Eating With Kirby: Contest

Mosaic Bar and Grille- Italian Chef Tasting Menu

The barely cooked runny yolk is meant to be popped and enjoyed along with the risotto...and enjoy I did. The golden lava coated every kernel of rice with its warm embrace and made the risotto that much more comforting.

Adorabelle Tea Room- Catching Up With the Girls

This is an Onion, Chive, and Bacon Savoury Cupcake. Even the icing was savoury! It was super delicious and was really innovative. Overall, the ambiance was great (loved the fake sky ceiling!), food was well thought out and executed, and the service was attentive.

Forage- Pretty Decent Food.

All six of us ordered their Award Winning Seafood Chowder with soft poached quail egg and crispy pork rind. While the soup was smokey, full of flavour, it was too thick and tasted a bit more like sauce than soup. The quail egg added a certain richness to the soup too which was nice.

Jethro's Fine Grub- That's Some Tasty Grub.

Overall, Jethro’s is an awesome breakfast and lunch diner serving up good eats with a twist. I most definitely will return for some alligator nuggets or pancakes!

Teppan Kitchen and Mambo Cafe (Aberdeen Food Court)- Crazy Sauce.

They serve this to you with a little sleeve around the plate to catch any splattering oil that radiates from the oven hot iron plate. If you are noob (hehe) at this Teppan Rice business, you can read the "How To Cook" instructions on the sleeve.

Basho Cafe - Quaint, Cozy, Delicious

You get the real deal here when it comes to their Matcha Latte. Served in a traditional Japanese bowl the way its suppose to be (not cup), its not only fragrant but it has incredibly depth. Be forewarn, this latte isn't sweet. There is no additional pre-sweetened sugary stuff here.

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5 December 2012

Random Thought: Recipe to Riches- Triple Nut Toffee

Once again, it is 'Recipe to Riches' season and the winners' products are now sold at all President's Choice locations. Don Harquail of Burnaby, British Columbia took out his competitors in the Candies and Chocolates category with his Triple Nut Toffee. 

The Tripe Nut Toffee is made of caramelized almonds, cashews, pine nuts, and sesame seeds, all atop a graham cracker crust. It retails for $5.99 which isn't too bad for a dessert. The product is fit for consumption when you take it out so there is no baking required. 

I have heard endless complements for this crunchy slice of sugary heaven so my expectations were set pretty high. Upon trying it, both Meta Knight and I looked at each other trying to taste something magical in these bars. However, nothing was to be found.

I think it is just personal preference here, but I found the toffee too sweet, and the nuts too soft. An unexpected crunch from the toffee layer would have been nice (kind of like the crispy crunch bar), but instead it was kind of mushy. We even wondered if we bought a stale pack. 

Overall, the Triple Nut Toffee was good, but not amazing. I wouldn't buy it again, but for all sweet tooths out there, I do encourage you to give it a try and support the local Don Harquail of Burnaby! 

His original recipe can be found here.

Happy Eating!

25 October 2012

Boo! Bacardi HALLOWEEN Event @ Indochine Kitchen + Bar Contest

[Note: This contest is closed]
Who here has no plans so far for Halloween (not that it’s a bad thing of course :P)?? Instead of staying at home and repeatedly handing out candy to little teeny boppers, would you like to attend an exclusive Bacardi HALLOWEEN event at Indochine Kitchen + Bar? I have two VIP passes to give away for this ‘invite-only’ event so if you would like to get your spook on and enjoy some complimentary Bacardi cocktails on Halloween, just scroll down and see the details for entering.
I think it’ll be a spooktacularly (hehe!) fun event so I definitely encourage you to enter this contest/draw! I will also be there so we can all have fun sipping on yummy cocktails all night. :) Unless you don’t want to meet me and in that case, that’s cool too. :P haha

SO without further adieu, here is how to enter:

1.       Follow @eatingwithkirby on Twitter and tweet the following: 
   [  I just entered to win a pair of VIP passes to Bacardi HALLOWEEN @indochinelounge from @eatingwithkirby! Details:http://ow.ly/eM1r4  ]

OR

2.       Leave a comment below this post with your name, and the name of your favourite restaurant in Vancouver (I need some new places to go!).  Just a note however: if you are applying through this method, you will have to leave your e-mail address in the comment as well or else there is no way of contacting you about your win!

 I will announce the lucky winner of the VIP passes (a pair) to Bacardi HALLOWEEN at Indochine Kitchen + Bar on October 29th, 2012 via twitter and blog post. So if you don’t have twitter, please check back on October 29th to see if you’re the winner! Contest ends Oct 28th 2012, 11:59pm (Pacific Time) which is only a few days away so get your entries in early!

                  stacey-lane:

Birthday Cake Martini
1.5 ounces vanilla vodka
1.5 ounces cranberry juice
1/2 ounce champagne
Rim glass with Sprinkles (cake frosting helps to make them stick). Combine vodka and cranberry juice in an ice shaker, half-filled with ice cubes. Shake well. Strain into glass. Top with Champagne. Drop in cherry. Enjoy!
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And as always, HAPPY EATING! :D