Posted in Asian, Home Cooking, Joyce, Recipe, Thai, Vietnamese, tagged Dipping Sauce, Marinate, recipe, Salad Dressing, spot prawns, Thai Inspired on June 9, 2020| 9 Comments »
Would you agree that condiment sometimes is just as important as the dish itself? In fact, sometimes the condiment makes or breaks a dish. One day, Mama Lam whipped up this dipping sauce for some roasted pork jowl. It was so good, and I knew I had to share the recipe. It’s acidic, savoury, with a bit of heat. It’s surprisingly refreshing, and reminds me of Thai or Vietnamese flavours. All it takes is 8 simple ingredients that you likely have at home all the time.
Posted in Culinary Events, Dinner, Food Bloggers, Joyce, Meat, Media Events, Restaurants, Steak, Taste of Yaletown, Vancouver, Vietnamese, Yaletown, tagged Banh Hoi, Canh Chua Ca, Cao Lanh, House Special, Lettuce Wrap, Media Event, Mekong Wonton, Pork Jowl, Prix Fixe, Talk Shop Media, Taste of Yaletown, Tenderloin, vietnamese, Wontons, Yaletown on October 20, 2017| 3 Comments »
I was invited to the menu preview of the 2017 Taste of Yaletown. Organized by the Yaletown BIA and similar to Dine Out Vancouver, participating restaurants in Yaletown are offering a $25, $35, or $45 menu until Oct 27. At the preview event, I got to sample the menus at two restaurants, one of which was House Special, serving Modern Vietnamese cuisine.
House Special offers a 4-course menu for $45. The first course was Mekong Wonton. Shrimp and monkfish mousse wontons were sitting in a sweet, sour and spicy tamarind seafood broth, which was inspired by a traditional Vietnamese dish Canh Chua Ca. It’s different from other types of Asian sweet and sour, or hot and sour soup. I could taste the sweet and sour combo from the tamarind but I was definitely caught by surprise when the pineapple flavour hit my palate. Being so familiar with the Chinese style wonton soup, this Vietnamese version was almost refreshing to me.
The second course was Caramelized Pork Jowl Banh Hoi, which is their take on a lettuce wrap but with endives. (more…)
Posted in Asian, Brunch, Cafe, Coffee, Culinary Events, Dine Out Vancouver, Italian, Joyce, Juice Bar, Neighbourhood Gem, Pizza, Pub, Vancouver, Vietnamese, tagged Brunch Crawl, Canoli, Darby's Public House, Dine Out Vancouver, Dine Out Vancouver 2015, Esmeralda Gesha, Huevos Rancheros, ice cream, Juice, Kitsilano, Krokodile Pear, Linh Cafe, Macarons, Momento Coffee, Novo Pizzeria, Rain or Shine Ice Cream, Spring Rolls, Vancouver Foodster on January 20, 2015| Leave a Comment »
During Dine Out time, there are a number of culinary events happening in the same two-week period, including the Brunch Crawl series put on by Vancouver Foodster. It’s similar to his series of Tasting Plates, except it happens on a weekend morning, perfect timing for brunch.
We were invited to check out the Kitsilano edition this past weekend. In 4 hours, we visited 6 restaurants in the neighbourhood:
The event started at Novo Pizzeria where we were served a trio including Arugula and Blood Orange Salad, Novo Breakfast Pizza & a Sicilian Canoli. Pizzas at Novo have always been great – this one was no exception, especially with the use of a sous vide quail egg on each slice. The canoli was light and flaky, with nutty flavour from the pistachios and citrus fragrant note from the orange blossom water and citrus essence.
Next, we beat the football fans and made our way to Darby’s Public House, a popular pub in the neighbourhood. They served a generous portion of their brunch items: Half an Eggs Benedict, Hangover Hash and Mini Huevos Rancheros. The poached eggs were perfectly cooked, with runny yolks bringing everything together. Although I’m not particularly interested in Mexican food, I found myself enjoying the Huevos Rancheros with the subtle heat in the jalapeno ginger sauce. A fried egg would have worked well but poached egg was just fine.
Then, a coffee stop at Momento Coffee. (more…)
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