Canadian Design: Senay Studio

Wisteria, Senay Studio, Kiku Corner

I saw the beautiful painted pillowcases of Senay Studio at the spring One of a Kind Show in Toronto earlier this year. Senay is a textile designer whose beautiful, wistful designs are digitally printed on cotton, linen or silk pillowcases. I love the above birdies, which remind me of the little robin from the The […]

Toronto Eats: Lucky Red

Toronto Eats: Lucky Red, Kiku Corner

One day when my mom and I were in Chinatown, we stumbled upon a new restaurant. The restaurant was in the location of an old standby eatery that served delicious $2.00 bahn mi, but which had recently closed down. This new place had the same layout and similar design and artwork (including the distinctive chicken graffiti by […]

Dim Sum City by Jonathan Pong

Stinky Yet Delicious, Dim Sum City, Kiku Corner

I love noodles.Whether they are instant ramen noodles (Sapporo Ichiban’s chicken flavour is the absolute best), fresh wonton noodles, flat and wide pappardelle, flat rice noodles, or crunchy fried egg noodles, I love them all. My undying love is one of the reasons Dim Sum City‘s designs really spoke to me! Dim Sum City is a company that […]

Gotamago by Lichia Liu

Birthday Pow, Gotamago, Kiku Corner

Gotamago is Lichia Liu’s stationery company located in Toronto. She paints beautiful foods or scenes and makes them into cards or invitations, often with silly puns. I especially love the Japanese ones! Tomiko and I first encountered Gotamago’s cards at the Annex Flea back in April. I bought a few cards, including a sumo birthday card […]

Beaches International Jazz Festival

Beaches Jazz Festival 2014, Kiku Corner

I played the violin in my school’s various orchestras from grades 6-10. In grade 10, we played a few songs at Jazz Night where we dressed in black, and the girls would wear a scarf and the guys would wear a tie. Each music group wore a differently coloured accessory…I think the band wore red, […]