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Beer & Pizza at Field House Brewing, Abbotsford

Posted in Abbotsford, Beer, Brewery, Joyce, Lower Mainland, Lunch, Outdoor Dining, Patio, Pizza, Restaurants, tagged COVID-19 Measures, Double IPA, East Abbotsford, Field House Brewing, Porter, Saison, sour beer on September 16, 2020| Leave a Comment »

On one of Papa Lam’s days off, we took the family out to the Fraser Valley for a day of fun. One of the stops was Field House Brewing. We’ve had Field House’s beers a number of times now, and it’s often a booth we’d stop by at any beer festival, but this was our first time visiting the East Abbotsford brewery on location.

Field House has a covered patio and beer lawn where they serve up their tasty brews and food featuring local ingredients and produce from their own Field House Farm. You can book a table online for the covered patio, but the beer lawn is on a first-come, first-served basis. It’s a nice day out so we took a risk for a spot on the beer lawn. It was a non-holiday Monday but it’s still busy. Luckily for us, we managed to grab the last table available and we settled down for lunch.

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[Travel] Cuckoo Trattoria & Pizzeria, Coombs BC

Posted in Bread, Italian, Joyce, Lunch, Pasta, Pizza, Restaurants, Travel, Vancouver Island, tagged Coombs, Country Market, Cuckoo Italian Restaurant, ExploreBC, ExploreVancouverIsland, Goats on the Roof, Hats, Pasta, Pizza, Spaghetti Carbonara, Travel, Vancouver Island on August 31, 2017| Leave a Comment »

If you are asking for suggestions around Mid Vancouver Island, almost everyone would tell you about this little town named Coombs. According to Wikipedia, the town of Coombs has a population of 1,300+ but they welcome thousands and thousands of visitors every year. So what’s there?

The biggest draw is definitely the Old Country Market, better known as the Goats on the Roof Market. Namely, there are living goats on the roof! We were lucky to see a few of them grazing and chilling on the roof.

Inside, it’s a giant grocery store/market. A lot of local and imported food products, as well as a deli/food counter. I have picked up some candied smoked salmon jerky there and they were very good. And best find at the market? Mr. found a Panama Hat that fits his gigantic head, and I scored a $5 Sun Hat!

Mr. and I with our new hats

While we were there, we had lunch at the Cuckoo Trattoria Italian Restaurant next door. It has a good selection of pasta and pizza dishes. (more…)

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[VanFoodies eat Okanagan] Hester Creek: Terrafina, The Villa & the Winery

Posted in Breakfast, Dinner, Great Views, Italian, Joyce, Okanagan, Outdoor Dining, Pasta, Pizza, Restaurants, Tasting Room, Travel, Wine Series, Winery Dining, tagged B&B, BC wines, Bed & Breakfast, Beef Carpaccio, Beignet, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Merlot, Character Red, Golden Mile Bench, Hester Creek Estate Winery, Hotel, Okanagan, Oliver, Pizza, Route 97, Semifreddo, Terrafina Restaurant, The Villa at Hester Creek, Thompson Okanagan, Vesuvio, Wagyu Carpaccio, Wine, Wine Tasting, Winery on July 21, 2016| 9 Comments »

For the Canada Day long weekend, Mr. and I went to the Okanagan with Bryan and Kathryn. Last year, we received a certificate for a two-night stay at The Villa at Hester Creek Estate Winery, so we took the opportunity to spoil ourselves on this getaway.

Terrafina Restaurant

During our stay, Mr. and I also had dinner at the Terrafina Restaurant at Hester Creek.

To start, we shared the Wagyu Beef Carpaccio. There was so much on the plate you can barely see the thinly sliced wagyu beef. The flavour combination was quite typical — capers, parmesan, arugula, aioli — what came as a pleasant surprise was the little sprouts sprinkled on top. They gave a slight crunch, an earthy note, which brought a new dimension of flavour.

Mr. ordered the Ricotta & Confit Duck Pizza. It’s, interesting.

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[Dine Out Vancouver 2016] Gastown Brunch Crawl #BrunchCrawlsYVR

Posted in Baked Goods, Brunch, Culinary Events, Dine Out Vancouver, Healthy Eating, Joyce, Pizza, Salad, Tea, Vancouver, Vegan, tagged #BrunchCrawlsYVR, #DOVF, Bao, Bao Down, Brunch Crawl, Dine Out Vancouver, Dine Out Vancouver 2016, Eggs Benedict, gastown, Gluten Free, Pizza, Prado Cafe, Rodney's Oyster House, Smallflower Cafe & Bakeshop, The Birds & The beets, The Capilano Tea House, Vancouver Foodster, Vegan, Zero Zero Pizzeria on January 20, 2016| 2 Comments »

This past weekend, we were invited to go to the Brunch Crawls as part of the Dine Out Vancouver festivities. Put on by Richard the Vancouver Foodster. The first of the brunch crawl series was in Gastown.

Gastown Brunch Crawl

In 4 hours, Mr. and I checked out 7 different spots in Gastown:

Prado Cafe
Zero Zero Pizzeria
The Capilano
The Birds & The Beets / Grain
Rodney’s Oyster House
Bao Down
Smallflower Cafe & Bakeshop

The crawl started with a cup of hand-crafted coffee at Prado Cafe. There were a few choices and we ordered an Americano and Flat White.

Almost right next door was Zero Zero Pizzeria. The portion was quite generous here. We had two options, including the pizzetta flatbread, but also a new topping combination that wasn’t even available on the regular menu yet!

A couple of streets over we got to the new Capilano Tea House. They will officially open their door on February 1, so we basically got a sneak preview.

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Are you up for the #PanagoChallenge and win pizzas for a year?!

Posted in Contests, Dinner, Group Dinner, Joyce, News, Pizza, Product Reviews, tagged #PanagoChallenge, contest, Panago Pizza, Pizza, Pizza Party on November 5, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Pizzas, beer and board games – how can you go wrong with that? Courtesy of Panago Pizza, Mr. and I threw a pizza party and hosted 6 other friends last weekend.

Panago is currently featuring six fall pizza flavours, and lucky for us, we got to try each one of them:

Deluxe Tropical Hawaiian #dlxtropicalhawaiian
Sweet + smoky tropical sauce, bacon, extra Canadian ham, extra pineapple, mozzarella + cheddar

Steak Mushroom Melt #steakmushroommelt
Cheezy cheddar sauce, steak, bacon, sauteed mushrooms, mozzarella + cheddar

Chicken Club #chickenclub
Jalapeno white sauce, grilled chicken, Canadian ham, bacon, tomatoes + mozzarella

Chipotle Chicken #chipotlechicken
Chipotle cilantro sauce, grilled chicken, roasted corn medley seasoned with onion, red + green peppers, topped with mozzarella + cheddar

BBQ Chicken #bbqchicken
BBQ sauce, grilled chicken, bacon, caramelized onions, red peppers, mozzarella + cheddar

Veggie Mediterranean #veggiemed
Fresh passata tomato sauce, fire-roasted tomatoes, kalamata olives, red peppers, baby spinach leaves, red onions, feta cheese + mozzarella