
With all the holiday craziness going on, I hadn’t planned to post anything until at least next week. But after pointing out the Brown Rice Bowl “Baja Style” from Lady Marmalade twice today, I thought I’d do a round up of my favourite dishes that I’d eaten this year last year. While there’s seemingly no connection [...]

Today was a relaxing kind of day. I had planned for some brunch and then lunch, but by the time we were ready, it turned out we were going to just do lunch. No loss, as breakfast/brunch can be had easily enough in Toronto, and so we opted for some San Sebastian style tapas at [...]

During a previous visit to Seattle, we had a fantastic meal at Elemental. Lots of good food, interesting drinks, and the final bill was ridiculously well-priced. It’s the kind of thing that appeals to both stomachs and wallets (uh, but not my liver). So it was decided that we should make a return visit, bring [...]

We started the morning by heading out of town and going into Ballard. Our goal was to check if Café Besalu‘s croissants were as good as Tartine‘s in San Francisco as someone had assured me. Given that I ate my #1 croissant at Tartine, both my sister and I were eager to validate this claim. [...]

We had hoped to make it in to Seattle in time to line up for Elemental, but given that we had only arrived at the hotel at 4:30 (Elemental opens at 5), that wasn’t happening. So with our back-up plan in effect, we had our choice of Joule or Poppy. Originally, I had intended to [...]

There’s some extensive eating planned for this coming week and it starts tomorrow when we try to hit up Elemental at the Gas Works. I’d been there last year and had a great meal. Also lined up is the obligatory visit to Pike Place Market. Plus a whole host of other eats I hadn’t got [...]