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Nando?s in Coppersmith, Richmond
2011-11-24 16:00:00
Nanzaro and I had lunch at Nando's on a Sunday afternoon. Arkensen was doing his homework and he asked for take out for his lunch. The Nando's that we visited is the one in Coppersmith, where Canadian Tire is. There are plenty of parking here.
More About: Fast Food , Richmond

The Secret Garden Tea in Kerrisdale, Vancouver
2011-11-22 16:00:00
Polly and I met again for our sweet treats. We went to the Secret Garden Tea in Kerrisdale, Vancouver . The Secret Garden Tea Company is a family-owned business run by sisters-in-law Kathy and Erin Wyder. It was established in 1995, inspired by Kathy's grandmother, Gammy Bentail.
More About: Dessert , Cake

Cattle Hot Pot Restaurant in Alexandra Road, Richmond
2011-11-20 16:00:00
It's another weekend dining out with my kids alone. This time, Arkensen refused to come out with us. So, it's just Nanzaro and me.
More About: Restaurant , Richmond , Southern , Road , Cantonese

Kam Gok Yuen in Chinatown, Vancouver
2011-11-18 16:00:00
When Lorna and I went to Chinatown Vancouver to buy red dates, we did a little exploration of Chinatown. It was a nice sunny fall day. The Vancouver Chinatown Millennium Gate is the most prominent structure in Chinatown. Lorna told me that the Chinese characters on the gate was written by a famous calligrapher whose is a friend of her.
More About: Southern , Cantonese

Red Dates (Jujube)
2011-11-16 16:00:00
When I was doing my groceries shopping at Langley Farm Market, I saw something new to me. It's labeled as winter dates (in English). I bought some to try. The winter date is just 99cents per pound. I think they are fresh red dates because they tasted like dried red dates but in a milder version. Red dates are also known as Jujube. I noticed that the more brown they are, the sweeter they are.
More About: Dates

Murchie?s Tea & Coffee in Richmond Automall
2011-11-14 16:00:00
Polly brought me to Murchie's Tea & Coffee in the Richmond Automall for our ladies' meet. I have no idea that such a place exist as I only go to the ring road in the automall. Murchies' Tea & Coffee is located in the Crestwood Commerce Center across the Lexus dealership. It is next to the Boston Pizza.
More About: Dessert , Soup , Deli

Pho Boi, A Taste of Vietnam on No.5 Road in Richmond
2011-11-11 16:00:00
I decided to visit the newest Vietnam ese restaurant in Richmond for lunch on a Saturday. Most importantly, the boys agreed to the idea. I am still in the search of dry mix Vietnamese noodle with lots of fried shallot and brown sauce. The latest addition to the many Vietnamese restaurants in Richmond is Pho Bou, A Taste of Vietname on No. 5 Road which took over the location of Red Mirchi recently. As you can see this restaurant is big.

Aberdeen Food Court in Richmond
2011-11-09 16:00:00
Finally, Lorna, Emily, Marian and me were able to meet up to celebrate the September girl's birthday. We met up at Aberdeen Food Court since the birthday girl has not been to Aberdeen Food Court before and had expressed her wish to go there. Emily also brought a friend to join us.
More About: Richmond

Hollywood Steak House on Leslie Road, revisited
2011-11-07 16:00:00
It's always a nightmare to find a parking spot in any eatery in Richmond during the weekend. I was rounding from one restaurant to another and finally found a parking spot at Hollywood Steak House . We had blogged about Hollywood Steak House in 2007. It's time for a revisit.
More About: Hong Kong

Weekend Musings: Great Ideas
2011-11-05 15:00:00
Here is another interesting email that a friend shared with me that I like to share with chowtimes readers.
More About: Ideas , Musings , Great , Weekend

Butternut Squash Gratin with Parmesan Sage Breadcrumbs
2011-11-03 15:00:00
The second dish which Minoo prepared from the Vancouver Sun was Butternut Squah Gratin with Parmesan Sage Breadcrumbs. It''s in season now. Winter squash is a good source of fiber, vitamin C, manganese, magnesium and potassium. It is also an excellent source of Vitamin A and E. This casserole dish is tender, crisp, sweet and savoury. It is a great dish for potluck.
More About: Recipe , Casserole , Squash

Lentil, Barley and Brown Rice Salad with Dates and Feta
2011-11-01 15:00:00
Minoo prepared three recipes for the Gilmore Park Church community kitchen. Two of the recipes were taken from Vancouver Sun. The recipes include a Lentil, Barley and Brown Rice Salad with Dates and Feta, a Butternut Squash Gratin with Parmesan Sage Breadcrumbs and a Ginger Pumpkin Muffin recipe.
More About: Recipe

Weekend Musings: 13 Hilarious Dog Costumes for Halloween
2011-10-30 15:00:00
A friend sent me an email of 13 hilarious dog costumes just in time for Halloween. Happy Halloween to chowtimes readers. [caption id="attachment_46804" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="A tiger dog"][/caption]
More About: Hilarious , Musings , Weekend

Danny?s Market, corner of Garden City & Francis, Richmond
2011-10-28 16:00:00
It was a gloomy and showery fall Saturday. The boys do not want to go out to eat. Moreover, there is a hockey game at 1:00PM.
More About: Garden , Market , Indian , Pizza , Danny

City Blends Coffee in Mission
2011-10-26 16:00:00
Complete Disclosure: We knew the owner of this cafe and some of the food and drink are complimentary. But most of them were paid.
More About: Coffee , Dessert , Cake , Soup , City

Macau Vanilla Custard Tart
2011-10-24 16:00:00
Complete Disclosure: This post is based on a complimentary newly published book for review. These Macau Vanilla Custard Tart are wonderful treats for tea time. The aroma of vanilla perfumed the whole kitchen when these were baked in the oven. This recipe is from a new culinary and traveloque book by Mary Kate Tate and Nate Tate called Feeding the Dragon. We get a lot of newly published books for review offer but I normally decline the offer. But this book caught my eye because it's a traveloque through China.
More About: Recipe , Dessert , Cookbooks

Weekend Musings: The Art of Tree Shaping
2011-10-22 16:00:00
This is another interesting email that I received from a friend that I would love to share with chowtimes readers. I admire the passion and patience of the artist who shape the tree into indoor furniture and living art. Peter and Becky of Australia have mastered the art of Tree Shaping.
More About: Musings , Weekend

Chiffon Patisserie on West Broadway, Vancouver
2011-10-20 16:00:00
When I accompanied Ben to apply his Chinese visa, we came across this Chiffon Patisserie on West Broadway on our way back. It look like a good candidate for my cake meet with Polly.
More About: Vancouver , Dessert , Soup

Flo Tea Room in Richmond
2011-10-18 16:00:00
When Marian, Emily, Lorna and me had a meet up at the Yuemicka Noodle House which ended up to celebrate Marian's birthday, we vouched to get together again for the next birthday among us. September is Emily's birthday. I tried to organize a lunch since mid September but we just cant have a date that suit all. After several dates being postponed, Marian finally suggested that we get together first without the birthday girl and organized another meet up for Emily's birthday. So, Marian, Lorna and me met up at Flo Tea Room in Richmond .
More About: Hong Kong , Taiwanese

Weekend Musings: Amazing Vegetable Art
2011-10-16 16:00:00
A friend sent me some amazing vegetable art. I would like to share them with you. Enjoy and have a wonderful weekend.
More About: Musings , Vegetable , Weekend , Amazing

Pho 78 Vietnamese Restaurant on No. 3 Road, Richmond
2011-10-14 16:00:00
I was craving for Vietnamese dry mix noodles with lots of shallots and sweetish soy sauce. So, I got the boys to agree to go to Pho Lan for lunch. However, I'm not sure if Pho Lan has that dish or not. Anyone has suggestion of where can I this the dish? Anyway, when we arrived at Pho Lan's parking lot, it's full. So, we tried to park at the Richmond Center parking lot and walk over. Just becareful not to be caught doing that. Unfortunately, the parking lot is full too despite it's size. So, I have no choice to find another Vietnamese restaurant.
More About: Restaurant , Road

49th Parallel Coffee Roasters Cafe on W4th Ave, Vancouver
2011-10-12 16:00:00
With the kids back to school, Polly and I resumed our ladies meet. Polly suggested 49th Parallel Coffee Roasters Cafe from a Chinese magazine that she came across. 49th Parallel Coffee Roasters Cafe is located on 2152 West 4th Avenue, Vancouver . Polly likes this trendy neighbourhood.
More About: Dessert , Soup

Applepalooza 2011
2011-10-10 16:00:00
Happy Thanksgiving to all Canadian readers. Canadian Thanksgiving was instituted in 1957 by the Canadian Parliament as a day of general thanksgiving for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed. This post is about the celebration of the harvest of apples. The second annual Applepalooza took place at the Gilbert Road Community Garden at the south end of Gilbert Road and Dyke Road. This is also the location for the South Dyke Sharing Farm where the apple orchard is. It was a bright sunny fall day which was a blessing.

Oatmeal Blueberry Muffin
2011-10-06 16:00:00
Mary requested for a recipe of blueberry muffin. Minoo has many blueberry muffin recipes but this recipe that Minoo shared is one she has never try before. She likes that there is oatmeal in this recipe.
More About: Recipe , Muffin , Oatmeal

Sesame Green Beans
2011-10-05 16:00:00
Minoo prepared a second side dish to go with the pasta. This week's recipes were mostly vegetables which is a good thing. The Sesame Green Beans are aromatic with sesame oil and the sesame seeds add nuttiness and texture to this simple stir fry vegetable dish.
More About: Recipe

Kuo Hua: An All-Taiwanese Supermarket
2011-01-20 05:26:00
After trying for the first time in my life Ba Wan in Yuen-Yuen, Suanne and I decided to drop by Kuo Hua on the way back home. We wanted to come here to but pre-packaged Ba Wan to try at home. It was 4SlicesofCheese who told us that Kuo Hua carries it in the new refrigeration sections that they had installed. I don?t think many people who doesn?t live in Richmond knows about Kuo Hua. I could be wrong. This is even though they are located on No 3 Road just next to the Real Canadian Superstore. Kuo Hua is one of many Asian supermarkets in Richmond. Can you name all of them? Let me try: T&T in President Plaza: Undoubtedly the most well-known of all supermarkets which had recently been sold to the Real Canadian Superstore Osaka in Yaohan Center: Affiliated with T&T; it?s like T&T with a Japanese twist. Rice World on Garden City: Mostly products from Mainland China Big Crazy on No 3 Road: Mostly products from Mainland China There are many smaller ones like Supermarke...
More About: Taiwanese

Yuen-Yuen Cafe: Ba Wan and Other Taiwanese Food
2011-01-19 16:32:00
In the past couple of months we had quite a bit of attention put on Hong Kong Style Cafe s, Malaysian Cuisine and Filipino Cuisine. I think I had neglected Chinese Cuisine somewhat but I think it will pick up again next month when I set my focus on getting the 8GTCC project going again. But there is one cuisine I am not very familiar with and it is the Taiwanese cuisine. This is despite that we had 41 dine out posts categorized under the Taiwanese keyword. Quite a lot isn?t it? My curiosity was piqued last weekend when Suanne blogged about a dish she learned from the Richmond Community Kitchen called Ba Wan (link here). I had never heard of that dish before ? not even after blogging on 41 Taiwanese restaurant. What caught me by surprised is the reactions from readers on that post. We often get dozens of comments for restaurant posts but recipe posts doesn?t draw nearly as many comments. On a very good day, it will draw about 5 comments but the post on Ba Wan drew 20 comments. So I...
More About: Food , Vancouver

New Town Bakery and Restaurant in Chinatown, Vancouver
2011-01-18 17:43:00
It seems that calling this restaurant sketchy and dodgy did not deter some of us from showing up for this impromptu chowdown. I made sure that I set the expectations clearly up front with those who responded to my call to join Suanne and I for lunch in the New Town Restaurant in Chinatown . I did not want people to look at me funny for choosing a place like this. I am saying this because I was once here some years ago when I saw needles in the washroom. We also came here after our lunch at Maxim?s to buy some buns and we noticed that some of their customers were down and out (if you know what I mean). So that formed an impression in me that this is not exactly a family restaurant. To me I am no snob when it comes to food. I will go where there is something to learn about even if the food is nothing great. Sorry you gotta take this blog as it is ? warts and all. I don?t usually got to fancy schmancy places. I am just fascinated with the New Town Bakery and Restaurant because it...
More About: Hong Kong , Vancouver

Meat and Bread: Bakkwa and Croissant
2011-01-17 18:54:00
You know what is the hottest restaurant in Vancouver right now? It is this restaurant called Meat and Bread located in Gastown. It seems everyone is raving about it (despite the high prices) ? and I am not sure exactly why. The food there is simple, no frills ? just meat and bread. The choices you get there can be counted with just one hand (just four items!). Given what they offer on the menu, I think they could even sell it off a food cart. They don?t need a restaurant for this. I am sure the food is good and that plays a big part in its popularity. But maybe too its the simplicity of the food. I don?t know ? I still have not figured that out. No, I have not tried Meat and Bread (the restaurant) yet. I will some day when I get the time to go downtown to try it. I just need to convince myself that it is worth the trip going all the way there just for meat and bread. But for now ? I?ll just do my own meat and bread. I think I want to write a series on ?Meat and Bread?! Suann...

Chocolate Cream
2011-01-16 18:00:00
For dessert, Cecile made a Creme Au Chocolat or Chocolate Cream in the Caring Place Community Kitchen. This is like chocolate pudding. The Chocolate Cream did not turn out as desired due to excessive cornstarch added which made it looked lumpy and not smooth. Nevertheless, this is a simple recipe with just 3 ingredients. The trick is to add in the right amount of cornstarch to get the right consistency.
More About: Recipe , Dessert , Dairy