tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33556469401769535042024-03-19T01:46:54.416-07:00Eat Your CityFood Reviews from fellow foodies passionate about food food fooooood!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger544125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355646940176953504.post-80753387184413910412017-12-27T14:14:00.000-08:002017-12-27T14:14:21.399-08:00Best whipped shortbread recipe and Toblerone whipped shortbread recipe<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yeah, I know, there's a bazillion shortbread recipes out there, and here's why these 2 recipes are gonna make you the star of your Christmas cookie exchange, or have your significant other doing their est sad puppy dog eyes look so you will bake them again and again. The tips and tricks section below is an amalgamation </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me experimenting</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and baking multiple</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> batches with different amounts of cornstarch as well as baking at different temps in 25F increments from 275F-400F <b><u>and</u></b> 1</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">00+years of combined experience of 3 fellow traditional shortbread bakers I know of. Man, s</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ome are so fervent</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> about shortbread, they nearly it my head off when I suggested adding in things like Toblerone... they changed their minds after they tried some of my Toblerone whipped shortbread lol! Both whipped versions are a take on the dense bricklike decadent bites of yumminess. Whipping/beating the dough until it resembles buttercream frosting more than a cookie dough = lots of air incorporated into the dough = a cookie that will literally melt in your mouth like a cloud. So whether you like it traditional or ultra decadent with bits of Toblerone throughout... enjoy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Tips and Tricks</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Butter</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1) I like using Lactancia cultured butter as it gives better flavor, but butter must sit at room temp for a few hours to soften -cultured butter can stay at room temp overnight - or its really hard to whip </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2) whipped shortbread is essentially buttercream icing with the cornstarch to stabilize the flour so the cookie doesnt crumble like crazy when you try to pick it up after its baked... so the tinny bit of salt in salted butter is negligible</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3) Do not use margarine as it changes up the taste profile... and have traditional bakers poke at you with pitchforks. If you are short on butter and must use margarine, don't sub out more than 50% of the butter, and never use low cal, light or whipped margarine as it has too much water content and your cookies will resemble asphalt</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Sugar</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1) Do use icing sugar and not regular sugar. The powdered form of icing sugar gives the whipped shortbread the airy, melt in your mouth like a cloud mouthfeel... As does all the air you incorporate with the long mixing time.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Flour</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I buy my flour pre-sifted as I'm lazy/ efficient. Sifting it gets rid of large lumps, and makes it easier to add air to the batter as the mixer doesnt have to break apart the flour lumps</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Toblerone chopped size</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1) You can use other chocolate if you have allergies, but Toblerone does really make these cookies decadent and over the top</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2) If you are Martha-Stewart OCD and want to pipe out the cookies with a nice icing tip to make the cookies look nice, make sure you finely chop the chocolate into pieces no bigger than what can fit out of your icing tip, or just pipe out the cookie dough and embed a large chunk in the middle of the cookie</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3) Personally, I like a rough chop with a knife as you get fine bits that blend into the cookie, and larger chunks that form pockets of melted yumminess... I chop the Toblerone pieces no bigger than 1cmx1cm chunks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>To cookie scoop or to drop cookie...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1) if you want a fancy pants cookie, you can scoop batter into an icing bag with a large bore icing tip and pipe out the batter into circles with spirals </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2) If you want the traditional "dome" look, scoop out the cookie dough with a cookie scoop -if you are low on time or like a homemade look, scoop with a spoon and drop the cookie onto the cookie sheet -if your oven is hot and your cookie dough starts to get runny, pop the dough into the fridge for a few minutes before scooping/piping</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>How long to bake cookies and oven temp</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1) shortbread traditionally isn't supposed to have golden bottoms (sacrilege!), but its not the end of the world if you do.. Still tasty! The lower the heat, the longer it takes to bake, but less likely you'll "ruin" the cookies by overbaking it. The lowest I've personally tried baking these cookies are 275F for 30-35 min. But when you need to make multiple batches during Christmas baking time, as long as you are ok with maybe overcooking your first batch (all ovens vary a bit with temp), you can bake them at 300F for 18-20min. I've tried temps as high as 400F, for 8-10 min which is super fast for baking time , but I find the edges (if not whole cookie) is a crispy golden brown.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Do I have to use parchment paper if I'm using a good non stick cookie sheet?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1) If you want to transfer the cookies with out them breaking/ crumbling as they are super delicate and save your sanity, a unch of swearing (and your waistline), yes.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2) Tin foil works, but transfers too much heat so you may get odd overcooked spots on bottom of cookies. Wax paper works too, but I personally hate how the wax smokes in the oven and I'm always afraid of it going up in flames if I reuse the same sheet for subsequent batches.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 cup salted or unsalted butter at room temp</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">0.5 cup icing sugar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">0.25 cup cornstarch</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.5 cups all purpose flour, sifted</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.25 cup Toblerone chopped (exclude if you want traditional whipped shortbread)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>How to</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1) Move oven rack to 2/3 up in the oven (level you usually bake cookies and muffins on). Preheat oven to 300F.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2) In a mixer with a large deep mixing bowl and paddle attachment (ideally not a hand held one as you'll be holding it for a while), whip together the icing sugar and butter on low (keeps the sugar clouds exploding all over kitchen down to a minimum) and once incorprated, crank the mixer on high for 10min, scraping the sides of the bowl every now and then with a silicone splatula -the batter will be very light in color and fluffy like icing.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3) turn the mixer on low, and add in the cornstarch and flour to the sugar-butter mixture. Once mixed in, turn the mixer on high, scraping down the sides of the bowl with a silicone spatula occasionally and mix for another 5 min. If you walk away and mix for longer, it's ok. The batter should resemble super fluffy icing.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4)Turn off mixer, and fold in chopped Toblerone with a spatula. Using a small cookie scoop or a teaspoon with a generous gob of dough, place cookie dough on parchment paper lined cookie sheets 1inch apart and bake for 18-20min. They are done when you can lightly tap the top of the cookie and the dough is set and not liquidy.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5) Let the cookies rest for 10min on the cookie sheet and then transfer cookies to a cooking rack. If the bottoms are starting to overcook, or you are afraid to break the cookies, lift parchement paper with cookies and place the whole thing onto a cooling rack-that way you dont have to transfer them one by one risking breakage. Once cookies are cool, they wiill set and be more firm and you can transfe to gift boxes or air tight containers with parchment paper inbetween layers to help prevent breakage. I eat all the blemished/broken cookies... Feel free to do the same. Enjoy!!</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355646940176953504.post-46513501581829778262015-09-02T04:00:00.000-07:002015-09-02T04:00:11.730-07:00Gama Cafe, Edmonton, A - new location, tasty desserts and buttery foam topped tea!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizJQiz9lAqOFofIzCgDWpH0y90p10mkWk4fw8gRp6UP8rGLCnVS3YcAAkTvqy-CrU4mfwwvFloBEL1hkVCRVa1pbj1o1VA71I09T-6fOkGcVjrBRmDddqIXjpTGRu8Dqq798FUSYl7DVs/s1600/20150628_230816small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizJQiz9lAqOFofIzCgDWpH0y90p10mkWk4fw8gRp6UP8rGLCnVS3YcAAkTvqy-CrU4mfwwvFloBEL1hkVCRVa1pbj1o1VA71I09T-6fOkGcVjrBRmDddqIXjpTGRu8Dqq798FUSYl7DVs/s400/20150628_230816small.jpg" width="400" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With the summer days being deliciously warm, we went a few times to Gama Cafe to pick up drinks to cool off and desserts in the evening. Noone wants to stay inside on a warm muggy summer day and chillaxing in Gama's new location with chic boutique look and feel is just the ticket. They've even taken the buttery foam they put on their gama teas and incorporated it into desserts and thick toast (think French toast but better!) They have hot food like risotto and pasta now too, but we've always went for drinks and dessert since they opened, even when they were at their original location, so...onto the drinks and dessert!</span><br />
<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We started off with a round of <b>Green Cap tea</b> - its slightly sweetened green tea served on ice and topped with a buttery rich and slightly salty foam and a sprinkle of green matcha powder that complements the green tea and transforms it into a yummy treat. Gama was was first to bring this type of tea to North America from Taiwan, so they know what they're doing... even if the drink resembles a glass of beer! Mmmm!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My brother went with the <b>Matcha Red Bean drink</b> which he thought was nicely sweetened, fluffy and filling.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <b>Earl Grey Latte</b> was disappointing as there was next to no Earl Grey flavor - they would need to ultra steep the tea or add in bergomot oils as the current rendition tastes mainly of watered down milk.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We also shared some desserts, first being the<b> Tommi Toast</b> - think super fluffy light thick french toast cubes, all lightly crispy on all sides, then top with a mountain of whipped cream and other toppings... yum! We started off just ordering the <b>Kakigori or Matcha Tommi Toast</b> and loved it so much we ordered the Strawberry Castle Tommi Toast too! We liked the matcha one more as the cool green tea icecream along with the hot crispy fluffy toast cubes paired with a generous dallop of the lightly salted butter foam was phenomenal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <b>Strawberry Castle Tommi Toast</b> we found to be on the sweeter side and was served with vanilla icecream. We polished this one off in record time too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were getting pretty full, but we had to have some Gama Cafe pancakes before we left. Its more accurate to call them stuffed cakes as they are cooked in a hot mold and filled with stuffing of your choice. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had pipping hot <b>melting gold and taro Gama Pancakes </b>- the melting gold didn't have as much salted duck yolk in the sweet creamy custard as they have had in the past, but it was still tasty, and there was lots of soft fluffy sweetened taro inside the taro pancake.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gama Cafe</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Address </b><span style="color: #4e5665; white-space: nowrap;">10813 82Avenue, Edmonton, AB</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Phone </b>(780) 438-2382</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Hours </b>Sun-Thurs noon-11pm, Fri-Sat noon-midnight</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355646940176953504.post-4348650543025279802015-08-26T04:00:00.000-07:002015-08-26T04:00:08.069-07:00Sushi Kimu Calgary, AB - tasty sushi rolls and generous servings!<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0cka7g80BMM/Vaf3jtN4RNI/AAAAAAAAhOs/YCk6wHIsB3A/s1600/20150704_131943small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="271" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0cka7g80BMM/Vaf3jtN4RNI/AAAAAAAAhOs/YCk6wHIsB3A/s400/20150704_131943small.jpg" width="400" /></a>For a recent lunch in Calgary, we went with my cousin and his fiancée to Sushi Kimu, a little hole in the wall sushi joint they recently stumbled upon in the NE. The spotlight is their sushi rolls which has a lot of fusion choices as well as some creative ones... onto the food!<br />
<a name='more'></a>We started with a bowl of <b>Agedashi</b> Tofu - fried piping hot, the exterior was crisp and interior remained silky smooth. The pozu soya sauce could have used a bit more lemon, but tasty none the less.<br />
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Next out was the <b>Deluxe sashimi</b> - Chef's choice of six types of eighteen slices sashimi. We had thick slabs of red tuna, salmon, regular tuna, seared scallops and blanched octopus. All were fresh and quickly devoured<br />
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We then had the was the <b>Veracruz roll </b>- Chopped scallop, masago, green onion, cucumber, crab meat and prawn tempura topped with spicy mayo and unagi tonkatsu sauce. There was a bit too much sauce, but the crispy shrimp tempura still stood out.<br />
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The Salmon, Tuna and Unagi <b>sushi nigiri</b> were well executed with well seasoned rice and fresh seafood - and disappeared in a flash.<br />
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The <b>Beef Sashimi </b>- Thin slices of lightly seared alberta beef served with garlic chips, green onions and ponzu sauce, while lightly seared, could have either used a thinner cut or a more tender cut of beef.<br />
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<b>Spider roll</b> - Deep fried soft shell crab with cucumber, avocado and masago with sweet sauce came out next and the soft shell crab was nicely fried with a good crunch.<br />
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We finished our meail with the <b>Calgary special roll</b> - Avocado, cucumber, crab, masago wrapped with deep fried marinated squid, green onions, masago and sichime (Japanese spices) topped with our steak and mayonnaise sauce. It sounds like a mouthful - and it is! Its basically a california roll with calmari on top -the multiple flavors and textures worked well together without overpowering one another.<br />
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Sushi Kimu Calgary, AB<br />
Address 6522 4 Street Northeast, Calgary, AB T2K 6H2<br />
Phone (587) 293-9380<br />
Hours Sun noon-2pm, 4:30pm-9pm, Mon-Fri 11:30am-2pm, 4:30pm-9pm, Sat 11:30am-9pm<br />
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The Korean love of imbibing is showcased here and what better way than to tell folks how to say "cheers" in Korean right on the drink menu?</div>
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It was a hot and sticky day out so rather than having a bottle (or 3) from their wine list, we went with a pitcher of sangria. We debated about getting the Ginger lemon sangria - sauvignon blanc, Ketel One Citroeri, lemon, ginger syrup, and ended up getting the <b>Black raspberry sangria</b> - Tempranillo, Gran Marnier, Bokbunja, lack raspberry vinegar, berries</div>
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And it was very yummy with plenty of berries and orange slices to add sweetness and citrus notes to the rich red wine base.</div>
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There are smaller and larger tapas available, and with a large table we were able to taste a good portion of the menu woot! The fare is a combination of Korean fused with Canadian and modern techniques, so here we go! First item was a dinner special - <b>Hamachi sushi</b> with citrus siraccha based sauce, microgreens and ginger caivar. The hamachi was sweet and fresh, the sauce adding in a bit of heat and acidity without being overpoweringly spicy and the ginger caviar was a nice whimisal touch to the dish that added in a pop of flavor.</div>
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The <b>Tuna Poke hand cones (Chamchi Kimbap)</b> - avocado mousse, cucumber, sushi rice, tobiko, nori, was one of the favorites of the night.</div>
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The tuna was cool and creamy, meshing well with an airy avocado mousse, a bright burst of unami and flavor from the tobiko, and the touch of salty black caviar was a nice touch.</div>
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Next up was <b>Poutine for your Seoul </b>- cheese curds, Kabayaki gravy, fresh tofu, dehydrated kimchi. I admit, this is the first time any of us were eating poutine with chopsticks lol! The soft silken tofu bits was likened to soft cheese and the dehyrdated kimchi was a neat flavor to the poutine. Would have preferred squeaky cheese curds, but otherwise a tasty poutine.<br />
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We really wanted to try the pork belly wrapped in a steamed bun, but that was only available on the set tasting menu and we had wanted to try a bunch of menu items that weren't on the tasting menu, so we'll have to try it next time. Instead, we had the <b>Lettuce wraps (Sangchu Ssam)</b> - choice of protein (we went with pork belly), Thai basil, ssamjang, garlic chips... and our protein choice was pork belly!<br />
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It was served with some steamed rice, fried garlic chips and seasoned sesame oil you can add to dress up the lettuce wrap<br />
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Rich, buttery, deliciously awesome is all I can say... a must try!<br />
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The <b>Oxtail Tortellini (Sogori Mandu)</b>- Soy Sauce, Truff e Oil, Grana Padano was next. It was on the small side for sharing, but the oxtail was nice and tender and the tortellini was nicely presented<br />
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The <b>Hot stone rice bowl (Dolsot Bibimbap)</b> - Choice of protein, assorted vegetables, Vita egg was also one of the favs of the night. We went with beef as the protein source and it was a nice it of grilled sliced tender steak.<br />
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Lots of toppings on this traditional dish served in a piping hot stone bowl that crisped up the rice touching the bowl nicely.<br />
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Add in the sweetened hot sauce and mix.. the raw egg yolk acts as a rich sauce as it tempers and cooks in the hot bowl of yum!<br />
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We also had the <b>Spicy Korea Seafood Boil (Haemui Jjim) </b>- snow crab, mussels, clams, langoustines, kimchi cheddar biscuits.<br />
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All the seafood was cooked in a lightly spicy broth which infused the sweet seafood with a touch of spice. The Kimchi cheddar biscuits disappeared quickly - the kimchi added in a it of kick to them<br />
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We were pretty full by the end of supper so shared the <b>Frozen souffle</b> - white chocolate, ginger, sesame brittle, mixed berry gastrique. The white chocolate cfrozen souffle was more a cool mousse was flavored gently with ginger and was a nice light and tasty ending to a yummy dinner.<br />
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Overall, a welcoming atmosphere and interesting fusion of flavors, and techniques traditional and modern for tasty tapas and vino. Will be back later to try their tasting menu and their much talked about pork belly wrapped with steamed buns!<br />
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<b>Address </b>344 17 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2S0A5<br />
<b>Phone </b>(403) 460-3341<br />
<b>Hours </b>Brunch Sat-Sun 11am-5pm, Lunch Mon-Fri 11am-5pm, Dinner 5pm-1am daily<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We Started off with our favorites - </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mixed pupusas</b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">! <span class="">The freshly made corn tortillas oozing with gooey in house fluffy cheese and chicaron (seasoned ground pork Into a smooth pate) - with a nice pile of tangy, crisp pickled cabbage salad and homemade tomato sauce .. I did not have a chance to take a picture of the dozen pupusas </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we ordere, so</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I'm cheating and using an older pic: p</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We shared the <b>grilled chorizo with Picapica Ranchero wings</b> served with refried beans, chorizo, sour cream, fresh veges and toastados. The wings packed a good punch of spicy without being overwhelming spicy - and the sour creme was handy to use to cool burning mouths. The chorizo was nicely juicy and disappeared quickly. Mom loved the refried beans that looked a lot like the housemade mole.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="">The </span><b><span class="">quesadilla</span></b><span class=""> with chicken, mozza, El Rancho salad, sour cream and salsa was simply made and quickly devoured. </span>Nice and crispy on the outside, melted cheese and seasoned </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">tender</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">chicken </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">breast</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on the inside.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The whole familia loved <b>Pescado Frito</b> - fried tilapia with rice and salad El Rancho. We were going to get 2 orders of this delectable fried fish, but they had a extra large fish so we paid a bit extra for it ... and wow it was huge - I should have put a utensil beside it for perspective - it was on a massive platter and took up nearly half of it. Fried to a crisp on the exterior, the fish was perfectly cooked on the inside - super tender and moist, it was a lovely contrast to the crisp skin that had a bit of tangy seasoning on it. We were tempted to order another delectable fish after having this one!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="">We were sooo full, only a few of us stepped up to the plate and shared dessert - first up was the </span><b><span class="">Tres Leches.</span></b><span class=""> It was a fluffy cake made with three types of milk, topped with strawberries and whipped cream .. mmmm!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="">El Rancho Spanish Restaurant </span><br /><span class="">Address</span></b><span class=""> 11810 87 Street Northwest, Edmonton, AB </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="">Hours</span></b><span class=""> Tues-Sat for lunch and dinner Hours vary, call for reservations <br /> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The appetizer cold plate was the <b>House special cold platter</b> - rice pasta sheets topped with marinated jellyfish, sweet chili sauce and surf clams on a bed of julienned sweet melons and cucumber. It had a touch too much of the sweet chili sauce, but the combination of the sweet, savory, heat, crisp and crunchiness of variations in textures was very tasty and not muddled at all. Delish!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The next dish was easily recognizable -<b>Seafood trio with shrimp, scallop and calamari</b> on a bed of chives. The chives were sauteed in a bit of garlic and had a nice sweetness to them - its not used as a garnish and you do eat them!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Sliced abalone with oyster sauce</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This one was simplly done and tasty - abalone is simuluar to sea conch or eating a big gigantic clam :P It was served with tender pea shoots</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was one was definitely more adventurous - took a few of us to figure out all the ingredients. The Sea cucumber is smooshy soft in texture and is like a sponge, absorbing the oyster sauce to give it flavor. The fish bladder had a texture simular to beef tendon, which makes sense as its high in collagen and is supposed to be good for your skin health.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The regular run of the mill fish maw soup was jazzed up with some mystery seafood roe - the roe was creamy and full of unami goodness.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This strange looking noodle has almost an al dente texture, and is tossed in a savory meat sauce with some sauteed green peppers to give it a bit of sweetness. Simple and tasty!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As far as we could tell, this was a fried rice packed with baby scallops and shrimp, and crowned in a pile of fried crispy garlic bits... yum!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Steamed free range chicken</b> - simply done, thsi perfectly steamed chicken is succulent and served with a peppered salt or ginger and onion emulsion to dip in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Steamed live fish </b>- the fish was steamed to a silky tender flakiness and swimming in ginger root, green onions and sweetened soy sauce Mmmm!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Urban China<br />Address</b> 10604 101 Street Northwest, Edmonton, AB T5H 2S1<br /><b>Phone</b> (780) 758-1888 <br /><b>Hours</b> Opens daily for dimsum and late for dinner<br /><a href="http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/131/1480115/restaurant/Urban-China-Edmonton"><img alt="Urban China on Urbanspoon" src="http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/logo/1480115/minilogo.gif" style="border: currentColor; height: 15px; width: 104px;" /></a><br /><br /><b>Map</b><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="250" src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d2370.4302785400873!2d-113.4943394!3d53.55008610000001!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x53a0224dc0ed6eb1%3A0xea36fa807e8cf48!2sUrban+China!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sca!4v1439397162919" style="border: 0;" width="500"></iframe></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355646940176953504.post-7593401764455996812015-08-12T04:00:00.000-07:002015-08-12T04:00:00.197-07:00Sandwich and Sons Edmonton, A - huge and satisfying sandwiches!<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BNr8kLh62HU/VZqj4uoEzcI/AAAAAAAAhE0/NQ5UqCwrFio/s1600/20150625_120812small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BNr8kLh62HU/VZqj4uoEzcI/AAAAAAAAhE0/NQ5UqCwrFio/s400/20150625_120812small.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">Bread +/- meat/protein + sauce +/-veges = sandwich. An equation that worked awesome in kitchens and lunches since someone invented sandwiches by slapping bread and probably cheese or sausage together hundreds of years ago. It can be simple, it can be complex but sandwiches are a go-to comfort food for many and since we were hearing good things about Sandwich and Sons (and an epic BLT with a tower of bacon on their menu), on a random Saturday we stopped by to have lunch.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">Chef Sneazwell gets his meat from Sangudo Meats and hopes to bake his own bread someday soon. I think this is him, if not, you got some happy staff, Chef!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Wish I worked closer as Friday is Fois Gras Friday - a Viet style banh mi sandwich with<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">braised bacon, mortadella, pickled carrots, cilantro and fois gras! Until next time, nomnomnom!</span></span><br />
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The <b>Beef Carpaccio </b>with nicely thinly sliced peppercorn-crusted canadian tenderloin, was drizzled with a light dijon aioli, and topped with capers, grana padano. This one disappeared like magic!</div>
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The <b>Blackened Creole Chicken</b> cooked in creole butter, Cajun spices, was served with buttered mashed potatoes, and roasted asparagus. The kitchen was super busy the night we went so perhaps it was an error, but there was such a heavy hand with the Cajun seasoning, only the mashed potatoes wasn't spicy. Love spicy, but not to the extent where spicy is the only note that overwhelms everything else.</div>
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<b>Cactus Club</b><br />
<b>Address</b> 11130 Jasper Ave NW, Edmonton, AB T5K 0L1<br />
<b>Phone </b>(587) 523-8030<br />
<b>Hours Sun-</b>Mon 11am-midnight, Tues-Sat 11am-1am<br />
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One of the things I love about macaroni salads is how forgiving it is - if you don't have macaroni, you can swap it out with practically any type of pasta. You can toss in any type of fresh herb you have in the fridge, or add in crispy cut up veges and its a completely new spin on the salad. So feel free to jazz things up your way or stick with the traditional you can't go wrong macaroni salad! For the gluten free folks, I have a list of GF mayonnaises at the bottom of the post! And yes, if you're wondering, I totally took a pic of it while it was in my tupperware for lunch hahahaha!!<br />
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<b>You can't go wrong macaroni salad recipe</b> - makes 4 side salads or 2 entrée servings<br />
<u>Ingredients for basic salad</u><br />
-1.5 cup dry macaroni pasta (can use rice, bean or GF pasta)<br />
-2-3 tablespoons Mayonnaise or use Miracle Whip if you like more tangy<br />
-1 stalk of celery, finely diced<br />
<u>Protein choice for salad</u> (pick one)<br />
-1 cup of ham diced - I like black forest, but you can use whatever you have on hand<br />
-1 cup grilled leftover salmon or canned, drained<br />
-1 cup leftover roasted chicken<br />
-1 cup salad shrimp, cooked and cooled<br />
-4 hardboiled eggs, chopped<br />
<u>Spices to jazz up the salad</u> (pick and add whichever ones you like or all!)<br />
-1/2 tsp ground pepper<br />
-1/2 tsp paprika - really make your salad happy with smoked paprika<br />
-1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice (about 1/4 lemon)<br />
-1 tsp prepared mustard<br />
-1/2 tesp granulated garlic powder<br />
-1/4-1/2 tsp sriracha hot sauce<br />
<u>Fresh herbs</u> (Choose1-3 to add in, chop up fine and add in 1-2 tsp worth - except for chili pepper)<br />
-green onion<br />
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-chives<br />
-parsley<br />
-cilantro<br />
-thai chili pepper (1-2 small)<br />
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-bacon bits<br />
-sweet red, yellow, green peppers, diced<br />
-grape or cherry tomatoes<br />
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1) Prepare pasta according to instructions, rinse with cold water and drain well<br />
2) In a large mixing bowl, combine the mayonnaise or Miracle Whip with the spices of choice, then add in cooled pasta, protein choice and fresh herbs. Mix well. Top with toppers of your choice, pop in fridge to cool it and let flavors marry for at least 30min.<br />
3) Stuff face!<br />
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<b>Gluten Free Mayonnaise!</b><br />
Best Foods/Hellman's Mayonnaise - look for gluten free marked on label.<br />
Blue Plate Mayonnaise- look for gluten free marked on label.<br />
Duke's Mayonnaise<br />
Heinz Mayonnaise<br />
Kraft Brand Mayonnaise and Miracle Whip (full fat only)<br />
Spectrum mayonnaise<br />
VegenaiseUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355646940176953504.post-20194451866188246892015-08-03T04:00:00.000-07:002015-08-03T04:00:07.674-07:00Red Robin Edmonton, AB - Tasty new Tavern burgers that are easy on the wallet! <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GMKqlGWdHE8/VafsyktONvI/AAAAAAAAhKE/T-ZwhzY_jmk/s1600/20150714_183312small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="248" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GMKqlGWdHE8/VafsyktONvI/AAAAAAAAhKE/T-ZwhzY_jmk/s400/20150714_183312small.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had a giftcard burning to be spent so we called up some friends and headed to family friendly Red Robin for tasty burgers and eats.. but mainly for the tasty burgers and the fact you can bring young squirmy toddlers and babies along and you fit right in with other young families, dating couples and seniors alike! I put in some burgers we tried another time with hubby on an impromtu date night, so its a larger longer post with lots of pics!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">It was a cute paper cone filled to the brim with crispy lightly panko'ed shrimp that reminded us of <a href="http://www.eatyourcity.ca/2011/04/bubba-gump-shrimp-company-nosh-on.html">Bubba Gump's in Hawaii</a>. It was a good thing we shared as there was over a dozen fair sized popcorn shrimp inside the cone, otherwise it would have been a meal in of itself!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">The <b>Chinese Dry Ribs </b>was a pile of nicely sized deep fried rib pieces tossed in coarse salt, pepper and toasted sesame seeds. It was served with garlic chili sauce, but stood well on its own without the sauce. Simple and tasty!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">I hope they put this one back on the menu as this grilled chicken burger with ham (I think it was called </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Chicken 'n Ham</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">) disappeared a week after I had it when we came back. A perfectly grilled juicy and moist chicken breast slab (its a slab as its so huge) is topped with cheese, black forest ham and the groceries. I added bacon to it just for kicks (can't go wrong with adding in extra side of bacon to anything!) and it was soooo nomnomnom!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <b>Southern Charm burger</b> was a winner with brown sugar-glazed 1/2 pound Alberta Black Angus beef patty, topped with faintly sweet candied bacon, house-made honey BBQ sauce, extra-sharp cheddar, seared red onions, lettuce, mayo, snuggled into a toasted ciabatta bun. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">I loved the</span><b style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"> Crispy Arctic Cod Burger</b><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"> and will try the full fish and chips entrée platter next time. 2 big cod filets are encased in a light crispy tempura batter and fried perfectly - nice, moist thick bites of perfectly fried fish. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">The fillets are topped with shredded lettuce, tomatoes, pickles and dill'd and pickle'd tartar sauce. Next time we'll have to ask for more tartar sauce - the burger disappeared like magic!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We also tried a bunch of <b>Tavern Double Burgers</b>. They're a new line of burgers from Red Robin and we found them almost at the end of the menu. They're </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">fire-</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">grilled double burger topped with Canadian cheese, fresh lettuce, tomato and Red's Secret Tavern Sauce and there were a few variations to mix things up. If its a date, two can have the basic </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Red's Tavern Double, bottomless fries and a happy daily drink special </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">for less than $30! Well, we weren't just two, so we did the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Tavern Double Burger menu justice! We got a bit confused at first cuz apparently you can have a double burger (2 burger patties) or one tavern burger (1 huge burger patty) so we did a combination of both to see which one we all liked better! </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">First up was the <b>Nacho Crunch Tavern double burger</b>!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The name is a mouthful lol! This one was the one tavern burger size - Its topped with onions, tomatoes, Pepper-Jack cheese, tortilla strips, Cheddar cheese sauce with a touch of lime and chilis and balanced with a squirt of ranch sauce. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">We liked the crunch from the tortilla chips, but you have to eat it fast or the chips get mushy from the sauces.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I really liked the <b>Turbo Q Tavern Double burger</b> - We got it as a double and was glad I did - two patties mean more surface area = more BBQ'ed charbroiled flavor! Its topped with Pepper-Jack cheese, caramelized onions and a tangy sweet Triple S sauce. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Soooo messy but soooo good! This may become my favorite non-bacon topped burger here! Nom!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><span style="background-color: white;">It was the basic Tarvern double cheese burger with </span>a nice pile of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">hardwood-smoked bacon and addictive </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">bacon-crumble aioli... it was a spread made of crispy bacon bits - pure bacon love </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">yumminess</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">!! You can see a bit of it smeared on the underside of the top bun</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Now they need a turkey or beef bacon version of this for my Lebanese and friends that don't eat pork - they were salivating at the Pig Out Tavern Double burger I had - so simple and soooo delicious!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">We were all pretty stuffed, so we shared the newest dessert on the menu - the <b>Chocolate Fruffles</b> = Fudge brownies, dipped in dark chocolate and sprinkled with French sea salt and sugar crystals. Its served with whipped cream and a side of strawberry coulis. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Red Robin Whitemud</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Address 4211 106 St NW, Edmonton, AB T6J6L7</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Since they literally school the world on how to make beer, its a must try... The left and middle: <b>Weihenstephaner Hefeweizen</b> Right: <b>Berliner Pilsner</b></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Too full for desserts, but had some more beer instead... Gasthaus Krombach is definitely a must try place for beer and food if you're in the area!</span></span><br />
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So, back to the story about my aunt. She got me to try some pan fried spam with eggs, which tasted like a super salty bacon with eggs, so I wasn't sure why she was craving it so much. Fast forward about 10 years when I went to Hawaii a few years back and tried spam musubi - a pad of sushi rice, a dash of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008531P26?ie=UTF8&creativeASIN=B008531P26&linkCode=xm2&tag=eayoci01-20">Nori Furikake</a> or roasted nori and toasted sesame with a slab of seared spam on top and wrapped with nori to secure the package in place... and I finally understood. I got it. So. damn. tasty!!! The combination of rice to offset the rich salty spam and unami notes from the nori were fantastic! We made sure to pop into a grocery store, restaurant or the ubiquitous ABC stores in the morning to grab one for breakfast every single time we've travelled back to Hawaii since.<br />
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And since we can't go jaunting back to Hawaii whenever we get a craving, here's a recipe for these tasty and filling packages of awesome. I think I'll invest in a musubi shaper as I used my hands to shape the rice in the pics I posted.. a<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004V0S7UA?ie=UTF8&creativeASIN=B004V0S7UA&linkCode=xm2&tag=eayoci01-20"> musubi mold or press</a> is the way to go if you love this strangely addictive and yummy spam musubi!<br />
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I've used both low sodium and regular Spam, and found while the taste is simular, the low sodium version burns a lot easier and faster than the regular Spam, so if you like to really slow cook your Spam to a nice crispiness, go with the regular stuff or the low sodium stuff will just leave you with blacked strips.<br />
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<b>Spam Musubi recip</b>e - makes 7-8 musubi depending on how thick you cut your spam<br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9MOuFSyZUuo/VX9GvB4MxII/AAAAAAAAg_A/Y3TcYjdAWlA/s1600/20150517_121154small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="247" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9MOuFSyZUuo/VX9GvB4MxII/AAAAAAAAg_A/Y3TcYjdAWlA/s400/20150517_121154small.jpg" width="400" /></a>1 can of spam sliced into 7-8 pieces<br />
2 2/3 or 3 cups of uncooked sushi rice (use 2 2/3 rice for 7 and 3 cups for 8 musubi)<br />
1-2 pieces of toasted nori, cut into 1 inch wide strips<br />
Nori Furikake seasoning or equal parts toasted sesame seeds and crumbled seasoned toasted nori snack<br />
Canola oil to oil hands so rice doesn't stick to everything<br />
**optional - fried scrambled eggs cut into rectangles<br />
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<b>How to</b><br />
1) Make the sushi rice according to instructions - you will be using 3/4 cup cooked rice for every sushi musubi and let cool once its cooked<br />
2) While the rice is cooking, open the Spam, sloop it out and slice into 7-8 slices, pan fry on low to medium low heat until golden brown on both sides<br />
3) Lay a piece of plastic wrap on your working surface, with greased hands or a musubi mold, form 3/4 cup of the cooked warm rice into a rectangular brick the size of your Spam slice<br />
4) Top rice brick with a sprinkle of Nori Furikake, then top with optional egg and browned Spam slice. Wrap with nori strip and fold up the plastic wrap to keep everything in place. Dig in!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First out was the shark's fin soup loaded with generous large pieces of shark's fin in a savory, unami rich slightly thickened broth topped with steamed shelled crab meat. It was served in a a cute vessel with a candle underneath to keep the soup piping delicious hot. There was only two of us, but there was easily enough for four. This is available by special request only as it takes the kitchen a day or two of prep work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The deep fried pigeon was out next with its skin nice and crispy and the meat moist and tender. The most sought after part on deep fried pigeons is the head for the brain. So I tried it for the first time, and while the head could have used a bit more time in the deep fryer to make it more crispy, the tinny bit of brain inside was creamy and similar to eating fois gras.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We also had the beef black pepper sauce. So simple, but so delicious, we kept on picking at the tender savory cubes of beef it long after we were gut bustingly full</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lastly for dessert - this one wasn't on our choices for wedding dinner desserts, but the chef had just made them fresh, so we enjoyed sweet red bean past filled mochi balls rolled in coconut.</span><br />
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Tip #1 for clear unbubbley looking gummies:<br />
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Tip #2 - you can use any type of Jello or Jello-alternative brands of the wobbely fun gelatin out there. Hubby's brothers used Jello Lemon (yellow), Robertson's Lychee (Clear), and Jello Orange as they had it kicking around in the house.<br />
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Tip #3 - Handle with clean hands or gloves as we've found even when kept in an air tight container, they only lasted about 3-4d at room temperature before they started to grow fuzzy patches of mold on them.<br />
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And the awesome <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3_dV-e4d9c">video from thekingofrandom.com!</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355646940176953504.post-3753997668008490642015-07-06T07:00:00.000-07:002015-07-06T07:00:04.512-07:00One day to see Schloss Hohenschwangau, Marienbrücke, Neuschwanstein Castle in Schwangau, Fussen, Germany and local eats! Part 2<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YSx2TmE17tU/VWiS0CSz-SI/AAAAAAAAgx8/oqAVYLF936A/s1600/20140904_095547small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YSx2TmE17tU/VWiS0CSz-SI/AAAAAAAAgx8/oqAVYLF936A/s400/20140904_095547small.jpg" width="400" /></a>After a full day of sight seeing, hiking and tours of the Schloss Hohenschwangau, Marienbrücke and Neuschwanstein Castle <a href="http://www.eatyourcity.ca/2015/03/one-day-to-see-schloss-hohenschwangau.html">in the last post</a>, we made our way back to Fussen, and we had dinner at Hotel Dreimäderlhaus Weissensee Füssen. Apparently they have great views, but it was dark by the time we found them, and the next morning was a nice wall of fog, but at least we got to eat a hearty meal where all the locals eat in town!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With a couple of new flavors every month, you can never try them all! Got Mango and lyceex2, pistachio, rose and lychee, chocolate, raspberry and chocolate, mint and cucumber macarons!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Address </b>329 23 Ave SW Calgary, AB T2S0J3</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Phone </b>(403) 244-8091</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We went with a <b>strawberry milkshake as</b> well as an <b>Oreo milkshake</b>. Not super thick, but very tasty and you can really taste the icecream in it. Whipped cream topping optional.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">WE also had the <b>Chili cheese fries </b>- nice crispy fries that remind us of McD's is topped with a big scoop of mild chili and a sprinkle of cheese. If I was only having the chili cheese fries, more cheese would have een nice, but we barely touched the fries as the burgers took up most of our tummy space...</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the BURGERS</span></b><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">I went with the <b>Original Fatburger</b> - the 6oz burger while moist had most of its flavor come from the grill and the toppings. I added cheese and the regular groceries to my burger.. mmmm.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">H had the huge <b>Kingburger Supreme</b> - 2 massive patties, cheese and the works... Apparently in the States, for their biggest burger, you can order the XXL burger - with 1.5lbs of burgers added to it.. the Kingbuerger supreme weighs in at 0.5lbs of burger meat.. crazy!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><b>the VERDICT</b></span></span><br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JlRHgFhoXfw/VRXETTa7FRI/AAAAAAAAdiQ/VmDZNNaoAPA/s1600/20150322_120436small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="225" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JlRHgFhoXfw/VRXETTa7FRI/AAAAAAAAdiQ/VmDZNNaoAPA/s400/20150322_120436small.jpg" width="400" /></span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Overall a good place to get customized burgers with plenty of burger toppings available to customize to your heart's content. Would like to see more sauce choices to jazz things up in the future.</span><br />
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Fatburger Edmonton</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Address 3376 Gateway Blvd NW Edmonton, AB T6J6V1</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hours Mon-Thurs 11am-10pm, Fri-Sat 11am-11pm, Sun 11am-10pm</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We started off with the <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><b>Beef Tataki</b>, its thin sliced of l</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">ightly seared beef, served with sweet red onions and seaweed in a ponzu citrus sauce. While tasty, the beef could have been sliced thinner for a more tender melt in your mouth-feel and the ponzu sauce needed a hit more citrus - but if you prefer it low acidity, you've love it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The parents went with the<b> A-1 bento boxes</b> (no pic as it was super blurry) had a good selection of choice of sushi or sashimi, Chicken Teriyaki, assorted tempura, green salad and rice which had a good selection for the price. Me and the bro ordered a bunch of rolls to share and we nabbed some of the stuff from the bento boxes to try :P</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">The <b>Genki roll </b>is </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Unagi and ginger flavoured combined with avocado, cucumber and tobiko. Didn't taste any ginger, but if you got a piece that had the grilled unagi (eel) it was moist and tasty - the roll alternated on top with the grilled eel and avocado - as there was no eel on all the pieces nor within, you had a vegetarian roll if you un-lucked out and got a piece without eel on it.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <b>Spider Roll </b>with a whole soft-shell crab and avocado rolled into one roll. (no pic as it was blurry) had the soft chell crab double fried or overfried so while it was super crunchy, it was on the dry side.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <b>Dynamite Roll</b> was tasty with a t<span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">empura shrimp, avocado, cucumber, spicy sauce, chop chop scallops, tobiko and mayo rolled up into a roll - it was heavy on the rice which was a shame as it masked the flavors a bit. Less rice, more seafood lol!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We gave the <b>Lobster King Roll</b> a try as well. It may have been ecause we were seated at a small table and the roll was left to sit for a bit before it could fit onto our table - the lobster was sadly overcooked. The t<span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">empura lobster tail was nice and crispy but like the spider roll, the lobster was overcooked. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">It was still a tasty roll with creamy avocado and crisp cucumber. It was oddly topped with wild salmon and tobiko and drizzled in spicy mayo. I say odd as the salmon is "flamed" and topped with bonito - but the blowtorch wasn't hot enough resulting in a texturally mushy, lukewarm raw-ish salmon that had a smoked salmon-like flavor. Not sure if that's what they were going for but if they removed the odd mushy flamed salmon bit, and timed deep frying the lobster, it would have been a kick ass roll.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We finished off our meal with some <b>Tempura Ice Cream</b>. Think gigantic frozen icecream (green tea, coconut or cappuccino) ball dipped in tempura and deep fried. We went with coconut as mom has tried the green tea one before. The icecream ball was thoughtfully cut into easy to eat serving sizes (I've gouged them apart before at other places) and served with a cloud of whipped cream. Not too heavy, it was a nice way to finish off the meal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <b>Agedashi Tofu Deep-fried Tofu Served in a Hot Tentsuyu Broth</b> was lightly deep fried and had a silky interior, served with a tangy unami infused broth... no change from the last time we ate it... yum.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And last but not least, the awesome </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lobster Roll</b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. Its not on the menu, so make sure you ask for it - it has a fair sized chunk of deep fried tender sweet lobster surrounded by creamy cool avocado, cucumber, masago, asparagus and its just yumm-o.</span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the VERDICT</b><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355646940176953504.post-83776219790700966962015-06-17T07:00:00.000-07:002016-01-05T16:05:05.841-08:00Congee Queen Scarborough, ON - awesome comfort food congee and other tasty Chinese eats!<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First up was the <b>Dough fritter rice noodle roll</b>. Its essentially a savory crisp deep fried Chinese donut quickly wrapped in a soft tender thin rice roll and served with sweetened soy sauce, toasted sesame, hoisin sauce and peanut dripping sauce for a great cominatin of textures - soft, crisp, chewy and flavors - sweet, salty savory. Yum!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next up was my cousin's fav - the <b>House seafood and chicken lettuce wrap</b>. Moist diced sauteed chicken and scallops is mingled with refreshing bites of water chestnut, sweet crisp jicama, carrot, celery, onions all having a last in a slightly sweet and savory sauce and crowned with some thinly sliced green onions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pop into a leaf of cool iceberg lettuce and you have yourself a lean, mean and tasty lettuce wrap nom!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Can't go to a place called Congee Queen without having some congee - their versions are always loaded up with lots of seafood and ones loaded up with your choice of toppings (or you can pick the ones on the menu) the congee is reminiscent of a silky smooth rice stew. First up was the<b> Shredded pork and gold preserved egg congee</b>. There were lots of thin strips of seasoned pork to give the congee a tasty savoriness, while generous wedges of preserved egg added in depth, richness and earthiness to this traditional congee. Preserved egg is an acquired taste and I'm glad I acquired it! Nom!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <b>Seafood Super Bowl congee </b>with tiger shrimp, scallop, salmon, sliced fish, crab meat and squid was also a hit... how can it be not when the huge bowl it came in was almost half full of perfectly cooked succulent savory seafood? Mmm!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The<b> House seafood and mixed vegetable fried Taiwanese vermicelli </b>was nicely seasoned and had lots of vegetables and shrimp. While half the table dug into it, me and my cousin attacked the...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Empress fried rice with eel, fish roe and crab meat</b> topped with waving flakes of bonito and toasted nori strips. This was my favorite non-congee dish of the night. Nicely seasoned fried rice is tossed with lots of moist pieces of sauteed/grilled? eel and fresh crab meat. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The fish shoe gives bright sweet unagmi pops of brightness and the sweet teriyaki BBQ sauce the rice is drizzled with pairs nicely with the smokiness of the bonito flakes. Nomnomnom!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Congee Queen continues to be a great place for congee, Chinese noodles and rice dishes. Wonder if we'll see one on every corner like Tim Horton's the next time I head back to Toronto? Or maybe they'll start plunking restaurants in the west... wouldn't be a bad thing in my books!</span><br />
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The <b>Judgement Day</b> is a combination of the Priest burger with an additional "option". The "option" is what they call their awesome vegetarian patty - 2 portabello mushrooms sandwiching a hunk of cheese, then dipped in a crispy batter and deepfried to perfection. You can have a vegetarian burger with just the "option" patty if you want to keep things a bit more light.. or you can have 2 option patties and a beef patty too in the Judgement day.</div>
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I don't know if I have it in me to ever finish the Four Horsemen of the Apocalyse burger tower - 3 cheese topped beef patties and 2 "options".. it would take a very hungry person with lots of tummy room to polish off that behemoth! I think it took me 370 days to get out of my food coma after finishing the Judgement Day. Next time I think I'll just get an "option" or two... I think I'm in love with the ooey gooey cheesiness of the stuffed portabello mushrooms. Burger's Priest, you're my kind of religion!</div>
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<b>Address</b> 10148 – 109th Street, Edmonton, AB T5J 1M7</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355646940176953504.post-56443758441921855612015-06-10T04:00:00.000-07:002015-06-10T04:00:06.441-07:00Mama's Fish House Maui, Hawaii - Exceptionally tasty seafood, lobster and gorgeous desserts!<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DAm9XC0M--c/VWNfrsl4igI/AAAAAAAAgnk/uaCRskjmCdA/s1600/IMG_1114small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="268" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DAm9XC0M--c/VWNfrsl4igI/AAAAAAAAgnk/uaCRskjmCdA/s400/IMG_1114small.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On a recent cruise to Hawaii with the familia, Mama's Fish House is a must stop at spot for delicious seafood and beautifully crafted desserts. We had stopped by a few years ago after attending a friend's wedding - you can <a href="http://www.eatyourcity.ca/2012/09/mamas-fish-house-maui-hawaii-relaxed.html">read the review here</a> and glad to say things have only gotten better! On to the food!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Started off with freshly baked <b>sweet honey and multigrain bread with whipped butter</b>. There's always a new type of bread or loaf baked daily so its always a surprise!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <b>Spicy mahimahi soup with haiku cherry tomato and couscous</b> had a good amount of heat and savoriness to round things out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <b>Macadamia nut crab cakes with fire and ice relish</b> disappeared like magic. Generously packed with lots of crabmeat, they were then encrused in macadamia nuts and deep fried to perfection. Nom!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <b>Mahimahi stuffed with lobster and crab and baked in a macadamia nut crust</b> was cooked just right with neither the lobster, crab nor mahimahi encrusted with crispy macadamia nuts being overcooked.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They are only exported to Hawaii and Japan as its prized for its exceptionally sweet, succulent meat and creamy silky texture. If you must only try one item here - this is the one. Fiancé still daydreams about the perfectly and simply cooked sweet creamy lobster.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You have to save room for their award winning desserts. A <b>Polynesian Black Pearl </b>- Liliko'i chocolate mousse in a pastry seashell was shared by our group. This passionfruit chocolate mousse is almost too pretty to eat. Nomnomnom!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A wonderful seaside fine dining restaurant that just does seafood right - from local catches to seafood from further flung beaches. Save room for their award winning jaw droppingly gorgeous desserts and make reservations ahead of time so you can enjoy the seaside view as you eat.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355646940176953504.post-66658851069898363082015-06-08T07:00:00.000-07:002015-06-08T07:00:07.934-07:00Boogies Burgers Calgary, AB tasty huge burgers and delicious milkshakes!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We drove by this burger joint a few times and I finally got to hit it up a few weekends ago when I was down in Calgary visiting family. I'll be honest, the first time I saw the sign, I thought it read Booger Burgers (I wasn't that far off) and another friend thought it read Booby Burgers LOL!! Not too sure why its called Boogies Burgers, other than maybe the owners wanted to hear kids yell "I want BOOGIES!" hahahaha! Anyways, this eclectic burger joint is bursting with charm, fun, bright colors and delicious down to earth burgers and milkshakes... on to the food!<br />
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It was a super windy day and it didn't stop people from lining up out the door and into the parking lot. We could hear the cooks at the grill poking fun at each other as the line slowly wound its way inside. There's plenty of tasty traditional toppings to top your burgers with as well as toppings perhaps odd to those that don't load up their burgers with untraditional toppings like Doritos chips, deep fried macaroni.. basically anything you want. Everything is cooked to order so it takes a little while, and we kept or severely short attention spans occupied with the fun almost psychedelically colored decor of the place<br />
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With old school gaming systems as tables and fright funky walls and ceilings...<br />
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<b>the MILKSHAKES</b><br />
While not as super thick as <a href="http://www.eatyourcity.ca/2014/07/peters-drive-in-calgary-ab-huge-burgers.html">Peters' Drive In's </a>milkshakes, the flavors they have at Boogies Burgers definitely will give them a run for their money. As it was shortly after Easter, they still had the special <b>Mini eggs milkshake</b> and I went to town with a <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><b>Fat Elvis </b>(peanut butter, banana and bacon) milk shake. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">On the left - Fat Elvis (peanut butter, banana & bacon) and on the right - Mini eggs milkshake</span><br />
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The <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><b>Fat Elvis</b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><b> milkshake</b> I still have dreams about. Its thick, creamy peanut buttery goodness with a touch of salt from small crispy its of fried bacon that surprisingly didn't get mushy over time. So. Damn. Good. I think I was a hunka hunka burning in love with the Fat Elvis milkshake. Nom!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">My cousin had <b>Fay’s Burger</b>: </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">One patty, two slices of bacon, fried mushrooms, fried onions, mushroom sauce, lettuce and tomato. The patty was grilled nicely and loaded up with the fixings. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">The savory mushroom sauce was just thick enough to hold the mushrooms together without them slipping out of the burger. He polished it off in record time and helped his fiancee and me with finishing out respective burgers.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">There was a lot more of the savory rich mushroom sauce in this burger than Faye's and it miraculously kepted a huge pile of fried mushrooms and onions on top of the burger instead of your lap when you (barely) can get your mouth around it to take a bit. Mushroom awesomeness.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">My burger was a Stampede/fairground hybrid - </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><b>Deep Fried Mac ‘n Cheese Burger</b>: </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">One patty, cheddar, three deep fried mac n’ cheese wedges, Boogie’s signature red sauce, lettuce, tomato and onion. </span><br />
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Overall, a great funky and happening burger joint with tasty burgers and killer milkshakes. Off to work out as I have a wedding coming up.. cheating with Fat Elvis (and a Boogies Burger) was totally worth it lol!<br />
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<b>Boogies Burgers</b><br />
<b>Address </b>908 Edmonton Trl NE Calgary, AB T2E3K1<br />
Phone (403) 230-7070<br />
<b>Hours </b>Mon-Sat 11am-9pm, Sun noon-9pm<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The menu changes frequently as the chefs like experimenting. We ordered some of my family's favorites (that were still on the menu) as well as a couple new dishes. First to come out was <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><b>Steamed chicken in bamboo steamer</b>. This was interesting as the chicken is first seasoned and steamed in lotus leaves and then finished off by frying to crisp up the skin. The resulting hybrid cooked chicken was moist, flavorful and had a nice crispy skin. The lotus flavor was subtle with the frying, but the chicken was still very enjoyable.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love Chinese BBQ - its done so differently than the usual North American style BBQ and like all BBQ, its so freaking delicious! And when I have an opportunity to eat it, not passing it up! The <b>BBQ char sui</b> or BBQ pork glazed with honey was succulently moist and savory, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">while the BBQ duck was expertly seasoned and roasted to perfection. Nom!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The next course was the</span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><b>Tilapia in broth </b>which they're known for. A fresh tilapia is flash deep fried, then gently poached in a savory unami filled fish broth amidst garlic, ginger, diakon slices, green onions and cilantro.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Its served in a super cute vessel and the fish was cooked to perfection - crispy skin on the exterior and moist perfectly cooked fish that soaked up the savory gently seasoned broth like a sponge. Nom!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">The next dish out was the </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><b>Fried rice with soft shelled crab, pineapple and garlic</b>. This dish tied with the </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Tilapia in broth for best dish of the night. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Fluffy fried savory rice is mounded into a huge pyramid and is generously studded with baby scallops, grilled fresh pineapple, deep fried soft shell crab and super ridiculously tasty.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">The next dish was so we could get some vegetables in - a simple but well executed dish of <b>s</b></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><b>tirfried squid with vegetables</b> with notes of ginger and garlic.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Anyone that loved mustard loved the </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><b>Sizzling beef fillet in honey mustard sauce</b>. Pieces of tender beef sirloin is seared and swimming happily in an aromatic, slightly sweet grainy mustard sauce. Yum!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">For people that still had tummy room, the last dish was </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><b>Fried chow mein with seafood and vegetables</b>. The noodles were nice and crispy with plenty of sauce to go with all generous amount of scallops, shrimp, squid and vegetables</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">For dessert we ended the night with shot glasses filled with <b>mango tapioca pudding </b>studded with diced pieces of sweet fresh mango and sprinkled with a touch of cinnamon.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><b>the VERDICT</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><b>My Wonderful Kitchen</b></span></span><br />
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<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Its tucked away inside Westmount Mall's food court, and its not much to look at, but there's lots of folks that say its the best jerk chicken in the city, so had to try it out. Its usually packed on weekdays at lunch as the students from the neighbouring Ross Sheppard High School usually hike over to the food court at the mall for Nicki's poutine made with wedge fries and a ridiculous amount of gravy and shredded cheese… or Discovery Cafe where for under $10 you get a huge box of beans and rice, topped with a deeply seasoned and moist jerk chicken thigh and drumstick and a side salad. Its quiet in the evenings, and they do a brisk catering business too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The chicken is coated in plenty of secret seasonings.. I stopped trying to figure them out after a few minutes and just enjoyed the multitude of flavours from the jerk seasoning and the spicy heat slowly crept up on me whoooo! The chicken isn't BBQ'ed and strangely, you don't miss it, but man, this jerk chicken would be outta this world if the chicken was cooked on the grill. Maybe they do that when they cater on the weekends and its nice out. As is, there's lots of delish cooking juices that flavour the rice. The beans in the rice isn't the same type used in the Carribeans (mainly cuz for some reason they're not available here), but definitely reminded me of the cooking down in the islands.. makes me want to go for another cruise! Nom!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So if your'e in that part of town, stop by and you can have delicious jerk chicken year round. Mmmmm! Now I need some ginger beer to wash down the spiciness.</span><br />
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