Richmond Community Kitchen Potluck Picnic 2012
The Richmond Community Kitchens celebrated the end of the session before the summer break with a potluck picnic at the South Arm Park. It was a great summer evening and…
Alaskan King Crab Dinner — Anyone Interested?
Wow … I think a lot people are excited about the Alaskan King Crab and I am sure many of you will be organizing a chowdown these two short weeks.
The problem is, for AKC, you need to have many people to devour the 8 pound crab. An 8 pounder will feed about 5-6 people, there abouts.
I think some of you expects me to organize a Alaskan King Crab dinner. So here I am again, sticking my neck out. 🙂 OK I admit, I can’t get AKC out of my mind today.
Suanne had made some inquiries and here is what we have planned. We need to make sure we have the numbers to pull this off. PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOT PART OF MY WILD WIN-WIN-WIN IDEA. LOL! This one you got to pay — almost through your nose because this is not your $7.95 Char Koay Teow with free milk tea kind of thing.
If you are still interested, read on …Â (more…)
The 3rd Day of Chinese New Year: Roast Pork, Yee Sang and Keeping Friends Honest
For the past many years, we had been doing the same thing.
Our closest family friends had always made it a point to all meet up at least three times every year. In summer, we always have a big picnic. On Christmas, we meet up too. But the most important gathering is during Chinese New Year. To many of our family friends, this yearly reunion is how we keep the Chinese New Year traditions alive.
And every year, Suanne and I go through the same motions. We would always go to the same place to buy roast pork and that would be one of our contributions for the gathering. Of course, Suanne is also expected to cook something. This time she decided to make some Garlic Chives Jiaozi which is CNY delicacy.
We always get the Siu Yook (Roast Pork) from the Parker Place BBQ Shop. We were kind of worried that the line would be long. There was once on CNY eve, we queued for 45 minutes to buy the roast pork here.
Many people buys a lot for the festival.
There is this guy just ahead of us who pretty much bought … (more…)
For The First Time Visitors from Fairchild TV Program
At 8PM PST today, the documentary on chowtimes and on food blogging was aired at the eastern side of the country. One of the main highlight of the program was…
Malaysian Food Tasting at Mamak Cafe – Anyone Interested?
Updated: 4th July 2012; This restaurant had closed according to Urbanspoon.com.
There is a new kid in town and it is called Mamak Cafe. I am sure many of you foodies have heard about them already and some of you have even tried it already. But for those of you who have not try Mamak Cafe’s food yet, here is a great opportunity to taste it.
How does this sound?
- Private dining room (oh yeah, we have the entire private room just for ourselves!)
- You get to try Roti, Satays, Bak-Kut-Teh, Curry Chicken, Beef Rendang, Prawn Sambal, Mee Goreng, Acar, Coconut Rice.
- For drink you get a choice of draft beer, teh tarik or refillable pop.
- $12; only for chowtimes readers … and that includes HST!
The Mamak Malaysian Cafe is located in Gastown. I have never been there but I heard that it is located inside a bar.
The people behind Mamak Cafe is Charles. Charles was behind the popular Jonker Street in Yaletown which is now closed.
I hope some of you can make it a point to attend this event and I know there are a lot of Malaysian food fans out there judging from the responses we had on the Penang Delight Restaurant. Besides enjoying the food, come also for the learning on Malaysian cuisine.
Here are the details of the event …
South Arm Christmas Potluck 2010
The South Arm Community Kitchen ended the year with a Christmas potluck. Minoo also invited members from other kitchens to this potluck. Among those who came are members from the…
Richmond Community Kitchens celebrate Christmas at HML Seafood Restaurant on No. 3 Rd in Richmond
Minoo organised a Christmas celebration at HML Seafood Restaurant during one of last cooking session of the Richmond Community Kitchen. Â The South Arm Community Kitchen had been to this location, also for Christmas celebration in 2007 but it was Kingford Seafood Restaurant back then.
Does anyone know why is this restaurant’s English name is HML Seafood Restaurant? I tried to ask the receptionist on my way out but just got a blunt answer that she does not know.
HML is a big restaurant and it was very busy when we were there at 10:30 am. Minoo had reserved a large table that fits 12 to 15 people.
But, guessed what? 19 people turned up for this gathering. We had to pull another table in order to fit everyone. There were members from various kitchens, i.e. South Arm Community Kitchen, South Arm Cooking Club for Seniors, Gilmore Park Church Community Kitchen and Caring Place Community Kitchen.
Click on the menu above to take a closer look. The prices are average and the good thing is tea is free and it’s 20% off their regular dim sum items all day, even weekends and public holidays. The dim sum menu is on the right hand side.
We ordered a lot of food. In fact, I’m glad the captain came to us to alert us that we ordered way too much and cut down on the quantities of some of the items. Yet, we still have leftovers to bring home. What Minoo particular like in this restaurant is … (more…)
Caring Place Christmas Potluck 2010
I’m posting this first ahead of the older kitchens because I want to get the Christmas spirit going. Otherwise, this post will only appear in Feb, way after Christmas. The Caring Place Community Kitchen ended the 2010 session with a potluck as usual.
9 members attended this potluck. We had dishes from Korea, Ukraine, Philippines, France, HongKong and Malaysia. Oops, I did not make a dish from Malaysia though.
We had a surprise celebration at the potluck. It was Minoo’s birthday and she baked herself a Porcupine German Cake. She should have let us know, we should be bringing a cake for her instead.
Minoo got the inspiration making this Porcupine Cake from her trip back to German this summer. Minoo told us that pastry and cake is big in German. Every family will at least consume 2 cakes a week. There are lots of pre-packed cake mixes in a box at the groceries stores there.
The Porcupine Cake is made of chocolate sponge cake that has been hollowed out to be filled with fresh banana and whipped cream and top with crumbs made from the hollow out cake. It was light and fresh tasting. We love this cake a lot.
Coincidentally, I also brought a Ponderosa Cake which is made with banana and chocolate chips.
Marian from the Philipines made some Teo Chew drummets marinated with five spices, hot sauce, anise, sugar, soy sauce, etc. She created this finger food for her children’s Christmas party. Marian also brought some home-made daikon and carrot pickles as appetizers. From Korea, … (more…)
Help Us Make Up a Dinner Table: Luda on East Hastings and Slocan
Updated: 4th July 2012; This restaurant had closed according to Urbanspoon.com.
Hi All:
Suanne and I were wondering if anyone of you would like to join us for dinner to make up a table.
I had been hearing a lot of good things about this newish restaurant called Luda. Luda is located on East Hastings and Slocan and it is a Cantonese restaurant.
I like the name Luda. In Chinese Luda means something like The Boss. The words in the blacks circles on signboard says that they are the King of Beef Balls.
They also have another billboard on the side highlighting their other two dishes: Hainanese Chicken and Curry Dishes.
I had on my sights the following dishes I would like to try but then of course with more people, we could order more:
- Beef Balls
- Hainanese Chicken
- Curry Crab
- Soy Halibut
Here, check out their other menu items here … (more…)
Community Kitchen Field Trip to Nanaksar Gurdwara Gursikh Temple in Richmond
Minoo organised a field trip to the Nanaksar Gurdwara Gursikh Temple on Westminster Hwy and No.8 Road, Richmond for the last community kitchen meeting. Minoo always brings her oversea guests to this temple as a learning experience. The temple is opened to the public. Minoo had arranged a guide to bring us around and explained to us about the Sikh religion.
The group who attended this field trip was from various kitchens which includes South Arm, Caring Place and Gilmore Park Church Community Kitchens.
We were surprised to learn that the temple is opened 24/7 and there will always be volunteers praying and running the kitchen. All visitors who like to enter the temple will have to wear a scarf or a hat to cover their hair. They provide scarf at the entrance if you dont have one. Shoes are not allowed inside the praying area.
The best part of the tour was the tour to the dining hall. The temple provides free meals and you may make a donation as you wish. The donation box is located in the hallway of the temple. Please note that the food will be served to you, i.e. you are not allowed to scoop the food from the buffet for health safety reason.
The group enjoyed the meal and the learning of one of the religion in our multicultural society.
The food served on the day we were there was a indeed a very nice east Indian meal. It includes … (more…)