Ottawa Life

February 14, 2013 Thursday

Had Vietnamese food for lunch at New Pho Do Gai La http://www.newphobogala.com today

Then, went to Rideau Centre, had my favourite Skor Blizzard from Dairy Queen http://www.dairyqueen.com 

Then, watched movie Identity Thief http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2024432/ It was so funny!

Got to have popcorn and diet coke! It's great to pay student price for this combo!

Went to Chapters and got this amazing 50% off Sierra (Swissmar) Cast Iron Fondue Set swissmar.com

February 15, 2013 Friday
Had lunch at Signatures http://www.bistroatsignatures.com Students get 25% off :-)

Tomato basil and ricotta tartine
Black olive tapenade and micro salad
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Carrot velouté with chive cream
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Seared salmon filet, Sweet corn custard,
Swiss chard and champagne dressing
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Herb Marinated Flank steak Potato and roasted garlic galette
Béarnaise sauce
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Blueberry and lemon tart,
orange sorbet

Didn't skate on Rideau Canal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rideau_Canal just walked on it http://www.canadascapital.gc.ca/places-to-visit/rideau-canal-skateway This is World's longest skateway!

Winterlude is a big thing in Ottawa! http://www.canadascapital.gc.ca/celebrate/winterlude 

Chocolates from Stubbe!

February 16, 2013 Saturday
Derek came for Family Day holiday, I was invited for dinner at Stephanie's place.  Thanks for the yummy steak!! :-) It's always nice to see the Grosso and Sean :-)

February 17, 2013 Sunday
It was Tanvi's idea to have brunch in Haveli Indian Restaurant http://www.haveli.com Jason, Jenny, Cynthia, Cindy, Tanvi, Quinn, Matt, Dina and her boy friend "Antom" from Russia showed up.

Usually Indian desserts are quite sweet, according to Tanvi, we should squeeze out the syrup with fork before eating it.

Then, Cindy, Cynthia and I went to Rideau Canal Skateway.

And checked out Winterlude

So much love.....

We got so many free tea bags!

Then, Swiss cheese fondue! But my dear Swiss buddy, Regula told me that the only things that go with cheese fondue are baguette cute into mouth size pieces and a cup of tea.  And meats, cold white wine, and fresh fruits would cause indigestion..... oops! LOL