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Joe Beef – Montreal – February 2020
Experience Rating 4.3/5 We had tried unsuccessfully for two years to get a reservation at Joe Beef, one of Montreal’s top-rated dining establishments and #2 on the Canada’s Top 100 list. Now, this said, it wasn’t like I was sitting by my tablet each month when the new reservation periods opened up. Rather, I…
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Biera – Edmonton – February 2020
Experience Rating 4.4/5 I had had my visit to Edmonton restaurant Biera circled on my calendar for weeks. After all, it’s one of the top-rated dining establishments in the city and currently sits at #61 on the Canada’s Top 100 restaurant list.
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Bรผndok – Edmonton – February 2020
Experience Rating ๎คด๎คด๎คด๎คด๎คด 4.7/5 On a snowy February night a group of colleagues and I trekked through downtown Edmonton in search of Bรผndok – one of the cities top rated restaurants. Located only a stones throw from beautiful Rogers Arena in the newly created “Ice District“, Bรผndok has received a lot of great hype since…
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Top 10 Foodie Must Reads
I know that there are a ton of “must read” and Top 10 book lists out there related to food and foodie culture, but I figured what’s the harm with throwing one more into the mix!
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Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar – Vancouver – February 2020
Experience Rating ๎คด๎คด๎คด๎คด๎คด 4.9/5 My recent trip to western Canada began with an on-board flight announcement congratulating Chef Roger Ma on his recent win at the Canadian Culinary Championships in Ottawa. Being a foodie, I was very excited just to be in the same general vicinity of such an accomplished chef, and was blown away…
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St. Lawrence – Vancouver – February 2020
Experience Rating: 5/5 On a recent seven day trip to Western Canada, I had the opportunity to visit St. Lawrence restaurant in Vancouver, British Columbia. Located in the popular Gastown district, St. Lawrence currently holds the #5 ranking on the 2019 list of Canada’s Top 100 Restaurants and has received several other accolades since…
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Dishing on Dishes
Will someone please tell me why I have not been shopping for dishes in antique shops before? Donโt get me wrong, I have spent many a rainy afternoon browsing the offerings of dusty, quaint, creaky floored antique stores. But for some strange reason I would always skip over the aisles or tables with the dishes,…
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Garde Manger – Montreal – November 2019
Experience Rating ๎คด๎คด๎คด๎คด๎คด 4.8/5 While on a quick foray to Quebec’s beautiful Eastern Townships in November, we had a chance to stop over in Montreal and visited the popular Garde Manger restaurant. The first thing I will say is that this place is tricky to find, but once you do, you’re in for a real…
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10-Day Ireland Foodie Adventure
When my wife first approached me about taking a trip to Ireland to celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary I thought, wow, that’s an expensive gift! However, after I got over the initial shock I said to myself, “hey, Ireland has Michelin-starred restaurants“, and I was all in. You see, although we have very high quality…
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Sophisticated Super Bowl Charcuterie
We’ve been thinking about putting this one together for a while now, and with the big game right around the corner we figured why not? Let’s do a “sophisticated” Super Bowl charcuterie specifically geared to sports fans and/or major sporting events. The idea was go beyond the normal pizza, chicken wings, and chips, and pull…