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For people attending this Saturday's Northern Voice blogging conference (a conference for beginning as well as experienced bloggers; UBC Robson 8:30a.m.-5:30p.m. Saturday 19 February, $20 before February 17th, $30 at the door upon availability), here are some restaurants for lunch. The criteria for inclusion are: decent food and distance (must be within 10 minute walk of UBC Robson since we only have an hour for lunch).

Pork

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Kim Chau sauce:

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European Specialty Importers' Gewurz cheese for $1.99

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I was invited and attended the CityCooks 500th Show Media Appreciation Cocktail last Monday February 7, 2005. Check out my CityCooks 500th Show Media Appreciation Cocktail album on Flickr for the photos.

[ROLAND's NOTE: Thanks Ken!]

Following on Roland's blip about Oyama's spicy lamb sausage, here's my recipe for a quick & easy "wieners and beans" dish a la Provence:

Sausage(s) of your choice - (I use spicy italian or lamb bought from Choices, but any  raw and in casing types will do)
White navy beans - (1-1/2 cans, half drained, keep about 1 cup liquid)

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Hmmm. Maybe if I go to visit Richard out in Burnaby, I can go check out Bombay Bhel with him. Tempted!

From Lunch Recommendation: Bombay Bhel in Burnaby.:

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Oyama Sausage is definitely one of our favourite places to shop. Must write a story in our Shopping category soon. I thought of Oyama because we just tried their Morrocan Spicy Lamb Sausage and it is definitely a winner: spicy and flavourful. A must try!

I received an email from Meg Sheldon, the publicist (note to other publicists, we would prefer that you put this material on your website so that we can link to it!) for Ch'i Restaurant and Lounge (1796 Nanaimo (at 2nd), 604.215.0078, tuesday-sunday 6pm-11pm ) which opens tomorrow.

Here's what she wrote in her first email:

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For further thoughts on the wonderful food and entertainment of Gung Haggis Fat Choy 2005, check out my Gung Haggis Fat Choy 2005 Podcast (1.4 MB MP3 file). See you at Gung Haggis Fat Choy 2006 on Sunday January 22, 2006 at Floata!