The Whetungs are family. I’m telling you this because the only reason we haven’t featured this amazing place before on Kiku Corner is that we’ve been visiting the Whetung Ojibwa Centre since we were babies, and we’ve overlooked it as part of the beautiful Canadiana that we love to feature on the blog. Our childhood visits to The […]
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Toronto Eats: Lunch at Paramount Fine Foods
Having grown up in Saudi Arabia, we are always looking for Arab food that has that same flavour we know so well. Several years ago, some old neighbours of ours from Saudi took our parents to the Paramount restaurant in Mississauga. Only recently have they expanded downtown and up in Markham. We finally made our […]
Domestic Scenes from New Brunswick
During our visit in Saint John, New Brunswick I was able to take advantage of a beautiful sunny day (the drive there and back were exceptionally cloudy and rainy). I walked up the road from our friends’ house in the outskirts of Saint John and took photos of the neighbours’ houses and gardens.
The Saint John City Market
Our Saint John friends took us to visit the bright and airy Saint John City Market for lunch. The market was small (compared to the Saint Lawrence Market in Toronto), but it was pretty much packed with food, drink, and art. There was also a colourful display of butterflies hanging from the rafters, created by hundreds of […]
Savouring New Brunswick Dulse
Being half Japanese, I don’t remember ever not eating seaweed. We would have it in soups, in sushi, as a snack. I even ‘invented’ a tasty treat of roast teriyaki-flavoured nori dipped in a cup of milk. It was just like milk and cookies…except it was milk and nori. While visiting friends in New Brunswick in September, […]