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RICHMOND: Gudrun wine bar

are you gonna eat that? — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:55:06 +0000

Gudrun fromagerie and wine bar is literally a hidden gem in Steveston. It’s down an alley protected by a big tree, and as its website states “tucked behind the Filipino karaoke hair salon.”

It’s unique for many reasons. In an area dominated by seafood restaurants and coffee shops, Gudrun is a cool spot for [...]

CALGARY: Cheese gift

are you gonna eat that? — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:34:33 +0000

As you can imagine, I’ve been very lucky to receive some great baby gifts with a food theme, as well as a homemade lasagna. But I was blown away when a delivery man came to our door this week with a sack full of cheese!

It was a baby present from supermom and fellow blogger, [...]

CALGARY: Janice Beaton grilled cheese

are you gonna eat that? — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:38:50 +0000

Janice Beaton Fine Cheese has opened their grilled cheese bar in the store, featuring three sandwiches ($7.50) daily.

(They’re no longer doing the baguette sandwiches.)

This is the cheddar, oka, and tomato chile jam on bread from Manuel Latruwe. The sharp, nutty cheeses against the sweet jam was amazing. It’s really, really good especially for something [...]

CALGARY: Sharing at FARM

are you gonna eat that? — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:00:52 +0000

I can see why FARM has been an early favourite of many of my friends who live around 17th Ave SW. It’s a cozy, farmhouse-chic setup with an open kitchen and candles in mismatched teacups.

FARM is the restaurant extension of Janice Beaton Fine Cheese around the corner. So no surprise that cheese and [...]

Monster pho and stuff

are you gonna eat that? — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:45:36 +0000

Jason forwarded me an email about the Pho Garden Challenge. Unfortunately, it’s in San Francisco. But you can bet it’s on my list of things to do next time we head there!

The rules are simple: slurp back two pounds of noodles and two pounds of combination beef with tripe within 60 minutes and it’s free. [...]

CALGARY: Janice Beaton sandwiches

are you gonna eat that? — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:30:25 +0000

UPDATE – Aug. 31, 2009: Janice Beaton’s Kensington shop is now closed. The Mount Royal store is still open at 1017–16th Ave. SW.

Janice Beaton — the queen of cheese (and I mean that in the best way possible) — is now making fresh sandwiches, which is very welcome news for my office which has [...]

TORONTO: Globe Bistro

are you gonna eat that? — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 05:16:17 +0000

Disclosure: This dinner was part of the Eat Local, Eat Real food blogger sessions, organized by a marketing company representing Hellmann’s. There was no obligation or contract that required me to write about it.

Globe Bistro‘s raison d’etre is prominently displayed on its menus and website: “Think global. Eat local.” So it was a perfect [...]

CALGARY: Milk Tiger Lounge

are you gonna eat that? — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:00:54 +0000

I began taking photos of Milk Tiger Lounge as the sun was setting outside, but then the dapper bartender/owners started serving me their delicious cocktails and the rest is history.

The lounge is as polar opposite as you can get from the space formerly occupied by A Bar Named Sue, as well as from the [...]

HONG KONG: Pop bites and Post-it notes

are you gonna eat that? — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:00:55 +0000

There are lots of notable things about pop bites, a combination wine bar, bakery, deli and dessert cafe. (It’s owned by the same company that runs Shui Hu Ju, several blocks away.)

I felt my cool quotient rise just by stepping inside. A DJ was spinning tunes (isn’t that what the kids call it?) in [...]

CALGARY: winebar, a sweet underground spot

are you gonna eat that? — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:46:54 +0000

Before I could get to the little crepe place on my mental list of places to try in Kensington, the basement space had closed and was papered up for months.

I didn’t think anything of it until some tidy lettering went up late this summer. “winebar,” it read in a nice sans-serif font. A good [...]