Happy Chinese New Year

Lunch at Don Mills :) taken at around 1:30pm, Feb 14

This weekend is quite a special weekend for Canadians. First of all the 2010 Winter Olympics began on Friday. And for the Chinese Canadians, it was Chinese New Year Eve. As per previous post, I had Korean BBQ all you can eat.

On Saturday, I had to report to work, as a professional, I did not go on vacation during my probation period, (I had initially wanted to go home to Malaysia during this CNY festivities.). My flight home is now postponed till April. I am not going to lie, I miss home, and I have not been home for a Chinese New Year reunion dinner in 5 years.


Last night, I decided to treat myself with some premium tropicana orange juice being the 1st day of CNY. I do not normally buy juice, it can be a bit pricy. I did buy some herrs chips as well. haha. Anyhow, last night was a quiet evening.
Dumplings made by the Chinese Congregation

Today, I woke up and went to Church a little bit earlier to serve on the ushering team. The Chinese Congregation were making homemade dumplings. Yummm!! Soooo good, they made everything from scratch, the dough, and they of course mixed the fillings. So good! BOILED DUMPLINGS! Love Em!!! Anyhow, we got some courtesy from them, and thanks to Sharon and Adrienne who has connections with the Mandarin side of the Church.
I had to try Jack Astor's Honey Chili Signature Chicken Fingers and Sweet Potato Fries

After service, we waited for Jo who was teaching Sunday School, and then, Jordan, Jeremy, Adrienne, Stella and I went to Jack Astor's for lunch. Well, its my first time there.
My Canada Beer Glass! See the Maple Leaf and the Hockey Stick? Canadian Identity

For drinks, they had a promotion where if you were to order a pint of Molson Canadian, you'd get a free beer glass to support Canada at the Winter Olympics. Courtesy of Molson Canadian. So yup, I had to get one to support my adopted country.

As for the Entree, I wasn't too sure about their signature honey chili fingers, I think I only got about 6 pieces of Fingers(for $12.53)? and the upgrade to the sweet potato fries was not worth the extra $1.79. Saw the picture? It tasted good for sure, but you'd be better off with McCain's Sweet Potato Fries and Jane's Pub Style Chicken Fingers spending less in the comfort of your own home and the work of a trusted oven ;)

Other than that, the experience at Jack Astor's wasn't too bad, It was nice, they had nice TVs (Huge Screens), nice lighting and excellent servers. Maybe I should have gone for their burger. Well, i saw the word, Signature, what can i say? I had to try it!