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I love baked Portuguese chicken rice. It’s a staple in the comfort food of Hong Kong-style diners. I took it for granted that everyone made it in a similar way, because the ones I’ve been eating in the Vancouver/Richmond area all seem to be missing something. Coconut milk and turmeric powder make up the basic [...]
I first wrote about Guu in 2007 when they had three locations. Now the Japanese izakaya chain has eight, including Toronto. (Hi Gigi!) The one we’ve been going to the most is Guu Richmond in the Aberdeen Centre mall. We usually go there for lunch because it’s so convenient (free mall parking), very child-friendly [...]
The iconic neon piggy on West Hastings in Vancouver’s notorious Downtown Eastside stood among the big red Woodward’s W as one of the most recognizable signs of my childhood. I was keenly interested to read about the efforts of restaurateurs Mark and Nico Bran to reopen the butcher shop and diner (which closed in [...]
When we visited my sister in Toronto, J happened to be on a diet of no gluten, no sugar, and no yeast. She miraculously found a fantastic place for lunch that fit that bill called Zocalo. We thought it was a short walk from her place. But it was one of those stinky, humid Toronto [...] Sometimes you just need a dependable, convenient and inexpensive place for lunch. Chez Faye Cafe fits that bill in Yaletown, right beside the Roundhouse SkyTrain station. It serves breakfast, coffee, sandwiches, pasta and a handful of Korean and Japanese dishes, for under $9. My bulgogi box ($8.95) had a serving of beef, rice, simple green [...]
We had a rare foray into downtown Vancouver last week so I didn’t want to squander the opportunity for a great lunch. Baby was with us so we rolled the dice with the YEW Restaurant in the Four Seasons Hotel after Sherman’s kid-friendly experience. I have fond memories of riding up and down the [...]
Cross-posted from Metro Calgary: Rasoi, which means kitchen in Hindi, does a masterful job of modernizing Indian favourites in a stylishly muted dining room. Samosas ($7) were filled with garam masala beef and lightly deep-fried. Only the elegant presentation prevented me from licking the coriander and tamarind chutneys from the plate. Stuffed with pieces of slow-braised masala [...] UPDATE – March 25, 2011: Happily, it looks like Crepe Avenue has been working out the kinks. The guys behind the counter are much faster at putting out the product now. And best of all, the haphazard seating has been reorganized.
I’m convinced there’s no way to take a pretty picture of a crepe. If [...] |
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