Recently we had a friend, Shana, come to visit us and Canada for the first time. Being ever self conscious hosers, we wondered how on earth we were going to plan activities and meals that would not disappoint a native New Yorker who has a world of top shelf options on her doorstep. I got […]
Archives for August 2011
The Sugar Bowl- This little lamb
I must have staggered past the Sugar Bowl a thousand times in my youthful drinking days and never ventured inside. From the outside, it always seemed like some wicker-laden hangout full of granola munching hippies. Still does. But with age and (mostly) soberness comes a (hopefully) greater tolerance for people and things that are different […]
Nomiya
I dropped by Nomiya and picked up a little something to take out for lunch recently. Having never had authentic Ramen noodles, I was excited to try them. I was chapped to find out that Nomiya will not make up an order to go. Am I missing something here? Why couldn’t you do it to […]
La Poutine
After months of hearing about La Poutine, I finally decided to check it out for myself. Eating poutine other places in Edmonton has made me a little skeptical of how good this was going to be. Was I going to encounter the same problems I find every other time I eat poutine? Terrible fries and […]