Free Day Fun

So as I told you it was free day and we were going out to find some good stuff! We did really well (I'll take pictures of it all yet and post again!) and it was another successful free day!

I'm not sure if you can totally tell but this house has a river in front of it! They made their own mot! Pretty cool!

This house is so cool! They took an old brink house and totally modernized it. If it was so sale (and I had that kind of money) we would totally buy it!

This chair was great but just a little too much work to make it useable again.

It's a little hard to see in a picture but there is a herd of horses made out of wood in this yard. Very neat idea. 

Unfortunately not free.

After a long day of getting free stuff we went to The Grove for lunch. I had a Groupon so that was great (we've been waiting for a reason to use it). They all ordered the same burger, which they all said was really good, so that's great. It's like a pub in there but it's designed to look old, it's not really old, so it's not as nice, like the Elephant and Castle or somewhere like that down town. Still good though!

Our friends Katie & Kyle. They're wonderful

On a sale of 1-10 (1- Horrible, it should be closed down!! 10- Amazing, would go back again and again!) I give it “8- Good Service, good food, good pricing, I’d go back if someone really wanted to.”

I had a veggie burger for the first time. It was really good! I would get it again! 

(This is the closer you will get me to do one of those nude face posts, I'm not wearing any makeup here)

Chocolate Indulge: Steve's Bistro

 I had never even heard of this place before this event and I'm glad they are serving mud pie because only that (my favorite dessert) could have gotten me to drive all the way out there to get some and when I saw the place I was impressed. It has really fun Europian decor and it makes me want to sit down relax and enjoy some great food (which it looks like they have).

(It was some seriously good mud pie!)

Chocolate Indulge: Joe Black Coffee Bar

 I went to Joe Black Coffee Bar two times and both times they were out of their Indulge dessert. The second time I even called ahead and they gave me a time (between 10-6) that the desserts would be delivered and I went after 6pm and still nothing.

I was frustrated and thought maybe I'll just skip this one on my list of places to go but I was in the area on another day and went by and they had it but not only did they have one but they had two different kinds. 

 This is the chocolate one

And of course this is the peanut butter one (this one is way better!)

(Did you notice I didn't get any strawberries or whip cream? I didn't realize until afterward that I was supposed to get some. But to be honest it was perfect just like this!)

Chocolate Indulge: Human Bean Coffee & Tea

Doesn't this look wonderful? Well it was! We weren't going to try this one but then we decided to go for a little trip to The Forks with my mom and we shared this one and the one from Tall Grass Prairie.


I really like Human Bean. I can't speak for their coffee (because I don't drink coffee) but they have great desserts and tea, and they have a tea sale at times buy one bag of 100g get the second half off so I love that.

If you are going to The Forks and want a little treat I suggest this place. It a little more off to the corner too so it's not so crowded and they have a little sitting area of their own as well.

Chocolate Indulge: High Tea Bakery

I'll be honest, I'm pretty disappointed with this one. I had never been to High Tea Bakery before and I had heard really good things and had had a couple of cookies and tried wedding cakes from there, so I expected their choice for this event would be great..none. Out of the 8 that I have tried so far this was the most disappointing. It was not a lot of bang for your buck and I've made a lot better brownies myself, at home.

I like that most places give you the little Easter bunny though (from Morden's Chocolates) that made it a little better.

If you're looking for some good chocolate recipes here are a couple to choose from:
Black Forest Trifle, Twix Bar, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Mint Chocolate Surprise Cookies

I've shared this on:
Show & Tell Wednesdays
Idea Sharing Wednesday
Whatever Goes Wednesdays
What's Cooking Wednesday
Whatcha Makin' Wednesdays
What's Cookin' Wednesday
What I Whipped Up Wednesday
Recipes I can't Wait To Try

Lucky Koi...Not so lucky us

We had my dad and his wife over for Easter and ordered from Lucky Koi Express.

All the food looked pretty good but to be honest all the main dishes tasted the same. They didn't have a lot of flavor to make them distinctly anything in anyway. The ginger beef didn't even really have much of a flavor of ginger. I think if I didn't know it was ginger beef I wouldn't have guested it.

The spring rolls and the wanton soup was good but other then that I didn't like any of the rest of it and I will not be ordering from there again.

On a scale of 1-10 I give it a 2- I would have been better of eating at home.

Chocolate Indulge: Sweet Impressions & Chocolate Zen

We had a double date on Tuesday and I had some time so I decided to bike with Ollie get some desserts. I had a couple more places on my list that I wanted to try so I went there. If you don't know Winnipeg to make it simple for you in total it was around a 10km bike ride. Ollie is a year old and full of energy. He pulled the whole way there (which helped, it was pretty windy!) and he only started to get tiered on the way back (his tiered is not dragging behind but rather simply just not pulling anymore).

The first stop was Sweet Impressions (on Tache). I was impressed but there cute little store front and the fact that they are a nut free bakery. That's not a problem for me but I'm sure the people our there with allergies really appreciate it.

The second stop was Chocolate Zen (on Osborne). It was also a pretty cute place, but I can't say I'm that impressed in comparison to the other bakeries in the city. It's a cute shop, don't get me wrong, but not my style I guess. They did have a couple things in their display I wouldn't mind trying, but that's sort of the case everywhere I go!

I picked up the chocolate option from each place so we (each couple) got a plate to share. The cupcakes didn't really make it (they smoshed on the way home) but wow, where they good! I could have eaten a lot more of them so it was a good thing there was only one! The chocolate macaroon was also really good but I didn't love the chocolate zen (moose).