Rainbow Bakery Calgary is hands down one of my favourite Chinese bakery in Chinatown. This bakery is a nice introduction to Chinese baked goods if you’ve never tried it before. The bakery is located inside Dragon City Mall in Chinatown, and they’re usually open the whole week (except Mondays). The store itself is quite messy, […]
Peerless Pearl Tea Shop – Excellent Tea in Chinatown
After spending a Saturday afternoon walking around in Prince’s Island, we decided to head to Chinatown to get bubble tea/pearl milk tea since it was a pretty hot day. On the way to our go-to shop (Chatime), we saw a shop called “Peerless Pearl Tea Shop” and so we stopped by to try it. I’ve […]
25 Things to Eat in Taiwanese Night Markets
After travelling around Taiwan for about one month in June, I fell in love with the scenery, the culture, the people and of course, the food! Taiwan is an extremely underrated Asian country for tourism! Night markets are busy, messy, pungent, crowded & loud, but they’re always 100% tasty & vibrant. One thing I loved […]
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Vegan Vietnamese at Tamarind Vietnamese Grill & Noodle House
If you’re vegan (even if you’re not vegan) and seriously want to try Vietnamese food, Tamarind Vietnamese Grill & Noodle House, an eatery tucked away in westside of Downtown Calgary, serves excellent vegan Vietnamese food. I’ve had a love affair with Vietnamese food since my early years. My parents introduced me to pho at a […]
Matcha Soy Latte at Kawa Espresso Bar
On my third (and final) cafe for today’s cafe hopping, I decided to go to Kawa Espresso Bar. Kawa Espresso Bar is a cafe and wineshop that is, perhaps, most famous for the latte art produced by their very talented baristas. The other cafes I visited for the crawl… First cafe: Cafe Blanca Second cafe: […]
Decent Italian-style Coffee at Caffe Artigiano on 6th Ave
In my second cafe of the cafe-hopping, I visited Caffe Artigiano on 6th Ave, a chain cafe from British Columbia. Caffe Artigiano is a British Columbia-based coffee chain roaster that expanded its business to Calgary, with 4 locations now in Calgary. The other cafes I visited for the crawl… First cafe: Cafe Blanca Third (and […]
Cafe Meets Arts at Cafe Blanca
After my travels in Asia, I fell in love with cafe culture and the ‘cafe experience,’ especially in Taiwan and Singapore. Coffee was great, food was delicious, and the atmosphere was unbeatable. So today, I decided to go cafe hopping into some of Calgary’s local cafes, and my first stop was Cafe Blanca in Eau […]
Vegan Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookies
Growing up, I LOVED chocolate chip cookies…to the point that it was deadly. I am now vegan, but that still doesn’t curb my appetite for chocolate chip cookies. So, to make it a bit healthier and vegan, I made these vegan whole wheat chocolate chip cookies! My favourite kind of chocolate chip cookies were the […]