I Can't Quite Put My Finger On It....

I thought maybe I'd mention that we changed the layout of the blog. If you've been here before, then it's obvious to you. Anyway, I was getting annoyed with the cut-off edges, small text size, and colour scheme, so I just upped and changed it. We may be changing it again if we find a better one.

You'll be able to figure out which one of us is posting because my pictures will all be aligned on the left, while Christine's are centred.

I suppose it's also worth mentioning that I've recently started Twittering, and I've added a box on the navigation bar on the left. You can follow me as I tweet the things I can't justify writing a proper post about. Mostly though, the focus will be on trying to stay within "The Diet."



Christine and I will be working on a joint review of a new pizzeria in the Byward Market, The Grand. Stay tuned for more!

Bun Bo Hue - May 17th

After a heavy lunch of chicken a la king with biscuits, we headed over to my aunt's house for dinner. She made bun bo hue. This is everything other than the pot of soup. Noodles, bean sprouts, the plate of meat, green onions, and sliced red onions.

Soft tendons, mystery meat and tender beef are waiting for a warm home.

A close up on the soft tendons. I normally don't eat tendons, but these were so soft that I couldn't resist.
There are no pictures of anyone's bowl of bun bo hue. Actually, there weren't any pictures of the soup that night. Lucy and I were too hungry to take the time and snap a photo that night. With our family, sometimes you might not get to eat if you're slow.

For dessert Richard had made white cake (or at least attempted to make it) earlier in the day.

Without a recipe and with a bit of help from mom, he made some sort of cake. He wanted to make something that resembled Betty Crocker's boxed cakes, but it wasn't meant to be.

Before dressing the cake, Richard cut the cake in half and trimmed the crust off. My grandma's strawberry jam was used as a filling in between the two halves. Then cream cheese icing was used to cover the whole thing.

The cake was supposed to have a big red heart, but it didn't turn out... As I watched Richard try and create a heart from some red food colouring, the heart turned out to looklike a cockroach, then a uterus, and then into a butterfly. Nice recovery! lol

Tada! These were enjoyed with some Chinese tea.

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Canada Day Fireworks - July 1, 2009

So this is a few weeks late, but better late than never. We went out to Andrew Haydon Park for the fireworks show that night, and almost got eaten alive by mosquitos.

The fireworks were so pretty, so I guess it was worth it!

Breaking News: Hogwarts Secretly Located in Ottawa!

This just in:

While walking in Ottawa's downtown core earlier today, around Elgin and Sparks Street, Lucy and I stumbled upon a few prospective Hogwarts students.





Now where in Ottawa is the pesky Harry Potter hiding?

Hermione's picture that we used can be found here.
Ron's picture can be found here.


The truth:
These two ladies were actually from Ottawa's Haunted Walk. We'll be checking this out later this summer.

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