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There was a big pile of them at whole foods yesterday. They looked quite nice too - they also had very large ones for sale (2 for $5) - which are decent prices (even compared to California prices where they are grown).
I notice that whole foods does'nt get much mention here - but I think that they have good products and decent prices. I've compared pricing against Capers and even Santa Barbara - and Whole Foods is very competitive (especially vs Capers).
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Love skate also. When I cook it at home - it is pan fried in butter then topped with a pan sauce with more butter, capers and lemon. The bone does not bug me at all. I grew up with lots fish from the whole cartilage fish family. In particular - I also love sturgeon steamed chinese style. with fremented black beans, ginger, and green onions.
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Why is my 'spidey sense' tingling?
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If only one....
The Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking - by Marcella Hazan.
The recipes are delicous and easy - rarely needing a laundry list of ingredients and very much suited to the home kitchen. Marcella is amazing at conveying the essence of good cooking and the pleasures of a well made pasta or a slow roasted meat.
I often read it before I go to bed so that my dreams are filled with happy meals...
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Saw a write up in the local free food weekly (the name of which - for the life of me I cannot remember). Positive article - but I don't think it was a full on review.
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Did a kind of hi-lo sushi thing.
Dinner a couple of nights ago at Okada. Sushi was fresh and lovely - the tuna tataki was particularly nice. Chicken karaage and ume chazuke (tea poured over rice) were also very good. Big disappointment with geoduck in garlic butter (sounds good eh?) But it was over cooked and watery. Otherwise - Okada was very good.
Then the next night went into deepest darkest Burnaby - 7000 block of Kngsway and had cheap sushi at Sushi House. Japanese run - this place seems to do a killer take out business - all sushi, sashimi, rolls and cones. Generous portions and the turnover keeps the stuff very fresh. Spicy scallop cone was Ling-sized - fresh with a touch of spice. Don't expect expert knife work or delicate morsels and briny perfection - this is good value stuff but fresh. All their tuna rolls seemed to start with Himachi tuna.
Then went to the old East Ocean - now Rich Ocean (just below Tojo's). Excellent deep fried tofu, steamed alaska crab, pork neck stirred fried with star squash and wood ear. It is the staff and chef from East Ocean trying to make a go of things. Very good food but the room was only 75% full. Speaks to how competitive the Cantonese restaurant market has gotten since many of the Hong Kongers have up and left.
Over dinner at Rich Ocean one of the other diners told me how West has become her favorite western restaurant. This is a woman who is extremely fussy and is a Bhuddist Vegatarian. Which means along with the usual restrictions - the food cannot have any garlic or anything from the onion family (just in case it makes the food too pleasurable)! It is amazing what the team at West can do - even with crazy restrictions. This woman has take other HK women who lunch to West and it has become the favourite of a number of HK families.
Good work to Chef Hawksworth and his team.
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fileto di cavello
Breakfast at the Canucklehead household.
In the best tradition of Ling style eating - my brother and I had horsesteak for breakfast. Thanks to Vancouver Lee's recommendation - I went down to Columbus meat and saw that they had 'cavello' for sale.
The butchershop is excellent - they had lots of old school stuff for sale (beef hearts, sausages, etc...) We regarded as the carpet baggers that we were. The butchers are not especially friendly - I suspect that with repeat visits that could change. But you know what - I was'nt there to make friends. These guys clearly know what they are doing - and that's good enought for me.
Trying to be discreet, we pointed to our target and asked - what's that?.
Butcher pointing to something else: that's beef steak - it's on special.
Us: No - we're curious about the horse (in a well - hoarse whisper).
Butcher: What!? You want pork? Of course we have pork.
Us: No - HORSE.
Lady beside: Horse!? .... oh.....it's Delicous!
So all taboo's broken. We bought the rest of their filet. Not sure if they sell any other cuts.
This morning - seared the steaks in butter and salt and pepper. Sliced and served with some leftover bearnaise that we had from leg of lamb night (only in an egullet person's house I think would you have left over bearnaise). That is why the sauce is broken slightly - not reheated successfully.
So how was the steak? OH IT WAS SOOO GOOOD. Soft buttery - but with a lot of flavor. Not gamey - more like a super tender hanger steak (perhaps a new HSG specialty?). I got over my squeemishness pretty quickly. Served it very rare - not sure how it would take further cooking - so played it safe, even though I am more of a med-rare person myself.
Plate full of steak set me back about $13 - definitely worth it if you are in the mood for something special.
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Like Bon Ton myself - but I think that I am moving away from the whole butter cream school of pastry and more towards ganache and whipped cream. Too much bad butter cream - where it tastes like a solid block of margarine with granulated suger stirred in - I think has turned me off of it.
Then again - as upright Asian fellow - I was raised with the whipped cream - fruit (possibly canned)- sponge cakes ala Anna's and Amy's. So perhaps there is some bias.
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No - still there - guns ablazing. I just made a reservation for the egullet crew. They are open till midnight tonight. So remember "everyday is a holiday at Hooters"
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Deborah
Check out this link to some of the secret codes for In and Out Burgers ('In and Out' - does'nt this sound like the perfect West End eatery?). Ordering with the secret codes is the key for making the In and Out experience fun. I always had the cheese burger "animal" style with a neopolitan shake. The fries or not so good - don't bother ordering them 'extra crispy'.
www.topsecretrecipes.com/sleuth/sleuth2a.htm (I hope this works)
To keep on topic... if Hooters can find a home in the West End - why not Fatburger?
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I was really surprised by the range of competitors - everyone from a supermarket (whole foods) to a private club (TCC). Much like in real life - sweet stuff can be found in surprising places.
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Don
Thanks for the awesome list. I will forward this to my friend. She is visiting family - so I am sure she will okay (natural Canadian shyness here). But your invitation is most appreciated and I will let her know that she can contact you.
Many thanks.
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Just wanted to chime in and say what a beautiful and fantastic blog. The food looks fantastic and what a civilized way to live.
Just great.
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I like to hear about some of your favorite hole in the wall restaurants.
I just found one today by Main and Broadway called Budgies. It is a great funky small place with burritos and tamales. The tamales there are delicious!
Budgies! I drove by it the other day and it looked a little scary - even for me. But I will check it out now that I know someone else done the deed. My memory of driving by it was it was on Kingsway on that triangle where it meets up with Main. Right behind where Bain's chocolates used to be - on the other side of the block of Aurora Bistro.
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I think it's OK to have Angels & Demons if you also have Foucault's Pendulum (and have read the former once, and the latter, a half-dozen times) *raises hand*
I think that these points are particularly true if you are eating at Earl's (to keep this thread on track and not bring down the forum gods on us).
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Howdy from Canada!
I have a friend visiting Nashville this weekend for three days. What are some good restaraunt recommendations that are decently priced. We have alot of ethnic restaurants up here in Vancouver so I think that she would like to get a dose of good Southern cooking in fairly civilized surroundings.
There are some health concerns - so ideally she would like to keep it on the healthy side. It seems like the there is a really excellent food culture in the Southeast - so any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
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Holy Exhibition Park!
Roasted horse looks so delicious! What cut meat was it? Looks like a rib roast of some sort. Is this a one off event or can someone call ahead to see if they are serving it on a particular evening.
Okay - so here is the PC Guy in me - how is the meat supplied and is it done in a humane way? Where do the horses come from?
This may be better placed in the horsemeat thread - but I am asking here for continuity sakes.
>>>> Edited to note that answers provided on horsement thread. Once again thanks for the great pictures.
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Could egulleteers not show a bit of culinary noblesse oblige and allow the unwashed masses who read the Georgia Straight to vote for Anton's, Cobbs Bread, Milestones and The Cannery and any other damn place just as often as they would like?
Are we not secure enough in our roles as elitist foodies to permit those less fortunate to amuse themselves with polls of this sort?
Actually - I would love to see a true people's choice award and get a view what kind of food city we have. I don't think that egullet is nearly as elitist as precieved - we just happen to be more vocal about it. I mean - Chambar served 14,000 during DOV (all at one location!) - pretty populist really. But between ballot stuffing and (as Jamie pointed out) preselling results - I am not sure if the Golden Plates are really valid as a gauge of what people like.
I don't judge too harshly though, the business of filling restaraunts and getting advertisers is tough. I take the list for what it is - entertainment. I certainly read with more interest what their critics had to say (though some of the writing was so clever - it bordered on cryptic).
But in all seriousness - are'nt there trucks mounted with hoses to at least spray the great unwashed masses? I think that the Vancouver Club is starting a charity to give out moist towelettes at the Arbutus Club - which, as any old boy will tell you, is truly crawling with the plebian masses
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Great blog - and you managed to introduce me to a treat that I have not tried yet. Donuts in Deep Cove! I was out there a couple of weeks ago but did not have a chance to drop into the shop.
Those were great pictures of Deep Cove BTW. And for you out of towners - Deep Cove is a mere 20 mins by car from Downtown Vancouver though you feel like you are visiting an island town.
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nigella lawson has a great flourless or almost flourless chocolate nutella cake in her domestic goddess book. it's really good.
I will second the recommendation on this recipe. It is easy, delicous and has the added advantage of seeming 'adult' as you wolf down large pieces of nutella moussy cake.
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I think that this may be an HK-Style thing - but what about a cake with the noodly-chestnut puree filling which would symbolise long life (or does cutting cake screw that up?). Oh - all this complicated symbolism.
When I was a kid - I HATED those chestnut cakes. Now I am older and love them - I don't know where you could get one or if they are made over here in Canada.
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My friend whose father was a doctor at St Paul's said when she would visit - her father would take her to Roy's Seafood in the hotel next to the Hospital. Not sure what it is like now.
There is also Okada in Nelson Square on the other side of the Wall Center.
I hope everything works out well for your husband and his father.
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Aha! I am the first participant to post.
Just wanted to thank everybody at Adesso tonight for all of their warmth, hospitality and professionalism. Excellent dinner - the whole sea bream with olives and tomatoes was definitely a winner - succulent and fresh. Perfectly concieved and executed.
I am looking forward to re-visiting soon and introducing some of my friends to Adesso. Excellent neighbourhood joint in the best sense of the word.
Also want to thank Andrew for taking on organizing this event. It was alot of fun and giving me this chance to meet all other egulleteers was very much appreciated. So what are my impressions of egullet vancouver people?
- Much nicer than anyone has a right to be
- Much much better looking that I expected
- Rowdy (in a good way) and a lot of fun
I am very much looking forward to the next event.
Once again - very excellent of Andrew to organize this event.
ugh - moving this chef koo's new thread - I guess I was not the first to post.
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Would'nt food safety be a bigger concern also?
Meals from Granville Island
in Western Canada: Cooking & Baking
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I was down at GI over the weekend - it was very crowded. Got some very nice terrines at Oyama. Pales in comparison to what you did with your purchases.
I was all full of swarmy remarks - but your photos are really beautiful - and now I am hungry instead.
Really - looks like a great meal you put together.