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 […]
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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 Thai Fix at Hearts Choices Thai Vegan Cafe
Hearts Choices Thai Vegan Cafe is a vegan paradise in Calgary if you are itching for Asian and Thai cuisine. This is somewhat of a self-serve restaurant. The counter people provide the food, but you clear your own plates and serve your own water. While they don’t offer everything on their menu in the website, […]
Cozy and Comfortable at Velvet Cafe
Velvet Cafe in the northwest part of the city is a small, cozy and local cafe that provides an alternative to Calgary’s (arguably) more famous, retro and hipster cafes. They offer good food and drinks in a comfortable, albeit run-down, setting. After going to the University to drop off some forms, I met up with […]
The District Starbucks is My New Favourite Starbucks
While Starbucks is a chain cafe, I have very fond memories of it because it was Starbucks that introduced me to different types of coffee, and different ways of preparing coffee. Also, you can’t escape it because Starbucks is everywhere! While coffee could be the same in each Starbucks, the service and atmosphere could widely […]