This is a very Toronto-centric article so if you’re not from around here maybe this article doesn’t mean anything to you. But it means a lot to people as I’ve seen this conversation go crazy on social media. This article is about Pizzeria Badiali, the most spoken about pizza place in downtown Toronto. It already …
If you’ve been following me on IG, you would know that I’ve been cooking like crazy recently. Not just on IG, but even my coworkers have noticed this as I am often bringing lunch into office and talking about going to the grocery store after work. I really enjoy cooking. It’s been something that I’ve …
For my last article about coffee, you can find it here. As I’ve moved to Toronto and work in an office on most days, my coffee consumption has skyrocketed. I’ll get coffee at work, on weekends, meeting with friends – I am addicted. I have even made the conscious decision that I will not use …
In my daily life, I’m not much of a coffee drinker. I love energy drinks but coffee itself is something that I can go without. If I’m being honest, I never really feel the caffeine either. When I’m having a tough morning, I’ll drink coffee as a placebo effect, fully knowing that it’s not actually …
My parents are restaurant owners and they have been since I was a small child. Before that my grandfather on my dad’s side of the family sold fish and veggies on the side of the road in Hong Kong. My grandfather on my mom’s side sold chickens. Before I got my corporate jobs – restaurant …
If you follow me on the ‘Gram (@baronleung), you would know that I’ve been posting weekly food reviews for the past year. Sometimes I’m reviewing seasonal foods from fast food joints, sometimes it’s junk food staples, and sometimes it’s something from across the world. Reviews can be as low as 3 minutes to upwards of …
There are many videos out there on YouTube of North American Chinese folks turning their nose up to the western iteration of Chinese Food. “Ugh, we don’t eat beef and broccoli”. . .”There is no real General Tao”. . . “Fortune cookies aren’t even Chinese”. And I get it, Chinese folks feel misrepresented in the …
I love competitive eating – as a fan. I don’t compete myself, but the idea of one person gorging themselves on a food item over and over again until the time runs out is amazing to me. Everyone eats, but not everyone can eat competitively. I consider competitive eating a sport. But I have met …
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