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[London, UK] Sunday Roast at Hawksmoor Spitalfields

Posted in Joyce, London, Lunch, Meat, Restaurants, Steak, Steakhouse, Travel, United Kingdom, tagged Bone Marrow, England, Hawksmoor Steakhouse, London, Roast Beef, Spitalfields, Steakhouse, Sunday Roast, United Kingdom, Yorkshire Pudding on November 28, 2023| Leave a Comment »

When we were in London, Mr. really wanted a Sunday Roast, so a friend living in the UK suggested that we check out Hawksmoor, a steakhouse with multiple locations in the UK as well in the US. Since our hotel was close to the Spitalfields location, that’s where we ended up.

For £27 per person, we got this beautiful plate of slow roast rump cooked to a perfect medium pink (you have a choice of pink or well done), and it comes with crispy beef dripping roast potatoes, the biggest Yorkshire pudding I’ve ever seen, carrots, greens, roasted garlic and a luscious bone marrow and onion gravy.

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Inside the New MONZO Burger in Downtown Vancouver

Posted in American, Burger, Casual, Downtown Vancouver, Fast Food, Italian, Joyce, Meat, News, Restaurants, Sandwiches, Vancouver, tagged Announcement, burger, Cheeseburger, Downtown Vancouver, MONZO Burger, New Restaurant, Paninaro, Vancouver House on September 8, 2023| Leave a Comment »

MONZO Burger, the latest concept from Kitchen Table Restaurants (Ask For Luigi, Di Beppe, Pizzeria Farina, etc.), is set to open its doors in downtown Vancouver on September 9, 2023, across from Linh Cafe at the Vancouver House. I was among one of the first to try its menu and take a look inside.

The new concept draws its inspiration from the Italian Paninaro, a subculture that was born in the early 1980s in Milan. Known for their distinctive fashion sense that combined luxury labels with sportswear brands, these carefree affluent youth spent their days socializing at panino bars and newly emerging American-style fast food restaurants. And MONZO is a modern interpretation of these attitudes., delivering a one-of-a-kind experience where food, fashion and culture intersect.

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[Roundup] My 10 Favourite Bites/Sips in 2022

Posted in Asian, Beer, Bistro, Brewery, Burger, Canadian, Casual, Chinese, Dessert, Dinner, Favourites, French, Fried, Fusion, Hotpot, Indian, Italian, Japanese, Joyce, Lower Mainland, Meat, Michelin Guide, Neighbourhood Gem, No Reservation, Pasta, Portland, Restaurants, Roundup, Surrey, Sushi, U.S., Vancouver, Vancouver Island, West Coast, tagged 2022 Recap, 2022 Review, Bar Susu, Bluefin Tuna, burger, Butter Chicken, Cascade Brewing, Clove - The Art of Dining, Commercial Drive, craft beer, Durian, Extreme Eatery, Fresh Pasta, Frog Legs, Hei Hei Rice Roll, Hotpot, Linh Cafe, New Mandarin Seafood Restaurant, Oca Pastificio, Parksville, Portland, Rice Rolls, Roundup, surrey, Sushi Hil, tandoori chicken, Tortelli, Yushang Hotpot on January 3, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Hello 2023!! 2022 is a wrap and there’s so much to be grateful for and to celebrate. With things returning to a new normal, I had the pleasure of discovering a lot of new places last year. Many are worthy a repeat visit and of them all, here are my 10 favourite bites/sips. Now keep in mind this list is about the specific item listed, because one can’t possibly like everything at every single place. These dishes just really stood out for me. Interestingly, only a couple of these places were hosted tastings. The rest were paid out of our own pockets. Also remember, restaurants rotate their menu on a regular basis so what I had listed here may not be available anymore (and I will try my best to specify below), but I’m sure you would find something you like if you decide to visit these restaurants sometime soon.

And without further ado, in no particular order, here are the 10 items:

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[Travel] Dinner at the Naramata Inn – Add To Your Must-Visit Okanagan List!

Posted in Canadian, Dinner, Eat Local, Favourites, Fine dining, Hotel Dining, Joyce, Meat, Okanagan, Restaurants, Seafood, Travel, West Coast, Winery Dining, tagged beef tartare, duck breast, halibut, Naramata, Naramata Inn, Ned Bell, Okanagan, Recommendation, scallops, Thompson Okanagan, Wine Pairing on July 6, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Whenever we go on our winecation with our friends B&K, we always include a “fancy night out” with a wine dinner at one of the restaurants in the area. For our trip in June, I had my eyes on the 112-year-old Naramata Inn.

Two years ago, famed Canadian chef and Okanagan-born Ned Bell, his wife Kate Colley, and two business partners have taken over Naramata Inn and breathed new life into this heritage building. Naturally, the kitchen is led by Ned, who is no stranger to the Vancouver restaurant scene and local foodies. The menu is all about fresh, local, seasonal ingredients, and quality is basically guaranteed. And with that, it’s been on my radar ever since and now was the perfect time to dine there.

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The menu is a prix fixe 2-course or 3-course menu, and we all opted for 2 courses.

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[Recipe] 5-Ingredient Instant Pot Salt Baked Chicken 高壓鍋鹽焗龍崗雞食譜

Posted in Dinner, Home Cooking, Joyce, Lunch, Meat, Recipe, tagged Asian Chickens, BC Chicken, BC Chicken Marketing Board, Chinese Food, 食譜, 鹽焗雞, 龍崗雞, Loong Kong Chicken, Mama Lam, recipe, Wingtat Game Bird Packers on May 5, 2022| Leave a Comment »

My family and I love steamed whole chicken and our go-to is always Loong Kong Chicken 龍崗雞, part of the specialty Asian chickens raised right here in British Columbia. We just find Asian chickens more suitable for our style of cooking, when we tend to cook more Asian-inspired dishes. If you remember, last year I shared a recipe of Steamed Chicken with Spicy Green Onion Broth and it’s one of my favourite ways of how Mama Lam steams a whole chicken. The chicken is tender and flavourful, and it’s even better overnight as leftovers.

Did you know?
All BC chickens raised for their meat are allowed to roam in the barns and are considered “free run.” Also, no hormones or steroids are fed to BC chickens.

Recently, we have discovered steaming chicken in an Instant Pot or any pressure cooker. The meat is juicier and more moist, and it frees up a spot on the stove top. This would be especially beneficial come this summer if we experience yet another heat wave; it will take the heat off cooking on a stove top while still enjoying some delicious steamed chicken.

One of the chicken dishes I sometimes miss is Salt Baked Chicken 鹽焗雞. I have always loved the complex flavours on the chicken despite its deceivingly plain appearance. It’s also not something you often find at restaurants these days. So Mama Lam has come up with an easy recipe to create something similar using Instant Pot. It only takes 8 minutes inside the pressure cooker, 30 minutes if you include the building up and releasing of pressure. And the best of all, there are only 5 ingredients in this recipe and they are all pantry staples!