CALGARY: Addendums

There’s only so much space I have in the Urban Foodie column in Metro Calgary to describe some of my eating experiences, which is yet another reason the internets is so wonderful. I can have all the space I want here!

In my writeup of Aladdin’s Casbah — a great Lebanese restaurant in the southeast — I couldn’t properly delve into the confusion its pita raised.

Aladdin’s pita is served in a small basket … in clear, plastic Safeway pita bags. The soft, fresh flatbreads definitely did not come from the chain store but we couldn’t figure out why they would be placed in the Safeway bags.

We asked our server about it. He confirmed the pita itself was not from Safeway, but they “fit better” in the bags. I’m still confounded.

This is a pic of ja leong, or Chinese donut wrapped in rice noodles and drizzled with hoisin and peanut sauces. It’s from Pebble Street, one of the most reasonably priced restaurants in Calgary.

And a TV food note: Paul Rogalski, co-owner and chef of Rouge in Calgary’s Inglewood neighbourhood, will be assisting P.E.I. chef Michael Smith in an episode of Iron Chef America that airs Sunday Jan. 31 at 9 p.m. ET on Food Network Canada.

Smith squares off against Bobby Flay in kitchen stadium. Maybe this time, a Canadian will finally topple that annoying douchebag, who tied Toronto’s Susur Lee (who totally should have won!) in 2006.