tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19445031155406555422024-03-21T10:44:44.974-07:00Life BitesTasty Adventures in and around VancouverMissy Mchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18264042176433921386noreply@blogger.comBlogger260125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944503115540655542.post-29345493886486628502016-03-23T10:29:00.004-07:002016-03-23T10:29:58.415-07:00The Smallflower <br />
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dietary leanings are gluten-free and vegetarian/vegan- I
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The Smallflower
is a gluten-free, vegan-friendly bakery, sandwich shop and retail space
in Gastown (on E Hastings near Acme Cafe and Save On Meats.)
Smallflower is affiliated with The Wallflower Modern Diner on Main
Street and that menu features many many vegetarian, vegan and gluten
free options. See a previous posts on Wallfower <a href="http://lifebitesmm.blogspot.ca/2011/11/wallflower-modern-diner-menu-options.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://lifebitesmm.blogspot.ca/2012/05/tasty-shout-out-for-wallflowers.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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is also a retail space with a wide array of vegan and gluten free
products. Gluten free ice cream cones- check. Faux smoked salmon-check.
Artisan Kombacha- check. Milkless Milk Chocolate Bars- WHAT?</div>
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the counter, it’s a feast for the eyes with gorgeous, freshly baked
gluten free goodies. Apple Crumble Pie, Sticky Buns, Raspberry Chocolate
Cake, Peanut butter cupcakes, Krispy Squares….all looked delightful.</div>
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we arrived so if asked if we could pull up chairs and sit at the
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($2). I really really liked my sandwich. Made on house made focaccia is
was toasted and grilled in a panini press. The bread had a lovely
crunch and wonderful herbacious flavour. Eating mainly vegan means I’m
not used to eating any kind of “melt” so to have a sandwich with that
texture and cheesy taste was a nice treat. I loved the pesto hummus
spread. This was nearly sandwich perfection….if the veggies inside
(mushrooms, peppers, tomatoes) were grilled or cooked. The raw veggies
slipped out a bit and I just think grilled veggies with a softer texture
would make for a perfect bite with some added smoky flavour. Just my
opinion. But over all a great sandwich. The quinoa salad was light and
refreshing, although I found the sesame lime dressing nice…it was a bit
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My
dining buddy ordered an <b>Apple Bacon Cheddar Sandwich</b> ($7) and added a
soup (for $2 extra- soup of the day was apple carrot ginger). She loved
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staff are LOVELY here. They are friendly and ENTHUSIASTIC about their
food and their products. The nice people behind the food made the dining
experience even better! Good food, reasonable prices, and nice staff=
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The sous chef/husband and I visit <a href="http://www.tourismtofino.com/"><span style="color: #551a8b;">Tofino </span></a>a few times a year. He is a surf junkie who eagerly plans trips multiple times a year. Tofino isn’t exactly the most easy and convenient trip. To get to Tofino from our home in East Van requires an approx 2 hour ferry from Horseshoe Bay to Nanaimo and an approx 3 hour island drive. </div>
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It takes a lot of effort to get there, but every time we make the trek, it is SOOOO worth it. The beaches. The waves. The hikes. The fresh air. Tofino is also well known for beautiful resorts and hotels and an assortment of gourmet options for dining.</div>
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We are lucky to have good friends that live in Tofino so we have convenient local accommodations and most of our meals in Tofino are home cooked (usually featuring delicious local seafood). </div>
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Over our many Tofino trips, I haven’t tried that many of Tofino’s dining options but I do have a favourite spot that I look forward to grabbing a meal at every time. <b><a href="http://www.wildsidegrill.com/" target="_blank">The Wildside Grill</a></b>. This casual eatery is a concession-style shack located in the Live to Surf retail area about 10 minutes outside of the main town. It serves up a wide range of casual beachside favourites (most dishes featuring fresh, local seafood).There is usually a bit of a line up and crowd because this place has become a go-to for hungry local Tofitians and tourists alike. It’s nothing fancy; with picnic table seating (watch out for hungry crows!) and counter service. This place is run by a commercial fisherman and a chef and they describe their food as “Fish and chips with an upscale twist….featuring local ingredients year round, delivering the best flavors the west coast has to offer.”</div>
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On a recent trip to Tofino in January, we went for a lunch at the WIldside Grill and sitting in the warm sunshine, about to chow down on some delicious food, grinning from ear to ear thought to myself, “This place, this lunch makes me very very happy.”</div>
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<b>Fish Tacos (3 tacos for $13 or 1 for $5)</b>; <i>ling cod, cabbage, avotillo, fresh salsa, cilantro, green onion</i>. </div>
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I love me some fish tacos and whenever I see them on a menu, I tend to gravitate in their direction. For me, these Baja style Wildside fish tacos are some of the best I’ve had. The fish is so fresh and perfectly cooked with a light layer of crisp batter, then served in a fresh warm tortilla and covered with bright fresh salsa, lime and crunchy cabbage topping that compliment the beautiful piece of fish….I’m drooling just thinking about it. We are talking texture perfection here.</div>
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<b>Gumbo (Half order $6, Full order $10)</b>; <i>Louisiana style chowder, brown rice, pink shrimp, cilantro, green onion</i>. </div>
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This hearty dish is the equivalent of a warm hug on a chilly Tofino day. It’s comforting and envelops you with hearty, rich flavour. Eating this chowder is a fun experience because with every bite you come across something different…a chunk of fresh salmon, a pink shrimp all in perfect harmony with the thick, strongly flavoured roux that has a warming kick to it, rather than a tonne of spice. The sprinkle of green onion on top adds a nice texture and flavour element. </div>
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Recently, on the strong recommendation from a co-worker, a few of us ventured to Granville Island for lunch on Granville Island at<b><a href="http://www.tracksbistro.ca/" target="_blank"> Off the Tracks</a></b>, formerly known as Agro Cafe.<br />
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<b>Off the Tracks Espresso Bar and Bistro</b> is tucked away on Granville Island's cozy, car-free, nook Railspur Alley.<br />
On the exterior, there is a nice little patio. On the inside, it is a big bright open space with a few small tables and counter seating and a large communal table in the middle. </div>
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There is no table service, instead- the menu is written up on large chalkboards behind the counter. You make your order at the counter, pay, and your name will be called when your food is ready.</div>
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Approximately 10 minutes later after an engaging bit of banter about potential plot points in the upcoming Star Wars movie, our name was called and our food was ready at the counter, waiting for us to pick it up and bring it back to the table. </div>
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I ordered from the All Day Breakfast Menu, the <b>Granville Island Special</b> ($9.99) <i>2 organic eggs, garlic Kale hash, Vegan Multigrain toast. CHOICE OF Flame grilled meat or Thyme Tomato</i><br />
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I opted for my eggs sunny side (pan cooked options only) and the thyme tomato.<br />
This was a solid breakfast/brunch but for me the standout was the HASHBROWNS!</div>
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The garlic kale hash was amazing. Crispy, garlic fried bits of kale intermingled with perfect little cubes of fried potatoes. Definitely adding it to my roster of top breakfast potatoes in Vancouver (with Yolk’s and a few others).</div>
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I also appreciated that the hot sauce option available for smearing and dipping was Sambal Oelek (chili garlic) paste!</div>
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Missy Mchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18264042176433921386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944503115540655542.post-21268845378266426022015-11-26T14:49:00.003-08:002015-12-14T17:17:28.233-08:00Brunch at The UnionI work out an office in the Chinatown area. I am lucky to be surrounded by delicious food destinations. One of my favourite places nearby for post- work drinks and dinner is The Union.<br />
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One of my colleagues was raving to me about how good The Union's brunch is. He even mentioned that he liked working some weekend shifts because it meant a tasty brunch....specifically he had one favourite dish, The Bangalore Hash.<br />
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This past weekend, my pal T and I did a Sunday morning coat drive donation drop off at <a href="http://covenanthousebc.org/donate/donate-items" target="_blank">Covenant House</a>.<br />
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Side note: this is a great time of year to clean your closets and donate warm clothes that you no longer wear to those in need. See Covenant House link above for donation deets.<br />
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I was quick to suggest that we head to <a href="http://theunionvancouver.ca/" target="_blank">The Union</a> for a post donation brunch.<br />
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We arrived around 11am. There is meter street parking out front and residential parking nearby. The restaurant environment is industrial-style with wood and concrete pillars, long picnic bench seating that feels cozy and communal and trendy metal light fixtures hanging from high ceilings. It was a sunny day and this space was full of pleasant sunlight streaming through large windows. This place feels relaxed and cool.<br />
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We asked our server for recommendations and she enthusiastically sang the praises of the aforementioned Bangalore Hash, saying it was hands down her favourite thing.<br />
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The menu is full of intriguing and delicious sounding options like Bao Bennies, Pandesal French Toast, Breakfast Banh Mi, Shanghai Scramble and even a Pho option.<br />
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Ultimately, with two strong recommendations, I had to go with the <b>Bangalore Hash</b> $14 <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "opensansregular"; line-height: 24px;"><i>curry spiced potatoes, peas, spinach, tomatoes, chickpeas, squash, goat cheese, poached eggs, cauliflower purée ‘hollandaise’</i></span>(with goat cheese on the side since I'm eating semi-vegan).<br />
This dish was worth the hype. Pretty damn perfect breakfast if you ask me with every element executed awesomely. The base of the dish is fantastically flavoured crispy curry potato hash browns with chunks of butternut squash. The tomato, chickpea, cooked spinach had a nice flavour with a bit of a chunky chana masala taste and feel. The eggs were perfectly poached with perfect, thick-yet-runny, silky, bright yellow yolks. The cauliflower puree was a lighter, more subtle flavour alternative to the traditional hollandaise, but with so much flavour happening underneath, it certainly didn't need the rich hollandaise.<br />
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I would have enjoyed the dish a bit more without the butternut squash. It didn't really contribute anything flavour wise, its texture threw off the balance of the dish for me and just made the dish heavier than it needed to be.<br />
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T ordered the <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #232323;"><b>Filipino Pankaplog </b>$14 </span><i style="color: #232323;">two eggs (choice of fried or scrambled), sinangag, pickled papaya, pandesal, curry spiced hashbrowns, choice of sausage or bacon. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #232323;">She really enjoyed her meal especially the pickled papaya salad and curry spiced </span><span style="color: #232323;">hash browns and </span><span style="color: #232323; text-indent: -36px;">sinangag (garlic fried rice) which was quite rich and flavourful.</span></span><br />
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opening soon and knew we had a lunch date to plan. When I read about the
concept, bao-steamed rice buns stuffed with tasty sounding fillings, my mouth
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The space is a 2-floor set up with counter seating on the
main floor and a few small tables on the 2<sup class="yiv5029204933">nd</sup> floor. Here you’ll pay
for your meal before getting a number and finding a seat. It can get quite busy
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Water service is self-serve and you have
choices of cucumber or lemon/lime water. THIS IS DELICIOUS and AWESOME. I hope
more places start offering this. It’s such a simple, yet special touch. And a
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The menu consists of bao tacos, sandwiches, and a small
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I had 2 Bao, the <b class="yiv5029204933">Vevo
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red kale, avocado, organic carrot & beet strings, ginger-peanut sauce and
toasted sesame seeds and the <b class="yiv5029204933">Jaws</b>
($5) Coconut crusted Ocean Wise Vietnamese catfish, kimchi tartar sauce, micro
greens & cabbage in Thai vinaigrette.</div>
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their veggie option that truly packed a punch with fresh, plentiful fillings,
harmonious flavour pairings and giant juicy mushrooms. In fact, my only
suggestion would be to slice the mushrooms as the large pieces were a bit
tricky to eat and smaller pieces might spread throughout the bao easier to
ensure some mushroom with every bite. The ginger peanut sauce is a delicious
and dominating force in this bao. Sooo good.</div>
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I had a lunch date set up with some lady friends from the last series I worked on.<span class="yiv7240973405" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"> </span>The lunch date happened to be on May 5, Cinco de Mayo, so I suggested we go for tacos in the gastown/Chinatown ‘hood. We decided to go check out a relatively new taco joint, <b>Tacomio</b>.</div>
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<b>Tacomio</b> is a small fast-food style joint with warm, sunny decors and a unique, festive ambiance. Although the place is fast-food styled, everything is made fresh daily and almost everything on the menu is made from scratch. These are street style tacos. Smaller, a few bites, with various fillings in two layers of soft corn tortillas. You get to choose any 4 tacos for $10.</div>
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The interior of the restaurant itself is definitely noteworthy. Everything from the light fixture to the wooden counters make the place super warm and welcoming. There is even a cute hand-painted mural on the wall showing different exports of Mexico. Seating space is limited (small counter dining only) so I wouldn’t recommend this for another group meal date.</div>
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The staff is super friendly and I loved that they were celebrating Cinco de Mayo, offering complimentary strawberry tequila popsicles and hibiscus drinks. I liked their recycled cardboard taco vessels in which the tacos were served that kept everything upright and organized. I also enjoyed their salsa station and availability of pickled cauliflower and jalapenos.</div>
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Unfortunately, these tacos were a disappointment. I found the tortillas tasted bland and a bit stale. I also found that the tacos were quite bland and needed generous dollops of their salsas. I found the menu pretty limited for vegetarian, dairy free and wished that they had a fish or shrimp option on the menu.</div>
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is a much belated food crawl post, but putting this together has been a
delicious stroll down memory lane. In March 2014, four of us crawled the city
tasting Banh Mi sandwiches. I first fell in love with Banh Mi’s when I lived
near Fraser and Kingsway. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">For
those who don’t know, banh mi (often called Vietnamese subs), are the colonial
love-child of French cuisine and the Vietnamese palate. During their rule over
what was then called Indochina, the French brought their baguette, mayonnaise,
pâté and charcuterie to Vietnam where these ingredients evolved and
adapted to take on more Asian flavours. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The
ideal banh mi is a feat: a bun with a impossibly crackling crust and soft airy
crumb encases a filling comprised of a tangy shredded daikon pickle,
charcuterie, mayo, and pate all co-existing in a fine balance of tart and
savoury.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">This
post sums up our first stop on this food crawl.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Kim Saigon Sandwiches/
Golden Garden Vietnamese<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">$5 Chicken Bahn Mi<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifV3NeNrqpEqNi9urNn260AI9oUmqC8lj8Gdy3O_wc6bYoEeVnMHBYwLFsb4M8HZHt_DiGepNKHg_II-hFkNG46VItCcFjHIp_qYxLfxakcsrFuEfh4nCNrPvT3uKZgWO_0-pKPX6omNw/s1600/image-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifV3NeNrqpEqNi9urNn260AI9oUmqC8lj8Gdy3O_wc6bYoEeVnMHBYwLFsb4M8HZHt_DiGepNKHg_II-hFkNG46VItCcFjHIp_qYxLfxakcsrFuEfh4nCNrPvT3uKZgWO_0-pKPX6omNw/s1600/image-2.jpg" height="200" width="150" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">This
was the Leggy Redhead’s pick, a find from one of her favourite app’s, Chef’s
Feed. The interior of the restaurant was quite upscale compared to most
Vietnamese restaurant’s I’ve experience and the actually had a minimum spend if
we wanted to eat in. To achieve that minimum spend, the Leggy redhead added a
side, a Green papaya salad with beef jerkey ($8) and two beers. I really
enjoyed the salad, it was slightly sweet, salty, with some great crispy and
crunchy textural elements.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to the main focus of our eating adventure….the Banh Mi. Overall, I found the
sandwich tasty but not mind-blowing delicious. I found it a bit lacking in
flavour- from the meat to the pickled veg, the flavours were all quite mellow.
I missed the sour kick that usually comes from the pickled veg and wanted a bit
more jalapeno. I also found the ratio a bit off. Bread was nice and crunchy on
the outside, fluffy-with some density on the inside. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Hungover Crawler<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">It
was a rainy Saturday in March and I had been waiting patiently to lose my
virginity (twice) that day. This was my first food crawl with the Lifebites
crew and it was to be my first Banh Mi ever. How could I have lived in
Vancouver so long and never tried one? I also have to admit I had a big evening
out the night before and was still feeling the effects of a few bottles of wine
that may have been imbibed. But nothing could slow me down and I jumped eagerly
into our fearless leader's Fit (luckily I wasn't driving) ready to enjoy four
stops guaranteed to cure my hangover.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Stop
number one was Kim Saigon in Chinatown. Now, it's actually within the Golden
Garden Vietnamese restaurant. Banh mi wasn't on the menu but we asked and our
server said we could order them. She seemed rather confused and not terribly
impressed that we wanted to order one sandwich to share between four people. We
were told that it's a $5 minimum charge per person (which would never be a
problem under normal circumstances and isn't unreasonable, but we were the only
people in there). So we also ordered the beef jerky green papaya salad. And
just to make her like us a little more I also ordered a beer. (Or maybe that
was in hopes of warding off my approaching headache from the previous night's
festivities.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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had the chicken banh mi. The bun was nice and warm and had a nice texture to
it. It wasn't the most flavourful sandwich, but I still liked it (remember,
this was my first ever). I was more impressed with the papaya salad. It was
light and refreshing and the beef jerky on top was an interesting twist, giving
the green papaya a little salt and spice. It also had some very tasty Thai
basil on top. Although I wasn't blown away by the banh mi I am interested in
going back to the Golden Garden to try other menu items. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Leggy Redhead<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">This
one was my pick from reviews I'd read on Chef's Feed. Funny enough, banh
mi's are not on the menu, but can be ordered anytime (with lots of choices when
you ask the server). We had the chicken banh mi (+ we decided to try the
beef jerky papaya salad). Banh mi - warm crusty bread and nice flavour to
the fillings, but can't say I'm waiting to go back. It wasn't bad...but
it also wasn't great in comparison to our other stops. The papaya salad,
however, I loved. Super light, flavourful and lots of thai basil
flavours. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Incredibly
clean upon walking in, abrupt departure from the Main and Hastings
exterior.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is this really Vancouver
Chinatown?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The interior finishing gave
it a bit of an Earls look and feel – sadly without any boobs on display.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I somehow think this added to Hungover
Crawler’s general disorientation stemming from her still being drunk from the
night before.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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server announced that there was a $5 per person minimum charge before we
ordered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We all looked at each other
thinking – “this is going to be a problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We plan to eat one sandwich between the four of us.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not to worry, Hungover Crawler had it all
figured out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll just order 2 bottles
of Tsing Tao in addition to the beef jerky and green papaya salad to
start.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Strong thinking at 11:15 am.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The
salad was odd and unexpected – cilantro, shredded beef jerky, thai basil, green
papaya covered with a mildly spicy soy sauce dressing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not bad given the crazy ingredients – but not
interesting enough to seek out as a foodie delight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The
Bahn Mi arrived looking traditional.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>11
“ long (yes I measured – I guess it’s habit).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Cucumbers, carrots, jalepano, shredded chicken.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The bread crust was light and not too crunchy
which is important in my books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Overall
taste was balanced with a subtle salty flavour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Excellent french baguette.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not
unique enough to venture down to this part of town on a regular basis.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I was lucky enough to hit the road for a road trip with some of my dearest food lover lady friends to
Portland, Oregon for a three-day weekend of absolute gluttony this fall. We planned our trip around
Portland’s <b>Feast</b>, a multi-day event celebrating Oregon's bounty and the
chefs and artisans who do some pretty amazing things with it with tastings,
dinners, classes and seminars.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We bought tickets for the <b>Oregon Grand Bounty Tasting</b>. There
were two days of Grand Bounty tasting events (we went for the Friday function)
taking place right in the centre of Portland in Pioneer Square. It was like the
main city square was transformed into a massive cocktail party. This event is
the perfect way to explore creative and delicious food, fantastic wine and
delicious craft beer. This event is soooo well organized and from an outside
perspective seemed to flow seamlessly. Despite the event being extremely busy,
line ups were rare, bites and sips were plentiful and generous and the options
offered represented a wide variety of food and drink guaranteed to please any
palate. And to make things even more awesome, the money raised goes to hunger
charities in Oregon.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Some of <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>my favourite
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Dessert course from USA Pears pop up; <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #141823; line-height: 18px;">Roasted Honey Panna Cotta, brandy roasted pears, pear wood smoked bacon</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">From Red Wagon Creamery</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">From Les Caves Bier and Kitchen; Lamb BLT</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">From Whole Foods; as someone who isn't a huge cheese gal....holy moly this was perfection</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">From Olympic Provisions; back - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Pork Frank with sweet corn and oregon bay shrimp</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Cacao, serving Salt and Straw olive oil ice cream topped with hot drinking chocolate and crunchy cacao nibs<br /></span></td></tr>
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Middle sister came into town and wanted to take me out for a belated birthday dinner. She's a gluten free vegetarian and after she did a little "what's new in food in vancouver" and discovered Ask for Luigi and that they offered a g-free pasta option.<br />
We arrived at the tiny spot that used to house the popular "Two Chefs and a Table" in crosstown and were told that there was about a 45 min wait. This spot is cozy and my guess is that it seats about 30 people. The decor and atmosphere feels upscale but not fussy. It feels like an Italian bistro.<br />
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We weren't starving and didn't mind. We put our name on the list with our contact info. We walked over to the Alibi Room and killed time with their awesome atmosphere and extensive impressive beer (and cider for the g-free) list. The wait was almost exactly 45 minutes.<br />
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The menu is fairly short and sweet with about 10 appetizers and 5-6 different pastas. And they all sound fairly delicious. Unfortunately, the options were pretty limited in terms of vegetarian options that they could make gluten free.<br />
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They've got sparkling and still mineral water on tap and a lean wine list by the bottle or by the glass (casual stemless tumbler).<br />
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We split the <b>Fried Cauliflower & Aoili</b> appetizer ($12). This was absolutely dynamite. Cauliflower is one food trend that seems to be everywhere and I'm definitely not getting sick of this trend. This dish was a stand out and worth the visit alone. Crispy yet soft with a bit of bite. Cheese, aioli, mint, basil, chickpeas all added some texture and played with dynamic flavours.<br />
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Ask for Luigi makes their pasta fresh in house, including the <b>gluten free option</b>. It's a tagliatelle (made with corn and rice flour, potato starch and xantham gum) which can be dressed with any of the sauces on the menu for $2 extra. She's a vegetarian so she only really had one option, with fresh peas, garlic and pea shoots. I had a bite and it was quite tasty with a great freshness.<br />
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I'm sucker for Italian dishes, especially anything with tentacles, so when I saw <b>Spaghetti Nero with octopus and jalapeno </b>($18), I knew what I'd be ordering. This was a visually interesting dish. The noodles with black and the octopus was chopped into tiny rounds. Both the noodles and the octopus had a wonderful chew. The sauce was light with fresh tomato but not very dynamic or bold. The jalapeno was lost on me and I didn't really taste any heat. Our server was surprised when I requested salt, pepper, and chili flakes. Although the fresh pasta was truly a delicious treat, and the octopus was tasty and well prepared, but after a few bites, I found this dish overall to actual be fairly one note and not that exciting.<br />
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Overall, we had a nice experience. The space is cute, the service is efficient and friendly, and I do love a good Italian meal with fresh pasta. But this place had been pretty hyped up in social media and press reviews. And the price points are on the higher end. Ask for Luigi was good but not awesome and didn't quite live up to the hype. I was also a bit disappointed that the pricing was a unclear for beverages. Our glasses of wine we ordered ended up being a way more then we thought (we thought they were the house wine by the glass price) and there was a charge for sparkling water (they didn't let us know and kept bringing bottle after bottle of on tap sparking water to the table only for us to discover a $2 per bottle price on the bill.)<br />
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<a href="http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/14/1791673/restaurant/Gastown/Ask-for-Luigi-Vancouver"><img alt="Ask for Luigi on Urbanspoon" src="http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/1791673/biglink.gif" style="border: none; height: 146px; width: 200px;" /></a><br />
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<br />Missy Mchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18264042176433921386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944503115540655542.post-60339026172209739552014-08-01T11:09:00.001-07:002014-08-01T11:09:11.918-07:00Eating my way through Edmonton in July
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I visited Edmonton in May
and was wowed with some amazing meals and super impressed with the city’s
enthusiastic, energetic, and delicious food scene.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Work brought me back to YEG
in July. It was a crazy, busy, work trip but I always seem to be able to find
time to seek out good food. Because no matter how busy things get, life is too
short to eat average or boring food.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Here are some of the dishes,
restaurants, meals, and culinary experiences from this past trip.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Tavern 1903<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Had a delicious lunch
meeting at this downtown gem. Atmosphere is slightly upscale but accessible and
the menu was wide ranging in its offerings. Lunch mains hovered between $16-20.
I found the where the fare inventive, playful, and delicious with generous
portions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">On our table:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Watermelon Feta Salad</b>; Fairwind Farms Feta, Cucumber, Heirloom tomatoes,
mint, extra virgin olive oil<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Classic Pork Schnitzel</b>, Lemon-Caper Sauce; with cucumber salad and warm
potatoes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Atlantic Lobster Roll</b>; with side salad<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Tortilla Soup</b>; Smoked Duck, Pasilla Chiles, Avocado, Goat Feta, Cilantro, Tortilla
Strips, Tomato Broth, Crema and Fresh Lime<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">KFC</b>;
Korean Fried Cauliflower, Sesame Seeds, Scallions<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I absolutely loved my order
of Tortilla Soup. What a great lunch, light but full of intense, big, flavours.
Smoky yet bright with pops of flavour and texture from all of the elements. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">This seemingly cheap and
cheerful, unassuming diner was a delight. Fast and friendly service, décor that
made you feel like you were in someone’s living room, and a large menu full of
classics and interesting twists. I didn’t get a chance to try their legendary
cinnamon buns but I’ve been craving their delicious house-made ketchup ever
since this lunch.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Smoked salmon, Monterey jack cheese, jalapenos,
capers, fresh dill and cilantro layered between two flour tortillas and
baked. Served topped with sour cream and fresh diced tomato with
fresh fruit salsa for dipping.Choice of house cut fries, caesar, green or tabouleh
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">This downtown burger joint
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decided to customize and<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>“Build my
own burger”- I called it the “Crazy Bitch”- and with my choices of Potato
Scallion Roll<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">, </b>Red Bean and Rice Veg
Patty,Lettuce, banana peppers, tomato, jalapeno, cucumber ribbon, sliced
pickles, tomato relish, Ghost pepper ketchup, mustard, sautéed mushrooms, it
ended up being around $11-12. I must say, I created a delicious masterpiece.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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side….two sides of their fries at $4.00 each with some of their tasty in house
condiments as dip. I remember them being thin, salty and delish but we were
also ravenous and needed to eat something while waiting for our burgers. I was
also soooo happy because The Burg served my favourite cider, Foundry.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">This bustling lunch spot was
on my radar for their delicious soups but we ended up hitting Mkrt for dinner.
Really nice experience. Feels classy but not pretentious. Wonderful,
enthusiastic service. Amazing wine. And food that was delicious and actually
invigorating. Fresh ingredients with care and love but keeping it simple. Loved
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casual and formal, I really was impressed by the Marc. The interior is simple,
clean, classic with a slightly upscale feel. Service was absolutely amazing.
Attentive, friendly, accommodating and really felt like the staff here care about
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dill potato salad topped with pickled cucumber ribbon. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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mecca for desserts and baked goods. They make all of their products daily
in-house from scratch and they pride themselves in baking the best of the best.
No shortcuts or fillers or preservatives. This place was busy and bumping but
clientele all seem to know the rules and everyone seems to have their favourite
treat that they get every time. Their glass wrap around display counter is a
feast for the eyes as you take it the beautiful, delicious and artfully
prepared breads, scones, pies, cookies, macarons, tarts, cakes…….I’m not a
dessert afficiando but I was drooling.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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favourite was the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Key Lime Tart</b> with
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smokehouse/BBQ place located in the heart of Old Strathcona. An authentic BBQ
experience with homemade sauces, savoury sides, and a casual welcoming room to
indulge.<span style="color: #132b3f;"> </span>Our table split a few of the meats and sides but I
ordered a smoked tofu sandwich to spare myself a serious case of the meat
sweats…which tend to happen when this quasi vegan consumes any volume of meat
or dairy. My sandwich was good but not mind-blowing but this is worth a second
visit for the great space with a fresh, funky vibe with communal tables,
AMAZING sides (garlic fries, brussel sprouts, baked beans!) and an assortment
of delicious BBQ sauces and mustards. I think I consumed about a half bottle of
the mustard and spicy BBQ sauce. <span style="color: #132b3f;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">LOVE this place! Visited
this place twice on my May trip to YEG. Their food and vibe is amazing. Didn’t
get any food pics but a colleague and I shared their Hongos Mixtos tacos
(mushrooms sautéed with garlic and capers) and their Pescado tacos (lightly
battered and fried fresh Pacific Red Snapper). SO DAMN GOOD!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--EndFragment-->Missy Mchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18264042176433921386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944503115540655542.post-82758587410166644132014-06-10T22:12:00.002-07:002014-06-10T22:12:52.468-07:00Caffe Barney on Main; Awesome Place to get your Craft Beer and Pub Grub fix
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I’ve gotta give a shout out to <b>Caffe Barney on Main </b>as a
great neighbourhood pub. I may be biased because I ADORE the management and
staff (Bre and Robyn in particular) but this place is cozy, fun, with tasty, accessible grub
and a fantastic drink selection. My favourite thing at Barney is the 24
rotating kegs on tap.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes- I said 24
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I started the night with a pint of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Four Seasons Saison</b>, straight outta Delta, BC. Its warm with
wheatiness, light hints of clove with coriander. It’s a bit floral and fruity
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They offer a beer
tasting flight of 4 for $8. My suggestion- give your server an idea a scope of
your beer likes and dislikes and let them pick for you. My server was a great
beer matchmaker! <o:p></o:p></div>
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I enjoyed the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Pfriem
Wit</b> Belgian style wit beer , <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Occidental
Hef</b>, and the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Chuckanut Rauc</b>. But
my very favourite was the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lips of Faith
with Yuzu</b> from New Belgium Brewing from Fort Collins Colorado. Citrusy and
bold. Strange, delicious, memorable.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Sous Chef and I shared two burgers. </div>
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The <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Chickpea
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The <b>Salmon Burger</b> with asian slaw topping was a generous piece of fresh tasting fish on a toasted bun. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Other items on the table were:<o:p></o:p></div>
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Pad thai with shrimp<o:p></o:p></div>
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Coconut prawns with a side of Caesar salad<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<!--EndFragment-->Missy Mchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18264042176433921386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944503115540655542.post-72315607395409604002014-05-23T22:35:00.000-07:002014-05-23T22:35:01.275-07:00Farmer's Apprentice for Lunch
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I was planning a work lunch meet up with a colleague from
out of town and a fellow local food enthusiast. When she suggested <b>Farmer’s
Apprentic</b>e, I was instantly intrigued and thrilled at the opportunity to check
out the recently named Vancouver Magazine’s 2014 Restaurant of the Year. It’s
located a short walk from my office and I’ve passed by numerous times and
thought the space looked charming, and I’d heard and read many rave reviews
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The room is cozy, seating roughly 30 inside with an inviting
12 seat patio. Ceilings are low, wood is mismatched, and the space feels modern
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Sparkling and
still water is served in blue-rimmed enamel tumblers and a Fleetwood Mac vinyl
was spinning on a turntable towards the back end of the restaurant. There are
some great touches in this space; a beautiful photo of an abandoned barn, an
antique stained-glass window frame, planter boxes with herbs and flowers on the
patio.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This was a long lunch and over the course of our meal we had
mixed feelings about service. There were a few instances that we were made to
feel like we were causing a real inconvenience with some questions and
requests. But I loved and appreciated the love, enthusiasm, and knowledge that
every staff member has for the food and this restaurant.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Smoked castelvatrano olives $4, beyond bread sourdough,
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These hearty slices of sourdough bread served warm, with a
crispy crust and warm sumptuous innards served with a side of extra-virgin
olive oil and an onion butter that’s rich, savoury and delightful.<o:p></o:p></div>
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vivid green with a big, bold, alderwood smoky flavour.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Dandelion, bacon and hazelnut strudel with ricotta $9</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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The smaller plate was light with a nice balance of light
flaky pastry, side arugula salad greens and richness from the smoky chunks of
bacon and hazelnut.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Roasted chicken breast, rye berries, nettles, mushroom
marmalade, veloute $18</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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This was a large plate full of earthy flavours. The two
pieces of large, tender perfectly cooked chicken breast with toothsome rye
berries (like a chewy quinoa?), nettle greens (which also had a surprisingly
meaty flavour), with a small dab of salty and slightly sweet balsamic tasting
mushroom marmalade with a drizzle of creamy veloute to bring the plate
together.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This plate was a bit smaller but just beautiful…looked like
a delicious spring bouquet. I was lucky enough to get a bite of salmon which
was supple with FANTASTIC crispy skin.<o:p></o:p></div>
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There is a lot of effort, skill, creativity, and love in
this food. Just reading the menu, taking in the ambience and watching plates
come out of the kitchen made me smile. The menu changes daily, depending upon
what’s fresh and available. The portions aren’t hefty (the chicken was pretty substantial) but are well executed
with prime ingredients and beautiful flavours. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--EndFragment-->Missy Mchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18264042176433921386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944503115540655542.post-75803623855811703072014-04-19T09:53:00.001-07:002014-04-19T09:53:55.053-07:00Wayward Vegan Cafe in SeattleI'm a big fan of "experience" or "activities" as gifts. This year, for Christmas, my little sister and I told my dad we wanted to treat him to a day trip to Seattle to visit the Experience Music Project and Sci Fi Museum.<br />
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Since the sous chef, little sister, and little sister's wife are all vegan... it pays to do a bit of research before any out of town trip that will require a meal out. Plus, we wanted to have some lunch options that would work for both vegans and my dad's taste preferences. We found a few options, but managed to decide on a post EMP/Sci-Fi Museum lunch at the <b>Wayward Vegan Cafe</b> in Seattle's University District. Everything on the menu at Wayward is vegan- they offer a wide range of all day breakfast with lunch and some dinner options too. The options range from greasy spoon-esque, tex-mex fusion, vegan twists on diner classics, and a few healthy options. This place was packed when we arrived around 2-2:30pm, feeling extremely hungry, but luckily a table freed up almost the minute we walked in.</div>
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This a pretty casual place; you place your order at the front counter, bus your own dishes, refill your own water, etc</div>
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We all left stuffed. Portions were a good size-big. Prices were reasonable. The food was straighforward and delicious. </div>
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I ordered the <b>Breakfast Burrito</b>; Scrambled seasoned tofu, spicy tvp chorizo and spinach
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<b>Bikini Bowl</b> $8- Quinoa over a bed of garlic steamed greens
topped with mandarin oranges, diced tomatoes, and a grilled citrus-marinated
tempeh cutlet. Served with a side of chipotle tahini.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>The Bandito Omelette </b>$10 with homefries<o:p></o:p></div>
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Missy Mchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18264042176433921386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944503115540655542.post-86044229055227223932014-04-10T17:55:00.001-07:002014-04-10T17:55:19.317-07:00Vegan Ice Cream CakeThis week, there was a role reversal in our home. The sous chef had a culinary vision, a mission, an obsession....he stepped up as head chef and I became his sous chef to create a Dairy Queen style ice cream cake for our sister-in-law Ashley's birthday.<br />
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Ashley is a vegan with a crazy sweet tooth and before she went vegan, I have vivid memories of her LOVING DQ Ice cream cakes. We chatted about this last year around Ashley's birthday, and the sous chef made it his mission to create an awesome DQ-style birthday cake for Ashley's next b-day.<br />
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This was a fun and delicious project to take on and the birthday girl was thrilled with the results.<br />
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It wasn't too difficult....but requires planning, preparation, and a spring form pan.<br />
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The amount will vary depending on the size of the cake you are making.<br />
2 pints of vanilla non-dairy ice cream/ frozen dessert<br />
1 pint of chocolate non-dairy ice cream/ frozen dessert<br />
1 cup of chocolate cookie crumbles (you might want to add more as a topping)<br />
Approx 1 cup of chocolate fudge/syrup (melted chocolate, coconut oil, vanilla)<br />
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Let the pints of frozen dessert soften so they are easy to mold and work with.<br />
Line the springform pan with parchment paper or tinfoil.<br />
In the centre of the pan, create a centre column core of chocolate frozen dessert, leaving some room surrounding outside.<br />
Place in freezer for a few minutes to firm up.<br />
Then top the chocolate centre core with a thick layer of fudge and top that layer with chocolate cookie crumbles.<br />
Place back in freezer to harden.<br />
Then add the vanilla frozen dessert on top and around the edges of the chocolate/fudge/cookie crumble core.<br />
Place into freezer for a longer period of time (we did overnight).<br />
Take out of freezer 15 minutes before serving time, take out of springform pan, smooth out top and sides and decorate as desired. Sing Happy Birthday and chow down!<br />
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<br />Missy Mchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18264042176433921386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944503115540655542.post-14505749127546535302014-04-03T17:31:00.000-07:002014-04-03T17:31:32.145-07:00Save On Meats
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I was in Gastown for an industry mingle-r with some of my
favourite ladies. We wanted to grab a bite to eat somewhere. I was in a “pho,
sushi, cheap and cheerful something” kind of food mood. As a group, we ran
through our nearby options, and when one of us mentioned <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Save on Meats</b>, there was a collective nod as the group agreed we
were all hankering for some comfort grub….and most of our group hadn’t visited
Save On Meats before and were curious to check it out.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Save On Meats is an iconic and historical part of Gastown,
in downtown Vancouver, and it comes with a lot of history. Save On Meats has
been open since 1957. The original owner retired and closed it in 2009 but
local restaurateur, Mark Brand, rescued the iconic gem in 2010. Along with
revitalizing the diner and butcher shop, Brand has been working in close
collaboration with various community programs and initiatives, tackling
important societal issues like barrier employment and food security straight
from the heart of Vancouver’s Downtown East Side. Save On Meats has gotten it’s
share of kudos for it’s burger and diner classics done right, including an
appearance on Food Network’s “Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.” The restaurant
recently closed last August for renovations and recently re-opened in February.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Overall, we loved the décor, the atmosphere, the vibe. The feeling
in SOM (both customers) was upbeat, relaxed, comfortable, yet with a hint of
“hip and cool”. I was really pleased with the enthusiastic service. The décor
is bright, clean, shiny and retro cute with some truly cool touches. SOM has
awesome signage- you can’t help but smile when you walk into this place.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I ordered; <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The BLAT
sandwich with bacon, lettuce, avocado, and tomato ($7.95)</b> <span style="color: #141413; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I really wanted to love my meal but sadly I was pretty
underwhelmed. The extra crispy, salty bacon was a highlight but sadly the
toasted white bread (I don’t think I was offered a choice of other bread
option) was really crusty, hard and dry, with sharp edges that felt a little
unpleasant to eat. The fries weren’t very crispy and didn't have much going on
in the flavour department. A great hot sauce might have saved this plate, but
sadly, they only had Tabasco which didn’t quite do the trick.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Other grub met the same response from the other ladies.
“Meh...”; okay, but not great. The iconic <b>burger</b> got a thumbs up, but my pal who
ordered it said she was expecting it to be something a bit more special based
on all the hype. It’s now a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Build your
Burger</b> with a variable price depending on your patty, veggie topping,
sauces, and “the goods” with toppings like bacon, blue cheese, fried egg, onion
rings and more…and then you add a side for different prices.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<b>PEROGIES</b> sour cream, caramelized and green onions $7.95<o:p></o:p></div>
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add sausage $2.49<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>CHILI - VEGETARIAN OR MEAT</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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Cup $3.95 Bowl $5.95<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>*I believe this used to be served with their in-house biscuits...but sadly this bowl was accompanied by a pretty sad toasted english muffin</i></div>
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<b>THE AWARD WINNING SAVE ON MEATS CAESAR</b> infused vodka,
clamato, tabasco, worcestershire, secret rim salt, on the rocks with bacon and
olive $6.95<o:p></o:p></div>
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Despite the lackluster food, we all agreed that we would
still come back for drinks, to give some other menu items a chance, and to
enjoy the upbeat, feel-good atmosphere.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 14px;">This year I hosted my third Oscar party (previous posts on parties and the creative film-themed dishes are <a href="http://lifebitesmm.blogspot.ca/2012/02/84th-annual-academy-awards-viewing-and.html">here</a> and <a href="http://lifebitesmm.blogspot.ca/2011/02/taking-bite-out-of-83rd-annual-academy.html">here</a>).</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 16px;">Some previous memorable Oscar p</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 16px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">arty dishes were Zuckerburger sliders (the social network) and Billy Bean's Ballpark snack tray (money ball), Minnie's chocolate pie (the help), Swedish meatballs (the girl with the dragon tattoo)....</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(missed one photo of Dallas Buyer's Club Texas Baked Beans)</span></div>
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The next stop on our taco crawl adventure took us east, to
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>TOSTADAS DE PATO</u></b><u>;
Fraser Valley duck confit, guava, fruit mole sauce (manchamanteles), chayote
squash and radish- $10 for 2 ….BUT the key question was heading into this
establishment was… could a tostado qualify as a taco?<o:p></o:p></u></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Food Crawl
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Four participants. Each participant picks a taco joint OR a
specific taco dish they've been wanting to try. I drive the taco wagon (aka my
Honda Fit) and come up with logistics, scheduling, route that makes sense. At
each stop, we either have done our research and picked a taco OR ask our server
for their most popular taco/ their recommendation. One taco per crawler per
venue.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Let the adventure continue!</div>
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Another place in my neighbourhood and this is a spot that I
have been to a handful of times and really like. See previous posts here, here,
here.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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This was the bad jew’s pick and he knew exactly what he
wanted to order. There was a real debate over ____ but let’s face it, none of
us are really experts enough to weigh in. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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The Glib asked our server who immediately told us that she
lived in Mexico for 5 years and said ABSOLUTELY NOT. As if that wasn’t enough
to end the debate, she then brought over the owner/manager and asked him to
weigh in on the matter. I vividly remember laughing hysterically at his
over-the-top reaction. He threw down his bar rag in disgust and horror and
proceeded to educated us on the long list of reason why a tostada is not a taco.
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After being shamed by the staff (ha ha), The Bad Jew, pulled
an un-anticipate move and asked the server if we could be served the tostada on
corn tortillas, transforming the dish into a taco. She agreed on the move but
informed TBJ that there would be a slight pricing adjustment. The texture of
the duck is excellent, shredded and tender, like a pulled pork and the fruit
mole sauce gives this dish a very unique flavour with a hint of citrus and
sweetness. The shredded chayote squash and radish added a nice crunch and
contrast to the shredded meat and creamy avocado sauce base. Really tasty
tostada-turned-taco at one of my favourite neighbourhood spots….and a special
shout out to their awesome live mariachi duo that was playing that evening of
our crawl (it turns out they have live mariachi every Weds). <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">The Leggy
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Duck confit tostada as a taco--The Bad Jew's request to make
this as a taco instead of a tostada (to keep with our crawl theme) threw the
server & owner for a loop. A pretty funny debate ensued, but they
were glad to accommodate us. Although we bastardized the tostada, it was
well worth it...the duck confit was awesome. A little small, but great.
This was a very strong 2nd place winner for me.<o:p></o:p></div>
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For the Leggy Redhead...The Tacofino Chicken Karage taco was
the surprise winner of the evening!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Final stop of the night – newish place on the drive that The
Bad Jew has been jonesing to visit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Obviously,
this joint was my pick of the evening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Remember that bit about whether a tostada counts as a taco – that was
all because I wanted to order the duck confit tostada at La Mezcaleria.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Of course, my fellow Crawlies couldn’t help themselves on soliciting
another, better informed opinion on the taco/tostada controversy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We asked our non-Mexican server to clarify –
she wasn’t sure and asked both the chef and then the manager.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Survey says – a tostada isn’t a taco.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Boooo!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I blame Mexican conservatism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eventually the owner arrived who was infuriated at the concept and
punctuated his contempt with a dramatic throwing of his serving towel onto the
floor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Loved the theatrics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I made a serious substitution and had the
tostadas served instead on soft flour tortillas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The crafty Bad Jew can not be beat at this
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The post-op tostadas (postadas?) arrived at our table
looking pretty despite the kitchen staff’s snickers – surprising for this LGBT
friendly neighbourhood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Embrace
diversity, people!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Filled with abundant
juiciness the duck confit was a flavour sensation covered in a delicious mole
sauce!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a perfect combo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Guacamole was outstanding and the side of
pickled onion was a stand out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Make sure
to order extra pickled onion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Either
that or visit with dining companions more proficient at sharing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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We visited when there was a mariachi duo providing live
entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Was a blast to watch the
owner join in to sing a number.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kudos
for his entertaining prowess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We ordered
the banderitas to accompany – a three part shot beverage combo consisting of
sangrita, mezcal and lime juice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Sangrita is a non-alcoholic tomato/orange based mixture sometimes
referred to as “Little Blood”. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On
special for $6 on Wednesdays ($5 for Tequlia).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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The Bad Jew took us to Commercial Drive for the evenings closer,
where we would seek an answer to that existential question: “Is a tostado a
taco?” The simple asking of this question to a proud restauranteur was
greeted with dismay, and the exaggeratedly fierce hurling of a napkin to the
floor. So, that’d be a no then.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Taking note of the “no substitutions” rule, it was evident
the Bad Jew would have to work his charm, and charm he did. Having lost the
tostada vs taco battle, he remained determined to have us eat duck confit.
Tensions rose with the Mariachi band playing ever louder and louder, in
anticipation of the next question. Could we have the the duck confit tostada as
a taco? Seconds past, they turned into more seconds, and still more seconds
after that, as guitars strummed loudly. Yes. Yes we could, but we were warned.
It won’t be very big. By this point, I should note, I had consumed a healthy
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The warned of small size was no impediment to the Bad Jew,
or any of us, for that matter - this being our fourth taco of the night. And it
was well chosen. Buttery, smoky, rich confit married with a creamy dollop of
avocado deliciousness and a side of damn hot pickles. Was this taco Nirvana?
Nope, but it was damn good. Would popcorn have made it better? Maybe. Would
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Although I wasn't really sure what to expect... I absolutely loved it. I learned so many techniques and tricks, it was really hands on, and my favourite part: at the end of each 2 hour session, we sat down as a class and feasted on the delicious meals that we had just crafted.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><b>Salad Lyonnaise </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">*</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #282828; line-height: 18px;">a traditional French salad, made with frisée or curly endive, dijon vinaigrette, hot bacon, and a freshly poached egg. We also made delicious croutons for this salad, tearing up crusty baguette, drizzling with bacon fat and toasting in the oven.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Soubise </b>*braised rice and onions, like a French risotto (top right)</span></span><br />
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<u>Key lessons learned:</u><br />
-timing is everything: plan your meals, be strategic<br />
-prepare, be ready, be organized: avoid last minute recipe chaos with mise en place<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">*<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><b>Mise en place</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">is a French phrase which means "putting in place", as in set up. It is used in professional kitchens to refer to organizing and arranging the ingredients (e.g., cuts of meat, relishes, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">sauces, par-cooked </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">items, spices, freshly chopped vegetables, and other components) that a cook will require for the menu items that are expected to be prepared during a shift.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">-the importance of UNIFORMITY in chopping, mincing, dicing, slicing... you want things to cook at the same time (eg. noone likes biting down on a larger piece of raw onion in their dish)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">-how to poach an egg (I've never been able to do this properly...low pot, rolling boil, 2 tbsp of vinegar, 3.5 minutes, handle with care:))</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">-butter, cheese, and oil make food taste pretty damn delicious</span></span><br />
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<u><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Cauliflower;
Serrano chile, turmeric, crispy rice, spicy fish sauce $7<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<u><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Chicken Karaage
Taco; Avocado, radish, black chile oil, cilantro $6 per taco<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The Food Crawl
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Four
participants. Each participant picks a taco joint OR a specific taco dish
they've been wanting to try. I drive the taco wagon (aka my Honda Fit) and come
up with logistics, scheduling, route that makes sense. At each stop, we either
have done our research and picked a taco OR ask our server for their most
popular taco/ their recommendation. One taco per crawler per venue.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Let the adventure
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I’ve eaten from the Tacofino trucks before and LOVE their
food and the commissary is in my ‘hood so when____ picked this place, I was
very pleased. <o:p></o:p></div>
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This spot is on Hastings near Nanaimo with Red Wagon and
Campagnolo Roma as neighbours and has some truly cool décor details, especially
massive hanging light installation network. There are a few tables for two but
most table are long, large, and meant for sharing. Old school hip hop was pumping
and right away we were charmed by the uber friendly staff AND uber friendly
other customers who were quick to tell us about their favourite dishes. I had
my heart set out hoping that ____ would order up a round of Tuna Ta-tacos but
instead he followed the recommendation of our server and neighbouring table and
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He also heard the cauliflower was dynamite, so he added an
order of that appetizer for us all to try. This cauliflower is my kind of dish!
I adore Nuba’s crispy cauliflower and didn’t think it could be as good but it
definitely is just as delicious and different. Despite a tough looking Serrano,
it wasn’t very spicy but it was certainly big on bold salty flavour from the
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On to the taco…. Each taco is $6 which is steep, but they
are a larger taco than the other establishments and they do have a lot going on
inside. Tacofino serves their some of their tacos on corn tortillas and some on
flour tortillas depending on what they think is the best flavour accompaniment
for the taco filling. The CK taco came in a flour tortilla. This was a
fantastic taco! The chicken was beautifully cooked, tender and soft with a
feather light crispy exterior and a slight spice and a hint of ginger. With
avocado, radish, chile oil, and cilantro- there is a lot going on in this taco
and it all works really well with flavours and texture that make beautiful
Japanese meets Baja-california inspired music in my mouth.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The whole experience here was great...server - super sweet
& helpful; couple at the table next to us - helped us chose our final taco
choice based on their favorites; the taco - who knew Japanese inspired taco
would win my heart for the evening. Lightest karage breading, perfectly
cooked, and then paired with a fabulous avocado spread & black chile oil
paste...need I say more. And of course we had to have the roasted
cauliflower appy while we were there (highlight from the last time I ate at the
Commissary).<o:p></o:p></div>
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Located in the Hastings Sunrise area – the first permanent
location for the legendary fish taco food truck hailing from the namesake BC
surf town.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Love how the real estate
developers are trying to brand this neighbourhood East Village – more like Crow
Village according to some friends living in the ‘hood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Upon entry one’s bound to notice the groovy
tunes and splendid lighting – a web of faux Omer Arbel globes connected by
copper tubing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Table layout is mainly a
series of communal tables making for good chatting with your neighbours.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Tacofino has quite the creative menu – including 3
vegetarian options.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We embraced the
unusual and ordered Habanero Margaritas (served in salt rimmed mason jars) and
four chicken kaarage tacos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Served on a
single flour tortilla (points deducted for no double stack), the tacos were
filled with multiple tasty toppings:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pea
shoots, radishes, guacamole and chopped green onions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An artistic smear of black chili oil added to
the visual sensation – although I didn’t pick up much flavour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found the chicken juicy and tender covered
in a light kaarage batter which wasn’t overly spiced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Much better than the average karaage fare on offer
at local Japanese restaurants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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stops– which at least corresponded to the hefty price tag.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you normally eat three or four tacos for a
meal – I’d only order two of these.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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The service was friendly and engaging – as were the
neighbours sitting next to us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
ordered a side of the fried cauliflower with chilis and other goodies ($9)
which I heartedly endorse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One knock is
that the management seems to take issue with the Beastie Boys – they
interrupted them in funky mid-track!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why
the hate for the Beasties, Tacofino?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Overall, my second favorite taco of the night.<o:p></o:p></div>
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A sit down version of the legendary taco food truck
Tacofino, the Commissary was my pick. Located in the heart of Hastings Sunrise,
this eatery boasted an atmosphere unrivalled in the nights tour. From our table
neighbours and their friendly, food recommending ways to a delightful service
staff that went out of their way to ensure we had a great time, this place is
all about community. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I choose the Chicken Karaage taco. Outside of the box, yes.
Outside of delicious, absolutely not. If this were a Chicken Karaage tour, I
would likely be declaring this the winner of the tour, based on the Karaage
alone. Grease, none. Chicken, tender, so deliciously tender. Flavour, wow.
Peashoots, perfect crunchy leafy balance. Painted on sauce of sesame
amazingness. Yes please. Size, large. And thankfully so, as this much
deliciousness should go on and on.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It was with a full belly and a happy heart that I left the
Commissary, and I will be back.<o:p></o:p></div>
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There is a group of lovely ladies that I typically do one
<b>Dine Out Vancouver</b> meal with every year. Our group changed a wee bit this year
because we decided to meld the DOV tradition with celebrating someone’s birthday.
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After careful review of the DOV menus, the birthday girl
picked <b>Twisted Fork</b>. I called to make a reservation and the lovely hostess
explained they didn’t take resos, but had a great “call when your table is
ready” and assured me that they had the space to seat our party of 8.<o:p></o:p></div>
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On the night of the dinner, this was definitely the case.
Our name was put in, we went to a nearby pub for some drinks, and approx 1.5 -2
hours later we were seated.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Now I’ve heard about <b>Twisted Fork</b> and their awesome brunches
(although I’ve never been) but haven’t heard anything about dinners. Their DOV
menu was set at $28 and the menu sounded good.</div>
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Twisted Fork is located in downtown Vancouver on the
Granville strip, close to Davie St. The restaurant is quite small and narrow,
so you could miss it walking by…Look for the big fork! The inside of this
bistro is long, narrow, with mellow lighting, creating a relaxing vibe. They’ve
got high ceilings, rustic wood tables, and cool touches of décor and art (an
old door, a wall lined with their own jams, jellies, canned goods, preserves,
an old kitchen mixer as a vase). <o:p></o:p></div>
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<u>Complimentary rolls:<o:p></o:p></u></div>
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Liked the presentation! (served in a colander with whipped
butter in a shot glass) <o:p></o:p></div>
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<u>The appetizers:<o:p></o:p></u></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Cream of potato and
leek soup garnished with pancetta crisps<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I really really liked this soup. It was rich, warm and full
bodied with a delicate smooth creamy texture and a slight peppery kick. The
pancetta crisps were essentially two thin bacon chips, crispy, salty, awesome.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Warm beet salad mixed
with goat cheese, arugula, carrot and almonds tossed in a sherry vinaigrette<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Gruyere and
caramelized onion tart with a hint of nutmeg served with pesto dressed greens
and pear chutney<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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No one in our group had the tart<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Vegan Lasagna with
layers of yam, eggplant, zucchini, basil, almond ricotta and tomato sauce
served on top of braised swiss chard<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I liked this dish okay but didn’t love it. I found it a bit
boring flavour-wise. The textures were pretty one-note too. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Pan seared Sablefish
on herb couscous, cauliflower coulis and raspberry balsamic reduction topped
with leek fries<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Chicken Breast, served with wild mushroom risotto, roasted herb cherry tomatoes
finished with chicken jus<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<u>The Desserts<o:p></o:p></u></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Pumpkin spiced
cheesecake served with sour cream topping and fresh mint<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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LOVED this dessert. Definitely not your average slice of
cheesecake. Served in a mason jar, this was a layered creation with loose
graham crumbles at the bottom with a main layer of a creamy whipped pumpkin
pudding, then lightly topped with a thin layer of slightly sweetened sour
cream.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Frozen chocolate
terrine served with raspberry sorbet, fresh raspberries and almond tuile<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Caramel mousse served
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All in all, an enjoyable DOV experience. The company was fabulous.
The food was solid (with no complaints from a diverse group of 8). I would say
that this was well cooked west coast bistro food in a tasteful, cozy, intimate
setting. Portions were reasonable. Service was friendly and warm. And again…I
am dreaming that one day I will have my own wall of pickled goods and
preserves. </div>
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On January 31st, it’s Chinese New Year and time to enter the
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Food is an important part of the Chinese culture and a lot
of significance is assigned to different foods for the New Year. Many foods are served up to usher in wealth, happiness and good fortune. <o:p></o:p></div>
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This year, I decided to ring in Chinese New Year by cooking
a vegan meal full of lucky foods to usher in the new year. I’m so lucky to live
in Vancouver where I have access to Chinese markets and grocery products. I can
even pick up T &T products from the Real Canadian Superstore so I don’t need
to make a separate trip!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Wonton Soup</b>: Dumplings are supposed to be lucky and bring wealth and prosperity. I stuffed twonton wrappers with minced tofu, mushrooms, garlic, ginger,
and soy sauce, and I tried to shape the wontons to resemble a little gold ingot (ancient
Chinese money). I used my own homemade veggie broth seasoned with soy sauce and
garnished with green onion and boy choy (cut in long thin strands because leafy greens are supposed to be lucky and long food (noodles, beans, etc) implies long life.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Rice cakes:</b> The Chinese name of rice cakes ‘nian gao,’
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improvement or advancement. I served Senbei rice crackers as an appy...close enough?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Buddhist Delight</b>: This Buddhist vegetarian stew chock full of eggplant, snow peas, cabbage and more, known as jai in Cantonese, is
traditionally served on the first day of the Chinese New Year to bring good
luck. Also on the plate was a Sesame Radish <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">(Chinese for radish is tsai tou, which means “good omen”) bean sprout salad and steamed white rice.</span></div>
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The Chinese zodiac follows a 12-year cycle, each of the
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According to the Chinese calendar, 2014 is the Year of the
Horse. The Chinese believe that people born in a particular year take on the
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If you were born in the year of the horse, you are likely:<o:p></o:p></div>
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Cheerful, popular and smart with money. Wise, talented and
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<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Four participants. Each participant picks a taco joint OR a specific taco dish they've been wanting to try. I drive the taco wagon (aka my Honda Fit) and come up with logistics, scheduling, route that makes sense. At each stop, we either have done our research and picked a taco OR ask our server for their most popular taco/ their recommendation. One taco per crawler per venue.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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was the Leggy Redhead’s pick…she had been there before- LOVED IT- but never
ordered their tacos. This was my first visit to Cuchillo, which opened this
year in the Railtown area. You enter under a neon skull sign through glass to
ceiling doors to a spacious waiting area and a long restaurant interior with
communal long tables. This space is pretty awesome- high ceilings, exposed
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0pt;">TLR asked the server for some recommendations, she gave a few
but TLR was most tempted by the lamb option. When these tacos came out, the
aroma is the first thing to grab your attention.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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lamb itself is surprisingly in a juicy, tender, meatball form. The meat has a
lovely gameyness which is lifted with the toasted garlic. The popcorn is a
clever, playful, creative touch that adds a fun texture element. The meatball was interesting. Although, well cooked and juicy, I found it a little awkward to eat as a meatball, so instead I did some pre-shredding with a fork which allowed for easy, well-distributed bites. Served on double red tortillas that were "meh", no real flavour or wow factor, instead letting the bold showy flavours and textures of the inside shine. Loved the
space and luchador décor, loved the creative menu, I will definitely be back.<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0pt;"><b>The Leggy Redhead:</b></span></i><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0pt;">Mole
Lamb taco--This one was my pick. I'd eaten at Cuchillo before and loved
everything, but hadn't tried the lamb taco. Lots of great flavours.
I didn't expect the lamb to be sausage/meatball style. Not my first
choice for texture in a taco. Popcorn gave it a neat crunchy texture that
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0pt;">Venditas
tequila shot - I'd never heard of these. Well the Bad Jew introduced us
to this. What a great, refreshing chaser shot...crisp cilantro with a bit
of sweet from the pineapple juice and heat from jalapeno all pureed together .
Makes you feel healthy again after the tequila shot! Ha ha, I can pretend
can't I!</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0pt;">The Bad Jew:</span></i><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0pt; mso-font-kerning: .5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0pt;">Already
a favorite of The Bad Jew, Cuchillo drew us in with its purple neon skull
lighting the way. If you haven’t been, the décor and set up of the room
is fantastic. A long room with a long bar (Yay) and a lengthy communal
table. Generous lighting throughout –everyone seems in soft focus.
The Leggy Redhead looked five years younger (than what? I’m not saying, I
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took the liberty of ordering a round of Venditas – an off menu libation.
“Is it a shot?”, “Well it’s like a shot but not … you’ll see. You won’t
be sorry.” A half shot of tequila chased by a half shot of beautiful
green concoction – cilantro, jalapeño and pinapple blended together – sweet and
spicy, kinda like The Bad Jew. Highly recommend ordering Venditas if you
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thought was – “I can’t believe I’m at Cuchillo and I’m not ordering the Wild
Mexican Sea Prawns”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>yup they are that
good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had a lot of following thoughts;
the tacos took an excruciatingly long time to arrive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A pungent smell announced their eventual appearance.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was eating this dish through my nose </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">The tacos featured a packed lamb meatball
covered in a healthy dose of my favorite Mexican sauce –Mole!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A complex dark brown sauce featuring over 20
ingredients including several types of chili and chocolate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thumbs up Cuchillo on your version – thick
and juicy but sadly dumbed down with not much heat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The tacos were topped with a garnish of pea
shoots and sprinkles of popcorn – for an added visual and fun factor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The red tortillas (tomato derived, I suppose)
displayed pretty grill marks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Overall, a
taco sure to please the fancy pants crowd – but sadly it’s a shadow of the
prawn dish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bittersweet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0pt;">The Glib:</span></i><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0pt; mso-font-kerning: .5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0pt;">One
of Vancouver’s better new restaurants, with an ownership group with rumoured
ties to the much missed Cobre, Cuchillo promised to deliver. The Bad Jew
rightly pointed out the deliciousness of non-taco menu items, like the
spectacular prawn dish, as he ordered up three Venditas (a tequila shot with a
refreshing blended coriander chaser), but this night was about tacos.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0pt; mso-font-kerning: .5pt;">The
Leggy Redhead’s instincts overrode our capable and friendly server’s
recommendations, and in a few short minutes we were dining on a lamb meatball,
mole sauce and garlic popcorn wrapped in a warmed corn taco. Popcorn, you say.
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">On the nose, garlic, not fresh or
roasted, but crisp fried garlic. Maybe a little too much garlic. But only just.
The mole was smooth and velvety. The lamb fresh, flavourful but not overpowering.
The tortillas in this dish played a perfect background role, giving just enough
flavour to say a casual hello. All in all, a delicious, balanced dish in taste
and texture.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Crawl Collaborative Group decided we needed to wrap up 2013 with a crawl
concept that we’ve been discussing since the earliest food crawls…<b>TACO CRAWL!</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I love dedicated, well- thought out, pre- planned
food adventures. This is the third dish-focused food crawl that I've
planned/participated in.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Vancouver isn’t exactly known for its amazing
Mexican food. In fact, many would argue that although Vancouver is a real
cultural mosaic rich with a wide variety of options for delicious, authentic,
accessible ethnic foods…Mexican food options have been few and far between and
more Taco Bell than Taquiera. But over the past few years, there seems to have
been a bit of a taco revolution and more and more options for tasty tacos and
Mexican food popping up over Van city.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Four
participants. Each participant picks a taco joint OR a specific taco dish
they've been wanting to try. I drive the taco wagon (aka my Honda Fit) and come
up with logistics, scheduling, route that makes sense. At each stop, we either
have done our research and picked a taco OR ask our server for their most
popular taco/ their recommendation. One taco per crawler per venue.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Mexican, Antojitos y Cantina<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></u></div>
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<u><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>The
Taco: Carnitas (Secret recipe for tender braised pork), $3 each or 4 for $11</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></u></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The Mexican
is tucked away between nightclubs, bars, and shops on the Granville
entertainment strip. This casual spot was packed when we arrived around 7pm and
mainly full of people speaking Spanish. A good sign! Since it was busy, it was
quite lively and a bit noisy from all the chatter. It’s clean with simple
décor, latin music, and a large screen TV playing soccer. They’ve got a pretty
extensive and delicious sounding menu and everything set at very affordable
prices. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The Mexican
was my taco venue choice, but I didn’t have my taco order fully decided. Based
on research, I was waffling between the carnitas, milenesa, and lengua….I asked
the server for the most popular choice or house favourite and he suggested the
carnitas. This was probably the most traditional and most basic taco on our
crawl. Each taco was a generous scoop of tender, flavourful (hint of orange
flavour), rich, slow cooked shredded pork served on a two small corn tortillas.
Just meat and corn tortilla with a small side of cilantro and diced onions that
you can add as garnish. The corn tortillas here are stand out awesome- great
flavour! And a special shout out for their delicious in house hot sauce. All in
all, a good find with a fantastic sounding menu and great option for a meal on
the Granville strip.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i>The Leggy
Redhead:</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Carnitas---
very simple, old school style. Place we busy which is always a good sign.
Pork was nicely cooked, but needed a little love in the flavour
department. Unfortunately a little bland for my liking. But, with
hot sauce and salsa, good taco! I'm not a fan of corn tortillas (usually
too thick and dry for me). Theses ones...super yummy! So, for the
person that likes to build their own layers of flavour, this place is a good
choice. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Bad Jew:</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Life Bites
once again showed her impressive research chops by finding this little nook of
Mexican goodness on the downtown Granville street strip which frequently leaves
much to be desired.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Authentic feeling
décor and atmosphere; footie game on the tele <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>– ‘natch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Good prices to be found on the menu and more importantly, no backwards
baseball caps or other signs of Granville St. douchbaggery.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">First order
of business was to lay out the ground rules for the Taco Crawl – four identical
tacos to be ordered at each stop – one for each Crawlie (my newly minted term –
let’s see if it sticks).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More
importantly, The Bad Jew wanted to get a ruling on Tostadas – tacos for the
purpose of the crawl or not?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main
difference appears to be that a tostada has a toasted tortilla vs. a soft
tortilla for a traditional taco.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So if a
hard shell taco gets the taco nod then surely a tostada should be considered a
member of the taco family – right?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Contrary, albeit weak, points of views were expressed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>DING DING DING – The Bad Jew wins this
ruling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Give me a Chelada (beer with
lime and salt for an extra $1) to celebrate my moral victory!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the Carnitas taco described as “secret recipe for a tender braised pork”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A generous helping of pork meat served with
diced onion, cilantro, hot sauce and lime wedge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The meat was moist, had a pleasant natural
flavour and was nicely salted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was
no added sauce on the pork which certainly felt traditional but a bit out of
character for our fusion obsessed town.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The tortilla (which was served in the proper double stack style –
props!) was springy and not too dry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Overall, The Mexican served a solid, traditional taco – fancy pants diners
may be disappointed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One Crawlie was
heard to say “Real Mexicans eat here”.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Excellent
work on hitting the dirty beast right out of the gate on this crawl, Life Bites.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A fitting start to the Hanukkah holiday, The
Bad Jew having lit the lights on the first night less than an hour prior.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m such a Bad Jew – shame on me and my
stomach!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i><b>The Glib:</b></i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The first
stop and taco provided the classic benchmark. This very Mexican eatery featured
a traditional list of tacos, and the expected slower than expected service. It
being the first day of Hanukah, Lifebitesmm got the Bad Jew off to a quality
start with her choice of very un-Kosher, but very well prepared pork.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Its diverse
cliental absent douchebaggery and drunk college kids belied the Granville and
Nelson location. This will be a great lunch time venue to watch the FIFA World
Cup in June. Expect a passionate football literate crowd.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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taco. Simple pork, tender, without grease, on warm tortilla, served with a less
than sufficient portion of raw onion and a wedge of lime. Some early hoarding
left those late to the game without garnish. (A near tragedy for some remedied
with some early evening cooperation and redistribution.) The selection of hot
sauces gave the necessary heat to cause the flavours to punch through, and the
evening was off to an excellent start.</div>
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Early in the new year, a dear friend just rang in an early
January birthday and after the chaos of the holiday season, decided to keep
things low key and celebrate with a ladies brunch at Homer St. Café. I believe
she chose this venue because she had heard great things (as had I) and they
took reservations. I have to say that I kinda done with brunches that require a
wait of over 30 minutes to be seated. Must be getting old…<o:p></o:p></div>
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The <b>Homer St Café and Bar </b>is absolutely charming. This location is
connected to a heritage building and its embraced the old school feeling to
create what feels like an upscale 1930’s French bistro with hints of farmhouse
chic. The space is beautiful and classy without feeling pretentious. This is
big space with high ceilings, three separate sections for dining and two bars.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Service is excellent. Love their aprons and wardrobe but
more importantly everyone was personable, attentive, and knowledgeable.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Now for the food! Their brunch menu is pretty small (9
items) but all of the items sound interesting. One thing to
note…this is definitely an upscale brunch and the portion sizes are quite “dainty”
so you won’t leave stuffed full (but if you have a big appetite, you might
still be hungry) and many items don’t come with roasted potatoes or toast…you’d
need to order them as sides. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Jill ordered the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Omelet
with Gruyere Cheese and kale ($12).</b> This comes with a side of toast and she added a side of bacon. She really enjoyed the flavours and gave a shout out to the tasty crispy bacon and good bread. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Ashley, the birthday girl, ordered their <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Blackstone Eggs Benedict with roasted
tomato, hollandaise ($14). </b>This looked beautiful… but tiny! For $14 I would
expect to see a little more on my plate (a side of potatoes perhaps or small side salad) but she loved it and felt it was the
perfect portion for her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All of the
elements looked wonderful and clearly they put a lot of love into this dish:
perfectly poached and oozing eggs, crisp bacon, and instead of a standard English
muffin, they bake their own crumpet-looking biscuits.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Tacia and I both went for the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rotisserie Plate, pork sausage and pork belly, 2 eggs, potatoes, choice
of rye and sourdough ($14). </b>We both weren’t feeling into the pork belly
that morning so we both subbed pork belly for bacon. Eggs were lovely- nicely
poached with a gorgeous runny orange yolk. Bacon was nice and smoky and crisp.
Sausage was a bit dry and unremarkable. Potatoes were nice, fully roasted with
skin on, served in a mini cast iron. I loved the rye toast….I can’t remember
the last time that toast was a stand out element to my brunch. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I would say that even though my food was just “okay”(and for
me, its usually all about the food) overall, I loved the atmosphere, service,
décor and great chatter with my girlfriends and I left with a nice impression
of the <b>Homer St. Café and Bar.</b><o:p></o:p><br />
<b><a href="http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/14/1753718/restaurant/Yaletown/Homer-St-Cafe-Bar-Vancouver"><img alt="Homer St. Café & Bar on Urbanspoon" src="http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/1753718/biglink.gif" style="border: none; height: 146px; width: 200px;" /></a></b></div>
<!--EndFragment-->Missy Mchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18264042176433921386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944503115540655542.post-43035948671645519722014-01-08T17:01:00.001-08:002014-01-08T17:01:54.477-08:00Yolk's Restaurant Commissary<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="color: #434343; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">In early December of 2013, <b>Yolk’s Restaurant and
Commissary</b> opened at Clark and Hastings in the old <b>Brave Bull House of Steaks</b>
location. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #434343; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I’ve been wanting to try Yolk’s food cart for at
least a year but the few times we’ve crossed paths, I’ve been stymied by uber
long line ups and wait times because this cart is soooo popular.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #434343; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I heard about the Yolk’s restaurant opening…and I
also heard that the cart’s existing popularity meant that their fans had
followed them to the new restaurant- resulting in long line ups and wait times
over an hour on weekends. Yikes. After the holidays, I had first week of
January off so some girlfriends and I thought we’d try to avoid the line ups
and hit Yolk’s on a weekday. Success! On a Thursday, we met at 10am and although
the place was fairly full, we were seated right away.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #434343; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The space is clean and quite sunny but it feels like
they are still in transition or reno mode because rather than fresh and new… it
feels a bit dingy and dated with some unused space on a second level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #434343; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Yolk’s has stuck to their same food truck menu model
revolved around their egg sandwiches and a few sides<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and daily special- with a few additions like
baked breakfast muffins, beignets, pancakes, waffles, granola, and oatmeal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #434343; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Our server was absolutely lovely. Friendly,
enthusiastic, and clearly she loves the food here. She was great at explaining
the menu and offering up recommendations. I’ve been drooling over photos of
their egg sandwiches for far too long…so obviously I was going to order and egg
sandwich. But their menu does create many options for twists on this creation
and allows for some creativity and “choose your own adventure” type of
fun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #434343; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I would say we waited about 20-30 minutes for our
food to arrive. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #434343; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I ordered a <b>Poached Free-Range Egg Sandwich with
Portobello Mushroom with aioli and fresh arugula (I nixed the aioli), one egg,
on an English muffin, with real hollandaise (on the side so I could drizzle as
I wanted) for $7.50 with an side of Truffle Lemon Hashbrowns for an additional $3.50</b>. Right
of the bat, this sandwich is gorgeous and smells fantastic. The egg is
perfectly poached and soft with a round shape that held its structure until I
broke into it and let the rich, bright yellow yolk ooze out. I think I’m a
pretty good home cook, but I still have not even come close to mastering the
perfect poached egg, so when I see one, I’m always so thrilled and a little
dazzled. Their hollandaise was delicious too- with bright flavours that tasted
like hints of lemon and Dijon mustard…a bright and light sauce compared to most
hollandaise sauces that I’ve tasted. The English muffin is tasty vessel but
nothing amazing, the Portobello added a nice earthy flavour and meaty bite, and
the arugula added a nice bit of freshness to this sandwich. Overall, this sandwich is just heavenly….a messy
wonderful creation that I savoured with a fork and knife and ate more eggs
benny style. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #434343; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m frugal
and quite practical so I was hesitant about ordering a side of hashbrowns for
$3.50. But these are no ordinary hashbrowns and I definitely feel they are a
worth addition to any Yolk’s breakfast. They are bursting with big, bold
flavour and a wonderful crispy texture on the exterior skin and soft buttery
insides. The hits of lemon provide some freshness against the richness of the
truffle oil and I just loved the sea salt and hits of green onion. The spicy
ketchup that comes with it is nice too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #434343; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Side note: Bravo to Yolk’s for its wonderful
assortment of hot sauces available for garnish and dipping! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #434343; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The other gals each ordered the daily special, the <b>Avocado Fritter but instead of having it in an egg sandwich they opted for the menu option of a de-constructed egg sandwich with no english muffin, served on a bed of truffle lemon hashbrowns for $1 more ($8.50 total)</b>. They both echoed my adoration for these delicious spuds and the artfully poached egg. I think they liked the avocado fritter but weren't overly excited about it. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #434343; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Thumbs up for Yolks! I'm so glad I finally got to taste the egg sammy deliciousness.</span></div>
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