Her stay was rather short so I was also trying to spend time catching up with her since I have not seen her in years!

We walked out into Steveston, and had some fun sightings :) At first we were amused by the signage :P

We did not expect to actually see baby ducklings!

They were either trying to get away from us or having a race ^^; There was one duckling trailing behind the Mama duck and she waited a bit for it to catch up, so adorable!

The weather was definitely suitable for fixing roofs ^^;

Gorgeous spring flowers

Onion flowers below… yes :) They actually smell faintly of onions (I remember as a friend had some at their home before)

Everytime I see Britannia… lol

Since it’s a weekday, not a lot of people out and about ^^; mainly retired people and a sprinkle of tourist perhaps…

Sculpture, already vandalised unfortunately…

Doggy waiting for it’s owner…

Moar doggies waiting for their owners to finish doing something in the shop, so adorable these 2 :)

Walked closer to the water :3

Spotted this plushy abandoned at a carpark o_o suspect maybe a child put it down to get on the car, and forgot to collect it =_= We wanted to rescue it (take it with us) but thought maybe they may come back for it so we left it there :P

Whale watching XD, we went to check out the pricing but it was totally over budget unfortunately lol

Prickly pear garden center

Couple food photos after this! ;P

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For lunch, we shared the most awesome club sandwich at The Cannery Cafe ^o^ I mentioned we were sharing and they split it into 2 dishes and still gave us huge serving of salad each o_o;/ Multi grain bread was soft and gently toasted, with a nutty texture, goes very well with the cold cut and perfectly crispy bacon slices… omg lol

After walking around a bit  after lunch, we went to get Gelato from Timothy’s Frozen Yogurt for dessert, it was just amazing, they made the waffle cone after I placed our order — Banana Fudge Gelato — my personal favourite! (I actually haven’t had Gelato for a while now lol)

The waffle cone was actually still hot since it was freshly made, crispy on the outside and gelato was cold. When we bite into the waffle, it was both a little chewy and crispy, what a sensation o_o!!! And this was a small size, still a very generous portion ^^;

I hope to catch up on some art soonish, have just been having a bit too much on my plate and feeling a bit overwhelmed ^^;/ Thanks for looking ^^/

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Insert some non related kitty post because they’re funny :P

Warning, this blog post also contains food images which may make your stomach rumble ^^; you has been warned :P

Hmmm why does the angle of Yoshi’s head look somewhat odd?

Answer :P It’s like they’re challenging the what’s the next new sleeping pose each day ^^;

Princess Ginko :3

This is her favourite spot to watch me cook :3

Princess Ginko is tired….

Nani?

Ginko earlier this evening :P they’re getting big XD

These were from another day XD The tongue was a lucky catch :3

Seriously, how can this be comfortable? ^^;

Some neat finds at Daiso a foam cutter! (Except for the coloured foam pieces and paper with the sketch there) want to test something out ^o^

Some evil food photos ahead… ready?

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Tried Mazazu crepe for the first time, I find that like the sweet variety (because it’s not overly sweet) ^^; and yes that’s a small slice of cheese cake in there :P there’s strawberries and blue berries in this combination :3

Comparing it to my doll which my friend’s helping me hold :3 I’ll post some of the tiny doll meet pix photos on flickr later ^o^

This was a couple weekends ago at least? It turned out better than expected so I felt that it deserves a mention! :P I made ramen from the frozen variety at home, I reserved 2 pieces of porkchop and vegetables I made for dinner a night or 2 ago, added pan friend shallots, corn and hard boiled egg… omg *dead* :P

*Dives in*

I leave U with this gorgeous evening scene we saw on our way home :) Have a nice week/weekend!

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I was inspired to try to prepare home made version of Soto Ayam at home thanks to Moonberry :3 Will put the food shots after the cat photos :P

I suspect Ginko is the alpha kitty in the family ^^;

Ginko for some weird reason likes to sleep on top of her brother ^^;

Yoshi doesn’t seem to care… least when he was deep in slumber :P

puni puni…

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwn~~~

Princess Ginko :)

Princess and the beanie, Ginko enjoys hanging off the edge ^^;

Wonder if I was just a bit home sick when I felt inspired by moonberry’s post about making Soto ayam, a little while back, it was Laksa lol!  I wasn’t gonna make it from scratch tho! Found this packaged paste during our last grocery shopping :D Product of Singapore even ^^;

Food pix ahead!

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So part of the morning was spent preparing these:

Made 2 servings :) the soup is enough for around 4-5 servings tho, will keep the rest in the fridge after it cools down.

1) tofu puffs cut diagonally
2) chicken breast, pulled into strips after cooking in Soto paste and 1000ml of water
3) hard boiled eggs
4) cucumber strips (I’m not a fan of picking bean sprouts lol)
5) coriander (or otherwise known as Chinese parsley)
6) pan fried shallots – into golden brown, be careful not to burn it ^^;

The above is  set aside, and the noodles was cooked and strained just before serving, and the soup re-heated :3

Arranged the dry stuff in 2 bowls…

Pour the steaming hot soup over… and itadakimasu!

Husband liked it ^o^ So this is a keeper :P will reduce the noodles for next attempt ^^; The shallots smells very fragrant, reminds me of my mom’s cooking ^^;

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Below is Miga, I think he’s me and my friend’s favourite lol

Sumi is on the bus, and yes that seems like litter (the cup) in the photo :P

The weather was really mild yesterday (and today) o_o, does not feel like winter at all ^^;

We had lunch at Aki Japanese sushi, luckily I had the iphone’s Day pass data plan activated and we didn’t miss the place thanks to that!

Evil food pix ahead! Be warned!

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Very yummy salmon sushi my friend ordered, it was fresh and delicious, taken in low light with LX3, and adjusted so that the food looks more visible :P

I had tonkatsu lunch set, couldn’t finish the rice tho ^^;

One of my friend ordered this, and we were all surprised that there were 2 huge grilled fish O_O it was a lot of food for a girl, so she couldn’t finish XP Forgot to take a photo of the other lunch set my other friend order cos we were famished, it was itadakimasu very quickly lol

Came across the Coast restaurant husband talked raved about on our way to lunch XD, I thought it looked really cool so I took a quick shot :)

Random:
Friend’s “bondage rilakkuma”

Roger’s dark chocolate with almond in the center :D

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For the sushi images, I did not do much, just crop and add the url, for rainbow, I couldn’t capture how bright it actually is in person unfortunately, I think my husband may have better luck, he’ll hopefully post some photos later :)

Shared these selection of sushi/maki with husband ^^ These photos reminds me that my husband recently took some really nice macro food shots with his canon + macro lens ^o^

Itadakimasu!

Back in Singapore, I wasn’t really a fan of raw fish sushi, and I wasn’t ever very impressed by the raw stuff served in restaurants back there (maybe I go to the wrong palces?)  but when I moved to Canada, I started to appreciate the occasional raw fish ^^!

My stomach is kinda sensitive to raw fish/eggs, and unfortunately if the raw stuff is just slightly stale I have to run to bomb the toilet (LOL), not fun when it happens tho ^^;

Middle sushi is Futomaki ^^

Maki sushi in focus is California roll ^^

Salmon nigiri sushi

I love the capture of fine detail and colours in macro shots :D

Gochisousama!

And lovely rainbow sighting :)

Pot of gold must be over at that end…

Hope you’re having a great weekend! :)

And oh, my 2nd otacool mascot entry here… ^^ Haven’t had a chance to clean up the notes with it ^^;

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