Late lunch adventure

I woke up this morning with no intentions of stepping outside in this weather but I had a sudden craving for tacos from Tres Carnales so I convinced my girls to skip the gym to grab lunch with me! Of course, no hot summers day meal is complete without multiple drinks and desserts, so we went to Craft Beer Market afterwards to enjoy their rooftop patio and the beautiful weather!

Probably the worst food photo I've ever taken but I was too excited/hungry to get a good shot!

I forgot what this drink was called but it was under the cocktail section of the menu. I couldn't taste the alcohol in this, it's a perfect drink for someone who doesn't like the bitter taste of alcohol!

Cider: again, the taste of alcohol was almost nonexistent!

Guinness Float: my friend said it tasted like Vietnamese Iced Coffee towards the end.

Dessert in a Jar: I really enjoyed this! The picture doesn't do a good job of showing it's size but this was shared between three people and we couldn't finish it!

Rooftop patio view!

Patio weather!

With Edmonton's bipolar weather, we can never be too sure what day will be patio weather or when it will be a "lets grab coffee on Whyte Ave," weather. Luckily, today it was extremely warm so my friend and I decided to grab drinks from O2's Tap House & Grill on Whyte ave, might at I add they have an amazing rooftop patio! Besides grabbing several drinks (that I gave up taking pictures of...) I also got the chance to try two of their dishes. I would've ordered more but I ate before I went out, thinking we would only get drinks!

Baesar and a Caesar 

South Western Steak Salad

The salad had too much sauce but the steak was very good!

Chili Cheese Fries: the fries were a bit salty but the portion is very large and it could probably be shared between 3+ people!

Candy Affair Bulldog: I highly recommend this if you're into sweet drinks!

Best calamari in the city

My appetite hasn't been so great lately, all I've been craving are deep fried, greasy foods and comfort foods. Which really narrows down the places I get to eat at, this evening I settled for Milestones near West Edmonton Mall. This location wasn't as busy as I thought it would be, on other occasions I've visited the South Common location where I've always had to wait to be seated.

The crispy calamari has easily became one of my favorite dishes, the best calamari I've tasted! Unlike other restaurants, Milestones' calamari are thick and the dipping sauce they come with go perfectly well!

Strawberry margarita 

Thai Red Curry Chicken Bowl

Pesto Chicken Penne Asiago

Milestones' dessert shots: the white chocolate cheesecake was my favorite!

Capital Ex (K-Days)

I'm probably the only person who still addresses K-Days as Capital Ex... but no worries, you guys know what I'm talking about! I went to Capital Ex solely for the food, yup, I did spend $16 on an admission to get heart-attack-foods! Unfortunately, I arrived around 9:30PM and between playing games and trying to figure out where I was going, I did not get the chance to try everything. (In addition to the following pictures, I also tried deep fried oreos (absolutely LOVED them.) Elephant ears which were too greasy because the oil was probably old. AND the banana ice-cream, which was very good btw)

Hershey chocolate and vanilla swirl ice-cream

Red velvet mini donuts: tasted like playdough, regular mini donuts taste better!

Vegetarian poutine

Before it Rained

Before it rained on Thursday evening, I got the chance to have dinner on the patio at Blue Plate Diner, located in the heart of the Warehouse District in downtown Edmonton. Might I add, it's always difficult for me to settle on a place to eat whenever I'm in this area, EVERY cafe and restaurant there is great. I chose this restaurant because my friend is a vegetarian and most restaurants do not have a wide variety of vegetarian options but Blue Plate Diner has quite a few.

Usually Sangria is made with red wine but they had an option of red or white so I decided to try white wine sangria and I like it better than with red!

Teriyaki stirfry with tofu

Mac-N-Cheese with sausage

Somewhere around the corner

On a beautiful Wednesday evening, I met up with my friends after work for dinner and drinks.We went to Cask & Barrel around the corner of 7-eleven on Jasper Ave. It's a cozy little place and the menu is mostly comfort foods! After dinner, we went to Windermere VIP Cinemas for a second dinner + more drinks!

Caesar 

Carly Temple

The Sheperd

The Babushka

The Heritage

Windermere

Bellini

Caesar 

Birthday dinner

For my birthday, I decided to go to the south side location of Tropika with my family for a simple dinner. The food was excellent as always, definitely one of my favorite restaurants! Tropika had always been my go-to restaurant for family outings, you need to check this place out if you haven't!

Satays 

Char Hor Fun

Hainanese Chicken

Sambal Clams

Sambal Bunchies

Pad Thai

Passion Punch

Tropika Sour

Taste of Edmonton

I took advantage of today's gloomy weather and went down to Taste of Edmonton! Unfortunately, it was really crowded so I didn't get to try as many foods as I wanted (but the foods that I did get to try were really good!)... so I did the next best thing and went to Teapsy afterwards!

Apple Crumble 

Maple Bacon Mac n Cheese

Eva's Waffles, I cannot stress how PERFECT this waffle was, I get Eva's Waffles every time I see their food truck!

Matcha

Takoyaki!

Everyone needs to try this taro slush!!!

Egg Waffles!

Another hot evening...

With the weather being so insanely hot these days, I'd rather be anywhere but outdoors... But I made an exception this evening and grabbed dinner at Chop in their downtown location.

I noticed that I really enjoy martinis... so here is the Raspberry Lemon Squeeze. 

The steak bites were a bit dry, but the sauces that came with them were good.

My friend couldn't finish this and complained that the serving size was too much... Chop Salad

I quite enjoyed this Roasted Mushroom Ravioli

Downtown foodventure!

I got up bright and early this Saturday morning and visited the City Market on 104 st, The Street Performers Festival, and The Hawkers Market. Yes! I went to all three events in one day! Lets just say I have the tan to prove this... But on a bright note, I finally got to satisfy my mini donut cravings + got to try tons of other neat food trucks! Of course, that wasn't enough... I needed to escape the scorching sun and noticed The Burg, so my friend and I decided to share a few appetizers because we were already full from the food trucks. 

Watermelon and mint lemonade from Dauphine Bakery and Bistro

Sugar cookies from Confetti Sweets x London fog cookies from Blooms Cookie Co.

These fish tacos weren't that great (especially compared to Tres Carnales!)

The poutine was too salty

My friend and I both agreed that this was the best tasting dish, mac n cheese balls!