It's #JohnnysDayOff Again And Today Is #Shopping Day! And First Stop Is @barbecues Galore For Some @PokPokPDX

It's #JohnnysDayOff again and today is #Shopping Day! And first stop is @barbecues galore for some @PokPokPDX Thaan charcoal for my next round of gai yang (Thai roast chicken) testing. Where to next? #ChefApprenticeLife #yycfood #yyc #yycliving #yycnow #TestKitchen (at Barbecues Galore)

Apples from the Old Leung Homestead garden. The tree doesn't have as many apples as it did last year but the fruit is much bigger than last year's crop. Trade offs, I reckon. #ChefApprenticeLife #gardening #tree #fruit #apple #yycfood #yycnow #captureyyc #yycgarden #urbangardening #yycliving

"THE HORN...AND THEY'RE OFF!!!!!" Joe Carbury used to say just after Russ Peake (and later @CTVGlenCampbell) introduces the race. This part is critical; a downed barrel usually means the end of a $100,000 dream for a driver. And as I post this, someone knocks over a barrel. At least tonight is the final night! @calgarystampede #yycstampede #ChefApprenticesDayOff #JohnnysDayOff #yyc #yycnow #yycliving #yycstampede (at Calgary Stampede)

Coconut lime #sorbet x Passionfruit Thai Basil #icecream from @madebymarcus. Last time I saw Marcus, I was @chefjdelcorro's first apprentice @eatsofasia, working @hawkersmarket #YYC. I tasted his ice cream that night and knew there was something special. That was almost 3 years ago. Now he's got his own micro/creamery. How cool is that? (And it gives me hope, too.) #ChefApprenticeLife #johnnysdayoff #yycfood (at Made By Marcus)

Going to be a muddy one for the final night of the @calgarystampede wagons. The wagon races are something I've watched for years on (@CTVCalgary when Russ Peake hosted the show & now @cbc.sports) and is the only thing I will pay to watch at Stampede. Call it a tradition I reckon. (at Calgary Stampede)

Stop #3 on #JohnnysDayOff: Hitting the G Spot at @cleavercalgary. Visiting a good acquaintance @chefnarrowbob before calling it a night (yeah right). #ChefApprenticesDayOff #chefapprenticelife (at Cleaver, 50 Seats and a Cow)