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Food and Wine of the Rhone Valley, Class 1, Part 2

Posted on March 12, 2013 by albatz

The main course for this meal was ‘Panned-fried Fish of the Day with a Juniper Berry Buerre Blanc and Curried Lentil Cauliflower‘. The best fish that day was haddock, and the ‘curry’ part of the curried vegetables was just a … Continue reading →

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Japanese Eating Class at Ajisai Sushi Bar

Posted on July 14, 2011 by albatz

In our ‘eating’ course we went to Ajisai Sushi Bar for a traditional sushi menu, and had amazing fruit sushi, traditional sushi, spectacular flying fish sushi and pressed sushi. Continue reading →

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Japanese Home-Cooking Class #2 at UBC Cont. Studies

Posted on July 13, 2011 by albatz

This class contained introductions to even more Japanese ingredients that I had never heard of. We started with miso soup with little beech mushrooms, and then began prepping the salads and the main course of mackerel, nimono and rice. Polished … Continue reading →

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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 →

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