Category: Eating
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The Black Bean Burger
Today’s lunch was a high school cafeteria special like I never had when I was a student – a black bean veggie burger with a thick, rich and creamy aioli. The pinch of caramelized red onions added a nice flavour highlight.
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The Double Loin Chop
This weekend I stopped into see my friends at Meat Craft Urban Butchery in Port Moody and bought three beautiful double loin chops from them. The chops were from pigs raised in an ethical manner on Gelderman Farms in Abbotsford BC. We breaded the shops with a light gluten-free crumb that had a bit of…
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Fresh Raw Oysters Returning to BC Restaurants
Fresh raw B.C. oysters will be on restaurant menus in 2016 as the B.C. Shellfish Growers Association and the B.C. Centre for Disease Control are co-hosting a workshop for oyster growers to develop management practices and strategies to reduce the likelihood of Vibrio parahaemolyticus infections in oysters. The two-day workshop in Courtney in early December…
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Cheese St Grill
Although this grilled cheese sandwich from the Cheese St Grill food truck wasn’t actually my lunch, it was remarkable nonetheless. Thick slices of hearty sourdough bread held together an impressive pile of ham and caramelized onions. This grilled cheese sandwich was filled to overflowing with juicy flavours. Awesome. Highly recommended and I will return to…
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Raw Cuts Sandwich Shop
I forgot my lunch at home this morning so I went over to Raw Cuts Sandwich Shop on the Burnaby side of the corner of 10th Ave and 6th Street and picked up one of their monstrous sandwiches, the “Chinawich”. Honestly, it was delicious. A mountain of thin sliced ham, lettuce, cheese, and a solid drenching…
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A Pig Roast at Meat Craft Urban Butchery
An awesome meat spectacle at Meat Craft Urban Butchery’s grand opening event today. This is what you call fresh pulled pork. Dressed up with a handful of coleslaw and a House of Q barbecue sauce with extra bourbon and pig drippings added in, awesome sauce! Meat Craft Urban Butchery is located at 114 Moody Street…
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My Blogging Philosophy
I recently received an email from one of my readers asking me why the majority, if not all of my blog posts, are positive in nature and often recommendations for the places that I go to. They went on to ask if I am paid to write blog posts for the restaurants or foodie places that…
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Crickets for Lunch
Yep, this was lunch. And you know, although they were quite dry, they tasted pretty good.
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Meat Craft Urban Butchery Grand Opening Event
I have written a couple blog posts now about the Meat Craft Urban Butchery located in Port Moody. And, although they have been open for business for a couple of weeks now, they are going to have a grand opening celebration on Sunday November 22nd between noon and 4 PM. At their grand opening event Meat Craft will…
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Argo Cafe At Night
Typically you would think that an accountant would know better than to open a restaurant. But when an accountant grows up in a home with parents who are very accomplished chefs, it sort of becomes a foregone conclusion that they will all end up in the kitchen of the family restaurant. That is sort of…