Father and Brother Birthday Dinner

What a coincidence my brother's birthday is the same as my dad's birthday that is why my mom always told my dad that the best gift he ever received is the birth of his one and only son. So we decided to celebrate their birthdays at Kingsway Sushi in Vancouver. Kingsway Sushi is under the Top Gun Group so  you can purchase a 10% discount card and you would be able to receive 10% off your entire bill at the selected Top Gun Group restaurants. So we went with the regular all you can eat dinner menu which is $24.95 for each adult and Children 5-10 is $12.95. There all you can eat selection is pretty good here lots of variety and all you can eat sashimi such as wild salmon, tuna, hokkigai, tai, beef etc. I usually order a miso soup to start of my meal then I go for the farmed salmon sashimi over the wild. I'm not a big fan of tuna sashimi but toro is an exception (tuna belly). The beef sashimi and beef tataki are very similar in size they just differ in flavour. Then I will go for a chopped scallop cone, california roll which is my classic favourite and dynamite roll...then I will fill myself up with the rest such as the agedashi tofu, oyster motoyaki, tempura and the yakisoba.

Snails

Oyster Motoyaki in egg tart tin molds

Sashimi

Happy Birthday Dad!

Shrimp Tempura

My brother and my dad

Yummy chestnut cake

Overall rating: ☆☆☆/5

Kingsway Sushi

Location: 3665 Kingsway Unit #110 Vancouver

Thankfulness

Before I head to bed a thought I had needed to be jot down. Some say 'nice guys finish last' and vice versa for girls but I believe there isn't enough nice people to appreciate these 'nice' guys and girls. An example I have is a friend a recently met who now plays dodgeball with me. I remember all the nice things he has done for me such things as sharing the chocolates he had bought from his trip to Japan with the whole dodgeball team with people he knew and people he had first met that day and another simple act of kindness was when he openly offered me a ride home after a dodgeball game. Just these simple acts of kindness makes me remember how much good there is in the world and I appreciate my friend for being an inspiration to do the same for others.

Housewarming

Recently, my friend got her own place on the west end and she decided to have a housewarming party. Since it was a potluck event I decided to make a chicken pot pie. I found the recipe on foodnetwork.com. I usually go there first for dishes I want to try making. Here are a few pictures from the get together.

 The beautiful crust

 The homemade chicken pot pie sauce

 The ingredients in it: chicken breast, carrots, peas and celery

 Baked it halfway, and baked the rest at friends house to keep it nice and hot while eating

My friend: Chin's first attempt at making Lasagna...it was a success! Delicious!

The range of food that was present at the potluck

Samosas...too spicy for me but it looks good