xmastime restaurant visits and a trip to Sobeys

We went to The Tea Party.  My glass was kind of dirty (drip marks all over the outside).  I hope they washed it.  This is rosehip tea.

This is High Tea for 3 of us. A puny amount of food, but it was only $15 per person unlike Chateau Laurier which is like $35.

Sobeys has a lot of Jamie Oliver frozen meals.  Who calls fish sticks BRILLIANT?  Also on the negative side, I have read in the gossip sites that he does not wash his hands after using the restroom.

I got 2 kinds of cookies from Sobeys.  Friggin ripoff.  They were disgusting! Not made of butter.

A visit to Authentic Vietnamese Pho House.  It was OK. P01 rare beef soup.

Went to The Waverley.  The food was OK (not even as good as Swiss Chalet) and the service was poor.

Ogdensburg holiday oddities part 4

Doritos Loaded.  I did not dare to buy this.

Strange sodas: lemon/lime/coconut and blackberry ginger ale

Pringles Cheeseburger and Kickin Chicken Taco, white peppermint M&Ms, Peppermint Marshmallow Circus Peanuts

Company's Coming

Vanilla crack, recipe from Joanne Fluke mystery novel/cookbook.  I was testing the recipe and it failed to harden AGAIN.

Lay's Old Fashioned Bar-B-Q chips: They taste familiar and give a weird aftertaste at the back of your tongue.

Lindt Pineapple.  Pretty good and sweet

Testing shortbread recipe and icing recipe from Company's Coming cookbook.  I used gluten free Robin Hood flour, though, so it had a weird taste, kind of whole-wheat-ish.

This chocolate marshmallow roll is another recipe from the Company's Coming cookbook.  Why does the recipe call for 1 raw egg?!?!?

Union Jack pub and Indian snacks

Union Jack pub.  Fish tacos. Brockville, Ontario.

1/2 a slice of millionaire pie

Got these at Vashali Indian grocery store.  The Lays Magic Masala chips were too spicy but the crazy Badam drink was alright (milk, rose and almond flavour). It was like drinking lumpy pepto bismol.

New flavours of Ruffles potato chips, PC Heat & Go, Pogo, Sweet Tea

I brought these to work for the monthly pub quiz.  People were freaked out.  They really do taste like the Harvey's burger "meat".

Ruffles Cheesy Quesadilla.  Kind of like cheese but a tiny bit spicy.  Wouldn't buy it again.

President's Choice Heat & Go Chicken & Mushroom pies.  I bought these out of curiosity from Your Independent Grocer and ate one. It was disgusting.  Somehow it is like a dry chicken pot pie that tastes a bit like cheese.  Avoid.

I think I got this 2 pack of Pogos from Food Basics.  I hadn't eaten a corn dog in decades so I gave one a try. Inedible.  Greasy, congealed mystery meat.  Avoid!

I keep craving American style sweet tea so I made my own from a youtube video recipe and I poured it into this water bottle.  Success!  I've been drinking it all week and it tastes just like the real thing!

I brought a bag like this of Orville Redenbacher's candy cane flavoured popcorn to work.  Only one coworker really liked it.  The rest of us made "that face" after trying it.  GROSS!

Nasa Food Centre

My coworker recommended the takeout food at Nasa Food Centre.  On weekends you can get hot take out. 

You can also rent movies here

Take out menu

saag (this is from the $5.99 weekend special)

take out from the fridge

samosas - kind of crunchier than the Farm Boy ones but the price is like only $0.60 each.

pakoras

chick pea curry and vegetable korma. This is from the $10 vegetarian combo.

Ogdensburg Holiday Oddities part 3

Hershey Peppermint Bark Bells and M&Ms Hot Chocolate dark chocolate

Heryshey's Kisses Pumpkin Spice

 Fruity Cheerios.  They taste a lot like froot loops but have a smaller size and are more dense.

Ogdensburg Holiday Oddities part 2

Duncan Hines Perfect Size cake mix and baking pan

Jif Cookies 'n Cream Hazelnut Spread

Sandwich Bros chicken melts, angus burgers, egg & cheese.. and Welch's Graham slam!

Finlandia butter

Land O Lakes European Style Super Premium Butter

Kate's Creamery butter

Welch's Fruit & Botanical beverages

Winter Oreo and Peppermint Oreo

Ogdensburg Oddities for the Holidays part 1

Sweetos Cinnamon Sugar Puffs. I wonder if they are fried.

Snyder's Cinnamon Sugar Pretzel Poppers and Eat Smart

Sriracha popcorn

Planters sundae mix.  I almost got this but chickened out

PB2 dehydrated peanut butter now comes in chocolate flavour

The Popcorn Factory popcorn near the Walmart washroom: cinnamon sugar, butter toffee, confusion, pumpkin spice

 Sugar Cookie poptarts

 Cracker Jack Holiday Sugar Cookie Popcorn

 Hershey Caramels - only 2 big ones per pack.  Did not like.

 Hot Cocoa Chips Ahoy!

 Jif chocolate peanut powder