Creating the good old days, one day at a time.
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Dunn’s Famous Smoked Meats
Today I was on another of my forays into downtown Vancouver and I took the opportunity to hike up Seymour Street to visit a place I have long been interested in – Dunn’s Famous. According to their website, Dunn’s has been serving smoked meat sandwiches since 1927. I have to say, they are damned good…
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Glowbal Group’s Trattoria in Burnaby
During the spring break I attended a Meetup at the Glowbal Group’s Trattoria in Burnaby on the corner of Kingsway and Willingdon. As I often do, I get right to the bottomline – overall, I found enough I liked about Trattoria to make me want to return to sample more of the menu items. That…
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A Crepe Escape at Lonsdale Quay
Earlier this week I happened to be on the North Shore, travelling via Seabus, when I saw the Crepe Escape and decided to give their breakfast crepe a try. I have to say that I was quite pleased with my choice. The service was prompt and professional but not overly friendly. However, it…
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Cheese St Grill Food Truck Post
My favourite food truck, the Cheese Street Grill is back at their regular location just outside of the Poirier Recreation Centre in Coquitlam. Now, after I exit the gym after an intense work I can once again stop and grab a grilled cheese sandwich! While I did not go for an intense workout in the…
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A Day in the Country
In contrast to my last post, this time I am reflecting on a day in the country with one of my daughters. As an aside, it was an amazing experience to travel, even for a couple of days with just one of my daughters. The dynamic between her and I was profoundly different than when…
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Roasted Cauliflower and Sweet Potato
Similar to many of my other teacher-colleagues around BC, I am on spring break – same as my children. So because I can get home earlier than my wife, I get to spend a little more time in the kitchen. Unlike Vancouver real estate, the price of cauliflower has dropped from “stupid” pricing to approximately…
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Rod’s Kitchen and Grill
Rod’s Kitchen and Grill is one of those places that I frequently drive by and think about trying but is unfortunately always closed when I am travelling through the neighbourhood. The reality is that Rod’s Kitchen and Grill is open during business hours to serve the nearby working people or Skytrain commuters. So this being…
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Meat and Bread on Pender Street
Knowing how much I enjoy the corned beef sandwiches served at Big Star Sandwich in New Westminster, yesterday my colleague convinced me to try a corned beef sandwich from Meat and Bread on Pender in Vancouver. In short, it was an excellent lunch experience. Even though it gets very busy during the lunch “hour”…
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Legendary Noodle House
Last night a colleague and I headed over to the Legendary Noodle House on Denman Street in the Westend of Vancouver to try out the legendary noodles. We started with a couple plates of pot stickers. The pan fried pork chive pot stickers were tasty but a little skimpy on the filling. The steamed…
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Boulevard Kitchen and Oyster Bar
Seeing as I was downtown Vancouver yesterday, I decided to try the happy hour menu of a place that I’ve been following on Instagram for quite some time – Boulevard Kitchen and Oyster Bar. We started with a plate of fresh west coast “buck-a-shuck” oysters. They were nice, but not nearly as plump and…
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