Obsession, Exhibition, Exposition - Vancouver
(I really should have posted this earlier). Kimura-san – known for the affordable omakase that he serves at his Rupert Street restaurant – has decided to call it quits – sort of. After a series of break-ins where money and his heirloom knives were stolen, he decided to move on from the East Side as [...]
Googling “Hunan Bacon” didn’t uncover very much information. The best info and picture info lead me to this post by fmed. Take a look at the first picture of the hunan bacon. Doesn’t that look delicious? BTW, if you want to read first part on Hunan Bacon: http://www.wisemonkeysblog.com/nose-to-tail-and-back-again-hunan-pig-head-bacon-and-other-assorted-nasty-bits/ So here is my recipe for Hunan [...]
The new location on Pender just west of Burrard……booming from the get go!!
Simply steamed and served with a dipping sauce of soya sauce, sesame oil. rice vinegar, green chilies and cilantro.
[We welcome new Wise Monkey contributor Keev, chef and bon vivant. This post is first in a series of posts on utilizing the meat from the head of a pig. -fmed] I was at Langley Market in Lansdowne Mall when I came across what appeared to be a Pig head? I have never [...]
David Gunawan, former executive chef at West, has come back from a year long sabbatical energized and ready to get back in the kitchen. During this hiatus, he travelled through Spain and Northern Europe to eat, learn, and grow as a chef. One of his whistle stops on his tour of duty was at De [...]
Some East Van street photography. This was taken on outside Norman’s Grocery, a Commercial Drive institution.
I needed to satisfy my curiosity about ginger milk ever since I learned how to make it. I had always assumed that this pannacotta-like gingery treat contained gelatin or was coagulated with rennet. A bit of Googling uncovered this great science project from The Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Sui Ming Catholic Secondary School (phew!). As [...]
All the negative reviews on Urbanspoon didn’t deter me from trying out the tonkatsu here. I’m glad I did – the ten-day wet-aged pork was moist and flavourful (it doesn’t taste like chicken breast like most pork cutlets you get in town) – and the near perfect frying resulted in a crispy panko encrusted exterior. [...]
I’m a big fan of Kingsway as a foodist’s destination. The scruffiness of this diagonal slash of a street seems to impose a level of gastronomic authenticity that you will not see in other parts of this city. Embedded into the various strip malls along this drag are some true gems – mostly of the [...]
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