Well, since the Year of the Monkey started on February 8, why not use the mystery ingredients from episode 5’s second round (frozen sausage patties, Long Island Ice Tea, heirloom carrots and figs) to make dumplings? Not too hard to think of something, right? And to make it more main course-like, it can be served […]
Summerlicious is in full swing and with just another week to go, I thought I’d share with you the delicious meal I had at BENT: Appetizer: Shrimp tacos (with charred onion tomato salsa, chipotle, avocado, in a taro shell) – the taro shell was very crispy and delicious. Warning: These tacos fall apart very easily! […]
If you recall, a while back, I wrote about dining at Scarpetta in Vegas, located at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. Another restaurant in the same hotel is China Poblano, which features Chinese-Mexican fusion. This unusual version of fusion is only the second of its kind I’ve been to – the other one was Sidedoor in Ottawa, […]
Ever had bok choy and tacos all in the same meal? Save for perhaps sharing meals at a mall food court, I would think not. Enter Sidedoor Contemporary Kitchen and Bar, located in Ottawa’s trendy Byward Market is a Pan Asian-Mexican fusion restaurant with a tapas based menu. On my last trip to Ottawa in […]
In a private party on Monday evening, invited guests were able to try dishes from a proposed menu from Yonge and Wellesley area restaurant Brownstone Bistro, which recently underwent renovations (including an appearance on Restaurant Makeover). Served cocktail style, ten proposed dishes, many of them enhanced versions of what is on their current menu were […]
I consider myself quite lucky to have had exposure to different types of cuisine, especially “real” or “authentic” versions of “ethnic foods.” However, what I find very interesting is how different names are applied to North Americanized “ethnic” foods, depending on the type of restaurant and how it is presented. Take Chinese food, for example. […]
Since Yorkdale recently announced its expansion, speculation as to which stores are coming have been all over the web. These speculated stores range from J.Crew to Top Shop to Intermix and more. What IS known is that many of the stores will be first-to-market locations, meaning that they will be opening their first Canadian locations at Yorkdale (Intermix […]
