Wife and I shop at AliExpress frequently for inexpensive items, compare to other outlets such as eBay, AliExpress is more trustworthy and has great buyer protection including quick shipping. I may write another post about how to get the most out of AliExpress. Since almost all the items coming from AliExpress are from China, we […]
Author: Lazy Mocha
Review – “Press Pressure” Coffee Maker (AeroPress Knock-Off)
The AeroPress is one of my favorite coffer maker because of its portability, versatility and forgiveness when brewing. Wife uses it to make Hong Kong style milk tea and I use it for coffee. The metal mesh filter we have been using is beginning to crack and while I was looking at replacement filter, I […]
Foodie Review: Moltaqa Moroccan Restaurant
51 W Hastings St, Vancouver, BC V6B 1G4Phone: (604) 696-4055https://www.instagram.com/moltaqa.vancouver/ We have never been to Morocco, needless to say tried their cuisine. Last weekend, out of curiosity, we’ve tried Moltaqa Moroccan Restaurant. It was an exotic and pleasant experience. Because we have never tried Moroccan food, we cannot tell if it is authentic. Moltaga is […]
Reviving & Upgrading Windows 8 Tablet to Windows 10
A friend of mine has given me a neglected Hipstreet W8 Pro tablet that runs on Windows 8.1 with Bing. I have owned a few of these Windows 8 tablet such as the VivoTab 8 and 10 and upgrading them to an unsupported Windows 10 had proven to be very difficult because they did not […]
Foodie Review: The Ooleaf Tea Lounge in Richmond
Ooleaf (乌叶 simplified Chinese) means oolong leaf. It is also a name for a new bubble or boba tea shop in Richmond. To say that they are a “bubble tea” shop is an understatement, they offer high quality brew tea and the bubble is just a cherry on top. I would not categorize Ooleaf as […]
Installing SABnzbd on FreeNAS 11.2
Updated guide is published here. Since the introduction of FreeNAS 11.2, there are many under-the-hood changes that makes a hassle migrating from previous version. One of the major changes is the replacement of warden jail with iocage jail. The removal of well-known NZB downloader SABnzbd from the standard Plugin leaves many users having to manually […]
Sinemia in 2019 – a MoviePass Repeat ?
In the past, I have covered Sinemia in my blog and recommended the service for the frequent movie-goers. Those good days are gone, and replace with error messages and frustrations. I am not going to speculate on the status of Sinemia but I will cover the issues I get. Until Sinemia can properly address all […]
The Best Meal Kits Subscription Service in Canada 2021
Meal kits are great for our busy household. We pick the meals we want, and it will be delivered to my place with everything included. It saves our time for driving out to shop and dealing with meal planning. We also enjoy it because we produce fewer wastes and little left-overs. More importantly, being health […]
Starbucks Passport Series: Asia Pacific Anniversary Blend
Christmas just finished and Starbucks is not taking a break, a new Passport series has been released in January 2019. Similar to last year’s Guatemala Casi Cielo, January 2019 release focuses single origin from Asia countries; three flavors are released and they are the Sumatra, New Guinea and Anniversary Blend (mix of Sumatra, New Guinea […]
Quick Review: Eufy Smart Scale AK-T9140011
We have been using our EatSmart Glass Scale for quite a few years, there is nothing wrong with it. In 2018, we have been looking for a replacement as we want to accurate body composition, BMI and possibly Smart one since I use Google Health with my XiaoMi bands Since we are looking for Google […]