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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was impressed with this Armenian Pizzeria before I walked in just based on its name. I Lahmajoun, I gathered, is the name of the delicious spicy Armenian thin and light crusted meat pizzas. Mama is mother. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As soon as I walked in, I was dazzled with the cleanliness of the place and the friendliness of the welcome. I was salivating when the baker (I think he was the owner) walked out with the trays of freshly baked Lahmajoun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Their menu goes beyond meat. The Manakeesh are the best I tasted in Canada. A cheese or spinach toppings options are also available.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You see Mamajoun, I travel to Lebanon twice a year to eat Manakeesh every day for 15 days. I think I alone can keep a Vancouver Mamajoun busy enough.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The food, described as healthy Indian soul food, included a salty North American style salad with cranberries surrounded by Aloo Tikki and chaat with cucumbers and red peppers.</span></div>
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somerville kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02363442193638918068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426350277244576648.post-15716882229083417052016-01-29T16:52:00.000-08:002016-03-26T17:11:33.440-07:00My Sweet Niece<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After school, she prepares a snack for us. Today's was juice in a mug, toast with jam and cheese. All in matching plates and mugs and brought to my lap.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But wait till she sees my treat - a cinnamon buns cake; only found on the other side of the land.</span></div>
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somerville kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02363442193638918068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426350277244576648.post-15504117980029623862016-01-28T20:03:00.000-08:002016-03-26T16:52:18.435-07:00Miku Or Minami<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I simply cannot choose decide which one I like more Miku or Minami - please help me decide by leaving a comment to this blog article. But first, a visual tour of my Miku feasting session.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Six months ago, to the day, <a href="http://somervillekitchen.blogspot.ca/search/label/Replacement%20Chef" target="_blank">Replacement Chef</a> made a <a href="http://somervillekitchen.blogspot.ca/2015/08/corfu-lasagna.html" target="_blank">Corfu Lasagna</a>. Six months later, my empty-freezer-fridge-experimentations led themselves to creating Corfu Perogies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am sure no one will try the recipe, but why not, here it is hoping that someone out there in the world is adventurous enough to try it. First, layer, in a greased baking dish, uncooked perogies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Mix in some cooked meat. I had pre-cooked chicken pieces which I mixed in. But I am sure cooked steak, ham or bacon will work very well too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Add a Corfu-style sauce toppings - in this case canned tomatoes, olives, oregano and sprinkled feta cheese - and bake for 30 minutes in a 375 oven. Crunchy tasty perogies; and they still go well with sour cream.</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I visited <a href="http://caffebrixton.com/" target="_blank">Caffé Bixton </a>almost 2 years ago. At that time I fell in love with it for how unique it is.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Today, <a href="http://caffebrixton.com/" target="_blank">Caffé Brixton</a> is still its unique self. The interesting furniture is still there, the quality of food and service is still very good. </span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Even the unique vegetarian meatloaf with whisky bbq sauce and crispy onions I loved last time is still waiting for me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">But nothing will beat the uniqueness of <a href="http://caffebrixton.com/" target="_blank">Caffé Brixton'</a>s Washrooms!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Neighbours wrap up a party and a beautiful platter of leftover snacks are delivered to somerville kitchen; laid out with as much care and love as the original party platter was done up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Another night. Leftover pasta sauce made by one special person the previous night. Salmon pieces brought over by another special person the night before that. All I do is boil an egg and mix all together with spinach leaves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">One other night, a friend brings one thing, a neighbour brings another, my fridge contributes a third dish and my freezer the fourth. An impressive instant spread is served.</span><br />
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somerville kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02363442193638918068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426350277244576648.post-51330239118778821202016-01-24T19:34:00.000-08:002016-02-20T21:17:49.267-08:00Scrub Daddy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Why would I pay over $5.00 to buy a <a href="https://scrubdaddy.com/" target="_blank">Scrub Daddy</a>? Well, I can give you at least 5 reasons.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Reason #1: It adds a <i>je ne sait pas quoi</i> to the kitchen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Reason #2: It is one of the most successful Shark Tank featured products.</span><br />
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<br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Reason #3: It's a sponge that acts like a normal sponge in warm water.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Reason #4: But when the job is tough, use cold water and it becomes a tough scrub daddy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Reason #5: It smiles at me when the job is done. I love you <a href="https://scrubdaddy.com/" target="_blank">Scrub Daddy</a>.</span><br />
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somerville kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02363442193638918068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426350277244576648.post-3011740302363423072016-01-23T19:07:00.000-08:002016-02-20T19:24:52.876-08:00Vancouver's French Gem #2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have no idea why it took me decades to discover these French Gems of restaurants in the city (Read <a href="http://somervillekitchen.blogspot.ca/2016/01/vancouvers-french-gem-1.html" target="_blank">Vancouver French Gem #1</a>). And how can one not fall in love with a café with such taste in art.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.saladedefruits.com/" target="_blank">café salade de fruits</a> is more of a bistro than a café. Service is offered in French, unless you choose to speak another language. Specials and more specials on the black board. Pleasant experience sums it up.</span><br />
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somerville kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02363442193638918068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426350277244576648.post-79277529736564424782016-01-22T18:39:00.000-08:002016-02-20T18:57:03.863-08:00Vancouver's French Gem #1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">An enjoyable discovery. Tune back tomorrow for Vancouver's French Gem #2.</span><br />
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somerville kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02363442193638918068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426350277244576648.post-4234442051290539792016-01-21T09:57:00.000-08:002016-02-18T10:06:42.119-08:00Mink Gold<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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somerville kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02363442193638918068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426350277244576648.post-38265549608649942792016-01-20T06:10:00.000-08:002016-02-15T06:23:45.136-08:00A Product Not To Buy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You read the list of ingredients - c</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">ream, water, tomatoes, fresh onions, extra virgin olive oil, lime juice, fresh ginger, cashew nuts, fresh garlic, sea salt, Xanthan gum, spices, cilantro, cayenne - and you think all natural.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">Cuts down the Butter Chicken cooking time by 75%. Locally made a bonus.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">But something went amiss when used. The expected dark orange Butter Chicken sauce colour came out as a bright yellow orange.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">The taste was more like an asian nut sauce - it must be the cashew. Mental note - do not buy again.</span></span></div>
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somerville kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02363442193638918068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426350277244576648.post-21286717463686209852016-01-19T06:00:00.000-08:002016-02-15T06:10:33.289-08:00A Product To Buy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A great product that you buy off the shelves with no need to freeze or keep in the fridge. Quoting their website "</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141412; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">They contain no cholesterol, MSG, trans-fats or animal fats and are lower in sodium than most other brands". </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And it worked extremely well for an empty-the- fridge-pizza night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I still remember when Fatburger opened on Denman Street back in 2006. It took over a local business' location and the word on the street was a big American chain taking over the west end. That big yellow monstrosity on Denman Street never enticed me to try it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I tried <a href="http://www.bufala.ca/" target="_blank">Bufala</a> this summer. I have been back at least twice. In my opinion <a href="http://www.bufala.ca/" target="_blank">Bufala </a>is one of the best of Kerrisdale's dining options. Just look at this presentation.</span><br />
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somerville kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02363442193638918068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426350277244576648.post-60381000992036963072016-01-15T09:21:00.000-08:002016-02-14T09:28:42.470-08:00My Dear Lovely Neighbour<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You are an inspiration for strength, thoughtfulness, generosity, love, and wittiness. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Olly Jolly for <a href="http://somervillekitchen.blogspot.ca/search/label/My%20Dear%20Lovely%20Neighbour" target="_blank">My Dear Lovely Neighbour</a>. Life at somerville kitchen would have been too drab without you.</span><br />
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somerville kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02363442193638918068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426350277244576648.post-20469461830818910332016-01-14T09:16:00.000-08:002016-02-14T09:19:58.790-08:00A somerville kitchen Snack<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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somerville kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02363442193638918068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426350277244576648.post-54413765296352822682016-01-13T08:53:00.000-08:002016-02-14T09:11:00.457-08:00How To Keep A Sick Cat Eating<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">At this stage of a cat's life, the quality of the food becomes less relevant and the focus is on getting calories in. Catsess favourites were the crunchies treats - she always loved them and they kept her going till her last days.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">All this effort was worth it as Catsess had a comfortable passing on at home, and that was mainly because she kept getting some food in her till the last hour. So please do not give up on a sick cat if she is not eating her regular food, just keep trying, with a bit of this and that, you can keep your sick cat comfortable till the end.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In memory of Catsess at somerville kitchen (December 2012 - November 2015)</span><br />
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somerville kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02363442193638918068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426350277244576648.post-11139740251120035892016-01-11T17:24:00.000-08:002016-02-13T20:53:06.771-08:00Food Elegance at Steel Toad<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://steeltoad.ca/" target="_blank">Steel Toad</a> describes itself as a modern bistro and gastropub fare</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I think of it as a place for good looking (and tasty) food</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well, a potato pizza could be described as gastropub fare (now this was a real gastotasting experience)</span><br />
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somerville kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02363442193638918068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426350277244576648.post-1938764451143043162016-01-10T17:04:00.000-08:002016-01-17T17:17:24.379-08:00In Memory of a Great Cat<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Twelve years ago I met a lovely cat called Jazz.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Jazz lived across from me and Cats used to watch him through the window.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Jazz had a beautiful face and a calm demeanour.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Jazz loved his mommies and everyone who loved his mommies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I had the privilege of cat sitting Jazz so many times and I cherish these memories.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Jazz left us to cat heaven three months ago to play with Cats and all the other cats waiting for him. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Jazz, you just don't know how much mommies miss you and think of you. But I think they know you are fine and that they are always in your thoughts wherever you are now. </span><br />
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somerville kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02363442193638918068noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426350277244576648.post-77601940286884957862016-01-09T18:36:00.000-08:002016-01-11T18:41:22.404-08:00Weekends at Somerville Kitchen<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On weekends at somerville kitchen, it is the cats (or some of them) that make the plans</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Or the neighbours drop off a an appetizers platter that is too beautiful to touch</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Definitely lots of naps, cats and humans that is</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Finally, food pours from everywhere and a feast is served to many loved ones</span><br />
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somerville kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02363442193638918068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426350277244576648.post-692000291178192412016-01-08T12:31:00.000-08:002016-01-10T12:41:46.553-08:00To Dine For<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After being a ding dong writing the name of the restaurant as To Die For, thank the forces it was not that difficult to find To Dine For.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A favourite of the people working in that neighbourhood (and most likely the only decent eating establishment on Terminal Avenue), <i><b>To Dine For</b></i> offers all sorts of burgers but they seem to be famous for their beef curry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I liked the beef curry (Korean style). The Sweety Brown Chicken was tempting, so I managed to get a picture of it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But after the visit, I noticed a picture of Bibimba on their board (but not on the menu); a picture of purple coloured sushi rolls on their Zomato page; and a review on their peanut butter burger which I seem to have missed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I think that means 3 more trips, at least, to <i><b>To Dine For. </b></i> Not a difficult chore - I liked this place.</span><br />
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