the bistro - $6

This was one of those meals that had everyone going "yum yum yum nom nom nom yum yum" around the communal table.

And these are our amazing chefs, Marie-Andrée and François!

Fantastic meal, guys. Really: wow.

In the afternoon, this is the one email you are always happy to get:

There was nuts, dried fruits, a snack mix, M&M and jelly beans. I picked the latter

Best in show goes to the caramel popcorn one.

Diet Coke from the vending machine - $1.25


Back from the pool, I was in the mood for a kid's meal.

Oven-baked corn dogs, Smiles potatoes and fennel salad

Smiles are a guilty pleasure of mine, probably because you can do this with them to make them look like bleeding maniacs.


Money spent on food today: $7.25

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