Fred Meyer's Bakery Section

Fred Meyer's Bakery section is so much prettier than most Canadian supermarkets.
The desserts are not as sweet as the Canadian ones with better creativity and presentation.
See picture of counter:

Fred Meyer bakerty section

I bought some chocolate marshmallows, chocolate sandwich cookies and fruit tart.
They are absolutely delicious and not overly sweet to my surprise.
I would definitely try other sweets in the counter next time!

Chocolate sandwich cookie, Marshmallow, Fruit Tarts

Burger King in US: Using Internet Coupon for Family Meal

Early October, we went to Burger King in the States and used their 10 dollars family deal internet coupon.
The amount of things we received is amazing. 
We will never get anything like this in Canada because everything is double priced.

Burger King Family Meal Coupon

We received 2 large drinks, 3 large fries, 2 burgers, 2 strawberry cheesecake (tastes great!), and 10 chicken nuggets!!!
Amazing!  I can easily pay 30 dollars plus for these kind of volume in Canada.
American pricing and volume for fast food is just incredible.

20000 Hits for My Blog

I know I haven't update my blog much these days because all my photos are in my cellphone.

However, I have reached the milestone of 20000 hits for my page. 


Gotta keep going!

London Drugs Canada: October Cosmetics Deals for RoC

Recently, I have been trying to find coupon deals for various things and I found a great deal for RoC cosmetics in London Drugs that I just can't pass on.

First of all, the RoC brand was on sale for 30 percent off.  That is a deal in itself because it is an expensive brand.  Same as Vichy or La Roche Posay.

I bought a "Wrinkle Correxion Gift Set" that retails for 49 dollars but is on sale for 34 dollars.  It is the same price as buying the Wrinkle Correxion Creme alone but also comes with a 36 (regular price) Anti-wrinkle eye creme.

I also bought a very small tube of Anti-age Eye Cream for 16.80 (regular 24.00).  Therefore, I spent over 50 dollars.

Now, it is time to use my 3 store in store coupons for that week's promotion.

First, if I spent over 35 dollars, I get a tube of Anti-age Correxion cream that retails for 32 dollars.

Then, if I spent over 40 dollars, I get another tube of Multi-Correxion Cream that retails for 42 dollars.

Last, if I spent over 40 dollars, I would get 10 dollars off.

Now, with 12 percent sales tax in BC, Canada, I paid $47.23 and got 5 RoC items that retails for $183 dollars.  That is a 74% saving over the regular price!!

Not only that is my total percentage shopping for a trip so far, it is my total savings record as well.

That is roughly 136 dollars of saving from the non-sale prices.

I hope they have this sale again....

Trader Joe's Tuna in Green Curry Sauce

We found this Tuna in Green Curry Sauce at Trader Joe's last month and decided to try it.
Amazingly, it taste pretty good to me.  I am always amazed at the new products they come up with every month. 
This one actually taste like green curry from Thailand.

box of trader joe's green curry tuna

Actually, it is from Thailand if you look at the box.
Here is a picture of the tuna and sauce (sauce not too clear from the picture....supposed to be light green.

Trader Joe's green curry tuna

Very yummy.....

McDonald's Canada: New Blueberry Pie

The other day, we tried the new blueberry pie introduced by McDonald's.
It was definitely tastier than the usual apple pie.  I think McDonald's should seriously be thinking of keeping the banana chocolate pie and other pies on the regular menu to give customers varieties to choose from.

McDonald's Blueberry Pie

Here is a look from inside the bluberry pie.  It has a sweet but nice taste of blueberry. hmm...
I like it.  I wish the Canadian fast food chains can come up with more varieties and new ideas.

Trader Joe's Cream Brulee

As I am writing this entry, I actually ate the brulee few weeks ago after I bought it from Trader Joe's, so I don't remember the exact taste.

However, even though it was not "awesome", it was "good" for a dessert after dinner.

Trader Joe's Creme Brulee

Here is a inside look for the actual Brulee:

Trader Joe's Creme Brulee 2

My Chihuahua Loves U-Shape Maternity Pillow

My Chihuahua loves to sleep in the U-shaped Maternity Pillow meant for mothers to use to feed the babies.

I think they like the enclosed cuddly feeling of it just like blankets.  My little chihuahua also likes to use pillows.  Sometimes, they are like humans.....

My chihuahua in U-shape maternity pillow

Tim Horton's Smile Cookie or No Smile Cookie?

Tim Horton's has this promotion about "Smile Cookies" in September.  If a customer buys the cookie, a portion of the sale goes to the city's local charties.

It is supposed to be "Smile Cookies", right?
How come I got this?

Restaurant: Boathouse in Port Moody's Rocky Point Park

On my birthday and our wedding anniversary, even though I had a fever, we went to Boathouse Restaurant for dinner.  I was really looking forward to this dinner because I have never been to this restaurant and I had a birthday coupon to use.

It was a sunny afternoon around the dock in Port Moody.  The restaurant was busy already at 5:30 in the afternoon. It was summer after all.
The waitress was very friendly and gave good service.  She constantly said, "Happy Birthday" and brought the kids meal menu to us.

I wanted to try their steak and seafood barbecue stick, so we order couple of them.
They were the best steaks we have tried recently!  The steaks were fresh, soft and tender.
After the bite, it was like chewing soft chicken.  They were delicious!!

Boathouse restaurant steak

The kids meal was so very good.  However, the celery stick did not interest my kids....haha.
It was too big, and I don't the kids like the celery sticks.

The adult meals came with free bread and butter.  Those were great as well!!

boathouse restaurant seafood stick with steak

The birthday person gets the steak free! Also, I got a small birthday cake with sparkles as a "surprise".
It was rather embarrassing when people are looking at me but I did like the cake.

We really enjoyed the experience there and will definitely go back again!

Restaurant: Pho Sen in Coquitlam, BC

We went to this restaurant early in the summer in July but never bother to blog about it because we did not find this Pho restaurant exceptional.  It is better than some but not good enough.
The restaurant is new but the service is not there at all.  We needed extra plate and I ended up picking them up myself.  There was no customer there but the waitress was not paying attention.

Pho Sen coquitlam bc

The noodle we ordered should include beef tendon.  Well, we don't see tendons anywhere.  (only couple of small pieces at the bottom.)  The spring rolls were huge but with small shrimps inside.  Most of the rolls is just noodles.  The pricing is kind of high for Pho...

We will probably not come back to this restaurant....

Seals in the Harbor in Rocky Point Park in Port Moody, BC

We went to Rocky Point Park in Port Moody to take a walk and try to teach my son how to fly a kite.
When we are taking a walk on the dock, we saw a couple of seals swimming and lingering around.  They did not mind the people and boats at all, and just tried to find their food.

seals in rocky point park port moody british columbia

This is not the first time they show up around this park.  I think they come around summer time every year.

Restaurant: The Mexican (Downtown Vancouver)

I actually purchased a Living Social deal for a Spanish restaurant a year ago and never went, so I decided to go before the deal expires.  The funny thing is that the Spanish restaurant closed down and it turned into a Mexican restaurant.  Since the deal still works, we decided to give it a try as it is the first time we go into a real Mexican restaurant.

They renovated the restaurant so it looked new.  (We went when they opened at 5 in the summer.  They open till late.)  I was pleased with the greeting and attitude of the waiter right off the bat.  After ordering, he brought us free Mexican chips and sauce.

The Mexican Restaurant Vancouver free chips and sauce

For our first dish, we ordered Nachos.  I have never seen such a big dish before (well, I don't go to Mexican so I would not know.)  However, the amount of nachos is huge.  The sauce and nachos taste sooooo good.  The Avocado sauce is just simply amazing.

The Mexican Vancouver Large Nacho with Avocado sauce

Then, we ordered some burritos:

The Mexican Vancouver downtown burrito

The burritos are absolutely humongous.  I never expected this because all the burritos I buy in the fast food restaurants are all small.  This is 3 times their sizes.  We were really really full by now.

Mexican vancouver burrito cut

At last, we get to choose 4 kinds of tacos!  The size is small but we enjoy choosing different flavors.

These taste absolutely amazing.  I would definitely recommend this restaurant to people who don't eat Mexican often.  For their portion, I think the prices are reasonable.  The service was excellent.

Starbucks Ice Cream: Caramel Macchiato and Mocha Frappuccino

I am not sure if they sell this in Canada yet, but I don't see this around my neighborhood.
I found these at Fred Meyer at the States, and they taste great!!  I think it was 2 for 5 dollars.
This kind of deal will never exist in Canada anyways.
They sure have the varieties in USA.

Starbucks Ice Cream Caramel Macchiato and Mocha Frappuccino

I want to try more flavors if they have them!

Barbie Basics

We found a great deal for Barbies at Fred Meyer last month!
I think it was like 5 dollars for a Barbie Basics, not sure if I remembered correctly.

Barbie Basics

This is for my wife's collection.

Gap with Junk Food Kids Clothing Collaboration

Gap has partnered with American clothing brand Junk Food to produce several super hero series clothes for kids.  We found a few cute superman and batman top and jeans last month and bought it for my son.

gap with Junk Food Superman kids

The Superman shirt has a detachable cape, which is great for boys. haha

Gap Junk food superman kids cape

batman jeans cool junk food gap

The Junk Food Batman jeans are really cool, too!!

gap junk food kids batman jeans

I find it pricy but the design is great for kids.

10 Days of Fever...Worst Cold Ever?

I have not been able to update my blog because I have been down with a terrible cold for two weeks.

Two weekends ago, it started with minor coughing and fever, but it soon turns into full blown coughing and high fever that doesn't really go away.  Sure, it goes away when I take medicines but comes back in two hours or when I am in work.  High fever is not the worst thing, I had trouble breathing the whole week and I was wondering why...

My father who was a pharmacist suggested that I had a lung infection that is causing all the never ending fever and breathing problems.  He gave me 5 days of supply of antibiotics and surely, it started working the first pill I took.  It is interesting because I saw my regular family doctor and she did not find anything wrong.

Now, I am just trying to recover through my 3rd weekend.  10 Days of fever is my personal record that I think not many people have experience with that either.  The fever is not fun.  I have cold 3 times a year with bad coughing all the time but this is a first.  Non-stop 2 months coughing is not fun either.  Your whole body aches and you can't sleep with the coughs.

I am hoping that my son does not bring more new viruses home before end of year....I wish...

Hey's Luggage: X Nations and Journey (25th Anniversary)

Hey's is celebrating their 25th Anniversary for producing luggage sets and technologies. 
I have heard that their luggages are the lightest in the world with good qualities.
(graphic design with German engineering and Japanese wheels)

I have never tried their products but I like their looks and design from outside, so I decided to get a couple of them for this year's trips. I got one carry-on from series, X Nations and one more from series, Journey.  I liked the lightness and designs, and I just hope that they hold up and last.

Those two luggage are very very light indeed.  The big luggage came with a 25th anniversary tag and TSA lock and four wheels.  The small luggage is super light and came with Canada design.  You can choose from 30 countries' flags (some are to be produced because it is new.)

I hope these can be my durable travel buddies.

Giant Miffy Plush

I did not think Miffy, a character from Netherland, is popular here.  (It is very popular in Japan and Europe. They have merchandise for Miffy for everything...just like Mickey Mouse.)

I saw this Miffy in Lougheed mall, and they were doing some kind of story time event for kids.

Miffy plush toy in Lougheed Mall, Burnaby, Canada

I just found it interesting because I have never seen any kind of Miffy products here and here it is....

Hello Kitty Corner in Toys R Us

Hello Kitty is getting more and more popular in North America with Mega Bloks producing merchandise for it.  Toys R Us even got a special corner to sell the new Hello Kitty line of products.

Hello Kitty in Toys R Us Canada

These are really cute and looked like a must get if you have little girls in your families.
(Pardon my bad cell phone pictures....kind of blurry.)