2013年2月6日 星期三

[宅美食] - Vancouver溫哥華 - SnackBox by food.ee

What is SnackBox!! Simple, $8.95 per week + $1.99 for shipping you can enjoy your healthy snacks delivered right to your home or office every Tuesday. My wife placed her order last week and we just got our snackbox yesterday. Because they are still in beta now so we only get to choose 3 types of snacks.

Brain Fuel - Healthy options to help power through your day.
Classic Sweet & Desserts - Inspired by favorites, a healthier way to kick that sweet tooth.
Savoury Carvings - Salty, Crunchy, Satisfying.

We chose Savoury Carving to start and we get 
"Do you like pina colada" which includes dried pineapple, coconut ribbon, and salted cashews.
"Triples Chunch" - smoked almonds, spicy rice crackers, and salted cashews.
"Mexican Hot Chocolate" - sesame cashews, milk chocolate, dark chocolate, and spiced nuts.  

We both love dried pineapple, it has this chewy sweet taste. This is the benefit of getting this kind of snackbox because you might discover your next favorite snacks in here!! 

2013年1月31日 星期四

[宅美食] - Vancouver溫哥華 - Miko Sushi

Miko Sushi
Location: 1335 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC
Mon - Fri 11:00am - 2:30pm | Mon - Sat 5:00am - 10:00pm
Price: Lunch Box $11

Every time I try a new Japanese restaurant, I always order 2 types of sushi that will help me determine this restaurant. One is Sweet Shrimp Sushi (raw shrimp) and another is Tamago Sushi.
Sweet Shrimp Sushi will help you understand how fresh their sushi is. 
Tamago Sushi is the one dish that will showcase the itamae's skills.

Overall I had a great lunch at Miko Sushi. Good portion, fresh seafood, not a bad Tamago.
I will definitely go back to check out more dishes.

[宅開箱] - MSI GT780DXR

MSI GT780DXR
CPU: Intel Core i7 2.0GHz
Screen: 17.3" Full HD 1920x1080
Graphics: Nvidia GTX 570M 1.5GB of Ram
Memory: 12GB (up to 32GB)
HD: 2x500GB

I bought this laptop back in March 2012. So why the heck I'm still trying to write the review. Well for me this is not only my first gaming laptop, this is also my first MSI product. I have to say this laptop change the way I think about MSI. For so many years MSI is trying to cut into PC world but until now they finally found a way.
So, I'm using it for more than 9 months now. It's about time to give a short review.

Pros: 
  • Programmable backlit keyboard.
  • Able to upgrade, for example I changed one of the HD into SSD for a faster speed.
  • Able to run pretty much all the current market games with the highest settings.
  • Really good quality speakers
Cons
  • Big and heavy ( Just keep it on your desk )
  • Ctl + ZXC keys on the keyboard sta not working well ( MSI already fix it for the newer models )
  • Laptop gets a bit loud when you crank up the speed during hardcore gaming.
Sums up
Overall I'm very happy with this laptop. It runs very smooth when playing games and even allows me to do some 3D modeling and rendering. For the past 9 months I don't have any problem with it, so far it's a solid build machine.

Metal brush like surface finish

2013年1月30日 星期三

[宅美食] - Montreal蒙特羅 - Schwartz's

Location: 3895 Saint-Laurent Boulevard, Montreal, QC
Mon - Fri 8:00am - 12:30am | Sat 8:00am - 1:30am Sun 8:00am - 2:30am
Price: Smoke meat sandwich $6.4 

If you ask me what did I miss the most during my 10 months relocation in Montreal? I will say Schwartz's smoke meat sandwich. With it's secret spices smoke meat pile on top of the sourdough bread. No wonder people keep coming back for their awesome sandwiches.

2013年1月29日 星期二

[宅分享] - 如果我能交換到這些名人的名片就好了


阿諾史瓦辛格
愛因斯坦

脫逃大師-胡迪尼

賈伯斯
阿姆斯壯
華納兄弟動畫師
美國總統-林肯
迪士尼動畫師
美國總統-歐巴馬

2013年1月28日 星期一

[宅美食] - Dine Out 2013 - Giovane Cafe & Wine Bar

Location: 1038 Canada place, Vancouver, BC
Cuisine Type: Italian
Mon - Sat 6:00am - 10:30pm | Sun 6:00am - 5:00pm
Dine out Menu Price: $18

Not only they have one of the finest coffees in Vancouver, they also have one of the best values in this year's Dine Out Vancouver. For people like us know nothing about food and wine pairing, Flight of wine will be your best choice. Just $18 each. 

Appetizer 1. Selection of Italian and house cured charcuterie and imported cheeses, and house made condiments Appetizer 2. Caprese Salad Village Farms Tomatoes and Natural Pastures Buffalo Mozzarella
Entree 1. House made Italian sausage, spinach, and pine nut pappardelle
Entree 2. Baked truffled gnocchetti
Dessert : Classic Tiramisu