I’ve been eating a lot of ice cream sandwiches lately – not really unusual I guess, given the warm-ish weather and my giant sweet tooth. What I didn’t expect was to try (and fall in love with) a mint chocolate chip version. It was another one of Beta5 Chocolates’ amazing creations: pale, earthy green mint ice cream with…
Category: Grub
Father’s Day
A belated happy Father’s Day to all the dad’s out there! Father’s Day…or rather, Father’s Day weekend in the Alba household saw a lot of good food, including desserts-in-a-jar from Beta5 Chocolates (strawberry-rhubarb and black & tan), as well as shrimp and salmon from the Steveston Fish Market (steamed and grilled, respectively). And since we…
Hapa Izakaya
Hapa Izakaya has got to be one of the best izakayas I’ve been to: they’ve got the flavours and creativity of the drinks and accompanying food down to a science. What makes Hapa especially great is that they are serious about using local, seasonal ingredients as well as Oceanwise seafood in their food, like BC spot prawns…
Saturday Sweets
This past Saturday saw a little bit of a sweets and junk food overload. We had a pet store grand opening to attend (which involved a giant cake), but before that my family and I had a big pho lunch, and sweets from Chez Cristophe for dessert: strawberry-pistachio tart, mille-feuille, and tiramisu. The mille-feuille was…
Stella’s Grub
So I talk about food and I talk about Stella, but I’ve never really talked about what Stella eats. She’s a very allergic little Frenchie, with a very sensitive stomach, and currently eats pressure-cooked quail, with a side of boiled potatos and steamed bok choy. We started her off on the same Natural Balance +…
Cadeaux Birthday Cake
A pretty little bakery with clean white décor and an open kitchen, preparing lemon meringue tartlets, croissants, and five-layer cakes is the last thing you’d expect to find in a neighborhood with street names like Blood Alley and Gaelor’s Mews, yet Gastown is exactly where Cadeaux Bakery decided to lay down its roots. My mom has been…
B-day Weekend
It hasn’t quite hit me that I’m turning 25 on Monday. Things are changing pretty quickly – by the end of the summer I’ll be bidding Vancouver goodbye (not permanently, of course, but long enough to miss it terribly) and beginning a new, but welcome chapter of my life, yet what I’m really concerned about is what…
Ice Cream Sandwiches
I think the first ice cream sandwich I ever had was the classic Klondike Bar – vanilla ice cream sandwiched between chocolate cookies. Then it was one of those frozen-solid chocolate chip cookie ones at Disneyland. I didn’t make it to the Trout Lake Farmers Market for an Earnest Ice Cream sandwich yesterday, but I…
Camosun Bog
Yesterday morning, Stella and I took a walk at the Camosun Bog, which is part of Pacific Spirit Park. The bog is a protected area with lots of plant and animal species, including a lot of sphagnum moss. We started at the entrance at 19th & Camosun which Stella didn’t particularly like because she had to…
Saturday Sweets
French vanilla ice cream & a coconut macaroon from The Sweet Spot Bakery in Steveston Village. My two favourite flavours and scents. The Sweet Spot Bakery 12000 1st Avenue Steveston Village, Richmond, BC
Quinoa in a Jar
Quinoa, along with millet and spelt, is one of my favourite ancient grains, mostly because of its versatility, health properties, and the fact that it is super easy to prepare. Gluten-free bakery, Lemonade, does some wonderful quinoa granola (with coconut flakes, cranberries, and pumpkin seeds), quinoa bread and chocolate chip cookies, but my favourite way…
Happy Yellow
A little bit of yellow goes along way on a particularly gray morning. Feeling a little under the weather and broody this morning, I decided on my yellow Soludos with my usual black and gray. And for dessert-before-lunch, a little lemon meringue from The Sweet Spot Bakery – just tart enough, topped with a perfect…
Pup & Grub 