With school being out for summer, the warm weather has influenced me to leave my house and not play video games all day. I’ve finally had the time to explore around the city and find more food places that every Calgarian should try! Now that it’s summer, an excellent way to beat the heat is…
Last night, I had the pleasure of visiting Ajito, a Japanese Izakaya restaurant on McLeod Trail. With COVID restrictions being mostly lifted, it seems as if everyone these days are going out to eat. Because of this, restaurants are usually packed with people, and so noisy to the point where you can’t hear yourself talk.…
Over the years, I have begun discovering foods that excite me. As a result, I have tried numerous restaurants throughout Calgary. However, while I enjoy experimenting, I often visit the same 5-10 restaurants repeatedly. In today’s blog, I compiled a list of my top 5 favorite restaurants within Calgary. 1. Pure Modern Asian Kitchen &…
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day as it replenishes lost nutrients in our bodies and helps restore energy. Since the majority of my blog posts on Youth Are Awesome consist of me writing about local restaurants in Calgary that every Calgarian should try, here is a list of four local breakfast spots…
From my own experiences, I think I can confidently say that going to exciting new cafés in the city is one of my favorite ways to spend my time with friends and families. Not only are cafés a great place to hang out and study, but they also have unique menu options. At the same…
I have always enjoyed eating out, whether that’s going out to eat with my friends or my family, eating out has given me some comfort. As a high-school student, it has been a staple that my friends and I go out every Friday after school. Recently, my friends and I decided to go on a…
Finding a great restaurant can be the perfect touch for any occasion. Some of us prefer the quality of the food over the ambience, while others wish to find a balance between both. Calgary has many amazing restaurants with a variety of different cuisines and eye-catching decor. If you are looking for a list of…
Adel and Hiyam Ghanam along with their three daughters, aged eighteen, sixteen and thirteen, and nine year old son were one of the thousands of Syrian refugee families who came to Canada in 2016. For Adel, living in Aleppo, Syria with all the bombing and danger; he was always worrying about what might happen to…
Dim Sum is the Chinese version of Sunday brunch: served anytime from mid-morning to late afternoon, with various bite-sized portions of food served in small bamboo steamer baskets and lots of tea. It’s a lazy, long meal. Most dishes are very light in flavour, portions are small, and each plate is shared by the whole…
Here of some of the restaurants I recommend you should try!
Calling all witches! If you are a basic witch like me, you must have been just as excited as me to hear about this year’s Halloween themed Starbucks Frappuccino, the “Witch’s Brew”. This drink is a witch’s dream. Yum! Toad’s breath, bat warts, and lizard scales, the perfect ingredients for a witch. I usually do…
A few weeks ago, long-standing Chinese restaurant Shanghai Palace in Edgemont took their signs down. A couple weeks later, Saigon Rex, a casual Vietnamese restaurant, took its place. Vietnamese food is one of my favorite ethnic cuisines. It’s light and (mostly) healthy, but hits all the right spots. To satisfy phở cravings, we usually drive…
It’s that time of year again: time to break my efforts at maintaining a healthy summer lifestyle for the Calgary Stampede’s crazy foods. This past Friday marked my first vegetarian Stampede and it was definitely quite a challenge to watch my friends eat award-winning BBQ ribs; even walking down the section of the park with all…
As summer approaches, there seems to be a lot more festivals and events in Calgary. This weekend, I went to YYC Food Trucks‘ ‘Spring Frenzy’. It’s an opportunity to support local food vendors and enjoy local artists (and pet lots of local dogs!). I had so much fun, despite the moody weather, and I’ll definitely…
Over the spring break, I was fortunate enough to visit my favourite city: San Francisco. I actually used to live there for about three years but my family never quite explored the city and saw all that it had to offer. So on this trip, we did it all and enjoyed the various wonderful things that…