kitchen by brad is back!
Kitchen by Brad is back on track with Kitchen-to-Go dinners every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Tuesday menus are Ukrainian inspired, it’s meat loaf tonight and roast chicken on Thursday. Wednesday dinners include a $5 donation to the Maz. Order here.
last week for strathcona sweet treats festival!
Check out the tasty sweet treats and delish coffee at over a dozen Old Strathcona cafes and bakeries, including La Boule (raspberry éclair); Yelo’d (hot ice cream) and Ohana (chocolate strawberry donut). Looking forward to trying the fireball latte at Overflow. And the new Roasti is now open at 10546 82 Avenue (formerly David’s Tea). Visit oldstrathcona.ca for the full list, to vote for your favourites and to win weekly prizes. Check it out!
dome dining with great chefs and geoscapes
Imagine dining in a dome at Victoria Golf Course. Geoscapes Events creates special dining moments until April 11 with chefs Mark Kalynchuk, Shaun Hicks, Edgar Gutierrez, Ariel Del Rosario and Roel Canafranca, Lindsay Porter, Paul Shufelt and Shane Chartrand. That’s about all we know and we are intrigued. Menus will be released day of. For more info and to book your dome, visit here.
meuwly’s ham for easter
Meuwly’s is known for their smoked ham (TomatoTop100) and Easter is a good time to indulge. The hams (whole muscle, free range pork from Bear & Flower Farms) are honey brined and beechwood smoked. It comes fully cooked—all you need to do is heat it up. Each order comes with Meuwly’s signature mustard too. The small (approx. 1.2 kg) feeds 2-3 people; the large (approx. 3.5 kg), feeds 8-10). From $35 depending on size, order here.
tulips are the harbinger of spring
“Tulipmania celebrates the craziness of the tulip’s history,” says Miranda Ringma, Zocalo. “Full of colour, crazy tulip decor, funky tulip arrangements and lots and lots of tulips.” Thousands of tulips arrive at Zocalo (10825 95 Street, 780-428-0754, zocalo.ca) for the celebration. Order for in-store or curbside pick-up or set up a delivery. Tulipmania runs March 12-22.
the wine world loses one of its best
Steven Spurrier was one of wine’s most visible characters—the Englishman who moved to France, opened a wine shop (and a wine school) and created the 1976 Judgement of Paris (Alan Rickman played him in the movie Bottle Shock). He was chair of the Decanter World Wine Awards and one of the first to make English sparkling wine at his Dorset estate, Bride Valley. And he started the Academie du Vin Library with Simon McMurtrie in 2019 to publish the best wine writing from past and present. I met Steven Spurrier briefly at a wine event a decade or so ago— he was disarming, funny and generous with his knowledge. This gracious man was a giant among wine people. He was 79.
formosa bistro says enough
Formoso Bistro announced yesterday on Instagram that they were closing, for good. A small spot tucked away in a 34 Avenue strip mall, hard to find maybe, yet Formosa had great food. It was worth the trip. The cold sesame salad, so refreshing on a hot day, the amazing popcorn chicken, the Taiwanese beef noodle and the braised pork belly on rice. Or the sweet potato fries dusted with a salty plum seasoning—so delicious. Couple that with a supreme whiskey cocktail and owner Yu-chen Lee’s chatty hospitality and you had dining gold. A victim of Covid 19. When is this going to stop? When will restaurants get the support they need to survive until they can get back to full capacity?
