LUXOMME

These last two weeks in Winnipeg have been absolutely brutal. Snow, blowing snow, and the weather outside is a  consistent -30 degrees. That's MINUS. I came home from classes one day last week and just sat in my room for the longest time sulking about the cold. Even the news report said that "Bitterly cold weather is expected to start the work week with temperatures well below normal"

I only saw two words in that sentence, bitterly cold. Why not sweet cold. 

So, I got on my computer and swiftly booked plane tickets, a car and made reservations at my favorite restaurants. Done and Done.

My friend told me the other day "Why do you always blog about food!", so I thought do something different today since I'm in the middle of packing and give you guys a sneak peek of what I bring along in my carry-on purse!


I'm totally in my pajamas here, as you can see in the reflection, Winnie the Pooh too #noshame.








Pretty much the basics; My (ancient) cell phone that still works, a iPod to drown out the hum of the airplane, my wallet, sunnies for when I'm driving, rhoto eye drops, NUXE Reve de Miel Lipbalm, YSL Rouge Pur Couture in 07. 


My laptop to return e-mails and watch vlogs, one theFaceShop mask that Tiffany gave me last time I went to visit her, a camera, and the necklace I am absolutely obsessed with. 



I also bring along my mini-crossbody so that I don't have to carry a large bag around wherever I go.

Best part about Korean food are the banchans. I could sit and eat these all day if you let me.







We got two different types of meat, beef ribeye and samgyupsal.  Not the healthiest, but once you finish grilling you can wrap the meat up in a delicious lettuce wrap, stuffed to the brim with vegetables. Makes it practically healthy in my books. 

My stomach is growling as I write this post.



Sariwon is our go to place, but this time we went to Seoul House once and Chingu the next. You can find a list of places that offer KBBQ here.

Do wear clothes that you plan on washing though, the amazing smell has a tendency to overstay it's welcome.  

 

naomi

naomi

My friend Angie and I made a quick pit stop at a Hotteok place while waiting for our friend Crystal to arrive downtown. We realized halfway through our first bite that her cellphone had actually died, so we rapidly gobbled the rest of the pancake up so we could go find her.



These girls have a crazy busy schedule though, so after our lunch date we all headed on home since they both had places to be, people to see!  On the way to the subway station, I spotted this restaurant with a massive orange sign that said "buk chang dong soon tofu".

Naturally, I whipped out my phone and texted my friend Clara to see if she was up to head downtown with me the next day. 

Soontofu? I am so down. 



For those of you who may not know, soon tofu is a spicy Korean soup with tofu. It's also my absolute favorite type of Korean food and here they have soontofu with beef, soontofu with veggies, soontofu with seafood!  You get the idea.

This place also lets you crack your own egg into the hot boiling soup when it comes (something I liked) and they made their rice in hot stone pots which they scooped out and then filled with water to create burnt rice soup which you can drink afterwards.

Not the most appetizing sounding thing but it was comforting. 

I ended up getting soontofu with mandu and beef. 



We decided to head on over to Eatons to walk off our lunch, but found ourselves at Chatime instead..







We ended up going from Koreatown --> Eatons --> Koreatown --> Yorkville --> Queen's Street --> Koreatown --> Eatons that day. Don't ask me why, but we definitely made use of our transit pass.


My cousins and my brother had gone to a raptors game that evening and it's tradition for us to meet up at Kinton Ramen afterwards, but once I found out that Clara had never been, I had to drag her over and make her try their ramen.



They had JUST opened their Koreatown branch so the place was still fairly empty since not many people knew about it. I definitely did a double take when I first walked by it unknowingly.







I was going there later with my family so I just grabbed a light tofu furai. 



 Because we finished dinner around 6 and my cousins weren't going to be downtown till 10, Clara and I head BACK to Eatons for a night stroll.



We ended up standing in front of this Christmas tree just talking and reminiscing about our crazy first year days and how far (or not far) we have come since then.







naomi