Brunch With A View

 When we visited Prince Edward County here in Eastern Ontario, we made sure to have brunch at the popular Drake Devonshire Inn, located in Wellington and has the best views of Lake Ontario. Stylish and cool people from Toronto come here to eat, drink, be merry and be seen. We came here for the brunch which turns out, comes with a view. For starters, we had the tomato salad with honeydew, cantaloupe, yogurt dressing and jalapeño vinaigrette which was refreshing to eat. For me, I chose to eat the Breakfast Burger with bacon, cheddar, fried egg and hollandaise hash. Then for dessert, we made sure to have their sorbet of guava, white chocolate and dark chocolate. The meal we had here plus the lakeside view perfectly and refreshingly celebrated our summer's end. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Weekend In Prince Edward County

 We spent the Labour Day weekend, the last long weekend of summer visiting Prince Edward County an island along Lake Ontario, about a few hours east of Toronto. We discovered that it is rural with vineyards, lavender fields and a Provincial Park with a popular beach for the locals. First in our agenda was to visit the Prince Edward County Lavender farm located at 732 Closson Road which has a lavender field, bed & breakfast and a store that sold their natural products from their lavender harvest. We tried for the first time a lavender gelato which tasted so delicious and was so fragrant. Driving around the island, we were impressed by the numerous vineyards that we passed along the way to the Sandbanks Provincial Park. The park is popular for its natural sand dune formation and  for summer swimming in Lake Ontario. A visit here at Prince Edward County was a perfect way to end the summer fun with lavender ice cream, some wine tasting and a refreshing swim on the lake. Oh summer, I will miss you. Till next time again. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

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Summer Market At St. Jacobs Farmers' Market

 One of the best things to do during summer is visiting the St Jacobs Farmers Market at St Jacobs, Ontario, two hours west of Toronto. This is a year round market with an outdoor market for the whole summer selling fresh from the farm fruits and vegetables. Most of the farm produce in the market are from nearby farms owned by the Mennonites that settled in this Western part of Ontario. Since it is summer, there are tropical fruits like the pineapples, avocados and mangoes on sale imported from Mexico and Costa Rica. There are local fruits like peach, fresh Ontario strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and sweet corn. There was an explosion of colours from the fresh fruits and vegetables all around the outdoor market. St. Jacobs is also the only place that makes the best apple fritters and the biggest and most fresh raspberry lemonade juice I have ever tasted. A visit to the summer outdoor market is a feast to the eye and a delight to our taste palette.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Muskoka Boat Show And Ribfest

One of our summer highlights is attending the Muskoka Boat Show and Ribfest held last weekend from July 27 to 29 at the Muskoka Wharf in Gravenhurst, Ontario, two hours North of Toronto. Muskoka is our favourite summer place as it has the three major lakes in the province: Lake Muskoka, Lake Rosseau and Lake Joseph. My family and I stayed at our favourite cottage in Lake Rosseau, Muskoka with its cool and clear lake water. Besides swimming on the clear water lake, we kayak and enjoyed stand up paddle boarding. During our dinner at the Muskoka ribfest, we tried all of the outstanding ribs from Canada and the USA. There were food trucks that offered the blooming onion, poutine and we tried the new butterfly fries/chips. There was a live band that played country music in the cool summer's night whilst we enjoyed our barbecue ribs, chicken, sweet corn and fries. Everything was so delicious and we enjoyed this event every summer here at Lake Muskoka. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Fall Pumpkins

 

 I spied lots of Pumpkins on display as far as the eye can see right at Whittamore's Farm in Markham Ontario. This is the season for pumpkins as big as you can imagine which can be used for display or for eating to cook a vegetable dish, soup and famous for a pumpkin pie. For those who do not like pumpkins, an alternative is the numerous apples on the farm which makes a really delicious apple pie topped with vanilla ice cream and whipped cream. Even the mums are so colourful and huge this season. Fall is just so delicious and pretty.

 

 

 

 

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