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CALGARY: Ali Baba Kabob House

If you’ve ever searched anything online about Calgary restaurants or especially coffee, you’ll see posts by John Manzo. Like me, he likes eating, and telling people about it.

Of late, he’s been really excited about Ali Baba Kabob House in my old hood, so of course, I had to go try.

Ali Baba is on the [...]

CALGARY: A very satisfying Blink

I’ve been in a rut. An eating, blogging rut, which explains for the lack of posts here. The last few Calgary restaurants we’ve been to have been quite underwhelming. Not terrible, but not remarkable enough to waste time typing about, or admit that yet again we paid $25-$30 for mediocre mains in this city.

It was [...]

CALGARY: Follow the signs for ramen

OK, sushi-starved people. Globefish in Kensington has moved. Look 50 paces north. There you go. See the big orange sign on what used to be Shan Tung, the Chinese restaurant? That’s now Globefish, freshly renovated and double the size.

It seems moving across just two parking lots is causing much confusion for Globefish’s loyal throngs, as [...]

VANCOUVER: Salt in Blood Alley

Directions are key in getting to Salt for the uninitiated. The first time I tried to find it was on a whim, guided by a vague sense that it was in some alley in Gastown. Cranky and uncaffeinated at the time, we gave up.

But I was prepared this time, having actually checked Salt’s website, [...]

Blog to blog love

When I was a kid, I loved the reading club at my local library every summer. They’d always have those “if you enjoyed this book, we recommend…” lists that would take me from Encyclopedia Brown to Harriet the Spy to Ramona Quimby.

That’s the same principle behind the blog to blog love project. I’m [...]