Posted by swisscheese on Apr 30, 2011 in
gelato cakes,
vancouver
it was my cousin’s birthday and i was thinking on what cake to get for him. i wanted to get a customized car cake for him but i remembered him telling me that he doesn’t like the taste of customized cakes so i decided on an ice cream cake. mondo gelato cakes have been bought [...]
Tags: cookie dough, gelato cake with mixins, marble slab
Posted by swisscheese on Apr 19, 2011 in
eastern european cuisine,
vancouver
gigi and i were too busy to surprise steph on her birthday itself so we decided to have a birthday dinner with her and aldh as well. aldh suggested transylvania flavor as he had a CAN$40 groupon for it so we went for it since it is not the usual kind of food we would [...]
Tags: cabbage rolls, caesar salad, cascaval pané, chicken sibu, kiftel, knights platter, mamaliga, meatballs, mititei, paprika dusted fresh cut fries, perogie, polenta croquettes, pork schnitzel, sarmale, tapas cheese bites, transylvania flavor, transylvanian sausages
Posted by swisscheese on Apr 19, 2011 in
coquitlam,
pork ribs,
western cuisine
a day before pendy’s departure, jenny made a reservation for about 20 people for montana’s cookhouse. in total, 19 people came. i have been hearing lots of reviews of montana’s ribs for ages but never got down to try it because of the huge distance. so excited to finally come here !
Tags: best ribs in vancouver, hickory smokehouse ribs pork back ribs, montana's cookhouse, oven-baked antojitos, skillet cookie
Posted by swisscheese on Apr 19, 2011 in
pastries,
sandwiches
i have been passing by bonchaz lots of time and hearing lots of raves about it before but never actually went there to grab anything. however, fine and i decided to study together and stay over at gastown’s 24 hours blenz. we covered a lot of work and kept dozing off every now and then [...]
Tags: banana walnut bonchaz, bonchaz, chocolate truffle bonchaz, roast beef sandwich
iva has a CAN$100 groupon so she has been asking me out since last december but apparently, i cannot remember receiving any of her texts then. it was only until recently that i managed to respond to her texts. what a bad friend i am, really ! so anyways, we decided to meet up, together [...]
Tags: Andouille Sausage, Arugula, beanue premier cru red wine, Beef Tenderloin, Blue Goose Farm, Bordelaise Sauce, Cassis Sauce, Creole Spices, crepes suz, Cromequis, Dover Sole, Duck Confit, Escargots, Fresh Scallops, Frogs Legs, le gavroche restaurant, Meuniere or Almondine Served Table Side, Octopus Bacon, Pecan Flour Crusted, poire helen, Port Reduction, Rabbit Rack, Roasted Garlic Sauce, Sausage, sorbet, White Beans, Wilted Spinach Salad