Our Halloween 2017

Posted on November 7, 2017 by Bhanu Misra Marya

Given that we are already a week into November – I am totally over due for sharing our halloween shenanigans. There is waaayyy too much sass and last minuting in this house for a coordinated family costume idea but the fact that we ALL got into the spirit was good enough for me.

Both of my camera batteries were dead so I was only able to get a few quick shots of our costume’s with the Mister’s camera phone (which was incredibly fuzzy for some reason).

Fidget Spinner Pops Dr. Fairy Lil Kaduu & *Takes a deep breath* Daenerys Stormborn of the House Targaryen, First of Her Name, the Unburnt, Queen of the Andals and the First Men, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Breaker of Chains, The Mother of Dragons

I did however get some action shots of our pumpkin carving. It’s the hubz chance to get creative but this year we let Miss S choose the pumpkin face design.

Toronto Restaurant: Valdez

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Bhanu Misra Marya

Few weeks ago, the Hubz and I checked out Valdez. A great spanish street food / tapas style restaurant in the King West area.

We weren’t too hungry so we decided to try a few of the apps. The restaurant does offer fuller size meals as well but we were pretty excited to re-live our Barcelona tapas experience!

We started with the Croquetas – and obvious choice for me (deep fried with a side of aioli – slurp!) Memories of Barcelona started flowing back….

Next up was Chuzos Al Plancha, beef skewers with a Chimichurri chutni and soft moist Arepa bread.

This next item was by far the most flavourful. The Atun Japones had our tastebuds dancing with the watermelon, radish, pickled ginger and ahi tuna. My mouth is watering just thinking about it.

We washed all that down with a greasy bag full of Empanadas.

Valdez did a good job of making the “street food” style come to life with the disposable plates and paper bags (especially for the fried foods). But I also appreciated having the more formal items served in the modern white dinnerware. All in all somewhere we’d definitely return to whenever we are craving some street food ;)

Earth to Table Bread Bar

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Bhanu Misra Marya

Living in Toronto, we are always intrigued by restaurants outside of the downtown core. Whether it be brunch, sushi or even a pizzeria we are always on the look out for the “pot of gold” restaurants in both TO and in the ‘burbs!

Imagine our surprise, when we found Earth to Table Bread Bar …in Hamilton! Not that I have low expectations for the Hammer, but I went to school there so all I really remember of it was student pubs and 24hr Tim Hortons. I was impressed to hear that Earth to Table prides itself in using fresh and local ingredients. Definitely have to check this place out at Brunch!

We ordered the Popeye and Classic Pepperoni pizzas (gobbled up too quickly to photograph!) as well as Calamari and loaded Bruschetta.