[from April (I know, I know…)]
pidgin / meat and bread / the pie shoppe / mancakes bakery / cuchillo / the flying pig / bao bei chinese brasserie / the fish counter / black rook bakehouse / dunlevy snack bar
Oyster Shot (Pidgin)
apple, horseradish
Beef Brisket (Pidgin)
miso gorgonzola crust, beets
Brisket with a gorgonzola crust sounds odd, but tastes fabulous.
Meringue (Pidgin)
passion fruit curd, almonds, white chocolate, lime
Stupendous curd.
Porchetta Sandwich (Meat and Bread)
salsa verde
One of the best sandwiches I have ever eaten. Exceeded the hype. The accompanying mustard is terrific too.
Chocolate Pecan Pie (The Pie Shoppe)
I effort to try a chocolate pecan pie in every city I visit.
Chocolate pecan pies in Canada are dismayingly just pecan pies with chocolate drizzled atop. I prefer chocolate pecan pies with chocolate incorporated into the filling.
This chocolate pecan pie had a stick-to-your-teeth toffee-ness that I kinda dug.
ManCakes Toolkit (ManCakes Bakery)
buffalo wing / rum and coke / tequila pineapple / whiskey lime / chocolate red wine / pizza / pink peppercorn grapefruit / bacon chili chocolate / apple brie / breakfast / king kong / chicago
So. ManCakes. Cupcakes for men. Interesting on paper, uneventful in my mouth. And some –
– I struggled to finish, despite being tasting-sized.
Nanaimo Bar (Black Rook Bakehouse)
Black Rook Bakehouse was somehow the only place in Vancouver where I found Nanaimo bars. Its Nanaimo bars are excellent.
[Close Encounters of the Food Kind S04E01: Jon eats lunch with Pinder in Gastown (April 2014)]
Bone Marrow Cheezy Bread (The Flying Pig)
The bone marrow just made the cheese taste rancid, and the bread was tough, like it was microwaved. No me gusta.
Chipotle and Sea Salt Dusted Fry Bread (Cuchillo)
Pulled Duck and Cracklin' Taco (Cuchillo)
roasted garlic, blackberry habanero jam, corn tortilla
Molé Lamb Albondigas Taco (Cuchillo)
sardo parmesan, browned garlic popcorn, red corn tortilla
House Guacamole, Tapenade Manzanilla, Huitlacoche Salsa (Cuchillo)
chips
Chips and tapenade – only in Canada.
Albacore Tuna and Pipián Rojo Ceviche (Cuchillo)
warm peruvian double-smoked bacon causa
Oh mon Dieu.
Shao Bing (Bao Bei Chinese Brasserie)
sesame flatbread with cumin lamb sirloin, pickled red onion, green pepper, cilantro, and salted chilies
Kick Ass House Fried Rice (Bao Bei Chinese Brasserie)
smoked duck breast, kohlrabi, jade daikon, yao tsai, thai basil, chili bamboo, spiced soy
Bao Bei: Good white guy Chinese. Would come again.
Pork Belly Bun (Dunlevy Snackbar)
cilantro, chili, lime gochujong
Korean Fried Chicken Bun (Dunlevy Snackbar)
lime mayo, house kimchi
Turmeric Sweet Soy Rice Noodles (Dunlevy Snackbar)
broccoli, pickled mushroom, green onion, chili, toasted cashew
More white guy Asian. If Bao Bei is Momofuku, then Dunlevy Snackbar is a pop-up in a Bushwick art gallery.
Its washroom is through the dark opening behind the DJ.
Som tum, gua bao, bibimbap, matcha cake – Food Network Star judges might question its culinary point of view.
MISSED CONNECTIONS
I covered most of them in this post.
Double Dutch Calamari and Tzatziki-Flavoured Thick Ripple Chips
Still haven't opened this souvenir.
Awake Caffeinated Chocolate