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ST. ANDREWS: I do, let’s eat!

are you gonna eat that? — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:11:56 +0000

Some people make special requests for wedding photos with a favourite relative, or against a certain backdrop; we asked our wedding photographer to snap pics of the food.

All of the photos in this post were taken by the fabulously talented Heather Wilkinson of Lucid Imaging.

If you need to hire a wedding or portrait [...]

ST. ANDREWS: Seals and salmon and whales, oh my!

are you gonna eat that? — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:15:11 +0000

[Don't worry! This entry isn't about eating them; it's about seeing them.]

Fog has always foiled our attempts to go whale watching in the Bay of Fundy, so we weren’t going to squander the stretch of sunshine this time.

Catamaran, Zodiac, tall ship and fishing boat are all options out of St. Andrews, N.B.

We went [...]

SAINT JOHN: Pizza Delight

are you gonna eat that? — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:36:03 +0000

In New Brunswick, Pizza Delight is as ubiquitous as Irving gas stations. Founded in 1969 in Shediac, N.B., the chain is huge in the Maritimes and is slowly expanding to Ontario and Alberta.

No one will pretend it’s fine dining, but you will always know what you’re getting.

Jason always wondered about the chain that [...]

MONCTON: Barnyard BBQ

are you gonna eat that? — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:00:40 +0000

The Pump House was one of my favourite places when I lived in Moncton. It’s a great, spacious brewpub downtown with a huge patio and lots of beer.

It now has a larger bottling brewery in the city’s north, with the Barnyard BBQ restaurant in the front. After a few wrong turns, I can [...]

FREDERICTON: Bulgogi and mad skillz

are you gonna eat that? — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:47:24 +0000

Every time I visit Fredericton, I’m pleasantly surprised by how much the city is changing and how many more new restaurants have opened.

Downtown Fredericton now has an Indian-Pakistani restaurant, a Vietnamese noodle house, a Caribbean place, and a Korean-Japanese eatery called Bulgogi.

Deb says in addition to the steadily growing Chinese student population, [...]

ST. ANDREWS: Farmers market

are you gonna eat that? — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:26:52 +0000

The farmers market in St. Andrews was so much more than I expected. I figured organic vegetables and jams, of course, and maybe some knitted slippers.

But this sleepy seaside town has quite a market bursting with fresh Mexican salsas, Indian samosas, Turkish baklava — and some of the best Thai curry I’ve had in [...]

ST. ANDREWS: The best for last, part III

are you gonna eat that? — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:16:40 +0000

Our second dinner at the Rossmount Inn was part of the amazing package deal I wrote about before. We had a choice of three-courses from the menu and unlike other places, they didn’t care if we nixed one dessert for an extra appetizer. Oh swoon – flexibility AND great food.

I was blown away by [...]

ST. ANDREWS: The best for last, part II

are you gonna eat that? — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:27:33 +0000

Once we arrived in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, the plan was to wander around town and grab dinner. But we were so tired once we checked into the Rossmount Inn that we decided to stay for dinner, even though we had the next night booked there as part of a package deal.

I’m so glad [...]

ST. ANDREWS: The best for last, part I

are you gonna eat that? — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 19:59:40 +0000

I’m not one for superlatives but our time at the Rossmount Inn counts in my top 10 favourite stays of all-time. Not only for the location in idyllic St. Andrews-By-The-Sea, New Brunswick, but for the service, the value, and most of all, the restaurant.

You drive along the highway with nothing but trees and then [...]