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Mark, Welcome back. Yes I miss Waitrose and the Granville Island market is a pale comparison to the Borough. The Borough Market is a "real" market which the Granville Island is not in my opinion. Cheers, Stephen ← Really? Why is Granville Island not a "real" market? Curious.

← I just got the book and am still in browse mode. I wonder if there is any reason why you couldn't add the onions immediately after the cumin etc? The onions could then sweat a bit and that might help keep the spices from burning? Anybody know if this would inhibit the spice from toasting properly?

If you use opentable every reso you make (and honour) gets you points toward a dining credit, so I like it. What budget range? Casual or formal?

I am really glad to hear that! I used to go a lot in the old location on Main when it was run by the Scottish Auntie but quality has gone the tube of late. Will definitely check it out.

For Beef, I would have to say Hamilton St. Grill. I have gone there with non beefy friends and they have enjoyed the other menu items.

One certified fishery (and it is wild, actually ) is not going to bring this population back from the brink. There has been quite a bit of dialogue in the last day or so on the Whole Foods decision. Personally, I choose not to eat it. I have not seen it in any restaurants in Vancouver for a long time, and Save On just stopped carrying it as well, after all this time. The fishery in South Georgia that is certified accounts for less than 10% of caught tonnage per year world wide. CSB is a long way still from recovery as a viable fishery.

My understanding is that in the case of eggs, those labelled Organic must be Free Range, so I assume the same would hold true of chickens. I usually buy the Bradner Farms at Save On, but they are not huge. I will check out WF next time I am there.

If you like Indian, Annapurna on 4th and Burrard is a good bet. A lot of better restaurants will have decent vegetarian options as well.

This is a little harsh, don't you think? And given that you are running another online magazine, perhaps you would be better off refraining from wading into the cesspool of openly attacking your potential competition. You have good advice to give, to be sure. No need to be nasty to somebody who has so far taken criticism with good grace, and who seems to be going after a different demographic then the one you serve.

It has never occurred to me to send a list ahead, but I agree that parents are in a separate category. If I went to a house and, for example, they didn't have a cereal my kid would eat, I would pop out and buy it. I would be cooking at least one meal for the host anyway, so not hard to do. My mother and father in law are NOT adventurous eaters, so I try to make them basic stuff- roasted chicken etc. and make sure that there is Tim Hortons coffee in the house.

The wine pairings were fantastic. I did not catch the name of the server who did the pairings, but he deserves a big pat on the back. The pumpkin ravioli was a big standout for me, and the oyster canapes, and the beef- well really it was all fantastic. I would like to add too that not only did the chefs and laypersons put a huge amount of effort into this, but all of the servers volunteered their time as well. Spotted guest starring were Steve from HSG, Barista champion Barrett, and Kolachy Keith, among many others. ETA Tina, should I ever face this battle I only hope to be able to do it with the strength, grace, faith and spirit that you have shown. God bless you.

Hi Dave, I like a lot of the ideas in openmouth, for example, I like the roundtable review (Vicious Circle)- but the writers need to beef up the actual content a bit- ie rein in the musings and focus on the restaurant! Likewise the Skulduggery article- why not tell us about the experience itself? Where is the money shot And as for someone in head to toe Tiffany. Come on. Does Tiffany have a chainmail line I don't know about? Good luck, I think there is certainly a market in your demographic.

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New York in 2000 had about 26000- Vancouver in 2001 had about 27000 plus a lot of exchange students - Asian cuisine of all types is very well represented in Vancouver. I am sure NY has great Japanese, but I, like Ling would probably focus on something else.

Yes, I am thinking more of the owner- or the fact that the money is being used toward overhead.

I wonder how widespread that one % to the house is? Neil's example aside, I would think that things like breakage and spillage should be factored into the margins without dipping into the tip pool, just as food spoilage/burnage, ripped banqette cushions etc would be. Tips are for the staff, not intended to be shoved in with general revenue- or am I way off base?

I know the place. ← Of course

Thomas Haas does wedding cakes.

This was more a case that when the waiter gets an especially good tip, the owner would skim it. It is a tip sharing place. Said owner owns several properties and is famous (and famous for being an asshole)

What is immoral is when the OWNERS take a share. It happens.

MMMM. Sounds good.

Steak with Anchovy is a not uncommon preparation- I have seen Steak Mirabeau many times.

Wow there are a TON of names for these I hadn't come across before, ("toad in a hole" I knew) I particularly like Kouign's "goldmine sandwiches", and shellfishfiend's "nest eggs" are very cute. I agree that it's nice if you can toast up the center to dip in your yolk, but I always end up eating it while I'm waiting for the rest to finish cooking ← For my family, toad in the hole was sausages cooking in Yorkshire Puddings, and eaten on Christmas eve. Very much enjoying this blog- my love of food history started upon reading Margaret Visser's Much Depends on Dinner. Also have Seven Centuries of English Cooking. When I took Non Dramatic Seventeenth C. Lit at school we finished the term with a seventeenth century dinner.

Most producers seem to produce both "table" wines and dessert wines. If it is in a standard wine bottle- I would probably drink it on its own. If in a dessert bottle, you could try matching it to a dessert.

In Vancouver head up to 49th and Main "little India".