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26 August 2009

09 July 2009

fast food can be fancy (fancy-looking, at least)

not condoning fast food by any means, but chearns fowarded me this site... a white castle sack meals, white plates, studio-style lighting, and a little ingenuity, you can have fancy-looking tapas (sort of).



http://www.fancyfastfood.com/

30 May 2009

what does a ninja eat?

i bet the answer might be marmite.

how do i know? cause i'm a ninja and i ate marmite.

why marmite? i don't know.

02 May 2009

try this! mango butter

straight from the bohol bee farm resort in bohol, philippines, this little jar of mango spread is sure to bring a taste of equatorial paradise to every breakfast table.

i don't really remember what the ingredients are but mango, honey and butter are definitely the main three.

29 March 2009

dan dan mein (also known as dan dan noodles)

slippery little wheat noodles, steaming hot and spicy broth with a peanutty/sesame-y flavour, topped with ground pork and oftentimes green onions, and cheap, to boot.. what more could i say?



(the best one of the bunch)


try it! eat more! get fat! you deserve a bowl of heaven!

25 March 2009

"natural food" means diddley squat

caveat emptor: you should all read the labels before buying groceries, but you should also be wary of misleading ones, like "organic" (vs. "certified organic" -- all grown foods are organic, otherwise they wouldn't grow) and "natural food" vs. "man-made" (i don't think there's food ever labelled "man-made").



http://www.slashfood.com/2009/02/23/what-is-natural-food/

27 September 2008

poutine central: ashton

one of the best fast food chains in the province of quebec does not have any presence in montreal.

its name: chez ashton.
its specialty: fantastic poutine.

[chez ashton in lower town, québec city]

(for those not in the know, poutine is a popular french-canadian dish consisting of french fries with cheese curds and all doused in delicious gravy.)


[poutine piquante régulière = best $7.95 you'll ever spend.]

ashton uses local potatoes from île-d'orléans for their golden frites, and fresh curd cheese (fromage en grains)... the kicker is the homemade sauce. they also have a few poutine varieties: regular (with or without sausages); spicy; dulton (with ground beef), with or without sausages; and galvaude (with cubed chicken and peas), with or without cheese.

so if i were to rate ashton on their poutine, it would probably break down to something like this:

fries: 4.5
cheese: 5
sauce: 5
presentation: 4.5

total
: 19 on 20

next poutine stop: louis, in sherbrooke...

note to mr. ashton: m. ashton -- je vous conseille fortement d'ouvrir une succursale à montréal. on attend toujours après une bonne poutine ici...