Brunch on a beautiful day with good friends (featuring Geraldine)
After days of hail, thunderstorms, and winter weather, we experienced an unusually beautiful day in Vancouver today. I had brunch with Alyssa and Geraldine to celebrate Geraldine’s birthday at one of my favourite restaurants for brunch, Provence Marinaside. Great friends, great food, and great conversation – I couldn’t have asked for a better day. As soon as I saw Geraldine’s cobalt blue jeans, I knew I had to photograph her! Thanks Geraldine!
Kettle Korn
A month ago, I visited the tulip festival in Seattle. It was pretty awesome.
The food tents were also awesome, because that is where I tried kettle corn for the first time. I didn’t know the difference between kettle corn and popcorn, but I decided to get a bag because each kernel of kettle corn looked really wholesome and complete, like an upgraded version of popcorn. It ended up being the tastiest snack I have ever tried. When I got back to Vancouver, I really wanted to buy kettle corn but I didn’t know where I could find it. A Google search only led me to kettle corn recipes. I didn’t try any of them, for fear of ruining even more pans than I already have. I decided that maybe kettle corn was the type of food you could only get at fairs and festivals, like elephant ears and cotton candy.
After a short period of horrible withdrawal, I went to an organic market to put together a food basket for Aryan’s birthday. Guess what I found getting a ton of exposure near the cash registers? Kettle Korn!
The flavor I like is called “Sweet ‘n Salty”. I can’t even describe how tasty and addictive it is. It’s sweet, but not too sweet, and each kernel is crunchy and holds its shape. It’s nothing like the crap you get at movie theaters. Movie theaters cover their popcorn with cheese and it’s disgusting. I know this website is about stuff I love, but if I had a website called Stuff I Hate (someone who helped me get this website running thought it would be a hilarious sister site), movie theatre popcorn drenched in movie theatre cheese would totally be on the list. In fact, I went from dance class to a movie recently, and since I had a gym bag, I was able to sneak in a bag of Kettle Korn.
Kettle Korn is phenomenal. I often find myself driving to the store just to purchase a bag of Kettle Korn. To be more efficient, I now buy four bags at a time.
It is a really great snack. It’s also a nice thing to bring when you go to a friend’s house for a movie. Way cooler than chips.
For list of retailers, go to www.realtreats.ca. It might only be in BC for now.
Price: just under $4
Make Your Own Egg McMuffin
Look! It’s an Egg McMuffin maker!
I think this is pretty awesome because my frying pan is big so my fried eggs are always too big for the muffin. I wonder how easy it is to clean. It only makes one though, which is so lame, because it’d take so much work to make a second one. No need to worry, because look! A two-Egg-McMuffin maker!
This is the most romantic breakfast appliance ever, because I can make one for myself and one for my boyfriend. If he’s not around, then I’ll have two all for myself. I don’t even need to scramble eggs. I really want one!
Buy at: amazon.com (good reviews) and probably Walmart and Target. Read another review here.
Price: approx. $30 US for the single and $60 US for the double
McDonald’s Egg McMuffin
I love McDonald’s Egg McMuffins1, and I admit this knowing that I will probably never be taken seriously ever again. In fact, I wish I could have one every day for breakfast. It’s practically the only motivation I have for waking up on weekends.
Egg McMuffins are so incredibly delicious. I can never eat just one. The English muffin, the egg, the cheese, YUM. I get it without the ham because I find it too salty. I like to get it to-go and take it home to microwave until everything is steaming hot, and then I have it with my green tea and think to myself that life is pretty great.
I was at an all-day breakfast joint last Sunday for brunch (a concept McDonald’s should adopt), and my boyfriend was considering their eggs benedict. I had only a vague idea of what it is so I asked him, and he said it is ham, egg, and hollandaise sauce on top of an English muffin.
Me: So it’s a McMuffin! But probably not as good.
Him: [rolling eyes] It has hollandaise sause on it. Remember, it’s the sauce you said you liked?
Me: Sounds like a copy of the McMuffin to me.
Him: [orders eggs benedict]
I should mention two things. First, he was WRONG, because I most certainly do not like hollandaise sauce and I don’t think I’ve ever liked it. He likes hollandaise sauce. I’ll probably find my surprise birthday party at a sports bar this year and he’ll say, “But you said you love UFC!“
Second, it turns out that Herb Peterson, the creator of the McMuffin, was a big fan of eggs benedict, and did in fact aim to create something similar. So I’ll admit that the Egg McMuffin came second. One thing is still clear though: it’s better than eggs benedict.
1Yes, I have seen Supersize Me. That guy did not understand the concept of MODERATION. When I’m not buying McDonald’s breakfast, I buy English muffins at the grocery store, fry eggs, use jam instead of cheese and make my own version of the Egg McMuffin.
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