2008 X'mas House Party - Dessert

X'mas Chocolate Ice cream log. (from insurance broker)
mixed fruit cake (by Celia)

2008 X'mas House Party

Roast AAA Grade Prime Rib
Baked Broccoli with cheddar cheese


Roast Stuffed Duck

Roast Stuffed Tomato (with spinach & shitaki mushroom in cream) with cheese

Snow Man Mashed Potato

(since this is a snow man, I used white potato)

Hat - broccoli

Eye -goji (杞子）

nose - baby carrot

scarf - ham strip

botton - sausage


There should be one more dish (Bruschetta). But Fifi has stolen it. Check out Fifi's Blog.

Weight Loss Journey

8lb lost in 6 weeks. I haven't been following Dr. Poon's diet strictly by still drinking wine during weekends. Otherwise I could have lost more than 15 lbs. 不過，淨係准食肉（包括魚）同菜真係好辛苦。連麥皮，麥包同全麥意粉或飯都唔得。生果芝士又唔得。菜只係有葉既菜。其它如根部既菜或高澱粉質既西蘭花，椰菜花甚至豆類豆腐都唔得。日日早餐都係食蛋白同凍肉，悶到嘔。真係好辛苦，無乜選擇。Dr. Poon says although I do not weigh much, my body fat % is still high (33.2%). I still need to lose 8.6 lbs to reach 112.8lb. in order to reach a target Body Fat % of 28%. 努力！加油！

First snow on October 21

St. Lawrence Market

raspberry tea blend bought for $6



This piece of mushroom like stuff called Chaga bought for $10. The whole piece should be soaked in 3L warm water for 48 hours. Drink 3 cups each day. Said to heal a lot of illness even cancer.

Purple carrot. Haven't tried it yet. But report always said deep colour (especially purple) vegetable and fruit has a lot of good nutrient.

Trick or Treat

Seafood

We went to St. Lawrence Market Saturday morning for the first time. It was real big and a lot of fresh meat, seafood. We bought Ostrich meat, venison, proscieuto, oyster, smoked salmon, fresh sardine and a really hot mustard.

orange pepper wrapped in proscieuto. Taste really good since proscieuto is so salty and orange pepper is so sweet. The smoked salmon is much more tasty than those sold in supermarket in packages.

Weight Loss Journey

Went to visit my weight loss Dr. Terry Poon yesterday. 5.5 lb lost since Oct. 8 (2 weeks). Yea!!!Will continue on Phase I to lose faster. Since I do not crave sweet food and pasta, rice, Phase I diet is ok for me.

Thanksgiving Dinner

roasted ham
stuffed turkey

Deep fried filet of sole coated with flour, egg and bread crumbs. Alfredo sauce with corn and mushroom.
ox-tail stew

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Weight Loss Journey

Referred by my family doctor to see Dr. Poon who runs a weight loss clinic because I have to lose weight in order to lower my cholesterol. Thought I need to pay a fortune to enrol. But no fee at all. I was asked to cut all carbs including 粥粉麵飯,fruit, nuts, not even whole grain rice or pasta. No cheese and of course no red wine. He said if I stick to this, I could lose 5 to 7 lbs. in 2 weeks. I'm going to stick with it and see what happens in 2 weeks.

Shih Puff

Good thing never last long. There were 4 pups altogether. The one I posted before was the cutest one and this one is the least cute. Only this one is left. The others are all sold out. I think by this time, it's sold too!

Shih-Puff

This puppy is so cute. He's advertised on Kijiji for $350 only. I really want to have him. He's a Shih Tzu cross Chinese Crested Powder Puff. But it's so far away in Owen Sound. Further than Barrie.

Dinner at Terra Restaurant 2

Main course - Ostrich fan
The meat of ostrick is very tender, with no cholesterol. Best cooked rare to avoid stiffness.

Main course - Veal T-bone
The veal T-bone is too big.

Dinner at Terra Restaurant 1

Appetizer - assorted oyster

oyster dipping sauces

Appetizer - pan seared foie gras

Appetizer - seared ahi tuna

lemon sorbet - on the house after appetizers

Lyndon & Chicken

Mid-Autumn Festival Dinner

Sunday Brunch Buffet at Le Meridien King Edward Hotel