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A while ago we noticed renovations happening at a local Korean restaurant. It wasn’t a particularly great restaurant, so we were curious if it would improve. We weren’t disappointed. Some of the most…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Sunday, January 18th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: Korean, Pojang Macha, restaurant, review, Street Food | 5 Comments »
This is a post with two minds. On one hand, I enjoy seeking out and trying new restaurants and often use online searches to find reviews of new restaurants. And, being rather opinionated and verbose, I enjoy occasionally…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Sunday, January 18th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: opinion, restaurant, review | 4 Comments »
A while ago I spent some time in Seattle and having already visited numerous of their offerings, I wanted to explore some new restaurants, so I asked Colin for a recommendation. He checked with some chef friends and the…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Sunday, January 18th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: Lark, restaurant, review, Seattle | 1 Comment »
Recently I’ve been researching data visualization design for a project about our exposure to consumer brands and came across this website that explores the various tasting notes commonly associated with different…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, January 17th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: flavour, taste notes, visualization, website, Wine | 2 Comments »
Tonight, many of us at Foodists.ca were proud to celebrate the official launch of this tasty foodblog. What better way than an intimate demonstration of how Don Dickson & Joyce Chang-Dickson create flavorful…
Posted by: Nancy Wu on Friday, January 16th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: asian, dumplings, food store, Foodists, gyoza, mandarin, South China Seas, truffles | 4 Comments »
This holiday season my sister and I collaborated on Christmas dinner for our family—about 20 people this year! To our chagrin, our gravy made from the turkey drippings became too salty as it simmered away, reducing to…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, January 15th, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: gravy, holiday, potato, salty, turkey | 2 Comments »
Celeriac, for me, is comfort food. Now, rather than having you rush off to Google, let me link to the Celeriac Wikipedia entry for you. In short, it’s a varietal of celery that is grown not for its leafy top and…
Posted by: Boris Mann on Thursday, January 15th, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: acidulated water, apium graveolens, celeriac, celery root | 5 Comments »
Last weekend, I went to a Chinese wedding banquet. If you’ve never been, you should try to wrangle yourself an invitation to eat the twelve-course meal. You read right, it’s a twelve-course meal. We had:…
Posted by: Eagranie Yuh on Monday, January 12th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: chicken, chinese, cookies, fish, lobster, wedding | 2 Comments »
All I can say is WOW and DELICIOUS! This was one of the best meals I had in a long time. The Bearfoot Bistro is a fine dining restaurant located in Whistler Village that offers 3 or 5 course tasting menus and has an…
Posted by: Lisa Nakamura on Thursday, January 8th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: Bearfoot Bistro, black cod, squab, tasting menu, Whistler | 3 Comments »
It’s that time of the year again when the city’s restaurants open their doors for the annual Dine-Out Vancouver. This year’s event runs from Jan 14 to Februrary 1, and it show cases the city’s…
Posted by: Janeen Leynes on Wednesday, January 7th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: Dine Out Vancouver, Dine Out Vancouver 2009, events, vancouver | 10 Comments »
At this point, talking about what to do with the Leftover Xmas Eve Ham is no doubt starting to conjure up images of Homer Simpson hiding his moldy staff picnic hoagie behind the radiator, complete with bloated belly and…
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Monday, January 5th, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: ham, recipe, sandwiches, snack, Tales of the Leftover Xmas Eve Ham | 2 Comments »
I love eggs. Scrambled, fried, poached, boiled, on toast, in quiche – you name it, I love it. They’re a great when you’re in a hurry, but also when you’re faced with a lazy weekend. If it’s…
Posted by: Eagranie Yuh on Monday, January 5th, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: Breakfast, brunch, eggs, salmon, toast | No Comments »
Is it going overboard, frustrated food stylist-wannabe or just very VERY creative parents? A fun gallery of extraordinary bento or lunch packs that make you feel like a slacker for having a process bologna sandwich on…
Posted by: Nancy Wu on Monday, January 5th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: bento, bread, cheese, cookies, creative, eggs, Ghibli, Japanese, lotus root, lunch, luncheon meat, meat, meatballs, Miyazaki, nori, onigiri, rice, seaweed | 8 Comments »
Fellow Foodist Lauren and I braved this morning’s snow to hit up Medina Café the morning they opened back up post-holidays. As Chambar’s little sister, Medina shares owners and sits one door down on Beattie…
Posted by: Dave Shea on Saturday, January 3rd, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: Breakfast, brunch, cafe, coffee, Gastown, Medina Cafe, restaurant, review, vancouver | 6 Comments »
I recently asked Mark to recommend a cookbook and without hesitation, he gave me the name of Martin Picard’s Au Pied de Cochon – The Album. When I poured over it with as much enthusiasm as he hit me with, it…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Saturday, January 3rd, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: cookbook, meat pie, pork, Quebecoise, tourière | 7 Comments »