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CALGARY: Chef’s Table

Some kids love new toys, or mini-golf, or roller coasters; eating out at a fancy restaurant was one of my favourite childhood activities. It was something my parents (who weren’t really mini-golf, roller-coaster people) could do with me and my sister with their undivided attention, and it was always such a special occasion.

I loved [...]

HONG KONG: Seafood in Sai Kung

Sai Kung is a town that evolved from a fishing village in Hong Kong’s New Territories. Fishermen still unload their catch at the harbour where there’s a market centre with countless tanks of fresh seafood.

You can take a stroll along the main drag and spend a lot of time staring at some not-so-familiar [...]

CALGARY: Blink, still good

I left my camera at home last time I went to Blink. I made sure to bring it this time for Gwendolyn’s birthday dinner.

Our party of 10 sat in the private dining room, which was a very comfortable, large square table so we could all talk to each other. The food and service were [...]

CALGARY: A very satisfying Blink

I’ve been in a rut. An eating, blogging rut, which explains for the lack of posts here. The last few Calgary restaurants we’ve been to have been quite underwhelming. Not terrible, but not remarkable enough to waste time typing about, or admit that yet again we paid $25-$30 for mediocre mains in this city.

It was [...]

DIGBY: Digging the scallops

We didn’t actually spend much time in Digby, Nova Scotia — home of famous Digby scallops — because we were catching the ferry from there to New Brunswick.

Luckily, we miscalculated our meals and were pretty hungry by the time the three-hour ride got underway.

We wandered into the cafeteria of the Princess of Acadia, [...]