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FoodWiki @foodwiki.bmann.ca · 17/11/2024

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."

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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.

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Boris @bmann.ca · 08/01/2024

Went to the new Oidé Coffee location at the Waterfall Building near Granville Island. Black sesame pastry is very tasty! #FoodWiki #pastry #Vancouver

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

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Boris @bmann.ca · 08/01/2024

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

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

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Boris @bmann.ca · 12/01/2024

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

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Boris @bmann.ca · 17/01/2024

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. #FoodWiki

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Boris @bmann.ca · 19/01/2024

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. #Vancouver #EastVan #FoodWiki #pho #restaurant #Vietnamese #OsmVancouver

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.

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Boris @bmann.ca · 20/01/2024

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

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FoodWiki @foodwiki.bmann.ca · 28/12/2023

Lunch at Coco et Olive, and then a cookbook purchase at Lucky’s Comics foodwiki.bmann.ca/December%252...

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Sybil Sanderson @sybilsanderson.bsky.social · 26/12/2023

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...

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Boris @bmann.ca · 17/12/2023

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.

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.

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Boris @bmann.ca · 17/12/2023

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.

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FoodWiki @foodwiki.bmann.ca · 10/12/2023

Dinner at DiBeppe in Gastown on Friday. Carpaccio Burrata on arugula with beets on a bed of farro Cacio e pepe foodwiki.bmann.ca/DiBeppe%2520...

Burrata with arugula and beets on a bed of farro

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Boris @bmann.ca · 10/12/2023

The earth is too small to eat alone: blog.bmannconsulting.com/2023/12/09…

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FoodWiki @foodwiki.bmann.ca · 03/12/2023

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.

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Boris @bmann.ca · 12/11/2023

Got a ton of food recommendations for Istanbul from a colleague who grew up in Turkey. Added it to @foodwiki.bmann.ca foodwiki.bmann.ca/Kerem%25E2%2...

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FoodWiki @foodwiki.bmann.ca · 25/10/2023

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

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FoodWiki @foodwiki.bmann.ca · 25/10/2023

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.

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Boris @bmann.ca · 22/10/2023

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!

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

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FoodWiki @foodwiki.bmann.ca · 22/10/2023

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.

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FoodWiki @foodwiki.bmann.ca · 22/10/2023

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.

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FoodWiki @foodwiki.bmann.ca · 15/10/2023

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). foodwiki.bmann.ca/paneer.html

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FoodWiki @foodwiki.bmann.ca · 15/10/2023

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” foodwiki.bmann.ca/Lauchkuchen....

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.

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FoodWiki @foodwiki.bmann.ca · 12/10/2023

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.

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.

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Crowbar @crowbar.wtf · 10/10/2023

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

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FoodWiki @foodwiki.bmann.ca · 08/10/2023

Less pretty, but did end up salt roasting turkey breast and legs. Write up of the whole meal foodwiki.bmann.ca/October%2520...

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FoodWiki @foodwiki.bmann.ca · 08/10/2023

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!

Steaming bowl of ramen noodles, with a red broth, halved cherry tomatoes, threads of pulled pork and carrots.

It really is steaming!

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FoodWiki @foodwiki.bmann.ca · 06/10/2023

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...

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How to Salt-Roast Turkey

Roast this year's Thanksgiving turkey in a salt crust for the juiciest result ever.

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Boris @bmann.ca · 04/10/2023

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.

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

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FoodWiki @foodwiki.bmann.ca · 03/10/2023

A lunch at home. Sourdough, garlic sausage, Mettwurst, double cream brie, Morbier cheese, cucumbers, butter, and some grainy mustard. March, 2021

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FoodWiki @foodwiki.bmann.ca · 21/09/2023

Relays. ELWAY’S obviously. Given airport price markups vs steakhouse pricing, this was not bad. If the food prep was a little more thoughtful this would be great. But you can’t serve shitty tomatoes for $16.

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FoodWiki @foodwiki.bmann.ca · 21/09/2023

Salad: tomatoes, especially the green ones, not ripe and flavourless. I didn’t eat the mozzarella slabs after trying some. Cardboard. 1/5 Steak: medium rare, maybe a little under. Nice salt level and flavour. Parts a bit chewy. 4/5 Carrots: really nice flavour. Some were too crunchy. 4/5

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FoodWiki @foodwiki.bmann.ca · 21/09/2023

Traveling to St Louis (give me restaurant tips!) through DEN. Dinner at Relay’s in the airport. Heirloom tomato salad, ribeye steak, and harissa roasted carrots. Review notes to follow.

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FoodWiki @foodwiki.bmann.ca · 10/09/2023

Then wandered Car Free Day on Commercial Drive and bought this Sausage Party from Shameless Buns Filipino Food Truck shamelessbuns.com Fries, longganisa sausage, fried egg. Plus, house made hot sauce, banana ketchup, and kalamansi garlic aioli

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FoodWiki @foodwiki.bmann.ca · 10/09/2023

TIL Falernum syrup foodwiki.bmann.ca/Falernum.html, via Wikipedia, is a Caribbean staple: “It is best known for its use in tropical drinks. It contains flavors of ginger, lime, and almond, and frequently cloves or allspice. It may be thought of as a spicier version of orgeat syrup.”

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FoodWiki @foodwiki.bmann.ca · 10/09/2023

Here’s a wall of syrups and teas and candy made from good stuff and coffee things, to show just one shelf. There was this one lone ProSyro syrup (we get Yuzu and Kalamansi from Welk’s). What is Falernum syrup?

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FoodWiki @foodwiki.bmann.ca · 10/09/2023

Went to Mucker Next Door for the first time. It’s “next door” to and run by Dachi, who also run Elephant and Hanai. Food / syrups / local / lifestyle home stuff is the closest I can get to a type of store.

Sign for Mucker Next Door outside the Dachi patio.

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FoodWiki @foodwiki.bmann.ca · 10/09/2023

Finally sat down and updated and published a few things again. Here’s the whole post, I’ll do a short thread with photos and TIL foodwiki.bmann.ca/September%25...

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FoodWiki @foodwiki.bmann.ca · 12/08/2023

This reminded me of a fantastic espresso tonic “flight” I tasted last July in Paris at Fringe Coffee & Photography Gallery. Photo is of the two kinds of tonics. The server came and poured the espresso shots & stirred table side. foodwiki.bmann.ca/July%252022nd%252…

One clear tonic water with ice, one that is bright orange, both in wine glasses.

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FoodWiki @foodwiki.bmann.ca · 02/08/2023

This did turn into baked bread. Letting it cool, then I’ll know. Will I eat some slices slathered in melted butter regardless of how it turns out? Yes!

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FoodWiki @foodwiki.bmann.ca · 02/08/2023

Got a good rise. I don’t really have proper sized loaf pans so let’s see what happens after a second rise. Can you tell I’m not a baker??!!

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Nigel Slater @nigelslater.bsky.social · 01/08/2023

A recipe. Courgettes with orzo and guanciale. www.theguardian.com/food/2023/aug/0…

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FoodWiki @foodwiki.bmann.ca · 02/08/2023

These are mini cucumbers. Cucumbers in the back have some hot banana peppers, the third one has hot banana peppers and some red bell peppers since I cleaned up the fridge and needed to use up the pickling juice. Will sour the next couple of days and then go in the fridge.

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FoodWiki @foodwiki.bmann.ca · 02/08/2023

Why did I end up randomly starting to make buttermilk bread this evening? Unclear, hopefully it goes well with slight substitutions and vague measuring, that always goes well with baking, right??!!! www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/go…

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Golden Buttermilk Loaf

Golden buttermilk loaf, great for sandwiches and toast.

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FoodWiki @foodwiki.bmann.ca · 30/07/2023

This Italian Plum Berliner Weisse style sour from Twin City Brewing was very tasty twincitybrewing.ca

Glass of beer with head of foam next to tall can - Twin City Brewing Obscura Italian Plum Berliner Weisse-style sour

Cool black / purple can design.

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FoodWiki @foodwiki.bmann.ca · 30/07/2023

Final delicious meal in Nanaimo now documented. Mahle House is actually in Cedar, just south of Nanaimo, and has been doing farm to table in an old heritage house for decades. foodwiki.bmann.ca/Mahle%2520House%2…

Special appetizer: tuna ceviche with pickled mango, miso mayo, hazelnuts, and wonton chips

Special main: pan fried ling cod with pickled cucumber and mango, yuzu broth, and deep fried rice cakes

Mushroom Ricotta Cannelloni, Pesto, Basil Crema, Pickled Shimeji, Crispy Portobello, Roasted Cippolini Onion

Silken Chocolate Cake, Gingersnap Crust, Berry Coulis, Sorbet

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Daniel Liu @meetdliu.bsky.social · 24/07/2023

delicious things: Pork rib and radish soup (muguk) with tofu, rice, white pepper, scallions, and ajitama eggs

Muguk - Korean pork rib and radish soup with scallions and ajitama eggs

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