Tag: Soup
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Hakkaku Ramen; Comfort Food
Sometimes when the load we are carrying becomes unusually heavy we need to hit the pause button in life and have a bowl of soup. Vietnamese pho has been my go-to for comfort in a bowl. However, yesterday I found a new source of comfort – a massive bowl of ramen. I was in Burnaby…
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At Home With Idahoan® Premium Steakhouse® Potato Soups
If there’s one thing that I really enjoy, it is the total premium steakhouse experience. I love the feeling of a steakhouse. I love the food served in a steakhouse and I love the professionalism of the servers, the dark wood decor, the larger than life plates and the heavy stainless steel cutlery. Best of…
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Noodle Soup with Soft Poached Egg
Today’s high school cafeteria lunch was a bowl of noodles in a sweet and savoury broth. The spiralized carrots and radish added a nice little crunch to the soup while the steamed spinach created a little bed for the beautiful soft poached egg. While the soup was delicious, it didn’t fill me up completely so…
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Breakfast at Pho Holiday
Friday afternoon I got a chill that for whatever reason, settled deep inside me and I just couldn’t shake it. So my solution? A steaming hot bowl of the house special pho for breakfast from the ladies at Pho Holiday in Coquitlam. The house special has rare beef, brisket, fatty brisket, tripe, and beef balls.…
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The Hideout Cafe
Even though I had not been into The Hideout Cafe for at least three years (only because I no longer have an office near them), when I entered the cafe, the woman working there greeted me with a big smile and asked where I had been. Still offering awesome customer – would their food be…
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Recipe for Potato and Leek Soup
On my Instagram and Facebook I follow people who share pictures of interesting food. My friend Paul often posts pictures of the soups he makes from vegetables he grows in his garden so I asked him to share the recipe for his favourite potato and leek soup. This is what he sent me –…
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Tomato Corn Chowder
If you are tired of the soups you have been making and you want a soul-warming soup that is relatively quick and easy to make and has no meat, check out the Mennonite Girls Can Cook recipe for Tomato Corn Chowder. We had it for lunch today and it is a perfect meal for an…
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Lunch at Pho Holiday
Mondays call for a bowl of pho. As well as a small bowl of pho with rare beef, brisket and tendon, today I had a Vietnamese sub sandwich with grilled pork. The sandwich was wonderful. The French style roll, baked in a nearby Vietnamese bakery had the perfect crisp outer crust with the…
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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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My Trusted Pho Joints
Rather than write about and describe restaurants as “must try” places, I realized that it is more accurate to describe the places as “trusted” places. After all, they are not necessarily places you must-try, they are simply places that I or my friends have tried and found to be places that you too can trust.…