by Mijune on May 21, 2012 · 2 comments
in $30-50,$50+,Canadian,Cocktails,desserts,Downtown Vancouver,Eclectic,Fine Dining,Food 6,Fusion,International,Pacific Northwest,Pacific Rim,Persian,Top 10,Vegetarian,West coast,Wine
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been asked “what’s your favourite restaurant?” and my answer is simple. I don’t have one. For me, when all is said and done it comes down to the food, so I follow the chef more so than the restaurant, and in this case I follow Chef Hamid Salimian.
The Quinto Quarto menu featured all types of offal (innards and organs of an animal) which I am no stranger to. Honestly I think this menu barely scratched the surface of what this chef is really capable of, but I’m glad I had at least a taste of what it could be.
by Mijune on May 12, 2012 · 1 comment
in $10-20,$20-30,authentic,Chinese,desserts,Dim sum,Food 2.5,Food 3,Richmond,Seafood,Vegetarian
It was my last Alaskan King Crab meal of the season so I decided to have it at Kalok. It’s not a bad place, but it’s just very average. Many of the dishes I’ve had better elsewhere and it just seemed like a homestyle approach to Chinese cooking, but not in that “authentic” way.
by Mijune on May 10, 2012 · 3 comments
in $10 or less,bakery,Cakes/Cupcakes,Chocolates/Candies,Coffee/Tea,desserts,Downtown Vancouver,Euro-Asian,Food 4,Food 4.5,French,Pastries/Cookies,Vegetarian
It offers modern French cakes and pastries made with local ingredients and West Coast flavour, but with traditional French techniques. I did find most of them sounding better in the descriptions, but it is still one of the better patisseries in the city.
by Mijune on May 8, 2012 · 6 comments
in $50+,Best Foodie Moments,Cakes/Cupcakes,Canadian,Chocolates/Candies,Competitions,Delta,desserts,Euro-Asian,Events,Fine Dining,Food 5.5,Food 6,French,Ice Cream/Gelato/Yogurt,Pastries/Cookies,Vegetarian,West coast,Wine
It’s the 35th World Association of Chefs Societies (WACS) in Daejeon, Korea and Chef Tobias MacDonald from La Belle Auberge is the representative for the Americas. I was honoured to be invited to attend Chef Tobias’ final practice run for his Global Chef’s Menu at La Belle Auberge.
by Mijune on May 7, 2012 · 1 comment
in $50+,Brunch,Canadian,desserts,Eclectic,European,Fine Dining,Food 5.5,International,Pacific Northwest,Pacific Rim,Spanish,West coast,West Vancouver,Wine
Behind me was the skyline of my beautiful city and on my plate was the rest of the world. It was a refined style and exploration of unique ingredients executed with very subtle and delicate flavours. The flavours were simple, but very finely tuned. It was the work of a passionate chef.
New York is full of award winning delis that claim to have the city’s “best pastrami sandwich”. I asked a handful of trusted New York foodies some of their favourites and Eisenberg was one that came up often along with 2nd Ave Deli. A celebrity favourite in Manhattan.
by Mijune on May 3, 2012 · 5 comments
in $10 or less,authentic,Burgers/Hot Dogs,Cuban,Food 6,Latin,Manhattan,Mexican,New York,Sandwiches,Vegetarian
I really wished I did some previous research because I thought the thing to order was the famous Cuban sandwich. That was only half the equation though and it turns out I missed the “Best Corn on the Cob” in the city. @$#%. Seriously?!
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