Market 707 + Food Trucks

I pass by Market 707 (Twitter @Market707) at Dundas and Bathurst many times, with it's bright Orange Insulated Shipping Containers converted into an outdoor food court are hard to miss. Last month I finally made my way there when I heard there'll also be a few food trucks that day adn I wish I had gone earlier... with the great summer weather, it's just a great hand-out place with vendors representing the international flavours of their home countries; although I'm not sure come winter since I will not want to wait/eat outside.

Kanto

It is the food outpost of the catering company Tita Flips serving authentic Filipino food.

Palabok $5.00

~ Cornstarch noodles w/ shrimp gravy topped w/ chicken, shrimp, pork craklings, tofu, fried garlic, green onions & boiled egg slices.

It's a rather large portion for that price and it was delicious with a very refeshing lightly sweet and sour taste to it... Oh and teh pork craklings on top are just yummy which remind me to try their Lechon Kawali (boil and then deep freid pork belly) next time

Cherry on Top

 Got this dress a few years ago and am still in love with it, it look equally good with tights and a jacket on cooler days (^_^)

ella's uncle

Was around the area one Saturday and was in need of our daily dose of caffeine... 

pass by ella's uncle many time but have never been

Love this tiny space with an open kitchen on one side but there's not much seating except for the few bar/bar-stool, about 6-7 seats... so no hanging out for some reading or web browsing (>_<)

Bulgogi Brothers

Bulgogi Brothers (Twitter: @BulgogiBrosCa & Facebook: BulgogiBrothersCanada) is a recently open franchise Korean Restaurant and I finally made it for a late Sunday lunch. Finally a good Korean Restaurant open up in Richmond Hill and I work only a few minutes away, just can't believe I haven't been earlier.

The space is very spacious and very clean compare to most of the other Korean Restaurant in Toronto, with a brightly lit dinning room and they even have a private room for bigger groups...
Plus they have a very large bar area, which remind me that I must come back to try some Korean cocktail.

The menu is pretty simple here focusing mainly on Korean BBQ with a few appetizers, rice and noodle dishes to choose from.

I find their Lunch BBQ special starting at $16.99 to $18.99 quite reasonable given the portion are rather large, plus it also include salad, soup and choice of  cold noodle (naengmyun) 

or soybean paste (gandaenjang).

And the good thing about Bulgogi Brothers is, each person can choose their own type of meat whereas most other Korean BBQ resto in Toronto, you need minimum of 2 order per meat per table.

Love how they label their tea and list it's benefits :)

Steam Veggies

Saw Justine (foodigatorj) 's post here and they had the corn which look so much prettier :(

Beerfest 2012

Haven't been to Toronto's Festival of Beer (Twitter: @TOBeerFestival & Facebook: TOBeerFestival) since it moved to Exhibition Place and this year I was lucky enough to get media passes which allow us to choose to go any given date (Friday 27th-Sunday 29th) and we went on Saturday which tickets was sold out weeks ahead. The pass also gave us access to the Media Lounge where we got 2 complimentary sampling tickets each and food are served throughout the day with free WIFI access.

It's nice to have access to the Media Lounge where we could grab a seat and get out of the huge crowd out there

I have also included some Instagram (follow me at kiki_BFF) pictures that I tweeted throughout that day (^_^)

 Nice beer mug, I still remember a few years ago where the sampling cup was plastic =P

Chou Izakaya

Chou Izakaya is the newly open Japanese bar open at Church St and Wellesley Ave, it's nice to have somewhere else to go to apart from Guu with all it's lineup and Fin Izakaya (post here). So just this past Wednesday, I met up with Amy (@lu_amy7), Chris (@chrisunagi), Claire (@Clairehohoho) and Ben so that we could order more dishes to try and not break our bank ;)

Love how it's a smaller place with commual table on one side and smaller table on the other. 

I know that a lot of people find Guu Izakaya too loud although I personally love it, so this is a good alternative for Japanese bar food since you still get the feel and slight shouting from the kitchen to the wait staff but you could actually chat and hear each other.

Specials on the wall but the handwritting wasn't that great and we had trouble reading it :(

They actually didn't hand us the Sake menu until I ask and they actually don't carry all of the bottles that was on display.... 

but their sake was really well priced (a lot cheaper that other Jap restaurant I've been to)

Nanbu Bijin (Southern Beauty) Junmai Ginjo Sake $56

 This 720ml bottle was only for $56 where most other place would have easily sold it for $90 or more and they small carafe is also available for $11. Yes as I mention here, this is one of my fave sake :) And the others don't really drink so me and Ben finish the whole thing =P

Date Night ♥

I treat Ben to a Tasting Menu Dinner at George last weekend since his Birthday was coming up... in fact it's today 

Happy Birthday !!!!

I have to say he's the best thing that happened to me, I Love You ♥

PS : Please take a look at my last year's post here where I posted his video (^_^)

Outfit Details: 

   Dress - UO; Shoe (sale) - Zara; Clutch - H&M