Tag Archives: Vancouver
$100 Hotdog?!?!?

$100 Hotdog?!?!?

I could be considered a hotdog girl. There is nothing quite like a BBQ-ed hotdog on a hot summer day or a concession dog while you are taking a break at the ball field, but recently I saw a news article about a very special hotdog……… one that cost over $100! Dougie Dog, a Vancouver [...]

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Vanilla Kreme

A rainy night at the Danube.

There used to be this restaurant on Main Street in Vancouver called The Budapest, and I would go there with my grandmother and my Auntie Lynn and Uncle George, and we would get two Transylvania Platters and extra spaetzle and red cabbage with apples and then desserts, and it was as if we had traveled [...]

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Button, oyster, chantrelle, and enoki mushrooms

Maenam-inspired cream of mushroom soup

My friend Kian had been away working on a Master’s degree in Amsterdam for two years, and when he knew he’d be back to Vancouver for a brief visit before moving onto the UK this September, he told me to find a restaurant and set a date. Kian is my fancy dining companion, and after [...]

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