Liberty Wine Merchants – Scotch Tasting Event June 6th

via libertywinemerchants.com For those of you who like Scotch, Liberty is having a tasting event coming up on June 6th. After having gone to one of Liberty’s tasting events, I can say that their events are well worth the money as it is of quality. Click on the link under the image to get more [...]

Rosé Revival Tasting Event with Liberty Merchant

This last Monday I was the lucky winner of a pair of tickets to Liberty Merchant‘s Rosé Revival Tasting held at Bridges Restaurant on Granville Island, big thanks goes out to VancouverFoodster.com. Due to the last minute nature of winning tickets, I had the help of my friend, Annika of Social Bites, put the the word [...]

Matcha Latte

Since I’ve started to work from my make shift home office with freelancing, I’ve been experimenting more with making barista type drinks, such as this matcha latte. I’m saving $ (bonus! money to go towards travel fund), since a certain coffee chain charges 3.75 or so for just a tall cup of this, and often [...]

Châteauneuf-du-Pape 1985

Châteauneuf-du-Pape 1985, Photos by: kaishin chu © 2008 J had this one in his wine collection, and since we’ve decided to travel abroad indefinitely for the time being, he decided that there was no time like the present to open it with family for Christmas Day dinner. Though it did need a bit of time [...]

Prosecco

One of my favorite year round drinks to have is Prosecco from Italy. It’s crisp, light and fruity flavours always lift my spirits. Since having moved to China for a short term, I’ve been craving it. It was almost readily available in Vancouver, through certain stores, but here, no luck seeing it yet. The images [...]

Kai’s Egg Nog (a.k.a. Knog)

Knog = Kai’s Egg Nog… hahah This has become my Christmas classic, as it seems friends and family request it now. This Nog has even converted non-eggnog lovers to liking egg nog, the real egg nog that is. It’s so much better than store bought container nog, which has been thickened with cornstarch or other. [...]