Photograph from me HUNGRY! File this under "Posts I Should Not Read On an Empty Stomach": a round up of 12 poutines in 12 days in Vancouver, eaten by Phyllis and her husband Kris of me HUNGRY! during their trip from New York. The poutines are scored under four characteristics—fries, gravy, cheese, and overall balance—on a scale of 40 points. They found the best poutine at Brado Pizza, run by a former resident of Montreal (the birthplace of poutine) who brought his love of poutine to Vancouver five years ago. "Everything was perfectly seasoned and the proportions were right on," Phyllis says. At the end of the post, Phyllis shares information on where to buy cheese curds and poutine mix,...
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In anticipation of Where the Wild Things Are, the Spike Jonze-directed film adapting Maurice Sendak's children's book that will be released in theaters this October, this cake honors Moishe, the yellow-eyed monster from the story. Coco Cake Boutique in Vancouver baked the chocolate base and topped it with peppermint buttercream and fondant. Otherwise, it's just another cute cake with a face on it. [via We Love You So] Related Ace of Cakes' 'Lost' Cake Photo of the Day: Panda Head Cake [SENY] In Videos: Trailer for 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs'...
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If you plan on visiting "Canada's new culinary capital" on your own and want to eat well, check out Portfolio.com's recommendations for where to dine alone in Vancouver, mostly featuring restaurants with bar seating or large communal tables....
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The staff at the Vancouver Four Seasons have been known stock VIP suites with chocolate-coated vanilla and smoked Hawaiian sea salt caramels and Earl Grey and blue cornflower bon bons from favorite local chocolatier Thomas Haas (the hotel's former pastry chef). Guests can also call down to the concierge to arrange an "Urban Bites" culinary tour of the Canadian city, which leads through the dim sum parlors of Chinatown and the local produce markets on Granville Island before making a final stop at Haas's headquarters in North Vancouver. Alternatively, industrious chocolate fiends can their own way around Vancouver, where the mild Pacific Coastal climate is incredibly inviting to chocolatiers. A few places to consider:...
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Cauliflower is a pretty unpopular vegetable, isn't it? I'm not a huge fan (possibly because of the cauliflower and ketchup pasta I was subjected to as a kid), and I'm not alone, due in no small part to the fact that most people boil it to death. Take that same cauliflower, deep-fry it, and serve it in sandwich form, like they do at Nuba, in downtown Vancouver, and you may see a lot more converts....
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While most people wouldn't think of a hot dog as a sandwich, Merriam-Webster defines a sandwich as "two or more slices of bread, or a split roll, having a filling in between." So a hot dog, in a bun, according to the dictionary is in fact a sandwich. Put that same hot dog in a bun and top it with ingredients normally found in a sushi restaurant, and you've got a Serious Sandwich. Or, as it's called in downtown Vancouver, a Japadog. Open for almost two years, Japadog is exactly the kind of hot dog stand you'd expect in Vancouver, where the population is almost one-third Asian. In a lot of ways, it's like your typical downtown hot dog...
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When we visited Vancouver a couple of years ago we had a series of good not great meals in what is supposed to be a great food city. The best meal we had there was at Vij's 1480 W. 11th Avenue (604-736-6664), which melds Indian flavors, herbs and spices into an original contemporary cooking style. I hadn't thought about Vij's in awhile, but Sara Dickerman's piece about Vancouver's Indian food in last Sunday's New York Times reminded me that I wish Vij's was located in New York. The closest thing to Vij's in New York is the Bread Bar at Tabla. So if you're not going to Vancouver any time soon, hit the Bread Bar....
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