traxis on the run

Worth posting

This'll eventually get loaded onto the official webpage, but that requires SOOO much more work.

1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
4) Optional extra: Post a comment here and to their page linking to your results.
(from Are you gonna eat that food blog.)

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake

Hmmm... 70 out of 100. Gotta get over being so squeemish.
I betcha Chris' score would be higher than mine...

Labels: food

posted by traxis @ 9:05 p.m. 0 comments

Lunch with the Mayor

After a very successful hunt for a new purse , I enjoyed a very good plate of fennel and sausage risotto at Zenari's in downtown. Seated next to me was Mayor Stephen Mandel. He had soup but didn't eat the mushrooms.

Labels: food, politics, shopping

posted by traxis @ 4:40 p.m. 0 comments

WTF? I must be getting old...

I cannot believe it - but I think I'm finding milk chocolate too sweet and not enjoyable... the darker stuff is growing on me.

Labels: food

posted by traxis @ 8:13 a.m. 1 comments

The Spiciest Tuna Maki In the World

Had that for supper tonight, as well as some tamago (to tone down the spiciness), super delicious unagi & some pretty damn fine agadashi tofu.

Shopped for the dog.

Bought diet Pepsi & kettle chips for a snack.

Played the Sims2 for 3 straingt hours while a meeting I couldn't vote on proceded downstairs.

Got complimented on my outfit by a very happy surprise visitor.

Got some sweet swag.

Drove around Kitchener-Waterloo some more - such a lovely little town.

Only downside today is that I penned myself on my very favourite yellow blouse. The Tide-to-go is, for the first-time ever, not doing it's thing. Meh! Not too shabby overall, really!

Get to go back to TO tomorrow & see the future-in-laws & their lovely dog. It's going to be gorgeous all weekend for my time in Toronto - nice!

Labels: food, shopping, travel

posted by traxis @ 6:06 p.m. 0 comments

Somehow the weekend didn't feel anywhere as productive and relaxing as today (Monday) felt.

Went out for drinks with the hack friends on Friday after work, which was good fun, but then had to rush home to let the dog out. Ended up having unfrozen pizza dinner (yes, like unfrozen caveman lawyer) which was tolerable.

Saturday I tried to sleep in, but the stupid dog was pushing me around in bed. We were going to have guests over on Sunday, so I went out to get groceries from the Italian Market (which was so-so), to the library (which is always good) and to Second Cup. It was so grey and rainy I didn't realized that the whole day had passed at it was like 8 pm and we had only had a bit to eat. Went out to our old/new favourite Indian buffet place, and enjoyed some new flavour sensations and chai.

Sunday - still grey. Ran errands with Chris, but because he's been so busy with work, he forgot half the things he wanted to get/do. He was pretty frustrated. Got home with only a bit of time to prepare dinner stuffs for Brian & Arile. Dinner was a success, as was the wedding talking/planning we did as a group. Was totally pooped by 10 pm - they left at 11; and then I did dishes (which was good, cuz it allowed me to make lunch for today).

So yeah; not a lot in 3 days. Meanwhile, today, I finished a novel that I started only last night, I raked up all the front & back yard after having picked up after the dog. I had a fun/work meeting with Duncan, and we watched another art documentary while having supper. I also would have done more laundry had Chris moved his stuff out of the machines... grumble.

Tomorrow I have a freakin' 11 hour day at work. I'm at least going to get a very nice, fancy, dinner out of it. Osso Bucco, here I come.

Labels: food, weekends, work

posted by traxis @ 9:43 p.m. 0 comments

I never know what to pack - but I've never really missed anything...
I'm trying to fit everything into one suitcase plus one large cary on/purse but I'm not sure why... Our bags will be checked the whole way through and there's transportation set up between the airport and the apartment already.

I'm bringing several pairs of very disposable shoes which I hope to replace with very cook Italian shoes.

Pretty much everything on my "to do" list is done - only maybe ironing an extra blouse or two and getting my cary on packed up.

Tonight we feast on Pizza 73 at 10 PM with delicious delicious diet Pepsi and then Cherry Garcia ice cream.
(forget the wedding diet until I return!)

Labels: food, Italy, shoes

posted by traxis @ 9:54 p.m. 0 comments

Gross

There is something seriously wrong with the "glaze" on the new Timmie's donuts. There was nothing remotely frosted-flake-like about my honey cruller this morning.

Labels: complaining, food

posted by traxis @ 9:48 a.m. 1 comments