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Hanoi – Value Eats – Sticky Rice Bowls

January 29th, 2017  |  by  |  published in FEATURE, FOOD | Comments Off on Hanoi – Value Eats – Sticky Rice Bowls

Hanoi – Value Eats – Sticky Rice Bowls

| STAFF – Hanoi is many things. Search online and you’ll find lists upon lists of positive, often superlative, descriptors. To me, I’ll say it’s my favorite city in Southeast Asia and one of the reasons is its cheap, high-quality food. At an eatery called Xoi Yen, near the pleasant and value-for-money lodgings play Golden […]

Review – Vina Vietnamese – West Van

November 25th, 2015  |  by  |  published in FEATURE, FOOD | Comments Off on Review – Vina Vietnamese – West Van

Review – Vina Vietnamese – West Van

  | Whenever I hear people talk about how amazing Vietnamese food is, all I hear is Pho this, Pho that. Pho is overrated. A few thin slices of meat, a handful of noodle, a thing of soup many times flavoured with powder from a supermarket. And I’m hungry an hour later. This article is […]

Vancouver – Value Eats – Golden Wheat Bakery – Chinatown

September 14th, 2014  |  by  |  published in FEATURE, FOOD | Comments Off on Vancouver – Value Eats – Golden Wheat Bakery – Chinatown

Vancouver – Value Eats – Golden Wheat Bakery – Chinatown

Between East Hastings Street and East Pender Street runs Gore Avenue where one will find the second best thing about Vancouver’s Chinatown after New Town Bakery: Golden Wheat Bakery. A lot of people know about New Town, but Golden Wheat is a lesser known gem offering tasty, cheap food for awesome value. For $2.50, yes, […]

Review – Legend House – Coquitlam

August 20th, 2014  |  by  |  published in FEATURE, FOOD | Comments Off on Review – Legend House – Coquitlam

Review – Legend House – Coquitlam

Range: $7-$19:  | The best mail I’ve received in a long time came today in the form of a menu for a new Chinese restaurant less than a minute’s walk from my place at 140-1169 Pacific Street (near the Target, next to Brown’s Social House). It’s called Legend House and specializes in northern Chinese and […]

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gallimaufry \gal-uh-MAW-free\ - noun

a heterogeneous mixture : jumble

The essay collection covers a gallimaufry of subjects, from stamp collecting to Portuguese cooking.

"Upon entering the gallery, one of the first things that catches my eye is a gallimaufry of vibrant, oversized collages."
— Rosalie Spear, The Las Vegas Weekly, 29 Mar. 2016

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