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GRANDE PRAIRIE: Hong Fah Thai restaurant

are you gonna eat that? — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 15:37:34 +0000

Thank goodness my mother-in-law is a whiz in the kitchen because eating in Grande Prairie would otherwise be a tastebud-numbing, revolving door of chain restaurants.

I’ve been visiting this northern Alberta city of pickup trucks and fantastic beef jerky for a few years now, resigned to the most exciting culinary outing being Mah’s Restaurant. But [...]

PRODUCT REVIEW: McDonald’s McMini

are you gonna eat that? — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:37:24 +0000

In a week where KFC comes up with this monstrosity, the McDonald’s McMinis seem downright healthy.

Responding to customers’ requests for more chicken choices, the McMinis are all-white chicken breast (choice of crispy or grilled) on a mini-baguette with a pesto or spicy thai spread.

Their PR company invited me to try the McMinis ($1.99 + tax) [...]

CALGARY: Colonial Fusion

are you gonna eat that? — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:00:50 +0000

Part of the fun in trying restaurants is venturing into newer parts of Calgary. Located in Quarry Park — which still doesn’t fully register on Google Maps or GPS — Colonial Fusion was a bit tricky to find directions for, but it turned out to be pretty straight-forward (Deerfoot to 24 Street East to 107 [...]

CALGARY: Delicious Thai

are you gonna eat that? — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:20:18 +0000

To find the delicious flavours of Delicious Thai, follow the sound of a didgeridoo and the smell of burnt coffee past the crowd of rasta-hatted, hackey-sacking, patchouli-scented characters.

The tiny Thai restaurant is in the same Kensington courtyard that usually spills over with customers from the Roasterie. You know where I’m talking about.

Delicious Thai’s exterior [...]

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 [...]

TORONTO: The more things change

are you gonna eat that? — Tue, 29 May 2007 18:08:08 +0000

UPDATE – January 2010: The owners of Irie Food Joint have closed the Jamaican restaurant and opened Harlem Underground in the same location. The new eatery focuses on Southern food as well as live events.

Sometimes I think I’m an 80-year-old woman at heart. I like to drink hot water and carry old Kleenex [...]