Foxy Appetite

Slices of Life 🫶 | August 2–8

We only have about 30 minutes of summer left so I did a whole lot of side questing last week and I need to stop hoarding all my cutesy photos….

What the pictures don’t show is how overwhelmed and drained I felt behind the scenes. There were days when simply getting ready and leaving home felt much harder than I care to admit to anyone in my life.

I’ve been thinking … and overthinking … trying to figure out what I actually want to share online. I love documenting beautiful things and delicious foods but sometimes I feel like I’m selling a dream and the imposter syndrome is getting worse-er.

So with that being said … here are the curated photos I’m letting you see of my week: little views and bites I want to remember. Yummy coffee at new coffee shops, wandering museums looking at hundred-year-old art, last-minute invites, catch ups with friends, dancing downtown, fireworks, Montréal Pride, and lots of real moments I didn’t pull my camera out for.

Love you…. Byeeeee 🫶

Your homebody bestie left the house again… 🤭

I stepped out for opening night of Chợ Đêm MTL to finally experience Montréal’s celebration of Vietnamese culture and food… and I’m so glad I did.

From the lion dance and live performances to all the beautiful áo dài I saw (fun fact: I learned you get in free if you wear one!), it felt like I got to travel to Vietnam for the evening without leaving Griffintown.

I’ve always loved how fresh Vietnamese food tastes. There’s so much balance between grilled meats, herbs, crisp vegetables, rice noodles, and bright sauces that every bite feels light but still packed with flavour.

Bites and sips of the night:
~Bánh xèo (Vietnamese crepe)
~Grilled lamb wrapped in betel leaf with vermicelli
~Vermicelli with grilled brochettes & an imperial roll Restaurant Lyla
~Lotus Blossom cocktail
~Strawberry mochi meiimeww’s sweets & treats diary 🩵
~Vietnamese ube coffee Café 2nd Gen

If you’re looking for something to do this weekend, Chợ Đêm MTL is at Bassin Peel until July 19, with Vietnamese street food, cultural performances, workshops, local vendors, and plenty of reasons to get out of the house and stay out a little longer than you planned.

A peek into your homebody bestie’s camera roll after my very rainy summer side quest at Montréal’s Asian Night Market…

I wasn’t about to let a little (or a lot of) rain stop me from wandering through 40+ food vendors, watching skewers sizzle over charcoal, sipping fresh sugar cane juice, and trying new dishes from different Asian cultures .

If you’re looking for something fun to do around Montréal this weekend, the at Quartier DIX30 in Brossard is worth adding to your itinerary. Entry is free, so all you have to worry about the inevitable long lines and deciding what to eat first.

Now excuse me while I spend the next week thinking about the peanut butter chow mein topped with soft shell crab and grilled lobster from chowmeinclubmtl.

📍Quartier DIX30, Brossard
🗓️ July 9-12
🎟️ Free admission

My first stop was to get some delicious peanut butter chow mein that was topped with grilled lobster and soft shelled crab 🦞 🦀 It was amazing and it gave me the strength to continue my rainy evening adventure!

Next I got to try my first ShaoBing pocket which was piping hot and filled with beef… I really enjoyed it.right across from them I noticed my friends at Cafe 2nd Gen making their yummy Vietnamese coffees and matchas so i had to get an ube matcha. It’s always a must and it made me soo happy 😊

I love just watching the grill masters at work so even though at this point i was definitely feeling a bit full I still grabbed myself a skewer and couldn’t resist taking a bite while i had no hands to hold my umbrella 🤭😅

One of my absolute favorite things to get is a freshly squeezed sugar cane juice so i couldn’t resist ordering one! It made me really happy but the rain started getting harder again and i had to get back out my umbrella…

At this point i was truly stuffed but i ordered another skewer because im not a quitter! It was delicious 😋

There is always room for dessert so mango sticky rice was the next stop…

This masterpiece was just too pretty to not order but i will be honest i just ate some of the fruit from the top and gave the rest to a friend to drink 🥲

At this point the rain really started pouring down and to my surprise my umbre

This heatwave has me craving ice cream and thinking about a cool little foodie find from last summer that somehow never made it onto my feed… because I’m a chronic procrastinator. 😅

I can’t count how many times I’ve driven past BOUZA on the way to my aunt’s house in Laval, so I was excited to finally stop in with my foodie friends Sarah and Farzy.

It was my first time trying traditional Syrian bouza, and the texture completely surprised me. It’s soft, stretchy, and unlike any ice cream I’d had before.

If you know me, you know making decisions isn’t exactly my strong suit. 😂 I sampled about six flavours before finally committing to a split scoop of mango 🥭 and wild blackberry 🫐. It was exactly what I wanted on a hot August afternoon.

One of my favourite things about living in Montréal is that I can experience a new culture through food weekly without ever having to purchase a plane ticket. Sometimes the best discoveries are the places you’ve driven past a hundred times before finally deciding to pull over.

Have you ever tried Syrian bouza?

📍 Bouza

Ice cream counter workers hate to see me coming 😅 I can’t decide on a flavor to save my life…

I decided on fruity flavors and i wasn’t disappointed at all 😊