VanEats

Barb and I had a small going away brunch for our friend Kevin today. Kevin is one of the best Lindy Hoppers in Vancouver and he is only 18! He's going to Europe to teach Lindy Hop and to continue his dance education. Bon voyage and Gute Reise, Kevin!

So as a sendoff, we had a small potluck brunch today with just the people that we know well who are also Kevin's friends. It would have been nice to have a large party with all of his friends but with the wedding we didn't have the time and energy to organize a big party.

It was a beautiful day today in Vancouver and we went to the Van East Farmers' Market. While buying some of Moonstruck Organic Cheese's Blue Moon (an excellent blue cheese by the way!), we couldn't help but take a picture of their wonderful sign. According to James Barber, the cow's name is Blossum!

From my referers log, I found a link to "Your Guide to Cooking Filipino and Filipino Food Stuff" subsite of Tanikalang Ginto aka FilipinoLinks.com. For anybody with the slightest interest in Filipino food at all, there's lots of good links here.

One example would be The Cook's Thesauras: Cooking Greens.

I'm getting to know Korean food better by trying out restaurants like Jang Mo Jib. This restaurant serves down to earth Korean dishes, specializing in a rich, homey beef broth. One can tell it's popular with many cultural groups, since its menu is in Korean, English, Japanese and Chinese! Check out my review.

Walter told me about FlavourFinder.com. It's a Vancouver commercial "restaurant portal" website devoted to food lovers featuring restaurant reviews( e.g. this review of Le Crocodile), and restaurant listings complete with menus, opening hours and maps and, optionally, the ability to order and make reservations online.

You can also join the site and have a customized "MyFlavourFinder.com" similar to "MyNetscape.com".

It's spring and rhubarb is popping out of local gardenbeds and at the markets. You can celebrate the tart, sunny flavour of fresh rhubarb in recipes such as rhubarb ginger muffins or try substituting rhubarb for half the fruit in your favourite apple pie or apple crisp.

I was shocked to find out today that another Indian restaurant has taken Surat Sweet's place on 4th Avenue. Surat Sweet was one of my favourite restaurants, vegetarian or otherwise. I am sad to see it go. Hopefully, it has merely relocated and is not permanently gone. Regardless, many thanks to the owners for the awesome ambiance, and Gujerati cuisine that I have enjoyed at their restaurant since my arrival here in 1998! Needless to say, if anybody has any news, please let us know!

As promised, here is Gerardo and Leticia's easy chicken mole recipe. It was the hit of our Cinco de Mayo celebration and I am sure you will love it also!