merci merci merci

 photo credit goes to my talented friend Jamie

This past weekend was Thanksgiving and like all holidays, everything that I did and everywhere that I went, revolved around food. The festivities started off with a good dose of food poisoning that I mentioned in this post. I suppose it was a blessing in disguise because it cleared the way for much overindulging the entire weekend. By entire weekend I mean 12pm Saturday straight through to Monday 6pm.

 taken at the lobby of the Royal York Hotel

Saturday was spent high tea-ing with two of my lovely ladies at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel. We stuffed ourselves on crumpets and sandwiches (couldn't quite fit the scones in near the end) and washed it all down with a nice big pot of tea. I chose my absolute favourite tea at the moment: Cherry Blossom Sencha tea. It's a very mild green tea with a hint of sweetness to it; perfect for a sunny afternoon. After tea, I was off to Nathan's family Thanksgiving dinner at his cousin's place. The next evening was Thanksgiving dinner with my family, and since no one in my family wanted to cook this year, we decided to go shopping and eat out instead. We had our family's favourite sticky rice stuffed chicken at Maple Yip's and by the end of the night, I didn't think I could ever eat again...

best stuffing in the world (recipe from Giada)

...somehow, I found myself eating more turkey the next day at a friend's place in Oakville.

I've only felt physically ill from eating one other time in my life and that was after an a.y.c.e sushi date with Nathan when he was still working in Calgary. This weekend, I revisited that awful feeling but if I had to do it again, I probably would have ended up in the same state.

I asked Nathan to take a picture of me for my blog and this was the result...