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Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica
la pecora nera in playa cosles just % min drive towards manzanillo, great italian homemade pastas, raises his own ducks etc.......
dim sum chili sauce
I still cant find it, i can find almost all their products online and in a chinese market here but the chili sauce i have yet to find.
Panama questions
I am wondering if anyone knows about astrid y gastons I had heard they had or were opening a resteraunt in panama but I can't find anything online . Also has anyone tried the golden unicorn I have always gone to Madame changs but am a little curious about golden unicorn as I have heard great things. As well I am planning Sake for sushi unless anyone knows better sushi in panama please let me know and lastly has Ten Bistro cleaned up theyre act or has it completely gone downhill for good , if anyone has anymore new finds or must try new recommendations let me know .. Cheers
Los Angeles recs for end of march visit
going to visit some family in LA for a few days then head down to SF for the tail end of the trip. taking my two children but have lots of relatives so not everywhere needs to be kid friendly, would like one splurge night out with my brother for steak and one for sushi....... for the steak how is cut? the sushi urusawa ... wouldnt like to splurge that much there as i have read the prices are crazy but if its that good then i have to try it......... dim sum recs , vietnamese for pho and banh mi (the crazy good french bread sandwiches)...... izakayas ..... also want some feedback on animal and hungry cat.......... as they are definetly on my radar.... naimal i hevent heard one bad thing, hungry cat on the other hand have heard all good just not that mabny reviews...... thanks
Where can I find restaurants that are open late in this city!
ahhhh ok my bad, i havent been there in a while as my late night party days are behind me now.......Bin and Seigels then, try the montreal smoked meat bagel at Seigels, and anything at Bin but my faves are beef carpaccio, maple glazed steak w shostring fries roast tomato goat cheese dip and any of the mussels dishes
Good Asian near the Pan Pacific hotel
Imperial Chinese restaurant inside the marine builing at 355 Burrard...... the dim sum is crazy good, scallop dumpling, mixed seafood dumplings etc.....things i have never found anywhere elkse
Where can I find restaurants that are open late in this city!
Bin 941 and 942 open till 1 30....killer food........if you want cheap and real late night after bar grub i used to hit up Characters on Davie, The Vineyard for calamari and greek food and seigels bagels....all 24 hrs........but Bin is one of my favorite places to eat period no matter the hour in Vancouver.....oh ya and junior bacon cheeseburgers at Wendys on Cambie........if your drunk
need recs for july visit
thanx to everyone for the contributions....look forward to trying everything......lastly though no pho and bahn mi that sticks out in anyones mind (vietnamese) no slanted door that seems to fusion higher end, i want family run vietnamese cafe tye great homemade french bread pho and slow dripped iced coffee over condensed milk......hahahaha could be asking to much
need recs for july visit
cool thanx a lot.....i had between kiss or sebo for sushi narrowde down, i thinki might go sebo. bix sounds good, the tartare is of what exactly? oh and what about gary danko? have you been to vancouver and if so is the dim sum at koi palace comparable. ive had dim sum on clement a few times but nothing was that impressive. as for the burger if i go to o izakaya for izakaya fare i might be interested in a more diner type dive for the burger any recs, no pho or oyster recs?....... thanks again
Izakaya in SF/East Bay
looking for the same......oh man i love the izakayas back home in vancouver....where did you go? Guu, Hapa, and kingyo are my faves
need recs for july visit
im heading to SF in july with my wife and kids we are looking for some great places to eat....we could be there for a good couple of weeks maybe even longer so i will break down what we are looking for, price is not an option for the best.from vancouver and have great restauarants but currently live in latin america so looking for some great places like we have back home
sushi (price no option)
steakhouse (price no option, preferably dry aged and classic oldschool side dishes
pho and bahn mi (usually the whole in the wall cheap places are the best)
dim sum (as well doenst have to be fancy but if there is a sun sui wah type place like vancouver we will pay the bucks)
oysters and other great shellfish (simple cocktail sauce type of place) just fresh and good
izakaya
greek
italian
italian deli type subs
malaysian (chili crab)
indian
the best burger in the city
anywhere that does roasted bone marrow, and also a place that does great foie gras dishes
your favorite restaurant recommendations
thanx a bunch
Vancouverites miso baked escolar?
gonna try the poaching method as the miso escolar just didnt come out right.....dcame out breaking apart dry as opposed to moist and flaking apart........if the poaching method doesnt work i might bight the bullet and get the black cod......30 bucks US a kilo to ghet it here whole frozen......whats the price there in Van roughly....anyone know?
LA Hound/extreme Foodie looking for the best local seafood
actally not to sure, but they have the huge cauldron they cook the crab/lobster on the spot for you if asked, so i assume they would do the same with the live spot prawns as well if you asked.....lobster man that is.
Vancouverites miso baked escolar?
the problem is the local fish is just well.....fishy.......not prpoerly handled by the time it makes it to the mainland and very sinyewy......i mean there is some alright fish i guess.....ive tried it with tilapia but that just dried out and didnt work at all......thanx fmed i think ill try the poaching method with maybe a small sea bass fillet. thats olive oil really low heat right? then when done just galze in the miso sauce is what your saying?
Vancouverites miso baked escolar?
there is a reason that the taiwanese government built a multi million dollar bridhge here for free............and now they just donated thousands of brand new police cars for the force.....what are they looking for in return?????????????hmmmmmmmmmmmm
Vancouverites miso baked escolar?
thanx salmon, ya i know what you mean.....not to hate but for a country that has so many seafood resources the seafood here is really not that good.....i think it goes back to the cold water thing.....the colder the water the better texture flavor etc.... of the fish, shellfish........of course the yellowfin here is good though....actually on a side note i remember just reading that the US has cut ties with costa rican prawns now because of the way they catch them and kill so many other species in the nets in the process, mainly turtles.......watch shark water....real eye opener about this place........
Vancouverites miso baked escolar?
yes i knew black cod sablefish is same thing also called butterfish, i know the best or even better substtute is chilean sea bass but that is very expensive and rather hard to come by as it is on the exctintion watch list.......grouper i dont think has the fatiness. i was just asking because one of my suppliers is from vancouber (where i am originally from) and his claim is that a lot of restaurants subsitute escolar in the place of black cod.......all i know is ive never had anything so buttery and sweet as black cod. i have a escolar sample they gave me that i have marinating in saikyo miso as we speak so ill let everyone know in a day or two how it turns out........as i said before i am familiar with escolar raw in sushi and i am not a fan and i have heard the intestinal clames as well so we will see
Vancouverites miso baked escolar?
im looking to any vancouverites because i know the craze of miso baked black cod etc... in all the vancouver sushi bars and many other restaurants for that matter. i am looking for a fatty white fish to make black cod w miso. my supplier is unable to get me black cod for the time being but tells me a common substitute is escolar. i have had escolar raw in sushi form as they pawn it off here in CR as white tuna and i am not a huge fan. i prefer albacore. but it does have good oily content so my question is has anybody had a miso baked escolar or any cooked form of escolar and is it buttery and or similiar? i am rather close to Chile and have inquired about sea bass as well but the price is horrendous as well i think it is pretty endangered which isnt to appealing so escolar right now seems to be my only option.Ive tried every local Costa Rican fish and nothing works.
P.S. i can get halibut as well.........
escolar vs. black cod
i am looking for a fatty white fish to make black cod w miso. my supplier is unable to get me black cod for the time being but tells me a common substitute is escolar. i have had escolar raw in sushi form as they pawn it off here in CR as white tuna and i am not a huge fan. i prefer albacore. but it does have good oily content so my question is has anybody had a miso baked escolar or any cooked form of escolar and how is the result if so? i am rather close to Chile and have inquired about sea bass as well but the price is horrendous as well i think it is pretty endangered so escolar right now seems to be my only option.Ive tried every local Costa Rican fish and nothing seems to work at all.
Colombia
oops guess i was a little late.................................didnt see the date
Colombia
only been to Medellin but many times as my wife is from there. beautiful city and good food as well...(you tube anthony bourdain in Medellin) i love ajiaco , lechona (rice and veggie stuffed pig served with its own crispy skin) and a great bandeja paisa......as for places cant recommend many as i dont remember nakes to well but try Dona Lechona its a chain for great lechona and mondongos for great mondongo (tripe) dishes as well as typical plates sucjh as the bandeja paisa.
LA Hound/extreme Foodie looking for the best local seafood
lobster man in granville island.....great assortment of live local and imported oysters, live local mussels, clams etc... and dungeness crab they will cook live in their huge cauldron on the spot so you can go to the docks and eat it right there out of newspaper, and if spot prawn season should be able to find live spot prawns there as well.............also recommend blue water, ..live large, Tojos im not a huge fan of as the service is terrible and ive had some bad experiences but he does do some outstanding things with local ingredients........but mymy fave for sushi is octopus garden
favorite plates
ya and in Granville Island im forgetting my stop at Armandos fine meats for some prime NY steaks
favorite plates
oh ya pretty bummed its closed but i loved Don Don noodle house on cambie for the assorted wonton soup, man that was so good, so good for you, and so cheap
favorite plates
im missing the vancouver restaurants and dishes so much and every time i come back home i have a list i pre write beforehand of all the restaurants and or dishes i will be having or trying to squeeze in. just for fun im gonna share my picks and would love to see everyone elses choices ......what dishes do you miss the most when u are not in the city.
White Spot - B.C. burger, onion rings, and strawberry shake......
Bin 941, 942- maple glazed steak w shostring fries, any of the mussel dishes, bananas foster cheesecake, goat cheese roasted tomato dip
Au Petit Cafe- bahn mi (vietnamese sandwich) #1? the works, rare beef and beef ball pho
Hapa Izakaya- ebi mayo, negitoro, shime saba, whole squid, tuna sushi w shiso
Phnom penh- butter beef, chicken wings, garlic squid, noodle #1 w liver pork beef prawn and soy
Gotham Steakhouse-bone in rib steak cooked medium (im a rare guy but the fat needs to melt to truly enjoy the rib steak), king crab legs,
Toshi- spicy garlic beef, spicy agedashi tofu, miso baked eggplant, wild sockeye sashimi, sesame albacore tuna, box sushi (not on menu)
Szechuan Chonquing (commercial)- ginger beef, spicy peanut wontons, kung pao chicken, seafood chow mein
Nats New York Pizzeria- veal or chicken parm sub, cold chicken sub w the works, beefeater pizza
Sun Sui Wah- roast squab, dim sum, hot and sour soup
Thai Chili House- chili crab
??shwarma platter at the strip mall on 10th and alma
Vijs- lamb popsicles
Cactus Club, thai wings, extra hot wings w creamy parm dip, teriyaki chicken caesar salad, double ceaser extra spicy
Stephos-calamari platter
Raga- butter chicken, naan, extra spicy lamb vindaloo
Lolitas-couldnt remember the dishes just remember it is good
Il Giardino- most anything on the menu
Kingyo-sashimi platter, grilled beef tongue, scallop sashimi
The Keg- ceg size ceaser, combo w new york strip mushrooms and caesar sald
Blue water- any sushi, oysters oysters and more oysters
My House- after ive been to granville island and collected from the following
Oyama Sausage-goose liver and truffle pate
Dussas cheese-cave aged gruyere
Lobster Man-live dungeness, P.E.I. mussels, manila clams, malpeque and chefs creek oysters
Liberty Wines- couple bottles of morgon
im sure im missing some if they pop in my head ill add later
Phnom Penh (Vancouver, Cambodian/Vietnamese, pictures)
wow thanks.......i was really looking for a while what the real name was thats great.... the reason i say that it might be cooked those ways is because sometimes the plate comes out and the meat is cooked starting at the outside of the plate and working its way in, basically the middle part of the plate is rare and the edges are grey........a bit odd to me, but none the less a must have when there. thanx again
Phnom Penh (Vancouver, Cambodian/Vietnamese, pictures)
o man that butter beef is soooo good. would die to find out the recipe......looks like they put the plate in the oven beforehand to cook the beef like that......or dare i say the nuker
Great food in Vancouver - Chow, Fuel, Wild Rice
good to hear about wild rice, ive been meaning to try it whenever im in town but havent got around to it (i always crave my regular spots too much when im away) but read some not so good reviews about it as well so good to hear its ok.
