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• [eatingclub] vancouver || js on Seattle: Portage Bay Cafe: 1. Breakfast is usually an expensive proposition. It’s not unusual for us to spend about $15 per person at western breakfast places. Which makes Chinese breakfast places such a good deal, but then, they’re totally different animals. 2. Organic this, organic that: well, a lot of people have jumped on this bandwagon, to sell at a much higher price. Safeway sells organic, Walmart sells organic: big business has totally moved into organic and are taking over. To add insult to injury, there are some lobbying to loosen the standards even more so more things can be labelled “organic.” 3. Case in point: “organic prawns.” How can prawns be labelled as organic? 4. Organic never claimed to be better-tasting than conventionally-grown produce, just pesticide-free. So, for those who are concerned about pesticide residues in produce, there is the organic option. Although, given #2, we’ll just have...

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• Su-Lin on Seattle: The Tamarind Tree: Wow - that 7 course beef meal looks amazing! I too started looking online for a place in Vancouver that does that but came up with nothing. Maybe it’s an American-Vietnamese thing? No idea. I love Phnom Penh in Chinatown!

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• eileen on Steamed Banana Cake: Hi,i will definitely try this recipe.It is steamed,not baked.It will b more healthy.thanks

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• Suanne on Chocolate Yogurt Cake: Hi Melody, you do have my consent to use chowtimes’ photos for your presentation. I would love to see your Power Point presentation and you can email it to ben.and.suanne@gmail.com. Good luck on your test.

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• cutemommy98 on Seattle: The Confectional in Pike Place Market: yummy!yummy! those cheesecakes look delicious. pls send some to me ;-0

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• fxho on Seattle: Portage Bay Cafe: I second MoMo’s opinion. After a brief discussion with a friend, we decided to do an experiment: get some organic and regular produce (brocoli, carrot, tomato, et al) , as well as an organic and a regular steak (same cut). Then prepare and cook them the same way. Since we wanted a blind taste, I cooked them but my friend plated the dishes with saying which one was which one. End result? Except for tomatoes, we agreed everything else tasted almost exactly the same. I must say, though, the regular tomatoes were a bit more firm than the organic one (riper?). Overall, I ignore the organic claims and buy whichever is cheaper. If I have to chose, then I focus on a different “parameter”: country of origin of the product. For example, I prefer local tomatoes to imported tomatoes, as that means the fruits (yes, tomato is a fruit!!!) can be left on the vine to ripe rather than harvest them while still green (to ship them internationally)....

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• melody on Chocolate Yogurt Cake: Hi Suanne, This recipe looks fantastic! I am doing a Power Point presentation for my computing class. It is to test our presentation skills to a group. I have decided to present on how to make cakes, chocolate in particular, would I be allowed to use your recipe and pictures for my presentation? Of course I will have your site and name as my information source to credit this as your work. I look forward to your consent reply. Thankyou Melody

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• MoMo on Seattle: Portage Bay Cafe: I still think organic is a myth. How do we know it’s really organic? Who is constantly checking on organic vendors or farmers? Is there a department checking on vendors like that department checking the cleanness of every restaurant and giving them grades in California? Julia Child lived until 90 and she never had anything organic. She ate meat too, she believed in balanced diet, she didn’t exclude anything from her diet. She was pretty mobile for a 90 year old. Martha Stewart’s mom lived pretty long as well, she died at 85 years old? She was very independent for her age. She was too old school to care for organic. What happened to wash your vegetables? I don’t think eat organic can prevent illness. It’s balanced diet, exercise, good gene and trying to be less stressed out can prevent illness.

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• Erick on Seattle: Portage Bay Cafe: Whoa! $55 for breakfast!! That’s quite steep for the first meal of the day. The food did look tasty though, but not $55 tasty. The coffee looked a bit watery for my taste or maybe you poured a lot of half-n-half/cream. Thanks for the tip. Won’t be going there in the near future!

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• col on Seattle: Portage Bay Cafe: aw, I’m sorry you didn’t have a good experience there! I’ve been there a few times and always had a good experience with the wait staff :/

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