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I’ve never bought the argument that food is simply sustenance. I’ve always found enjoyment, and yes, even joy in what food — and its accompanying experiences — brings. But this week found me at the Foothills Medical Centre where food was the last of my concerns compared to the matter at hand. The reason [...]
The Alberta town of Vulcan (population 1,900) knows a good thing when it sees it. It’s embraced the fact it shares the same name as Spock’s birth planet on Star Trek and turned it into arguably the area’s biggest industry. A sign welcomes visitors in English, Klingon and Vulcan. The tourism centre is shaped [...] I loathe Chinese desserts. Beans, jellies, cooked fruit in hot soup… BLEEEACH. Nonetheless, I was willing to accompany my sister and a couple of good friends to a Chinese dessert house in Markham. Hung Fook Tong is a Hong Kong company that manufactures bottled herbal drinks and packaged desserts. I guess this is one of their [...]
Some people bring fridge magnets, T-shirts, or shot glasses back from vacation. I haul back weird food. While strolling through the Saint John City Market, I was distracted by this shelf of Scottish haggis in a can ($8.99). It’s from the same place I picked up the Yorkie “It’s not for girls!” chocolate bar. The [...]
The Saint John City Market is a wonderful place to stroll on a leisurely weekend. I’d probably be there a lot if I lived in the city. Among the seafood, fresh fruit, and deli offerings is a small corner of British exports, which belongs to Pete’s Frootique. There, I was enchanted by a chocolate [...] So… after my lovely stagette dinner, we went to a lounge for drinks, then returned to Katherine’s house where the guys were having their stag. They boisterously welcomed us back, and proceeded to wax poetic about a drink they had been imbibing. “It’s the awesomest shooter ever! It tastes sooo good,” said Torsten, as Tim poured [...]
I’ve wanted to try Japadog forever, but the timing or the locations were never quite right on my trips back to Vancouver. This time I was determined. I was downtown around 11:30 a.m. but hadn’t eaten breakfast yet and didn’t relish the idea of a hot dog being my first meal of the day. So [...] |
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