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July 25, 2011May 11, 2019

Higher Ground Cafe – Calgary, Alberta

I have been craving for a Cafe Rolo or some sort of Rolo Latte for awhile now. I’ve recently been to many coffee shops to see where I can find one! I found one here at Higher Ground Cafe in Kensington. Even though they don’t do foam/latte art, it’s still a good cup of coffee!

The Cafe Rolo is one of Higher Ground’s specialty coffees made with espresso, hot chocolate, caramel and whipped cream. It one quite delicious and it’s definitely sweet enough. The whipped cream is also a home made chocolate one which really adds lot of flavour to the coffee. I normally don’t order drinks with whipped cream, but this was my special case scenario! I had it and loved it! This drink, I would highly recommend.

The lattes from Higher Ground are quite typical, and it’s actually a lot milkier than an average latte. It’s not bad, but it’s not rich and creamy the way I prefer my lattes… unless they didn’t actually use the 2% milk! 🙂 Which is fine too!

Higher Ground Cafe

1126 Kensington Rd NW
Calgary, AB
(403) 270-3780

July 24, 2011April 12, 2019

Lido Cafe Ltd – Calgary, Alberta

We made it to Lido Cafe Ltd right before the Sun and Salsa festival started – as I was starving and needed something to eat! We randomly walked into Lido without knowing anything, sat down and looked at the menu. The first thing that popped in our minds was “random”. This menu had American breakfast and lunch menu items and Chinese lunch and dinner menu items. The place is ran by Chinese, so it was really neat.

When we were seated in a booth with a jukebox hanging off the side, we were even more confused! This place is wonderful, as it’s got no specific theme or anything! I’m sure if you want something – anything, they would have it!

All joking aside, we did go for an American breakfast, as we ordered a French Toast with Sausage and a Breakfast Special with Sausage which included 2 eggs, hash-browns, toast and your choice of ham, bacon or sausage. It was a great deal, and since we went on Sunday, they served this all day long!!

The food tasted just fine, the price is just right, so, nothing wrong with that! 🙂

Lido Cafe Ltd

144 10 St NW
Calgary, AB
(403) 283-0131

July 23, 2011May 10, 2019

JoJo’s BBQ – Calgary Food Truck

After watching a lot of Food Network Canada and the new series called Eat St. I’ve been craving food from a food truck! To my excitement, there was one in Calgary that was up and running – and it was the glorious JoJo’s BBQ.

We were there right when they opened, and I could smell their smokiness already from the parking lot closer to Barbeques Galore! I got really excited!

We ordered a Smoked Pulled Pork Sandwich and it was really something special! The meat was tender and juicy! We did add extra barbeque sauce into this sandwich and it was really good!! I think it needed more salt or something – otherwise, not bad at all!

We also ordered the Smoked Sliced Brisket Sandwich and that was a sandwich with lots of slices of brisket! The brisket was really tender and smoky! I didn’t add extra barbeque sauce to this sandwich, but none-the-less, still an awesome lunch!

This is a food truck that is worth trying! 🙂 I really enjoyed the experience, and I’m so excited to see it’s a new growing trend!!

JoJo’s BBQ

3505 Edmonton Trail N.E.
Calgary, AB
(587) 896-7827

July 20, 2011July 20, 2011

Baker Boys – Cinnamon Twists

I love eating Cinnamon Buns and I’ve always been getting them as fresh as can be from Cinnzeo. Problems arise when I want a cinnamon bun, but the malls are closed — but now I realized the beauty of Baker Boys which is a sister company of Cinnzeo. Their products can be found from my local grocery store (opened till really late!) so I can enjoy them any time!

The particular store I visited had only 2 options, either the Cinnaroll or Cinnamon Twists and I chose to try the Cinnamon twists as the expiration date wasn’t as close! 🙂

I brought these foreign items home, zapped it in the microwave for 20 seconds, and it was delicious!! It’s almost as good as getting them freshly baked from Cinnzeo!! What a warm delicious snack! Thanks for advising me this exists in stores!!

July 18, 2011July 20, 2011

Dairy Queen

The Dairy Queen at this location just opened not too long ago – maybe just a few month at this point now. I’ve been looking for the perfect time to go, and I finally did!

The store is really small actually, but it works as most people take their ice cream to go! This franchise location doesn’t do the grill – which was something I was hoping for, but they do have Orange Julius.

We were only here briefly as we just wanted a cold treat. I ordered my favourite, which is a pineapple sundae and the pineapples are always really sweet, even though I personally think the sauce (syrup) is a little to runny, it’s still a delicious treat on the soft serve ice cream!

We also ordered a Peanut Buster Parfait which was really large actually! It had lots of peanuts, and they use the lovely warm chocolate fudge. It’s a perfect snack to satisfy any craving! You can have a bit with as little or as much peanuts as you like, and the peanuts are the full sized nuts which is extra special (instead of using chopped peanuts).

I’m really happy that there is a Dairy Queen here in this area now! I was really hoping for one when we first moved here! Now, I’m satisfied!

Dairy Queen

150, 35 McKenzie Towne Ave. SE
Calgary, AB
(403) 457-4407