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March 9, 2010 at 6:52 pm · Filed under Keith Talent, Restaurant News
Which is to say I took a day trip recently. Lunch at Le Pichet, then a late dinner at Delancey. Both were good to excellent, but the real revelation was the location of second lunch, (or first dinner depending how you want to look at it.) We went to Basque pintxos bar Txori around five, theoretically for a snack and drink, in reality we pretty much consumed the whole menu and had many drinks. What an exciting restaurant. Every single dish without fail was executed to a level you’d expect from West or Lumiere, but using honest simple technique and fast food dollar menu pricing. The cooking was at a level we are not used to here. Gone were pretense and showmanship all too evident in Vancouver, replaced by a real sense of wanting to please.
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March 8, 2010 at 3:42 pm · Filed under Keith Talent
Only if you have a thirst for a vaguely Tarantino-esque bit of Ad Busters inspired agit-pop that is. Heavy on food and restaurant brands, it is interesting how much of what keeps us alive is readily identifiable as a corporate property. Or may be not, maybe it’s just a colourful animated short Starring Ronald McDonald. Anyway sit and enjoy.
~KT
February 27, 2010 at 2:08 pm · Filed under Keith Talent, Restaurant News
Image courtesy Edible Geography
What else are you going to do on a rainy Saturday with Olympic fatigue in full bloom, go fight the crowds at Live City again? Hell no, get a drink and check out these recent lists. First we have Fifty Things You May Not of Known About Nigella, and yes, it’s the most vapid trivia you could possibly imagine. If you are looking for something with a little more substance, the always superb Jonathan Gold puts together a list of 99 things to eat in Los Angeles before you expire. When you’re done there, head off to Serious Eats for a list of their ten most popular stories of the week that was.
There will be a quiz on Monday morning.
~KT
February 19, 2010 at 5:37 pm · Filed under 2010 Olympics, Keith Talent
Mmm mmm good.
Due to Ukrainian heritage (yes we self identify as Ukrainians, I’m not certain DNA testing would prove much outside of “random eastern European decent”, there hasn’t been anyone born there in five generations at least.) We decided to check out Ukrainian House.
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February 10, 2010 at 4:37 pm · Filed under 2010 Olympics, Keith Talent, Restaurant News
What could be more Canadian than the above headline? Nothing, that’s what, unless Don Cherry dressed as a beaver while eating a beer flavoured Timbit. On that note we attended the media opening of Molson Canadian Hockey House today. If it’s always been your dream to watch Olympic hockey in a big tent decorated to resemble the third nicest CFD chain in Abbotsford, while drinking terrible beer you are going to love Molson’s self described “cathedral to hockey”. If you stump for a VIP pass, at only $450 you get to eat food catered by famous Canadian chef Wolfgang Puck. (The irony of the caterer section is so rich in light of the brand of Molson’s largest product line that it defies belief. Maybe their prime criteria was someone with a hockey-centric last name.) It’s hard to believe they had to slash ticket prices to attract the punters with all that on offer. You do get free nightly concerts though. There’s no info on the website as to how much tickets are to an area where you don’t have to hear The Barenaked Ladies however.
~KT
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