Food With Bai

05/09/2026

🚫STOP WAITING TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF🚫

seriously. f**k that noise 🖕🏽

take the photo.
wear the outfit.
post yourself anyway.
celebrate your body & self as it exists right now.

I recently collaborated with to experience their self-shooting photography studio and what I thought would just be a fun creative shoot turned into something way more emotional for me.

Watching people use the space for art, memories, engagements, self-expression, and love felt so beautiful. But for me, this experience became rooted in self-love + self-admiration.

A really beautiful friend of mine, Heather , intentionally goes out to capture herself throughout her life by booking in local photographers to capture her in photoshoots. That mindset inspired this entire experience for me.

So I let myself fully see me.

my smile.
my body.
my face.
my hair.
who I am in 2026 🫶🏽

I cried, laughed, panicked, posed, sweated, and cherished every single photo.

And with summer coming up, I know so many of us start becoming extra critical of ourselves physically. We’re constantly being fed noise telling us we need to change before we’re worthy of being seen.

this is your reminder that you don’t.

So here’s my little love letter to you: go outside. take the photo. love yourself loudly. document your life now — not later. 💫

I’m cheering you tf on 🫶🏽😚

04/28/2026

x I for my first collaboration for my PhotoBooth Series 💙
Did a cute solo shoot — here’s part 1 of just the space, what’s available and a quick rundown of what to expect in the space!
Will do a part 2 with my take aways, experience and what I’d do next time!

04/23/2026

let’s make some dosa 💫🫶🏽
Dosa pairs perfectly with so many things — fish curry, kulambu, sambar, chutney, sambal, podi, egg, plain, masala, etc. the options are endless 😮‍💨

04/22/2026

Have yall ever tried Muslim Tamil food? I haven’t had it in about 10 years or so — and I’ve deeply missed it.
But we’ve been blessed in the GTA to have one pop up right in the heart of Scarborough! I asked them to surprise me with their recommended meal to try out and I loved it! Here’s what I got & tried!
Chicken Biriyani - 4.5/5 ⭐️
Acharu - 4/5
Yogurt Sambal - 4/5
Pineapple Curry - 5/5💫
Maasi/Massy Sambal - 5/5💫
Chicken Korma - 3.5/5
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04/17/2026

These days I catch myself being extra harsh and hard on myself. From dealing with unemployment, to not feeling anywhere near where I felt I should be at 32 — taking in the last 2 years, life has felt particularly challenging in ways I haven’t ever experienced. Maybe my corner of this universe is feeling this heavy feeling of pressure that we’ve put ourselves and are experiencing from the current state of the world and we’re all just trying to make sense of all this chaos. I’m struggling to make sense of pretty much everything and I often forget how much life I still have yet to experience. At 32 this is not at all where my younger self would have pictured me at but here I am — still trying, still kicking and just trying my best to navigate this life.
Sending my love to everyone of you who may be feeling similarly and hoping you give yourself peace and grace throughout these difficult times 🫶🏽✨🌸

04/16/2026

04/10/2026

but what’s the perfect ice cream vessel? 👀
my forever combo — ice cream sandwich with an oatmeal raisin cook with burnt toffee and/or london fog ice cream 😮‍💨

04/03/2026

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