VanEats

Here are my highlights from our 2002 San Francisco Trip. Lots of great eating and food!

Vancouver blogger, Christine Grabig, linked to VanEats. Thanks!

One of our favourite things is to go to Chinatown on the weekend and buy fresh rice noodle sheets (Sa-Ho Fun) from Hon's at 268 Keefer.

These noodles are great and cheap at about a buck a pound! Here's a recipe outline:

Rinse 'em under water, separate, and cut into bite size pieces. Heat a wok, add some oil and stir fry.

This summer, Barb and I had the pleasure of meeting John Bishop. It turns out that he's a close friend of very close friends of ours. It really is a small world!

Over dim sum and a wonderful dinner at Bishop's (one of the best we've had in 2002! Barb went there four years ago before she met John and loved his restaurant's gracious style and delicious food then just as much as now! Highly recommended!), John talked about his recent visit to India.

Barb loves Rieslings. This article by Tim Pawsey on myBC.com is a good intro. Going to have to try the Riesling from Kelowna's Pinot Reach that Tim recommends.

We had another great meal tonight at Moderne Burger. If you eat meat, you must go there as we have said before. And they also have veggie burgers too so everybody can enjoy their tasty food and cool 40s and 50s atmosphere. And now Moderne Burger has a simple yet elegant website! (Peter, if you want to have a cool VanEats-like weblog for your restaurant, please let me know!)

Here's another teaser for our forthcoming report about our recent San Francisco trip.

We loved the Hunan Smoked Duck at Brandy Ho's. Smoky and flavourful! Here's a photo:

After tonight's dinner, I am beginning to appreciate and understand the legacy of Roy Mah and I urge you to support the Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop work to keep Roy's dream alive! Check out our report for full details.