Meat, Music and Pig Skin (Day 3)

Posted on 2012/12/09 by ling

Grey Cup day finally. We basically had two meals that day…continental breakfast at the hotel and grazing on snacks at a pre-game party at a bar/bowling alley near the stadium.

The food was pricey at Rogers Center. A soft drink was 5 dollars and you didn’t get a souvenir cup with at price you needed to pay 9 dollars for that. At least the beer selection included Heinkein and was a better deal at 9 dollars for a tall boy.

Sad comment the evening before while we were riding up the escalator beside two of the BC Lion cheerleaders…she said, “I never felt more like I a piece of meat”. The festivities were definitely geared to the men!

Here are some pictures from our seats of the game. The game was not very good as the Argos tromped all over the Stampeders. We never even got to see the running of the horse. Burton Cummings was horrible singing the anthem. Justin Beiber was just the wrong half time act for the demographics attending the game. Did they boo, I don’t know as we went for a walk because they positioned the stage so half the stadium couldn’t see. You had to be at the 45 yard line and better to see the half time show.

 

 

 

 

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Meat, Music, and Pig Skin (Day 2)

Posted on 2012/12/09 by ling

The Saturday was a day for my son. This time we had to have breakfast at another restaurant that was featured on “You’ve got to eat here” called Hadley’s. It is on 940 College Street near Ossington. It is a little west out of our way but…man the food was good. It is a small restaurant with about 10 tables and an open kitchen. Since we were there because of the show, we had to order featured items. This included the mac and cheese, the “remedy” and the fried chicken on french toast. No one was disappointed in their choices. The “remedy” consists of 2 deep fried poached eggs on top of beans, pulled pork and hash browns topped with hollandaise sauce. Real maple syrup was the topping on the fried chicken french toast.

 

 

 

 

 

The afternoon was filled with a visit to the Toronto Zoo. It was community appreciation day so admission was on 5 dollars each. What a deal! We went into the enclosed pavilions to see the monkeys to warm up. But at the end of the day we watched the feeding of the polar bears.

That night was filled with music. Kim Mitchell performed for two hours in the Molson concert series. We again got premium standing room requiring our ear plugs. This time we brought the good camera.

After Kim Mitchell, in the TigerCat room beside, we were treated to some Great Big Sea. The doors to the room were open so you could see them play from the hall; we were still very close and didn’t want to pay 20 dollars each to be up close (since we missed some of the concert due to listening to Kim Mitchell).

To top that off…outside on the stage was another Canadian band, Nickelback.

 

 

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Meat, Music, and Pig Skin (Day 1)

Posted on 2012/12/07 by ling

Grey cup weekend in Toronto is a huge fan fare. But before we begin with Toronto, let’s talk about breakfast a Fritz’s Classic Grill. This is a new restaurant in the Best Western Hotel in Bells Corners. My son ordered eggs benedict and I ordered the special with poached eggs. The potatoes were nicely pan fried and tasty with a touch of herbs. My eggs were poached well; note they were done in a poacher not in boiling water. The eggs in the benedict were poached well too. Two complaints were how slow it took for our order to be served. They probably had to make the hollandaise sauce for the eggs benedict. The other complaint is that it was obvious from the taste of the hollandaise sauce that real butter was not part of the recipe. Overall breakfast was ok…nothing really outstanding except for the tasty potatoes. The pricing was very fair as I was very pleased that my son’s large chocolate milk was included with his eggs benedict (since coffee or tea were included in the price of the breakfasts).

Now for my grey cup weekend experience of music, food, and football. We parked at city hall where they had set up a zip line and mini football field of artificial turf on the ice rink. That weekend it was windy and cold. The sponsors had booths trying to promote their wares. We filled up with samples of heluva good chip dip and ruffles chips before heading to the Metro convention center on Friday evening. As we walked in the cold brisk wind towards Front Street, you pass by Starbucks, Second Cups and Tim Hortons. Never saw an interesting indie coffee shop in the 6 times we walked back and forth from city hall to Front Street. They had Front Street closed off for the weekend where there was a stage, more sponsor booths, and a selection of BBQ places selling their prize winning pulled pork and ribs. There was a Marco Angelo sausage booth that was selling sausages for 2 dollars. The sausages were good as we were going to stop for dinner on our walk to the convention center but the places we passed by were either chains (Keg) or too nice for our attire.

So the tickets for the Molson Concert series says it started at 6PM. We entered the convention center on the north entrance and had to get to the south part which was 2 escalators up, across and enclosed walkway and 4 escalators down.  Each team had its own “party” room. On our way up the 2 escalators, you would go by the BC Lion room which was huge and pretty empty (they always had music whether it was a DJ or live band) and loud. I’m sure it would have been filled if the Lions had won the west.

On the floor with the Molson room was the Tigercat room next door. In the hallway were more sponsor booths…Canada Post selling stamps; Canadian mint trading loonies for Grey cup loonies and other souvenirs. The Molson room was the huge hall with a stage at the far end of the room but no band and not very many people. In the other half of the room were various football “skill” games such as how hard you can throw a football measured by km/hr; how fast you can push those blocker units; how accurate you can snap the ball; how accurate you can throw the ball. We entertained ourselves with all the games as we were there way too early…first concert with Dave Matthews didn’t start until 9:30PM and then Sam Roberts started at 11PM.

So we decided to go for a really dinner. We kept walking on Front street going west and found this place on Mercer St called Milagro. It looked like an authentic Mexican place; neither Rick or I were very hungry at the time (due to the sausages). I had a mexican mango soda and Rick had a mexican beer. The mexican soda was very interesting; not sweet at all with a very crisp fruity flavour; very refreshing. We both ordered burritos; I had the chicken and Rick had the cheese. The waitress asked if we wanted jalepenos in the burrito but we both declined as she warned me the chicken was spicy. The burrito was very spicy without the extra peppers; it wasn’t the chicken, it was the refried beans which were the best I’ve every tasted. The burrito came with a side of sauted corn in a spicy pepper sauce. The combination of sweet from the corn and spicy from the pepper very much complemented each other.

We headed back to the convention center armed with bags of a new flavour of Ruffles (more samples), bacon and sour cream. This hit the spot between concerts. It was amazing how close we were to the stage; general admission, standing room only, no seats. I was so glad we had our ear plugs as we would have been deaf after the first couple of minutes as you will see in the picture how close to the speakers and stage we were.

The pictures were taken from the iphone5 so these were not very good. We knew better for the next day to bring the good camera as no one cared if we had cameras.

 

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The Face of Dolly

Posted on 2012/11/22 by ling

We were fortunate enough to join a bunch of our old curling buddies (former team mates) for dinner at Stoneface Dolly’s on Preston after sparing for them one Monday evening. The menu is an eclectic bistro with a slant towards italian. My son was very hungry that evening..he ordered an appetizer and a main course. Note that there is no kids menu at this place but they were very willing to make a simple pasta with butter and parmesan. The appetizer we had was the beef ravioli in a brown butter with roasted garlic. Apparently, the beef ravioli was very tasty; I can’t comment as my son would not depart with any for me to try (I would say that was a good sign). I was able to snag some roasted garlic cloves that garnished the dish…very nutty and sweet. I ordered the bototie (chicken); it came in a phyllo bowl with a nice salad and rice. The rice was a little underdone for my taste…too crunchy. The bototie was ground chicken in light curry.

My husband had the jambalaya. He described it as excellent. The portions were a fair size. Definitely not on the small size.

Dessert was the chocolate peanut butter pie….that was extremely rich and required sharing amongst the three of us so we would burst.

Overall a very pleasant experience. A definite repeater.

One other note is that it is featured in one of this season’s episodes of “You gotta eat here” ; this excited my son even more as he loves watching the show and always wants us to go to the featured restaurant. For example, this weekend at the Grey Cup we have to go visit Hadleys for their mac ‘n cheese because it was on the show. I guess that will be my next post.:)

 

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Unstyled Eggs

Posted on 2012/10/14 by ling

This weekend, my family and I decided to try a new breakfast place in Centrum in Kanata called EggStyle. We had a groupon for this place which made it more enticing to try.

Walking in, the place was bright and quite large for a breakfast/lunch place. The menu and style reminded me of Cora’s.

My husband and I ordered the 2 eggs with sausage breakfast and my son ordered the classic eggs benedict with the cheese hollandaise sauce (There were 4 choices of hollandaise sauce..classic, cheese, chive, and dill). My eggs were soft poached and my husband’s eggs were easy over.

Now for the good. The presentation of the plates were very nice especially with the large array of fruit that came with the eggs benedict. All the eggs were done perfectly. The homefries were pan fried and had some nice flavour due to the addition of the green onions. The addition of the apples sauted in cinnamon was a nice touch. The service was extremely attentive.

Now for the bad. The sausage patties were lukewarm and tasteless…it needed some type of spice (thyme, rosemary) and seasoning. The hollandaise sauce was just awful. It was thin, there was no egg taste and definitely no butter in that sauce. My son said my mother-in-law’s hollandaise sauce is better (you know the one from Knorr package). The latte came from a machine and tasted as if it was powder instant.

The pricing was pretty high for what you get. They make their money on the drinks with the Earl Grey tea costing 2.45. So a two egg and meat breakfast would set you back 9 dollars.

It was certainly a lunchbag letdown.

 

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Coffee, Tea, or Bread?

Posted on 2012/09/30 by ling

Ottawa is beginning to have many different cafes. It is starting to be more metropolitan like Toronto and Vancouver in this respect.

Recently, I’ve had the pleasure in visiting 4 shops…Pressed, Bridgehead Roastery, Art-Is-In, Pasticceria Gelateria Italiana.

Pressed:

A coffee/ sandwich shop on Gladstone near Bell St. This place is very hard to find if you are just driving by. The sign is in black with small white letters. This shop uses Equator coffee and Bigelow teas. They have a kids menu consisting of mac and cheese and grilled cheese. Sandwiches are pre-prepared and displayed in a refridgerated display case. On this occasion we were there just for coffee and tea as we had just filled up on lunch at the little Korean place on Bank St. called Doslot which is attached to the Korean grocery store beside the gas station on Catherine. (Awesome Korean food…see review at the end of this post)

This coffee shop was very busy on a Sunday at 2PM. The cappuccino was unfortunately not very good; watery was the description my husband had for it and the tea was very unmemorable especially at 2 dollars. However, looking around, the food looked quite good. Soup came in a big bowl with a piece of bread. Everyone’s plate seemed to be clean with some crumbs after their meal. I’m thinking we need to go back to indulge in some food and review again.

Bridgehead Roastery

Bridgehead is a local Ottawa coffee chain that just opened another location on Preston street close to Somerset, near the Plant Bath. This is their new roastery where they roast their coffee beans. Again we were there for some coffee and tea. The inside of the building is warehouse like with huge ceilings. 1/3 of the building is for serving coffee/tea/snacks. The rest holds the roastery machinery and admin offices. The roaster was operational when we were there. I found it quite deafening when the machinery is on.

The tea selection was the same as other Bridgehead locations with a selection of very good loose leaf tea. This occasion, I had the Jasmine green which had a beautiful floral aroma and taste. There is a on tap coffee selection and a coffee bar which we did not partake…it looks like the daily freshly roasted coffee selections. My husband’s cappuccino had a thick foamy head and was very bold. He could taste the fresh roast of the coffee. My son’s lemonade tasted like fresh squeezed lemon juice with sugar and water; very refreshing. The ham and gruyere croissant was light and flaky with a rich taste of butter…yum.

 

Art-is-In Bakery

This gem is hidden in an industrial building in the City Center where you can only access it from a car via Albert St or is it still Scott St at that point (I hate when this city changes the street name in middle of the street…too many examples..Wellington to Richmond to Robertson to Hazeldean…oops I digress). The location has not deterred its followers as the couple times I have visited, it is always busy.

It is here that they bake their signature breads and offer a selection of sandwiches, baked treats and coffee/tea. There are racks of bread that you can choose from. If there is something that you can’t find, you can always ask when you get to the counter as there maybe a loaf hidden on shelf that you missed. At the counter, you can order your sandwich/soup and they give you a number…then as you traverse along the counter by the desserts and baked goods, there is someone there to package those treats up…then you get to the cash where you can order tea/coffee and pay for all those lovely baked things that you acquire on your journey along the counter.

There are a number tables and chairs…there are quite a few that are communal where you can seat 6 comfortably. Once paid and seating is found (there is also seating outdoors too). A server with food will come by trying to match the order number with the food she has in her hands.

The sandwiches are very good using their bread and warming/toasting it so the cheese is melted and the bread has a crisp exterior. My husband has not been disappointed with their cappuccino and there is a good selection of tea.

Pasticceria Gelateria Italiana

This bakery on Preston Street is just down the street near the Roastery. One of my favourites is the chocolate turtle creme brulee which is to die for. They have a huge selection of gelato, in addition to their cakes and cookies. Another place where my husband had never been disappointed with their cappuccino. The large selection of tea is mainly herbal and black..not a lot of green teas…also all in bags.

They also have hot food such as lasagna and they now serve breakfast. This is definitely a great place to go for a bit dessert or afternoon tea. I’ve never had the hot food and need to find a time to go for lunch there.

Doslot

You wouldn’t have thought that there was a restaurant here as the entrance is the same as the grocery store…but take the left option as it leads into this small Korean restaurant. The decor is cafeteria like but there are two rooms and the adjoining room looks like it is equipped to do Korean BBQ. The menu is very Korean…I had the chicken bulogi and my husband had the bibimbap. The portions are very generous and the Korean pickles (kimchee etc) are very good. I really enjoyed the taste and after only ordering one dish, I was rolling out of there very full after lunch.

 

 

 

 

 

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On route

Posted on 2012/09/19 by ling

On route from Toronto, we actually stopped in the new On Route travel stops along the 401. The one we stopped at had a Starbucks, Tim Hortons, Burger King, East Side Mario Express, and a Pita place. The building is way more open than the old travel stops with the fast food joints along the inside perimeter of the one large room building.

Interestingly, Starbucks charges more ( >1 dollar) for their beverages at these travel spots than at a regular Starbucks…but the Tim Horton’s pricing is the same as any other Tim Horton’s.

So quick note about some new Tim Horton menu items…the Paninis…great whole grain bread, the size of 1.5 times a normal sandwich bread. The chicken wrap was stuffed with lots of grilled chicken and the chipotle sauce had a mild kick to it. I was pleasantly surprised by the food.

 

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Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs

Posted on 2012/09/19 by ling

Just last weekend, my son and I went to see the special dinosaur exhibit at the ROM. Unfortunately, I have no pictures as my son removed all the dinosaur pictures I took with the iPad…oh well. The dinosaur exhibit showed off the skeletons of many new dinosaurs including the Futalognkosaurus , a ginormous dinosaur which they have a replica in the front foyer. There is an app on the iPad that when you point the iPad at the poster/picture (that says use “your iPad app”), a 3D moving image of that dinosaur appears on the iPad.

Along with their permanent dinosaur exhibit on the second floor, this museum rocks with dinosaurs. Even without the special exhibit of dinosaurs, it is better than the Museum of Nature in Ottawa.

By the way, if you have kids and you want to see a special exhibit at the ROM, you may want to look into getting a family membership especially if are a non-resident. We frequent Toronto at least 2-3 times a year and we always visit the ROM. The non-resident family membership is $102 for 1 year or $183 for 2 years. We bought the year they had the terracotta soldiers on display…when you add up the admission + special exhibit admission for a family…2 visits and you are generally way ahead. There is parking in a lot off of Bedford and don’t forget to ask for the parking discount coupon at the desk at the ROM.

Another great value is getting a family membership for the Science and Tech museum in Ottawa especially if you are planning on going to the Ontario Science Center. The Ottawa S&T family membership gets your family into the OSC for free. The only drawback is that if there is a special exhibit, you have to pay extra for that.

Our visit in Toronto is not complete without a review of a breakfast restaurant, the Sunshine Spot at 796 Sheppard Ave East in North York…just off the highway at Leslie, north to Sheppard and west on Sheppard to a little plaza across from the Canadian Tire.

This unassuming place is quick and great value. The menu provides many combinations of breakfast foods from your standard eggs, bacon, hash browns and toast to variations on eggs benedict. Warning that the coffee served is Bunn coffee…may want to save your pennies for the Starbucks at the Canadian tire across the street.

My son ordered the California eggs benedict without the tomato. The eggs in the eggs benedict were done perfect; the sauce was good and plentiful and I could taste the lemon juice in it. It was not as rich as the sauce at Cafe Cognac (see my older post) but still good. The ham in the eggs benedict was a slice of dinner ham cut thick. The cheese that was grated on top was a orange cheddar. Great value for 9 dollars.

The standard egg breakfast was good…plenty of hashbrowns that consisted of potatoes pan-fried with some light spicing. The bacon came crisp and plentiful…5 slices..yum. Good value for just over 5 dollars.

My husband ordered a hungry man breakfast…This consisted of 3 eggs, 2 slices of ham, 2 slices of peameal bacon, 2 slices of bacon, 2 sausages, toast, hashbrowns and 2 pancakes or french toast. You better be hungry for this plate.

The breakfast menu provides interesting combinations that don’t break the bank…e.g. french connection at 7 dollars is 2 french toast with 2 eggs, 2 sausages and 2 bacon. The low fat breakfast at 7 dollars is 2 eggs, toast, fruit cup and honey yogurt

One other note, a lot of asians frequent this place which is usually a sign that the restaurant is good value.

 

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How to train your appetite

Posted on 2012/08/19 by ling

Staying home is hard to do especially with so many entertainment options available this summer. I happened upon a deal for tickets to How to train your dragon Live at the Bell Center in Montreal (20 dollars + fee+ fee+ tax) on TravelZoo…we decided on the 11AM matinee. The show is a play that re-enacts the movie where the dragons are animatronic interacting with real actors. Fortunately or unfortunately they did not fill the Bell Center and decided to move everyone with 300 level seats to the 100 level (woo hoo!) We had awesome seats where we could see expressions of the actors without an aid.

It was a 2 hour show including a 20 minute intermission. The dragons were impressive, the special effects were very innovative using a a moving projected background wall instead of just a moving person to show flight, and distance.

There was acrobatics, dance, music, story and flying dragons, fire and fog. Overall, an impressive display that was true to the story and very entertaining for both adults and kids.

After the show, we needed to find lunch near the Bell Center…lots of chain restaurants..but we settled on Cafe Presto on Stanley St between Rene Levesque and St. Catherine. This tiny italian restaurant with about a dozen tables seemed extremely out of place near the glitz of the high price chain store on St. Catherine street. We were greeted by the owner who looked like an old Italian father. He seated us and verbally went through the menu. The menu is a small select items written on a whiteboard. He even made a custom dish for my son who doesn’t like red sauce.

The food on this menu is traditional Italian. We started with a side green salad which was very simple that contained romaine lettuce a slice of tomato and a very slices of radishes in a olive oil with a splash of wine vinegar. I had the cannelloni filled with veal, my son had spaghetti with sausage with a rose sauce, my husband had penne arrabbiatta sauce. The cannelloni was made from fresh noodle with a fresh tasting tomato sauce. You could taste the basil, tomato and veal in every bite. All this food, with a glass of red wine, a bottle of beer, cappucinno and a lemonade came to 50 dollars.

The sausage that came with my son’s spaghetti was very meaty and lightly spicy; very tasty sausage. The arrabbiatta sauce used the fresh tomato sauce base but with that spicy kick that would build the more you ate.

A visit to Montreal in the summer is never complete without a visit to Kem CoBa for ice cream/gelato and a dozen bagels from Fairmount Bakery.  The soft serve ice cream from Kem CoBa is to die for something you can not get elsewhere.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our food adventure for the Saturday is not over as my son wanted poutine for dinner. We were just driving by St. Albert and decided to go get fresh curds and poutine. The poutine we got from the lunch bar beside the St. Albert cheese factory did not overwelm the fries with too much gravy. The curds were squeaky (as they should be). The fries were ok but could be thicker and crispier. The gravy was not salty and just added to the dish.

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Single Parent Eats and Adventures

Posted on 2012/08/15 by ling

Since hubby decided to go to Kingston to compete in the Kona fleet at the Canadians last weekend (starting Friday) that left me as a single parent. The whole family couldn’t go for the weekend because my son had a soccer tournament on Saturday afternoon. Well all was not lost as this was the weekend of the Carp Garlic festival.

So Saturday morning after a quick egg, ham and cheese bagel sandwich for breakfast, we headed off to Carp. We arrived in Carp around 9:30AM and it was buzzing. Entering the fairgrounds, there were a couple of food stalls serving various food from egg rolls to breakfast. Past those stands, were the produce/garlic stands that lined the gravel parking lot. In the middle of the parking lot was garlic tasting of over 8 varieties and the results of the judging. I was quite impressed by the number of garlic vendors; many with an impressive variety of garlic to sell. Everyone had the Music variety which is the “Ontario” variety. There were many others including Red Russian, Hungarian. It was sold by the pound or half pound. I bought a pound of Hungarian which I was told is very hot (spicy) and grows well in our region.

Some vendors had garlic food stuffs such as garlic jelly, garlic pepper jelly, scape pesto, scape cream cheese,  garlic breads and chocolate garlic fudge.

Garlic jelly is a translucent jelly that is sweet with a little sour overtone and lots of garlic flavour. This is good on crackers. I really liked it as a condiment for my BBQ pork chops.

The chocolate garlic fudge was very different…two flavours; dark chocolate and garlic. The jury is still out on this.

All in all not a bad little Garlic festival especially since the admission was free!!!

That was Saturday morning…after the soccer tournament; we decided to meet the hubby in Kingston… only 1 hr 40 minutes to get to St. Lawrence College; ok so I was speeding a little bit.:)

In Kingston, the windsurfing gang had already been to my favourite tapas bar, Tangos, on Friday night. Reports are that the menu has shrunk but the food was even better! Saturday night, the dinner spot was Curry Original which is right next to the Lone Star. We had the back room…prices for each individual curry is not cheap but the taste is very different from what I get in Ottawa. The butter chicken is yellow with a hint of sweetness and almond flavour. My son was able to eat that. The pineapple chicken is a mild red curry that was tasty but there was nothing special or distinct about the flavours. The saag lamb was wonderful. The spinach and lamb were excellent together. Be warned when ordering the Vindaloo, I hear that the next morning is not so pleasant; you need to make sure there is something mild to absorb the heat. If I had to do it again, I would get one of the dinners for 2 as you get more food for the money.

The Marble Slab Creamery just opened in downtown Kingston. This is a franchise that has been popping up in various cities in Canada. They have 20 flavours of ice cream and then you get to add one mixin which your standard small order…that is m&ms or caramel or cookie dough etc (you get the picture). They take the mixin and a large scoop of ice cream and plunk on a cold marble slab and start mixing it. Then the mixed ice cream is put in a vanilla waffle cone. The small order is pretty expensive…over 4 dollars.

A little bit of late driving fuelled by a huge cup of Jasmine Green tea and we were home in Ottawa by 12:05AM…not bad for a day of adventure.

Sunday morning came around and we were off to the farmer’s market across from Carleton University. I like this market as I now have my favourite vendors. Since I don’t make it to the market very often due to the travelling on the weekends so when I do, I love getting all my favs (I don’t always remember the names).

Art-is-in-bakery. My son loves their raspberry donuts; deep fried raspberry compote filled donut. The raspberry filling tastes like eating sweet fresh mashed raspberries. The garlic /rosemary bread (not the sourdough) is perfect for sandwiches, cheese or dipping in sauce. The crazy grain bread is a lightish grain bread that is flavoured with molasses; again great for sandwiches.

The samosa guy…he sells chicken samosas (deep fried or baked); veggie samosas (deep fried or baked); deep fried beef samosas. I’ve only tried the baked varieties and I can say they are yummy especially dipped in that sweet red sauce.

Limeydale farms. I think they have the best corn. Everytime I’m there I always ask which is their favourite variety for the week (which is the sweetest) and I’ve never been disappointed. My son has fun picking out the 12 cobs.

Hall’s Apple Market. My son always has to stop here to sample the apple cider. Some weeks it has lots of macintosh flavour and other weeks it has more delicious. We always pick up a 2 L jug for the week.

The stall beside Limeydale. I’ve bought carrots from these guys and I can say they are sweet. The purple carrots are so purple that they stain your fingers when you cut them. I wonder how they get the carrots so purple…mine are just purple on the outside but orange on the inside.

The ice tea stall. These guys make an unsweetened apple cider ice tea which I find very thirst quenching. The last couple of weeks, they have been offering raspberry lemonade. The lemonade has that fresh raspberry puree flavour with a bit a lemon tartness.

The sheep cheese guy (I bet you can’t say that 5 times fast without tripping). My son and husband like some of his sheep cheese. Many different varieties (hard and soft) to sample and buy.

Ottawa Valley Honey (there are a couple of honey stalls now). The one product that my son really likes is the chocolate honey that they make. My son likes it on his croissants and toast in the morning.

 

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