Shopping + food weekends are the greatest, and a few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to have two. In a row. The first was in Detroit – technically not a weekend, but I did a weekend’s worth of shopping – and the second in Toronto. The Somerset Collection just outside Detroit is in my…
Tag: ramen
Home is the Seawall and Ramen
The shortest day of the year in Vancouver also happened to be snowy and one of the coldest, and I could think of no better way to warm up than with black ramen at Jinya downtown. I’ve missed frosty morning walks with the pup – solo early morning runs by the Detroit river just don’t…
Sushi and Stuff
It’s been way too long since I’ve had some good Japanese food. I miss gindara and mentaiko udon and agedashi tofu and spicy salmon and spot prawn sashimi. I miss block sushi at Guu and I miss ishi-yaki at Hapa. A little while ago I had Japanese at this place called Hoi on Wyandotte Street,…