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For some reason unbeknownst to me, I mistakenly posted H is is for Herring over at BarbAndRoland.com instead of here where it belongs! If you love herring or just want to see Barb eating herring in Holland or a Dutch vendor preparing it, check it out!

After meeting with some of the moms and babies that I met through the Kits Community Centre, I popped into Saffron (2836 West 4th Ave., 604.731.2233) to check out their "on tap" olive oils. Usually shopping for olive oils is a challenge when you can't taste them first. At Saffron, they sell oils in bulk and tasting each of them is part of the buying process.

Here's a picture of the Tarte Flambée that we enjoyed at La Petite France yesterday. Totally delicious and totally recommended!

Barb and I really miss Koffee Verkeert (about 1.6 Euros or $CAN 2.70) which is the Dutch version of coffee with milk. Unlike the coffee you get here in Canada, it is NOT over roasted ; it is strong with just the right amount of milk. Mmmm. I don't normally like coffee ; I drink it to stay awake after waking up early to take care of our child or I drink it in Italy where inexplicably it tastes good.

If you like the Anthony Bourdain school of writing as I do (even though I could never eat half the things he does or do the gonzo things he does), the you'll love StainedApron.com.

Tiffanie Sia, head honcho and Bishop's alumnus, sent word of her new gelato place (they also have bubble tea with Choobees instead of tapioca pearls and panini).

It's called Vivo Gelato (130-11331 Coppersmith Way, Richmond, 604 204-0021). Check it out. And let us know what you think!

I was in Vienna recently for BlogTalk 2.0 and tried out the fabled Sachertorte (check out my Sachertorte photo over on Flickr) at Hotel Sacher. It was OK (expensive at 4.5 Euros) but I like Barb's cakes and the cakes at places like True Confections better.

If you don't care about search engine optimization and high Google rankings, please feel free to ignore this post!

Like Richard, I don't have a high opinion of the search engine optimization industry (SEO). I think blogs are a much better way to get a higher search engine rank! If you blog constantly about something and your writing is accurate, useful and timely, why shouldn't you have a high Google rank like a lot of blogs (including VanEats) do?

We're back from a 2 week visit to Holland to spend time with Roland's sister's family.  Of course we sampled dutch specialities such as Indonesian rijstaffel, pannekoeken, cheeses galore, dutch coffee, and of course, herring!

We'll be reporting on some of our Dutch food adventures in upcoming days.

I love Vietnamese iced coffee. Based on my reading of Slingy Singapore? I prefer Kopi-C (which is quoted below), I believe Singaporean Kopi-C-Bing-Gau (which I think is coffee with evaporated milk and sugar) is similar to Vietnamese iced coffee. Anybody know where I can get Kopi-C-Bing-Gau in Vancouver? Leave a comment if you do!

QUOTE

Kopi-O, is Kopi with sugar, no milk, no creamer.