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Sun shining on the Livia take our window. An L with decorated designs around it. Loaves of bread. Pastries.

Livia takeout video

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All About Makrut Lime Leaves and How to Cook With Them Makrut lime leaves are an herb with a bright, fresh citrus flavor. A key ingredient in Thai cooking, they are added to soups, curries, and stir-fries.

Lime leaves www.thespruceeats.com/makrut-lime-...

"Makrut lime leaves are the Asian equivalent to bay leaves."

"The flavor is bright, fresh, distinctly citrus, with more lime than lemon but without the same sharpness of the Western fruits."

A twist? A knot? I don’t like the word cruffin. Dusted with sugar and filled with sweet black sesame.

Went to the new Oidé Coffee location at the Waterfall Building near Granville Island.

Black sesame pastry is very tasty!

#FoodWiki #pastry #Vancouver

Cocktail orange cut in half

Hybridization of citrus cultivars https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Citrus_tern_cb_simplified_1.svg

Cocktail orange for breakfast. Also known as a mandelo, for “Mandarin + Pomelo”.

All citrus are actually hybrids of mandarin, pomelo, and citron (chart via Wikipedia).

I collected some links on the FoodWiki and learned about the UC Citrus Experiment Station.

#FoodWiki #citrus

Went to Jang Mo Jib on Robson for lunch. Had Gahl Bee Tahng with all the fixings. It’s a nice second floor space!

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Jazzed my way through making a beef stew with lots of onions, red wine, and roasted red peppers.

It’s similar to Spanish Chilindron, when I went to go look for recipes afterwards.

I was thinking about paprika, but just added some tomato paste & Calabrian chillies right at the end.

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Phở Jade Menu cover - Authentic Vietnamese Restaurant - The Place for Noodle Soup Lovers

A steaming bowl of pho with all the meats. A pile of bean sprouts and fresh Thai basil.

Trying out Phở Jade “the place for noodle soup lovers”.

It’s got a pretty big menu. I tried a large bowl of pho with all the meats to get a baseline.

It’s good! Fragrant floral broth.

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Overnight rise of No-Knead bread recipe. It’s been a long time since I’ve attempted bread.

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Lunch at Coco et Olive, and then a cookbook purchase at Lucky’s Comics

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Picture of white bowl with Laksa Lemak

Anyone else misses Nahar Cafe in Paddington/London? Closed around 2007 and was one of the best Malaysian 🍜 cafes around. Been there all the time. A Boxing Day visit was a must. We needed spice!
Ahhhh, better times...

A few simple ingredients come together to make this no-fuss, classic lasagna. The best part is that there's no need to cook the noodles before assembling. Just layer with the sauce and cheeses, bake and serve!&10;&10;Prep Time: 30 minutes Cook Time: 1 hour 30 minutes Serves: 8&10;&10;Ingredients:&10;&10;1 pkg (375 g) ITALPASTA Presto Oven Ready Lasagne Noodles&10;1 lb (450 g) each ground beef and ricotta&10;2 cans (each 680 mL) pasta sauce&10;2 eggs, beaten&10;1/2 cup (125 mL) grated Parmesan&10;1/2 tsp (2 mL each salt and pepper&10;4 cups (1 L shredded mozzarella)&10;Steps:&10;&10;1. In saucepan, brown beef; drain fat. Add sauce; simmer for 20 minutes. In bowl, stir ricotta with eggs, Parmesan, salt and pepper.&10;&10;2. Spread some sauce in bottom of 13 x 9-inch (3.5 L) dish. Top with noodles; cover with sauce. Layer with noodles, sauce, ricotta mixture and mozzarella; repeat once. Finish with remaining noodles, sauce and mozzarella. Cover with foil.&10;&10;3. Bake at 375°F (190°C) for 50 minutes. Uncover; bake for 15 minutes. Rest for 10 minutes before serving.

I made lasagna yesterday. Like most of my cooking, I just sort of winged it.

I did buy some ingredients earlier in the week, including Italpasta Oven Ready Lasagna Noodles.

Here’s the package recipe, also on FoodWiki along with notes on my own recipe.

Did you know that Skipper Otto community supported fishery has multiple #EastVan community pick up spots?

I’m picking up my last order of the season at the Off the Rail Brewing spot on Adanac off Clark: conveniently just a couple of blocks from my house.

Carpaccio

Burrata with arugula and beets on a bed of farro

Cacio e pepe

Dinner at DiBeppe in Gastown on Friday.

Carpaccio

Burrata on arugula with beets on a bed of farro

Cacio e pepe

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The earth is too small to eat alone: https://blog.bmannconsulting.com/2023/12/09/the-earth-is.html

Linh Café downtown Vancouver last night. It’s French/Vietnamese.

Tuna Tartare with house made potato chips.

Duck breast with braised grapes & apples. Green salad - light vinaigrette & fennel slices.

French Day Dream cocktail, bourbon, curacao liqueur, lemon juice & pineapple juice.

Got a ton of food recommendations for Istanbul from a colleague who grew up in Turkey.

Added it to @foodwiki.bmann.ca

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Ha! That was last week with the all day breakfast.

Another lunch at Truck Stop Café.

Rachael got her usual, a classic burger and fries.

I got a picture of the weekly lunch specials, and decided to try one of their Chinese dishes, the Tuesday special: sweet and sour pork with chow mein and fried rice AND daily soup.

Fife Bakery Sourdough plus some jams jellies and other jars

House of Funk beans and the full dry goods display. Just a few tables indoors, seating outside too.

A little fridge and a few farm direct veggies

Mah Milk Bar on Victoria Drive is now open:


"Mah Milk Bar is part neighbourhbood grocery store and part cozy coffee shop. We are passionate about supporting local brands, making delicious coffee and creating a warm, welcoming spot for the community to meet!"


Tasty coffee & chai!

Stopped in at Columbus Meat Market today.

Didn’t buy the stuffed quail but they look so cute.

At home shot of rolled Italian meatloaf I did buy. Ground beef, bread crumbs, cheese, arugula, pancetta.

Brown, then finish by braising in tomato sauce in the oven.

Truck Stop Café yesterday for lunch: all day breakfast, the Truck Stop Chef’s Special: scrambled eggs with cheddar, 2 sausage, 2 bacon, white toast, hash browns (house made potatoes, just so nice and crisp).

The diner coffee is surprisingly good, too.

On Clark at Napier in East Van.

Bought some paneer and made up a yam & leek curry to put it in foodwiki.bmann.ca/October%2520...

Paneer is a “basic kind of non-melting cheese used in Indian cuisine”. A non-aged, fully vegetarian cheese that just uses acid for curdling (no rennet).

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German: Der Lauchkuchen ist keine Süßspeise. Er ist von herber Natur und deshalb die richtige Beigabe zu einer weinfrohen Runde. Eine solche Runde beschränkt sich nicht auf männliche Besetzung. Auch das weibliche Geschlecht hat, erst recht im Zeitalter der Emanzipation, seine Freude an derartigen Genüssen. Lauchkuchen bringt jeglichen ausgereiften Wein erst so recht zur Geltung und animiert zum weiteren Trinken. Insofern ist seine Funktion ähnlich der des Zwiebelkuchens, den man heutzutage überall zu neuem Wein bekommt. English: The leek tart is not a sweet dish. It is a savoury dish and is therefore the right addition to a round of wine. Such a wine round is not limited to a male pastime. The female sex also enjoys such pleasures, especially in this age of emancipation. Leek tart really brings out any aged wine and encourages you to continue drinking. In this respect, its function is similar to that of the onion tart that you can get with new wine everywhere these days.

Found a German leek tart recipe that has a touch of sexism in the description.

Apparently this is great to eat with wine from the region. And not only men like wine drinking!

“The female sex also enjoys such pleasures, especially in this age of emancipation”

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Cook’s Illustrated Nov - Dec 2023, page 7, “Making Beef Taste Beefier” Although beef is considered a prime example of savory umami flavor, it doesn't taste particularly beefy on its own. That's because the meat contains relatively little glutamate less than a strawberry has. Glutamate is the central umami amino acid, producing ultrasavory taste by triggering umami receptors on our taste buds. But if you add gluta-mate-rich ingredients such as miso and soy sauce to beef as we do in our short rib recipe, the meat can taste exceptionally beefy thanks to a synergistic reaction between the glutamate and inosine monophosphate (IMP), a compound in beef. The glutamate stimulates umami receptors on our taste buds while the IMP effectively holds the glutamate in place on the receptors, intensifying the umami experience up to eightfold when the compounds are present in equal amounts.

My code name is Max Umami.

I use miso a lot to round out flavouring. Also a tube of anchovy paste.

From Cook’s Illustrated Nov - Dec 2023.

Bakers used to call small round cakes “nuts” - hence doughnuts & gingernuts.

Bakers used to call small round cakes “nuts” - hence doughnuts & gingernuts.

Less pretty, but did end up salt roasting turkey breast and legs.

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Steaming bowl of ramen noodles, with a red broth, halved cherry tomatoes, threads of pulled pork and carrots. It really is steaming!

With the Win Full Ramen that I posted about, I’ve been making quick soups for lunch.

Here’s pulled pork, 1 Tbsp gochujang, cherry tomatoes, carrots, & shallots. Finished with a splash of sesame oil.

Spicy & flavourful, and in no way “ramen” other than the noodles!

How to Salt-Roast Turkey Roast this year's Thanksgiving turkey in a salt crust for the juiciest result ever.

It’s Canadian Thanksgiving this weekend. I don’t usually do turkey — prefer duck or goose — but considering salt roasting a turkey

Here’s a Food & Wine recipe that looks gorgeous www.foodandwine.com/cooking-tech...

Win Full Ramen - front of package. 4 bundles of ramen

Win Full Ramen - back of package. &10;&10;Our approach is simple - for over two decades, we've used premium local ingredients to craft the perfect noodle products for our customers in both homes and restaurants. All products are locally made with pride.&10;&10;Ingredients: Wheat flour, water, egg, kansui, salt, tapioca starch, corn starch, calcium propionate, food color yellow.&10;&10;Cooking Direction: Prepare broth and garnish. Loosen noodles and cook in a large pot of boiling water for 1 and half to 2 min stirring constantly. Drain the noodles and serve them right away in broth. Enjoy

I have been looking for a fresh Asian noodle source in Vancouver for a long time.

I bought some Win Full Ramen at Donalds and made it for lunch today: the ramen was excellent.

And Win Full Foods seems awesome: looks like you can pick up from their store in East Van.