Suanne and Ben’s Food and Travel Adventures from Vancouver, BC

Jul

Kelowna Trip Report: Breakfast at DeDutch Pannekoek House

Posted by ben Published in Dutch, Kelowna 2006

Despite that name DeDutch is a BC company with franchises around BC only. Their specialty is a dutch pancake called Pannekoek.

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Jul

Kelowna Trip Report: Picking Cherries

Posted by ben Published in Kelowna 2006, U-Pick

The highlight of our trip to Kelowna is picking cherries. On the first day we were there we went to a cherry farm on Westbank. We had been to this farm before but were pleasantly surprised at the abundance newly ripe cherries on the trees.

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Jul

Kelowna Trip Report: KFC in the Park

Posted by ben Published in Fast Food, Kelowna 2006

By the time we got near Kelowna, it was already noon. We took a few stops along the way to enjoy the scenery. Below is our first glimpse of the Okanagan Lake. The Okanagan is a longish and deep lake stretching north south for 120 kms. The area is famous for their fruit production and tourism.

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Jul

Kelowna Trip Report: Snacks on the Road

Posted by ben Published in Food Review, Kelowna 2006

It takes about 4 hours in all to get from Vancouver to Kelowna. I think it’s about 400 km in all. We took Highway 5, which is better known as the Coquihalla Highway. This is the more scenic route as it climbs up very rugged and spectacular scenery.

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Jul

Kelowna Trip Report: Breakfast in #9 Restaurant

Posted by ben Published in Chinese, Kelowna 2006

We started off from home early — at 6:30am — because the road trip itself will take about 4 hours non-stop. So, we decided to go out for breakfast. About the only restaurant opened at such time is the #9 Restaurant (a.k.a. Kau Kee in Cantonese) in the Lansdowne Mall in Richmond.

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Jul

Almond Chocolate Chips Biscotti

Posted by suanne Published in Cookies

Biscotti is an Italian traditional cookie — the word biscotti simply means cookies. Biscotti comes from a Mediaval Latin word, “bis costus” which means twice cooked. This is the only type of cookies I know that is baked twice — once as a slab and then the slices are re-baked again.

Biscotti is easy to make, easy to keep without going stale and delicious to eat. They’re also lower in fat and sugar than a traditional cookie.

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Jul

Indian Fries (Chana Na Bhajia)

Posted by suanne Published in Potato, Snacks

Zee made her sons some Indian Fries called Chana Na Bhajia. Chana is a kind of lentils flour. Na Bhajia means the shape of the food which is kind of oval or in a blob.

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Jul

Pig Stomach Pepper Soup

Posted by suanne Published in Soup

Well, Ben has been bugging me for soup for the past few days. He has this craving for soup once in a while.

So, I made him one of his favourite soup, Pig Stomach Pepper Soup. This is a very simple soup with only 5 ingredients.

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Jul

Blueberry Buckle

Posted by suanne Published in Cakes

Blueberries are powerful inflammation fighters and antioxidants. The antioxidants found in blueberries help to reduce the risk of cancer. Certain compounds found in blueberries (also found in cranberries) are found to have a significant impact in reducing degradation of the brain as in Alzheimer’s disease. Research also showed that blueberries prevent urinary tract infections.

I made this bluberry buckle for my family for all the goodness of blueberries.

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Jul

Pizza Hut

Posted by ben Published in Fast Food

Most of the Pizza Huts around were small delivery places or stalls in the mall. However, there is a full service Pizza Hut in Richmond on 8340 Westminster Hwy.