Category Archives: Food around the world

a collection of restaurant reviews, recipes, menus and ingredients from everywhere and anywhere!

drunken sambal spot prawns (& advice on building up flavours)

Posted on May 8, 2011 by albatz

It was pouring earlier but later, when it stopped raining, I headed out to the Spot Prawn Festival, only to find that everyone else had headed out as well. I seemed to be always in the wrong place at the … Continue reading →

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Banana Leaf restaurant review

Posted on April 30, 2011 by albatz

One of my favourite places to drag our Vancouver visitors is to the Banana Leaf Restaurant. Richard, our latest visitor, has a Singaporean wife, and yearned for the food of Singapore so the Banana Leaf seemed to be a logical … Continue reading →

Posted in Food around the world | Tagged Asian food, Banana Leaf, Char Kuey Teow, crab, restaurant, Singapore, Singapore & Malaysia, Singapore Chile Crab | Comments Off

Mikey’s spring salad with asparagus and halloumi recipe

Posted on April 25, 2011 by albatz

It’s that time of year again – asparagus time! When my friend Mikey, visiting from England, saw asparagus on sale for 99¢ a pound, he ran out and bought us a pound of halloumi cheese so that we could make … Continue reading →

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Pad Thai and Penang Kai recipes

Posted on April 10, 2011 by albatz

PAD THAI and PENANG KAI (Thai curry, Penang-style) recipes from the Thai Cultural Association Cooking Demonstrations during the Lay Krathong Celebration, November 6, 1993. Continue reading →

Posted in Food around the world, Thai | Tagged Asian food, chicken, chicken curry, coconut, cooking, noodles, Pad Thai, Panang, Penang, recipe, red curry, tamarind, Thai food | 1 Comment

Thai menu from northeast Thailand (Issan)

Posted on April 10, 2011 by albatz

Wimaan Thai Restaurant, 1063 West Broadway, Vancouver. For the third Thai banquet in our UBC ‘eating’ course we went to Wimaan Thai Restaurant which featured food from north-east Thailand spelled variously Issan, Isaan or Esarn. Overall, the food from north-east Thailand … Continue reading →

Posted in Food around the world, Thai | Tagged Asian food, chiles, coconut milk, cuisine, curry, dipping sauce, fish, green papaya salad, Issan, larb moo, menu, north-east Thailand, soup, sour, spicy, sticky rice, Thailand | Comments Off

Thai menu from northern Thailand

Posted on April 9, 2011 by albatz

For the second Thai banquet in our UBC ‘eating’ course we went to Baan Wasana Restaurant, 2143 W41st Ave, Vancouver. It featured a menu of typical dishes from northern Thailand. To begin they brought out one traditional home-style meal for the … Continue reading →

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Thai menu from central Thailand

Posted on April 9, 2011 by albatz

Salathai Restaurant, 102-888 Burrard St, Vancouver For the first Thai banquet in our eating course we went to Salathai Restaurant and ate our way through a menu featuring typical dishes from central Thailand and Bangkok. Salathai Restaurant opened in 1985, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Food around the world, Thai | Tagged Asian food, Bangkok, central Thailand, chiles, curry, fragrant Thai rice, lemon-grass, menu, Thai food | Comments Off

Mexican Cooking from the Yucatán, with Chef Rossana Ascencio

Posted on February 10, 2011 by albatz

Our first class focused on the Mayan cuisine of the Yucatán Peninsula. The key ingredients of this region are corn, habanero chiles and tomatoes (gifts from Mexico to the world), citrus in the form of lime and bitter orange (a … Continue reading →

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Salbutes: little bocadillas to tempt the mouth

Posted on February 9, 2011 by albatz

These tasty little treats start with homemade ‘tortillas’ that are topped with pulled chicken (marinated in bitter orange and achiote paste), lettuce, tomatoes, ‘pickled’ onions, avocados and jalapeños. The ‘tortillas’ are made with corn ‘masa’, to which a small amount … Continue reading →

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from the Yucatán : sopa de lima

Posted on February 9, 2011 by albatz

Our Mexican cooking class featuring meals from the Yucatán began with sopa de lima (lime soup). This uniquely Yucatán dish is made from a special lime that grows only this region. The sopa de lima prepared in our class was a … Continue reading →

Posted in Food around the world | Tagged chicken, cooking, corn, cuisine, lime, Mexican, soup, tomato, tortilla | 1 Comment

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