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It was another sunny day last weekend and that meant I spent more money.
This shopping spree actually started on Friday after my dentist visit. I went to buy all the vietnamese treats I love. I got banh hoi, banh gio, banh mi thit/nem/bi, thach, xoi, and shrimp chips. I was really tempted to get tofu and soy milk but my bag was already full and heavy.
On Saturday I walked towards Romados to get my weekly chicken fix and I stopped at to check out Marche Soares. I got some soda with lemon named Frize. It tasted like dishwashing soap. I also stopped by Schwartz (the next door store) and got a pound of medium sliced. I tried the black cherry soda from Cott but didn't like it.
2 whole chicken ($24) + smoked meat ($14) + sodas ($3) + 36 hours bread from Pain Dore ($3) = $44 down the drain. Hopefully the health benefits of walking for 2 hours is a good offset.
Warm weather costs me money.
When it's warm in the winter like today (higher than -10C) I end up going on a large food shopping tour. Today I headed to Chinatown first to buy some pastries at Harmonie (6$), a dozen Egg Rolls (8.5$) and 1 pound of lean roasted pork (7.5$) at the butcher below Keung Kee (I don't kow the store's name!). I then headed to a market to buy tofu and gai lan (4$). I finished at the Hoang Oanh banh mi chain with some chả lụa and thach (5.5$).
I then took the 55 bus on St-Laurent to get to the corner of Mont-Royal. I walked to Kouign Amann for the 2nd best croissant (6 for 10.25$) in the city (store number one is closed on Sundays) and also got a slice of tomato+leek quiche for lunch (2.65$). I made my way to Romados for their famous roasted chicken (11$) and an apricot marzipan tart (10$) but they gave me an almond one instead. I walked to St-Urbain to take the 55 bus going south and stopped at Prince-Arthur St.
I walked to Marché Lobo to get cilantro and green onion (2.25$) for my omelet, 2 bags of cherries (6$) and Provigo for my whole wheat bread (3$). This concludes a shopping trip that cost me close to 70$. It yielded 5 breakfast sandwiches and 4 lunch boxes and extra vegetables and cherries and dessert.
The breakfast sandwich is the crab mix omelet slice and slices of chả lụa with Kraft Singles cheese on whole wheat 3g-per-slice bread. I mixed mayonnaise and cilantro stems and green onions for a spread. Material cost is 1.90$ per sandwich.
The lunch box has roasted pork pieces at the bottom, boiled gai lan and a cube of tofu over, and soba noodles on top. I will take the soba out first then reheat the rest in the microwave. Material cost for each box is 3$ with 2$ for the pork roast.
