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CALGARY: Baba Ka Dhaba

My most pleasurable restaurant finds are ones that look like nothing on the outside (a hole-in-the-wall, if you will) but serve the most delicious food.

Baba Ka Dhaba most certainly falls into that category. Our friends Amit and Michelle, who discovered this strip-mall corner eatery, tried to set the scene well beforehand.

“Don’t wear anything new/nice/expensive,” Amit [...]

CALGARY: Mermaid Inn

I’m a little behind on the blogging, but my review in last week’s Metro was on the Mermaid Inn inside the Danish Canadian Club.

I totally forgot to mention that no, you do not have to be a member to dine there. In fact, I was really excited this summer when the club was holding a [...]

GUILIN: Cruising down the river

Guilin (桂林), which literally translates to “forest of osmanthus flowers,” is famous for its karst terrain where jagged limestone cliffs rise dramatically above shimmering emerald rivers.

Guilin is featured on China’s 20 yuan note — and was used as the planet Kashyyyk in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. I didn’t see any [...]