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Café Medina

in Breakfast and Pastry, Carbapalooza, Canada, Vancouver, Comfort, Drink, Meaty Goodness, Middle Eastern 4 comments

Vancouver, Canada (The Joy of Food) — I’m not exactly what you’d call a breakfast girl, and I usually say “brunch” is just an excuse to shove down a stack of 25 red velvet pancakes and day drink. If you build it, they will brunch, or something like that. But […]

Thierry Chocolaterie Patisserie Cafe

in Breakfast and Pastry, Carbapalooza, Comfort, Canada, Vancouver, Dessert, Drink, French 4 comments

Vancouver, Canada (The Joy of Food) — The older I get, the more I lean toward dark chocolate, and melted bitter dark chocolate can be something like poetry in a cup. At Thierry, an order of ‘liquid chocolate’ is decadent and indulgent, swirled with ribbons of hazelnut, caramel, or coconut […]

Guu with Garlic

in Carbapalooza, Canada, Vancouver, Comfort, Drink, Gone Fishing, Japanese 4 comments

Vancouver, Canada (The Joy of Food) — The first thing that you should know about Guu with Garlic is that it is the kind of place where you can get anything you want, as long as what you want is garlic. Guu with Garlic is an izakaya experience to be […]

Le Doux Ciel

in Breakfast and Pastry, Canada, Vancouver, Dessert, French 2 comments

Vancouver, Canada (The Joy of Food) — Everything at Le Doux Ciel is an explosion of pink: it’s in the seat cushions, in the lamps, and in the giant spherical things that hang from the ceiling. If you’ve ever wondered what the inside of Barbie’s Dollhouse looks like, this is […]

Schwartz’s Deli

in Montreal, Comfort, Canada, Meaty Goodness, Quebecois 4 comments

Montreal, Canada (The Joy of Food) — The star at Schwartz’s Deli is the spiced and brined beef brisket, hot-smoked and steamed, yielding something similar to corned beef or pastrami, but taken a step further. It comes piled high with slices of hand-cut meat served on fresh rye bread with […]

Ramen Danbo

in Carbapalooza, Canada, Vancouver, Comfort, Meaty Goodness, Japanese 4 comments

Vancouver, Canada (The Joy of Food) — Ramen Danbo is that place that makes you question life and determine that, until now, all the other ramen you’ve been eating is swill. Here, it is a special kind of ramen that exists perfectly in the moment, and then it disappears. The […]

St-Viateur Bagel

in Montreal, Breakfast and Pastry, Carbapalooza, Canada, Comfort, Quebecois 4 comments

Montreal, Canada (The Joy of Food) — A legend in its own right in a city that’s famous for its food, St-Viateur is a premier bagel purveyor in Montreal. Comparisons between the Montreal bagel and the American bagel [*] abound. A Montreal-style bagel is smaller and has a larger hole, […]

Au Kouign-Amann

in Montreal, Breakfast and Pastry, Carbapalooza, Canada, Dessert, French 4 comments

Montreal, Canada (The Joy of Food) — A visit to Au Kouign-Amann in Montreal is a pilgrimage, a chance to visit a patisserie making a classic version of the famed kouign-amann. Fads like the Cronut come and go, but French pastry is forever. For the uninitiated, the kouign-amann is a […]

Au Pied de Cochon

in Montreal, Canada, Comfort, French, Meaty Goodness, Quebecois 8 comments

Montreal, Canada (The Joy of Food) — Montreal may be home to one of the richest, most decadent food scenes in the world, one where things like cheese curds, duck fat, and red wine flow through veins, where sophistication and rustic commingle on the same plate, and where gluttony is […]