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Everything I ate in Toronto’s Chinatown: Part 1

Everything I ate in Toronto’s Chinatown: Part 1 🥟🍜🥡🥢🧋

You asked, I delivered! Save this post to go a little food tour next time you’re in Chinatown 🔖

📍 Dumpling House (328 Spadina Ave.)
📍 Yin Ji Chang Fen (369 Spadina Ave.)
📍 TJ Dumplings (536 Dundas St. W.)
📍 Dragon City - egg waffle stall (Spadina & Dundas)

#torontofoodie #torontolife #chinatowntoronto #torontofoodspots #downtowntoronto #torontovlog #torontoeats #torontohiddengems #chinesefood #chinatown #yyzeats

Another year around the ☀️ for this Pisces ♓

Another year around the ☀️ for this Pisces ♓️

If I can say that I lived the way I wanted — ate delicious foods, spent time with my loved ones, satisfied my wandering soul, expressed my soft, creative heart, let myself grow expansively— then I can say it was a year well spent.

Cheers to working towards an entire lifetime well spent 🥂 and cheers to the people who made it a special one with their kind words, wishes and presence 😘😘😘

Looking for Asian flavour sans the plastic-covered

Looking for Asian flavour sans the plastic-covered tables? Check out this new vibe-y spot at College and Spadina🔥

📍 Bitter Melon, 431 Spadina Ave, Toronto

#torontofood #yyzeats #asianfood #yyzfoodies #torontoeats

“What are you doing this weekend?” #yyzeats #

“What are you doing this weekend?”

#yyzeats #yyzfoodies #yyzfoodie #torontofood #torontoeats #mississaugaeats

Do you know the correct way to eat Peking Duck 🦆? Or do you suspect your Asian friends are taking advantage of your ineptitude to eat more than their share? Bc I have totally done that…🙋🏻‍♀️

#torontofood #yyzeats #asianfood #pekingduck

My first blog post about Croatia is here 🎉 Of

My first blog post about Croatia is here 🎉

Of course it had to be about the restaurant with the most scandalous name + the best view of all of Dubrovnik’s Old Town — Lady Pi-Pi.

Watch till the end to see where Lady Pi-Pi got its name 😜 And check out the blog post on teriakitalks.com (link in bio).

#croatia #dubrovnikoldtown #dubrovnikrestaurants

Gong hei fat choy! Prior to my work holiday party

Gong hei fat choy!

Prior to my work holiday party, I had never worn a cheongsam in my life. Also known as a qipao, it's a Chinese "long dress" that originated in 1920s Shanghai (where my dad's fam is from).

I'd always wanted to wear a cheongsam but I didn't want to look "too Chinese." What does that even mean? I *am* Chinese and...so why did I subconsciously shy away from *looking* it?

I could attribute it to wanting to fit in to the predominantly white community that I grew up in, but the truth is that you get a lot of weird shit when you're Asian and even more when you look it.

You lose subjectivity. You become a symbol; a monolith. People feel more entitled to touch you, use racial pickup lines on Hinge, trap you into conversation about that one ex they had that was Asian 🙄 or worse, tell you about all the things they dislike about Asian women in general. True story.

2022 was the Year of the Tiger 🐅— intense, unapologetic, action-packed Tiger year (and my "Ben Ming Nian" or my zodiac year). I leaned in to my Asian-ness; bore it loud and proud, almost defiantly so. The #YearoftheRabbit 🐇 promises a gentler 2023, where I hope to find calm, peace and acceptance (without a razor's edge).

Make sure you go eat ALL the dumplings 🥟 (for wealth), longevity noodles 🍜 (for good fortune) and Peking duck 🦆 (for loyalty)! Also make sure you have time to take a nap after...

#LunarNewYear #LNY

(📸 @line.ctrl)

Golden and crispy on the outside golden, soft and

Golden and crispy on the outside golden, soft and gooey on the inside — check out where to find this fresh AF dessert in Toronto’s Koreatown 🐟

p.s. This is my first time doing a voiceover!! Take THAT performance anxiety 🥊

#yyzeats #yyzfoodies #torontofood

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