The challenge of the grocery store: karela. India’s bitter melon has the same health benefit’s but is lumpier, more of a hedgehog. A lot of recipes seem to call for stuffing it with meat or a spice mix tied into it’s hollowed middle and bake, or else deep fry it until crisp. Generally the strong [...]
There’s a new creperie being set up across from the Shwarma king at 530 Rideau Street. It’s still in its grand opening with its 2 for 1 special. The upstairs furniture should arrive shortly. It’s old (or also?) location is Bronson. A veggie crepe with brie, cheddar, or swiss cheese for $7.50 comes with a [...]
A week’s supplies of chocolate to go with the week’s supplies of French poetry. From 11 o’clock, going around clockwise: The Bonneterre tartlettes are surprisingly good on their own taste, like chocolate tartes but tiny but they come individually wrapped on a sort of biscuit. Mikado is just fun candy more than chocolate. The Kaoko [...]
The chocolatier store has opened on Dalhousie near Guiges. Their Ottawa location has been open almost a couple weeks now. They bring their patisseries over to this side of the river each morning. There is also gelato in house, truffles of various kinds, meringues and macaroons in various colours and flavours, and bottled goodnesses like [...]
Thin Crust Neapolitan pizza Black Thorn Beet salad with carmelized spiced pecans and other goodnesses like arugula. And to continue the reverse order of photos, warm bread. In a black Nietzschesque black hole smoked paprika butter. Excellent service and exceptional food as well.
Peace-Garden special of the day of chickpea in sauce and daal on brown rice with naan. Hearty, flavourful and reliably well-balanced food. Everything is vegetarian or vegan so it’s stress free to just get on with enjoying life, and in a pleasant environment.
The idea was a birthday brunch but by the time I got out of bed, it was a birthday lunch. Just as well, we hadn’t been to Benny’s Bistro for lunch before. One of the two vegetarian lunch options was thus salad. It and its roasted seeds were piled over a sort of crisp cone [...]
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