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From the monthly archives:

May 2009

Delicious Chicken Soup Book Giveaway

by paulkamon 05.30.2009

The first person to correctly name all of the establishments inside this post will win a copy of Chef Andrey Durbach’s “Delicious Chicken Soup“, signed by both Chef Durbach and illustrator, Robert Chaplin.
Good luck! ~ PK

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I Like to Eat Cats

by paulkamon 05.29.2009

I married an American woman with family roots in the Deep South, so eating catfish has become a regular craving and dining ritual whenever we find ourselves south of the 40th parallel. Having missed our annual migration this year, our appetite for catfish was starting to get rather acute. Luckily, we found out the new [...]

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I Hit The Trifecta

by Keith Talent 05.28.2009

Last night we went to a friends for dinner and we had filetto di cavallo courtesy of Columbus Meat Market. Chevaline in French, horse meat in English. Clearly the marketers need to take a play from the book of goat or squid marketers and re-brand the product in a foreign tongue, just as cabrillo or [...]

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Urban Diner Book Club – White Heat

by Keith Talent 05.26.2009

(Sorry, I realize the image has nothing to do with the post outside sharing a name, but it was too excellent not to use. I’ll try to ensure pictures link up with text more fully in the future.)
Marco Pierre White’s cult classic cook book/porno mag has been re-released in softcover. After selling for triple digits [...]

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Blind Tasting Review: 2007 Morning Bay Pinot Gris

by paulkamon 05.26.2009

I have been playing a wine game with restaurant sommeliers and wine nerds across town where I show up with a mystery bottle and ask them to review it blind.  By not knowing what the wine is or who represents it, hopefully, an honest-no-bs-review is achieved. ~ PK
Come inside and read the review of our [...]

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UD Pictorial: Patio Season Part 1

by paulkamon 05.26.2009

The sun is shining and everything is fine, fine, fine.

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Absinthe of Malice

by Simon Ogden 05.26.2009

You know what I love about Absinthe? Besides the delicious bang for your buck, I mean. I love the marketing. Absinthe distributors have found themselves with a perfect storm of sexy imaging and street cred courtesy of the mythological background of their product, and boy-oh-boy are they taking advantage of it. To get the same [...]

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Open Table Rocks IPO

by Keith Talent 05.22.2009

Open Table, the San Francisco based web-servation site thrilled investors like a well made xiao long bao tickles me in its initial public offering on Thursday. Shares closed the day up 59.5% at $31.89 after being offered at $20.00. It’s like 1998 all over again, marginally useful websites getting attention like a stripper at a [...]

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Hit & Run – Weekend Edition

by Keith Talent 05.22.2009

It feels like the start to a lazy weekend, so this edition of Hit & run will be too. Stick around and discover a few new(ish) Richmond spots, be the first on your block to know about the new Thomas Keller book and take a peek in our fridge.

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Photo of the Day: Dining on the Great Wall

by paulkamon 05.22.2009

Now that’s what I call a patio! In April of this year, Culinary Capers Bejing (a division of Culinary Capers Catering) served a four-course meal to 120 guests on the Great Wall of China.
A snippet of what was served:
For the first course, servers poured long pepper duck consommé tableside from tea pots around a duck [...]

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Le Marrakech is Closed?

by paulkamon 05.22.2009

Locked up tight for the last few nights without notice and a disconnected phone are always bad signs for a restaurant. Is Le Marrakech Moroccan Bistro in Gastown the lasted casualty to fall away in the never-ending quest to put bums in seats?
Thanks to Stephen for the tip. ~ PK

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PR Main Course

by paulkamon 05.21.2009

Maenam Restaurant opens this Friday, May 22nd; A charity dinner at Polderside Farms to benefit the SPCA; Tinhorn Creek Vineyard hosts outdoor concerts all summer long; Salt Tasting Room welcomes winemaking duos from Spain and Naramata; West Restaurant opens for weekday brunch; Elixr launches a fresh, classic French menu; Stephane Tissot Wines at db Bistro.

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