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Charlie Chan’s which served mainly Westernized Chinese food in Kensington closed this summer. I ate there a few times when I was in the mood for sweet and sour pork but the chopsticky font of its sign always bothered me. In its place, Song Han opened in August with a quick renovation that opens [...]
Doesn’t this look better than your desk?
Doesn’t this look better than a sandwich at your desk?
This definitely looks better than anything at my desk. All of the above is courtesy of Jack of Hearts Bistro, a comfortable, sunny spot in the beautifully restored heritage Lorraine Building in the Beltline. Graphics guru David [...] Many culinary schools already run restaurants staffed by their students, but SAIT Polytechnic in Calgary has taken it further with the Market Place at SAIT, a gourmet food store that features the talents of students from the baking and pastry arts, professional cooking, and meat operation and management programs. SAIT’s meat counter has always been open [...]
One of the must-dos on my Hong Kong list was to visit a dai pai dong (大牌檔). It’s a basically an open-air food restaurant with a few tables and stools. The key to success is rapid turnover and inexpensive food. Dai pai dong usually serve breakfast, or traditional Cantonese food like congee or noodles with [...]
There are two main gustatory reasons people visit Sai Kung: one is the seafood, and the other is the original location of Honeymoon Dessert (滿記甜品). Opened in 1995, the dessert house has multiplied across Hong Kong and into China with more than 20 locations and still growing. Now, anyone who knows me knows I loathe [...] UPDATE – June 2010: Route 40 Soup Company has closed its Turner Valley restaurant but it’s still selling its homemade soups at farmers’ markets, including the Hillhurst Sunnyside Farmers’ Market on Wednesdays.
I never complained about road trips when I was a kid. I loved staring out the window and watching new landscapes go [...] |
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