UPDATE!

Here's the end result of the coconut cake!

IT was suuuuupper yummy!

Bobby Flay's Coconut Cake..

So, in January, Brandon, my brother Zac, and I  went to the Atlantis Resort and Casino on Paradise Island, in the Bahamas. It was an awesome vacation, even if the weather didn't cooperate most of the time.
One of the restaurants we went to was Bobby Flay's Mesa Grill.
We all had different steaks, and really unique side dishes..but the star of our dinner was the Toasted Coconut Cake. It. Was. Amazing. Brandon hates coconut, and loved this cake..that's how good it was. Since then, Zac and I have been wanting to make a coconut cake and low and behold, yesterday Zac posted an exciting link on my wall : Coconut Cake!!! 

So, we're obviously getting together tomorrow night (well, tonight I suppose since it's technically Sunday now..) and we're going to try our hand at replicating a culinary masterpiece. haha. The recipe looks like it's going to take up to 6 hours to make..wow.. I'll post pictures of what we end up with, even if it's a disaster! :)

Toronto!

So, this past weekend, Brandon, Bentley and I drove to Toronto to stay with our friends, John and Sarah. As I mentioned in an earlier post, John and Sarah just got a super cute min pin named Jack, and well, he wanted his cousin Bentley to visit!
(For those of you interested, taking your dog across the border isn't hard at all, you just need a signed copy of the dog's rabies vaccination from your vet and you're all set!)

The weekend wasn't too crazy, in fact it was realllly relaxing. Friday night, we went to a restaurant called Milestones. The food was really, really, good! I had Tomato Bisque soup and a pasta dish. The soup was soooo amazing! It came with mini grilled cheese croutons, so cool! After dinner, we came home and went to bed. Not too crazy, eh?! :)

Saturday we decided to walk around and go to Cabbagetown. While there, we went to a restaurant called Cranberries. Lunch there wasn't anything too crazy, just normal pub-like food. But here's a few pictures of it, anyway!





 After getting lunch, we headed to Bloor street and did a little shopping, followed by a lot of drinking. We went to a few different bars, one of which was the Regal Beagle!It was a small pub and we were the only ones there, nothing special, but fun nonetheless.

We also stopped at My Big Fat Burrito on the way back to the apartment. This Burrito place is really good and can be really spicy! Don't get the level 5 unless you LOOVE hot sauce! They even have a Yam burrito for vegetarians! Take a look at their menu! Thus one is located in Kensington Market!


Saturday night concluded with some board games back at the apartment, and some more drinking. At some point after 3am, Brandon, John and a few of John's friends headed out to get Chinese food. Sarah and I stayed home and went to bed! No Chinese food for us!!

Sunday morning we went to Kensington Market. It's kind of a Hippy hangout, but I really like a few of the stores there, so we always try to go. First, we decided we needed some lunch. For the first time since I've known Brandon, he requested we go somewhere "Healthy and possibly vegan for something like a salad." !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! After I recovered from my intial shock, we decided on Urban Herbivore. Last time we were in Toronto, Sarah introduced to ttheir chocolate chunk vegan cookies (amazing!). This time around, we all ordered lunch, and some cookies to go! :). Brandon and I both had salads which included your choice of greens, 6 items, nuts, and dressing. Sarah had vegan Moroccan stew and John had a grain bowl, which was the same as the salad bowl, but grain instead of greens! I also ordered a glass of fresh squeezed orange juice! Yummy!



After lunch, we headed to Blue Banana Market. It's almost like a flea market, but really, really, clean and the actual vendors aren't in their booths. It has really unique gifts and a cute coffee place with really good tea.  Upstairs there are clothes and jewelry that are reasonably priced and really cute. They even have a section for plastic free toys for kids. Don't tell Jasmine, but this is where we get Jenavieve's presents! ;)

So, that's all for now! We had a great weekend with WONDERFUL weather. We'll be back to Toronto in a few months, you can be sure of that! It's a awesomely clean and fun city, and as soon as we're home, we're already planning our next trip there!! Thanks to John and Sarah for being great hosts, as always!!

Toronto!

So, this weekend, Brandon and I are visiting Sarah and John in Toronto. They have a pretty sweet Penthouse Apartment in downtown and have 2 bedrooms, so we're staying with them. They recently got a super cute and sweet puppy, Jack and asked us to bring Bentley to visit, too! Bentley isn't quite sure about the big city, but he does like looking out the windows at all the people on the street, although we think he thinks they're squirrels. :)

We're not doing anything too crazy or touristy since we've been here before, but I will post about some of the places we go, as soon as we go to them! My camera is actually working so that's a plus!