1-2: This German deli was awesome. I asked them if they got a lot of new customers asking for apple strudel after Inglorious Bastards came out.
3: Granville Island Public Market
4: Dim Sum, a yummy crepe with cream and mango
5-6: Beard Papa’s famous cream puffs
7: Cafe Crepe
8-9: Tako Yaki restaurant in Richmond
10: Churros down by English Bay
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Stuff about food and food-related stuff
Things I Liked About Vancouver
old fashioned way for an old fashioned drink
Things I liked about NYC
This spring I embarked on a short visit to New York City. I rented an apartment with my homie, Colin, on a charming street in the East Village and spent my days seeking out art galleries, classic New York cuisine and trying not to feel like a tourist.
Each morning we set out on foot, casually exploring our immediate neighbourhood en-route to an art gallery or subway station. The streets were lined with brick tenements, pockets of greenery and small business, and though gentrified, our neighbourhood was by no means antiseptic. There were enough unpleasant odors, layers of ancient filth, and neglected or otherwise homely buildings for me to enjoy the occasional Woody Allen moment.
Jerk Chicken
I registered at Saveur.com so I could vote in their first annual food blog awards and I’ve been getting their regular email updates since. I usually discard these without much notice, but this Jerk Chicken recipe caught my eye. It is a tasty recipe; though I could have been a bit more heavy-handed with the chiles…
Christies Mayfair Bakery, Eastside!
We were all thrilled to hear that Christies Mayfair Bakery was opening a new location in a prime Broadway location. With work already underway, the new location is rumored to open later this summer… apparently a pizza oven is in the works!
Grilled Chicken Ramen with Our Local Morels!
I know that in some restaurants in Saskatoon, the “local” caption has been beaten to death. Even trotting it out for local beef. “Because you know ranch land is at such a premium on the prairies, and our beef is very rare and specialized.” That said I did get a real kick out of foraging for morels and enjoying them in a japanese style ramen noodle soup. The mushrooms really added, I dunno, body(?) to the soup broth. Though, I heard this year was bunk for morel hunters(too much rain), these were the nicest and most abundant we’ve ever seen!
Ps, About a week earlier I saw morels for sale at the Granville Island Public Market for $54 a pound!
Morels
I joined Todd and Megan (with baby in tow) for a spring mushroom hunt. Two hours scouring the forest floor yielded a small number of morels and the search was abandoned in favour of a wiener roast. Much to our surprise, embarrasment, and delight, the area around firepit was covered with morels!
Cobb Salad Lettuce Wrap
I’ve always turned my nose up at the bread-less sandwich/wrap. With all due respect to those counting their carbs – there are a few in my immediate family so I have to tread lightly here – what is the fucking point? Bread is the best.
Recently I’ve started scooping all kinds of sandwich fillings and I’ve become particularly fond of tuna salad. This revelation has turned me onto further bread-less experiments and this Cobb Salad-inspired lettuce wrap with avocado, egg, tomato and bacon is definitely worth a try!