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I've already made 4 visits to @lusa.bakery’s new

I've already made 4 visits to @lusa.bakery’s new Kanata spot so it’s time for a post! 😄 Bright and clean, with cheerful staff. In Ottawa this is the closest you’ll get to being in a cool Portuguese café. 🇵🇹

🥧 Pastel de Nata — best in the region, with a decent filling and okay crust. Was less great at lunch but at 9am they’re magic.

🥐 Almond Croissant — filled with pastry cream, not almond paste. Delicious to the last bite!

🥧 Pastel de Feijão — my fave treat in Portugal, but this was too fluffy and not beany enough for my taste.

🥮 Almond Tart — less almondy and moist than a traditional Tarte de Amêndoa, but with an addictive cookie-dough vibe that keeps me coming back.

🍋 Bolo de Arroz — light lemon rice-flour muffin, dryish but good with coffee.

🍩 Bola de Berlim — cream-filled doughnut. In Portugal the cream usually has more egg yolk richness but this is still muito saborosa!

🥥 Pão de Deus — sweet bun with coconut streusel. Bread’s a bit meh but the salty-sweet topping is yum!

☕️ Café — love that they serve Delta! Pricey vs Portugal but same as Ottawa coffee houses.

🍗 Chicken — good lunch, but wouldn't cross town for it. Charcoal didn’t come through when we tried it in early April. Bonus points: they split a half-chicken meal onto 2 plates beautifully! 😍

🧀 Grocery corner stocked with Portuguese goods. Picked up Ponte Nova cheese: buttery, mild, Havarti-like.

🖼️ Shoutout — They actually framed an article in the entrance featuring my post from their old location in 2020. 😊

➡️ I really have to try the poutine!

Super happy to have such a great little spot in th

Super happy to have such a great little spot in the neighbourhood! Top notch sandwiches and now super tasty pizza at @unclecarminesnycsandwich. We had the Club sandwich and the Bronx pizza, with potato salad and coleslaw. All of it was really good! This is a takeout restaurant with limited bar style and patio seating. We enjoyed our meal at nearby Dick Bell Park, watching the sailboats as we munched.

So happy to finally have Lanzhou hand pulled noodl

So happy to finally have Lanzhou hand pulled noodles in the west end now that @meetnoodleottawa is open on Merivale! Such a tasty way to make life a little more beautiful. 😍
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#lanzhouNoodles #lamian
#拉面 #韭叶

Up up-up-up up-up-up up-up-up! Direct flight betwe

Up up-up-up up-up-up up-up-up! Direct flight between Victoria and Ottawa on @porterairlines is so quick you can do it between meals! 💛

#yow #yyj #porterairlines

🇰🇷🍗 @smilechicken_yyj was way up on my to

🇰🇷🍗 @smilechicken_yyj was way up on my to-eat list while visiting my parents in Victoria. This city has plenty of Korean fried chicken spots but this one stands out with the best reviews. ⭐️ Service was friendly and the chicken was really fantastic! 😍 So crispy, juicy, and flavourful with a perfect mix of boneless and boned pieces.

😄 How do you feel about the word moist?

#치킨 #chikin #koreanfriedchicken #victoriabcfood

Which pie would you grab first?! 🥧🇨🇭Mom's

Which pie would you grab first?! 🥧🇨🇭Mom's famous pie trifecta, featuring 🥬 🥓 cabbage with bacon, 🧀 🥔 Swiss cheese and potato, and 🍎 apple crumble! 😍
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#chabiswähe #chääswähe #käsewähe #applepie #applecrumble #wähe #pie

My niece @sereinemw just happens to work at one of

My niece @sereinemw just happens to work at one of the very best restaurants in Victoria! 🤩 My brother @voelfgang and I enjoyed incredible happy hour bites and absolutely stellar cocktails at @windcriesmary.vic

🍸 Thanks to bar manager @davebulters for explaining the detailed and complex preparation of each concoction. These are creative riffs on classic cocktail combinations, enhanced with inventive infusions that widen the sensory spectrum and take your tongue from yum to wow. 🍽️ Thanks also to GM @shaylajones for the warm hospitality, comped food plate, and releasing Sereine to join us for a family dinner at my parents’ place.

Check out how well stocked the bar is in the reel. Not shown was the 10 foot wide shelf of bitters! 🧪

I understand why this place consistently appears in both lists of the best restaurants and the best cocktail bars in Victoria. Highly recommended! 😍

#victoriabc #victoriabcfood

Canada Day hike and fondue! 🇨🇭

Canada Day hike and fondue! 🇨🇭

Enjoyed a lovely Father’s Day brunch at @gezelli

Enjoyed a lovely Father’s Day brunch at @gezelligwestboro! That Butterfinger dessert is still going strong after all these years. There will be riots in the streets if it ever leaves the menu! 😄

Have you tried the Butterfinger?

💛 So glad we tried Anthony's again after many y

💛 So glad we tried Anthony's again after many years! This is now one of the very best incarnations of Margherita pizza we've ever encountered. The cheese seemed extra flavourful and the sauce more aromatic than others. The crust was good too — and downright amazing when you splurge for the garlic dip. 🍕

🥗 The chop salad was neither interesting nor bad but would skip next time. 🍞 The focaccia accompanying the olives was absolutely beautiful though: perfectly crispy-squishy-chewy and so flavourful. I could just eat that and be happy. 😄

🍽️ Service was upbeat and friendly. Even while we waited for a table (reservations recommended, don't wing it like we did) they reassured us that it might look crazy but everything is under control. Looking forward to going back already! 😍

😍 Really lovely tacos at this friendly and bust

😍 Really lovely tacos at this friendly and bustling spot tucked away just off Parkdale. Both the beef brisket and chicken barbacoa tacos were delicious, with two corn tortillas, each brimming with generous fillings and succulently supplemented by red and green salsas. Highly recommend both! 🌮🌮

🍩 The churros were tasty and perfectly chewy-crisp, with the only hiccup being that they were served with strawberry jam instead of custard as promised on the instore menu or chocolate syrup on the online menu. 👀 All said, this place is a gem! ❤️

I’ve visited Portugal nine times but have limite

I’ve visited Portugal nine times but have limited experience with cuisine from the north of the country. Thanks to @mara_notmaria for recommending the taste of Portugal at @casaminhota. 💛 Of course I had the Bacalhau à Minhota, which I had never tried before. The cod was surrounded by disks of fried potato, similar to how I was served alheira in Braga. Also, the broa (cornbread) was much better than anything I’ve found in Ottawa. Service was busy, speedy, but always friendly! 🇵🇹

Anime themed sushi at @manga_bistro hit the spot t

Anime themed sushi at @manga_bistro hit the spot tonight! 🍣

Lovely family style feast for 20 fantastic @aurora

Lovely family style feast for 20 fantastic @aurorasolarinc folks at @mirage.restaurant during our team offsite in Montreal. 😍

😍 I was excited to try this famous hot pot chai

😍 I was excited to try this famous hot pot chain and was really pleased with the tasty, reasonably priced food and the congenial service at @haidilaomontreal. 1300 locations in China + 97 international, according to Wikipedia. Wowsers! 🌐

🍜 @haidilaohotpot_canada is already in the big three Canadian cities. Just need one in Ottawa now!

🎉 Finally found a favourite shawarma place that

🎉 Finally found a favourite shawarma place that's as tasty and generous as the good old days of Ottawa shawarma and guess what it's called? ...OTTAWA SHAWARMA!

⭐️ Quality *and* quantity, together again at last! Normally there's something on a shawarma plate that's suboptimal but here everything was excellent. The meats were tender and juicy, potatoes were fresh, lettuce was crisp, onions were mild, and the hummus and toum were tasty.

🌯 Not to be confused with any of the many Shawarma Palaces or Ottawa Shawarma on Greenbank, this is Ottawa Shawarma on Clyde and I'm told it's run by the previous owners of Shawarma Palace on Carling back when it was good.

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