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Okay - I truly know nothing - but it seems like by having air conditioning - that is going to effect the humidity of things as a/c takes moisture out of the air.
Once you go down the path of building your own cellar - it seems like it is a slippery slope to manage all of the variables that effect wine.
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I had suggested this place to the egullet Dessert Club (which is basically Mooshmouse, Ling, and Deborah trying put a professional veneer on their cake attacks).
What makes me very curious is their Sandwich Cakes - which are seafood or meats sandwiches shaped like a cake - insanity! Now that, my friends, is a manly tea time (they ain't going to serve that at the Secret Garden).
I fear I am only a part-time member of this illustrious Club. Happily, my work schedule means that I am not available during the week !
Aren't sandwiches already shaped like (square) cakes?
Look and weep Meat Sandwich Cake. See what long Scandanavian winter nights do to a baker's mind. I can't tell decide whether this is the height of civilization or taking things one step too far. But with food - is there such a thing?
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I had suggested this place to the egullet Dessert Club (which is basically Mooshmouse, Ling, and Deborah trying put a professional veneer on their cake attacks).
I really like the bakery - they have what seems like (based upon comments from Swedish friends) very authentic Swedish goods. The baker looks like he is Chinese - but I have heard him speak Swedish to his customers. I've had the Princess Torte (with my god-daughter) and some of the sweet buns. Very good.
What makes me very curious is their Sandwich Cakes - which are seafood or meats sandwiches shaped like a cake - insanity! Now that, my friends, is a manly tea time (they ain't going to serve that at the Secret Garden).
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Posted Today, 07:22 AM
Isn't it better to eat the really old ones than the younger ones who haven't had a chance to reproduce as much?
Maybe I'm just confused
Deborah- I guess you are right - kind of like a lobster 'Logan's Run'. The beast found sanctuary in my belly. Honestly though - the old guy dodged so many bullets to get soo big - but like I said, he/she was eaten solemn gluttony.
I'm heading downtown to TNT on Monday, if you (and anyone else) want to join me for a "fishing" expedition....Vancouver Lee - I think that it was a weekend special only - but let me know how your expeditition pans out.
BCinBC Posted Today, 09:56 AMAt the risk of sounding too chatty, the recent contributions by Canucklehead and Keith Talent in this thread epitomize the reason I am drawn to eGullet: well written summaries of new / fun / exciting food experiences. Cheers, and back to crab and lobster talk
Sniff... thanks man.... I mean.... I can't talk right now... sniff
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Keith - great write up - glad you did justice to the beast. I am also glad that I am not the only one who did in one of those ancient monsters.
See you in purgatory.
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I'm flattered that you have included me in your list of work-geeks, truly I am. But I can't take credit for "curio" unless it's a typo, or my memory is failing badly. Could it have been Canucklehead, perhaps?
Yes, sorry it was Canucklehead. I remember laughing out loud when I read "curio".
That's got to be the dorkiest word, ever.Well - it takes one to know one. Actually - I used the word 'curio' in my personal ad too - but that is a forum of an entirely different nature.
Keeping things OT - the last three things I ate were lobster lobster and lobster.
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It was over 7 pounds.
I actually felt a little guilty about eating it - and considered setting free off the shores of Burrard Inlet (for about 2 seconds). It was crazy to cook - we killed it and had to take off the claws for everything to fit in the pot.
Much of the weight was in the head - but you still get a good yield from the claws and tail (one of the claws was the size of most lobster you see at GI). I think that you would get a better yield from two smaller guys then the big monster we got. I think that most people have the same idea- believe or not, the one that I bought was one of the smaller ones they had left.
It was - very good and it fed three people to the absolute gills - with a large claw left over. We simply boiled it - wanting to keep the size intact. I saw some people purchase their lobsters chopped up - why bother then? It would be like buying a 35 pound turkey - and they turning it into burger meat.
The lobster was served with lemon and melted butter. It was sweet and briny and I think that we treated the monster with respect - ie - we did not turn it into ice cream. I've taken the head home - though I am not sure what I will do with it.
My aunt had suggested to eat it sashimi style - but I find raw lobster (and raw shellfish in general) to disgusting. Too sweet and sticky. But if you do eat it that way - you can remove the meat from the tail and claws - and serve it with the still moving head on the plate. Ugh.
Here is a picture of a claw in comparison to my friend's hand:
Well - the experience confirms my place on the food chain.
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Here is what I bought today....
I don't know what is weirder - the size of this sucker, or how ugly my kitchen is.
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I think that the South African store that I like going to on the North Shore has a branch in Surrey (in fact, I think that it is there main store).
I think the web site is www.sasausages.com - great selection of Biltong (South African Beef Jerky - its good), sausages, and marinated meats - also lots of european (british slant) groceries.
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I may pick one up for a dinner thing that I am going to tommorrow - I will let you know if they are any good. Seriously - these were really really big. You should check them out at the TNT downtown.
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Lobster season is just about to hit full swing in the East Coast, so watch for upcoming bargains on this shellfish as well.
Oyster Guy
Oyster Guy - you are psychic!
I was just down at TNT to get what I think are the last of this season's crab when I saw that they were having a special on Jumbo Lobster.
6.99 a pound on lobster 5lbs-8lbs - though many of them seemed even larger. I mean they were HUGE. I have'nt bought any yet - cause I am not sure if they are good eating when they get so big (also - I feel a little guilty) Ironic that this sale happens in the same month as the C Sustainability lunch.
Please tell me I don't have to feel guilty.....
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I'll second the Biltong from Serengetti
The buttermilk pie from Savary Island.
The steak pies from Kiwi Pie Co.
And the custard tarts from Michelle's
Pie crusts and I are old friends.
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I went last night and checked it out after dinner at Fiction. I ordered the churros with dulce de leche drizzled on them and some hot chocolate.
First the place is not as slick as the website indicates - it is alot more on the fly (and charming frankly) then you would expect. The churros where the thin kind that most of us are familiar with and for about $3 bucks you get six pieces each about 6 inches long. They are fried to order made from a batter press type thing. They were very crisp and quite delicous - very different from what I've had (my experience is basically limited to those carts in Disneyland). The drizzle of dulce de leche and evaporated milk was not a sweet as you might expect. Good.
The hot chocolate was about $3 also - but though it was dark and quite rich - it was not all that different from other hot chocolates that I have had. I was expecting some spiciness to it - but it had none. Did not have the stuffed churros - but now that edm brings it up - it would have been interesting to see how they are made.
It is worth checking out if your in the neighbourhood - but I am not sure if they are worth a special trip across town. Still, deep fried dough - who could resist?
>>> Edited because the ESL student in me seems to be doing alot of the typing lately. Also - I did not have the caliente chocolate mentioned above - so it may account for my Hot Chocolate expectations not being met. I am assuming the caliente chocolate is a choice of topping for the churros.
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Janevm
I saw this in the national post this moring The Foods and Faces of the Roadside Diner. The hardcopy of the paper has a full page of pictures to go with the article.
I hope it is not too close to what you are working on...
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Good food? I looked and looked, tasted and tasted, and there isn't anything there that really would make me want to go back food wise.
If you want to go see lots of vendors selling (IMO) lots of crap, while being elbowed eating mediocre to bad food, This place is for you!
I don't know what happens to my judgement whent I go to night markets, fairs, etc... I simply cannot tell what is good or bad - I just become this walking thing of gluttony... Even the crappy stuff is interesting in that science project kind of way....
I may need some sense slapped into me. Regardless - it is a fun experience (meaning both the night market and slapping me).
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Mexican food. I don't intensely dislike it, but everyone seems to be completely insane over it --
I am with on this one... I don't know what it is - but I find tortillas really hard to digest and most authentic Mexican food gives me a horrible stomach ache. I suspect it is the masa harina - but the illness I feel afterwards offputs me from most 'real' Mexican food.
Now - when it is the bastardized deep fried w/ sour cream and fluffy gaucamole American version - then I could scarf it down all day.
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It is located behind the Home Depot just off Bridgeport - near the Ikea in Richmond. I don't think that there is any public transportation - you park as close as you can and they be prepared to hike.
The night market is located behind the Cathay Importer's warehouse - so it is out of view as you walk towards it. You hear this dis-embodied music and as you march towards the pretty lights - it is a combination of what you imagine the afterlife to be and the mass alien conversion they do in the Body Snatchers.
They had some interesting food. Lot's of stuff on sticks, stinky tofu (rebranded as Tawainese Cheese), roti to dip in curries, bacon wrapped hot dogs stuffed with cheese (terrible), dim sums, pancakes stuffed with red bean, custard, or peanut butter, all chased down with luke warmish pop. It is what PNE food would be like it were relocated to HK.
It is sooooo full of people though - it sometimes feels like you are waiting in the Customs line ups after a long haul Cathay Pacific flight.
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Thanks for the ongoing recommendations - I want to move to NYC and eat and eat and eat and eat and eat and eat and eat and eat ... you get the idea.
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Raw shrimp or lobster (or any shellfish really - exept oysters) sashimi - grossly sweet and plastic-y texture. You can't even chew it fast and try to swallow it - it gums up on your teeth and sticks in your mouth getting sicklier and warmer as you try desparately to swallow.
I'm nausous.
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Chocomoo!
Thanks so much for tracking down some tako yaki. I've lined up for them at the Powell Street Festival and fell in love with them. I will make a trek to the library ASAP.
Zuke
Zuke
If you have an affinity to tako yaki - go to the Richmond Night Market. Let me warn you though - it is the most crowded scary night market ever. It is like something out of Blade Runner - except with more grime.
That being said - one cannot help get swept up in the moment and eat everthing in sight. You will put things in your mouth that would astound your mother.
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Pan o Pan was reviewed very positively in last week's Qeue (I can never seem to get the spelling correct). Now with further positive Snacky Cate input - it seems like something worthwile to check up on.
I have a feeling that I will be suckling on one of their food cones while I attempt to drive home.
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Thanks for the responses so far - it makes me a little teary eyed that I have not been back to NYC for so long now. (I love the subway answer BTW - useful in its own way) I've lived in a number of cities in North America and Asia - but I think that NYC is best food city in the world.
Anyway - any further advice is always appreciated.
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That's it - I am on a mission to find a decent soup dumpling place in Vancouver. I refuse to accept that I have to cross three bridges - and get into Richmond to satisfy this basic human right. (and I am sorry boys and girls - Long's Noodle doesn't do it for me.)
Shanghai YY - why have you foresaken me?
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Hey Everybody
I 've been through the forum a number of times and there are lots of threads recommending the "best of" different things in NYC. Frankly - it is an embarassment of riches that you guys have.
Some of my friends are heading over to Manhattan during the middle of June and are interested in checking out some of the local eats. So I am fishing for some recomendations. A couple of caveats - no big artillery eating (i.e. La Bernadin) and they need to stay on Manhattan.
But what place makes you think - "I f-king love this city" or "Only in NY baby..."
For example - in Vancouver - I would always recommend the little Izakaya restaurants that have sprouted all over to service the many language students who come to study here. The are a unique Vancouver phenom.
What makes NYC special to you?
Flying solo
in Western Canada: Dining
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I have been assuming that Cuisy's SFU confernence was downtown given that she was staying on West Hastings. But you know that 'assume' is a dangerous word.
If you are downtown - there are a lot of choices. I don't think that a woman eating alone is a big deal in Vancouver - but as I guy, I have an obvious blind spot to this issue.
There are a number of Japanese Izakaya restaurants worth checking out - though the small plates are meant to be shared, the Izakaya thing is something that I find is a real Vancouver phenom. Hapa Izakaya is probably the nicest place - and Guu w/ Garlic being the most boisterous and cheerful.
The most popular new restaraunt in the city is Chambar - the food is very good, reasonable, and the atmosphere lively and sophisticated. Apparently a seat at the bar is an excellent way to sample to food and be taken care by a good bartender.
If you make your way into Yaletown, there is always the Hamilton Street Grill - which is the unofficial clubhouse for egullet people in Vancouver. Great hangar steak and a gingerbread pudding that rivals the any sticky toffee pudding that I have tasted. But there are other places in Yaletown that you may want to consider, Rodney's Oyster Bar, Elixir (uptown French Bistro), and Shiru Bay (Izakaya again).
The city's forte (in terms of something you can't get elsewhere) is Asian. As a single diner - Chinese will be tough to do - though dim sum may be an option (Kirin Downtown on Alberni gets my vote) - please stay away from Hon's. As suggested up thread - Japanese is probably the best way to sample the Asian food bounty in Vancouver. Tojo's is the most famous - but for something more 'homestyle' I have always liked Okada on Nelson Street.. They have a good fresh sheet and the wild salmon sashimi is a reminder of why farmed salmon has never been the culinary equivalent of the real thing.
I am sure other's will chime in.