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Eating out with Friends and Family at Yellow Leaf Chinese Food in Kingston

December 20, 2018/in Restaurant /by ValleyFamilyFun

Eating out with Friends and Family at Yellow Leaf Chinese Food in Kingston Disclosure: Our family received a meal at Yellow Leaf Restaurant in Kingston in exchange for this blog post. All opinions are our own. “That was so good! When can we go back?” That was my son after having had a meal at […]

Rachel MacLean’s Falling on Snow new Christmas Album

December 7, 2018/in Christmas, Product Review /by ValleyFamilyFun

Rachel MacLean’s Falling on Snow new Christmas Album Please note: this is NOT a sponsored post about Rachel MacLean’s new Christmas album, Falling Snow. All opinions are my own. Let me tell you the story about how I met Rachel MacLean and didn’t realize I met her. Almost 10 years ago, my son Daniel […]

Eating out with Friends and Family at Yellow Leaf Chinese Food in Kingston

December 20, 2018/in Restaurant /by ValleyFamilyFun

Rachel MacLean’s Falling on Snow new Christmas Album

December 7, 2018/in Christmas, Product Review /by ValleyFamilyFun

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Eating out with Friends and Family at Yellow Leaf Chinese Food in Kingston

December 20, 2018/in Restaurant /by ValleyFamilyFun

Eating out with Friends and Family at Yellow Leaf Chinese Food in Kingston

Disclosure: Our family received a meal at Yellow Leaf Restaurant in Kingston in exchange for this blog post. All opinions are our own.

“That was so good! When can we go back?”

That was my son after having had a meal at the Yellow Leaf Restaurant in Kingston. We hadn’t even finished the meal, and he was already plotting our return visit!

About Yellow Leaf

The new Yellow Leaf Restaurant is located on Main Street in Kingston and features Canadian Chinese and authentic Chinese food.

Yellow Leaf is run by husband and wife team Chris Wong and Candy Ip, originally from Hong Kong.

Did you know…

Wong = Yellow in Mandarin

Ip = Leaf in Mandarin

They added the maple leaf to their logo to symbolize their new Canadian home and came up with the perfect name for their restaurant!

The Food

The food – oh my goodness, is amazing!

Chef Chris Wong says the food is traditionally Hong Kong Chinese. The flavours and dishes might be a bit different from what you find in other Chinese restaurants. They can take the same ingredients, and depending if you fry, cook, steam or boil it, the dish is completely different.

Instead of everyone having a combo, we ate Asian-style, with several dishes in the middle of the table to eat from.

Before we went we warned Chef Wong that my husband was allergic to seafood, and he made sure there were things he could eat, and food was kept separate.

Everything was so good from the melt-in-your mouth tofu and vegetable dish to the egg rolls and the Singapore noodles. Apparently, these noodles are the most popular item on the menu, and when we were there, 3 take-out orders for them came in.

We now know why!

The menu is amazing, with so many choices (STC)

Hours and Location

Yellow Leaf Restaurant is located at 583 Main Street in Kingston, close to the intersection where you turn to go to Greenwood.

You might miss the sign.

Yellow Leaf is open every day but Tuesday (STC). Follow their Facebook page for more information and exact hours.

Overall

Yellow Leaf Restaurant in Kingston is a wonderful place to head for an authentic Chinese meal. The service is wonderful, the food is delicious and there are so many choices, you will have a hard time deciding where to start! But, do try the Singapore noodles!

We will definitely be back!

Rachel MacLean’s Falling on Snow new Christmas Album

December 7, 2018/in Christmas, Product Review /by ValleyFamilyFun

Rachel MacLean’s Falling on Snow new Christmas Album

Please note: this is NOT a sponsored post about Rachel MacLean’s new Christmas album, Falling Snow. All opinions are my own.

Let me tell you the story about how I met Rachel MacLean and didn’t realize I met her.

Almost 10 years ago, my son Daniel was in a fabulous program at Acadia called KinderSkills. Daniel spent a lot of time being pulled around in a wagon with a girl named Myah. I often chatted with her mom, who was the sweetest woman!

Then, at Christmastime, I was walking past a bulletin board in the mall and stopped dead in my tracks.

I was staring at a poster for a concert with either The MacLean Sisters in concert. Being from the Valley, of course I had heard of the MacLean Sisters!

Staring right at me was Myah’s mom, the sweet woman from KinderSkills that I always chatted with. I had no idea SHE was Rachel MacLean!

Since then, I have followed Rachel MacLean’s music!

Rachel also performed for a fundraising concert I helped organize, Music: Play for Life, that we held at Acadia in support of the Port Williams park, and then one for the KCA playground. She’s always been so giving of her time and talent!

I have The MacLean’s first album, Reflections of Christmas, which I listen to all the time. So, I was overjoyed to receive a copy of her newest Christmas album, Falling Snow!

When the album first came out, I interviewed Rachel for a story I wrote for the Kings County Advertiser:

Read article here

Since I received it, I have been listening to the album pretty much on repeat all day long!

My favourite song is track #7 called Gift of Love. Rachel wrote this song specifically as a duet to sing with her 16 year old daughter, Breagha Hawley. It speaks to a parent’s love and watching out over your child. It’s simply a beautiful piece, and their voices blend like only relatives can!

The album includes a mix of traditional songs like Santa Baby, Blue Christmas and O Come O Come Emanuel. There are also few pieces that Rachel wrote herself.

The harmonies are beautiful, the music is soft and melodic, and floats around you like an angel’s choir. It’s calm and relaxing music, that made me slow down and listen to intently to hear the musicality.

Where Can you Find Falling Snow?

Rachel’s new Christmas CD “Falling Snow” is now available. Retail locations include Occasions Gifts in Kentville, Marshall’s in Digby, Stirling Fruit Farms and Hennigar’s Farm Market in Greenwich. More locations to come!

Follow Rachel MacLean’s Facebook page to find out where to get the album.

And don’t miss out on Rachel’s annual concert at Acadia, always on the second Sunday of December at University Hall. She always features a wide array of musicians.

This year, when thinking of Christmas gifts, think local. Shop locally and support our local artists, starting with Rachel MacLean’s newest Christmas album, Falling Snow. You will thank me.

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Eating out with Friends and Family at Yellow Leaf Chinese Food in Kingston

About Yellow Leaf

The Food

Hours and Location

Overall

Rachel MacLean’s Falling on Snow new Christmas Album

Where Can you Find Falling Snow?

This year, when thinking of Christmas gifts, think local. Shop locally and support our local artists, starting with Rachel MacLean’s newest Christmas album, Falling Snow. You will thank me.

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