Category: Eating
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KFC Double Down
What are your thoughts or feelings about the controversial “burger” that Kentucky Fried Chicken releases occasionally, the Double Down? For those who may not know, the KFC Double Down “burger” is made from two pieces of chicken instead of buns. Between the pieces of chicken is bacon, Monterey Jack cheese and “Colonel sauce”. I…
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Bison Steak
On a recent trip to the cabin I decided to do something a little different. So I stopped at my local Theifty Foods and bought a bison strip loin steak. I laid it in one of my cast iron frying pans and cooked it under the broiler on the stove for five minutes each side.…
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Jack’s Restaurant & Steakhouse
I stopped in at Jack’s Restaurant & Steakhouse in Agassiz or is it in Kent? for lunch one day and then dinner the next day. Lunch and dinner were both awesome. For lunch I had their Stuffed BBQ Beefstack. It was a massive hamburger patty stuffed with bacon and cheddar cheese – it was actually…
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Pho Holiday Lunch
A wonderfully spicy soup today for lunch with squid cooked to the perfect crunch. Add in a few shrimp, some imitation crab and a whack of crisp bean sprouts, and lunch is served. At Pho Holiday today, 1054 Austin Ave in Coquitlam. Open everyday from 11-9pm.
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Jack’s Restaurant
A burger patty stuffed with bacon and cheddar cheese, topped with onion fritters, slices of super fresh and ripe tomatoes all on a bun baked in the same Agassiz neighbourhood as Jack’s Restaurant – awesomeness.
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Mega Sushi
My favourite sushi lunch from Mega Sushi on Austin Ave in Coquitlam – their Tuna Donburi Bowl.
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The Big 6 Restaurant For Breakfast
In my continuing research efforts of finding trustworthy breakfast joints around the Metro Vancouver area, I stopped at a Burnaby institution, the Big 6 Restaurant. Years ago I would meet my grandfather at the Big 6 for the Trucker’s Breakfast special. Back then the special was $2.95. Now the Trucker’s Special of two eggs,…
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Church’s Chicken
I can’t even begin to imagine the meeting when a business person meets with a bank executive to discuss financing a fried chicken place that is open 24 hours a day. Seriously, who needs fried chicken 24 hours a day?
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Twin Sails Beer Sets Sail in Port Moody
Although it is difficult to picture it at this point in time, Cody and Clay Allmin, the twin brothers behind Twin Sails Beer believe that in three weeks time they will be brewing a selection of German inspired beers in their new Port Moody craft brewery. I say it is difficult to picture because when…
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Frontyard Harvest
A quick harvest from our frontyard garden. The carrots are a special kind of carrot that grow into little balls. Quite cute. The other carrots are a blue type. Hence, they are blue.