What can I say. It was wonderful. A true collaboration of local food producers/growers’ products used by local chefs to create some really flavourful food. It was such a great coming together of local food supporters. Put on by our Vancouver Farmers Markets society, it drew a sold out crowd. I’m guessing there was about [...]
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Come and join me and fellow food lovers of Vancouver and celebrate a harvest of sorts :) Vancouver Farmers Markets – RIPE: 2nd Annual Evening of Local Food and Libations. Day 3 started easily enough, kept on with same breakfast items and had the left overs of the roasted vegetables. With dinner plans for eating out with a friend, I was fortunate enough to be able to choose the restaurant. I took the opportunity to see if I could find another restaurant other than Raincity [...] Summer Dinner with Friend – photo by: Kaishin Chu © 2011 via flickr.com made this for dinner on Sunday night, shared with my good friend, E. Always cheers my heart to share good food with good friends :) ZhaJiang Buckwheat Noodles ???: © kaishin | dash of food 2009. Via Flickr: ZhaJiang = Fried Paste/Sauce Consists of fermented soy beans with soy sauce and chili oil. It comes in a resealable can, and scoop to use as needed. Makes for a great fast meal or snack. I purchased mine from T&T and one [...] poached atlantic salmon with garlic, lemon, butter and spices: © .kaishin. 2009. spot prawn and steak © kaishin chu 2011 This is a local, wild, sustainable BC Spot Prawn. It has such a tender flesh that it grills well without getting tough, staying tender and moist. So very lovely. I’ve tossed only olive oil and a tiny bit of lemon juice and zest just before grilling. Grill [...] Starting at bottom of baking pan or casserole dish, layer sliced yellow onions, fish filets, chopped parsley, olive oil/salt/herbs/pepper, and lastly the thinly sliced yukon gold potatoes. Drizzle or brush some more olive oil + salt/herbs/pepper as to your liking. Baked 350ºF for 45 min covered, then remove cover, and bake another 20 min to crisp up [...] Baked scalloped Beets, Onions, Potato with Fish: © .kaishin. 2011. mmm.. loving this combo: scalloped beets, onions and golden yukon potatoes layered over a fish flilet and slow bake. yum! I made it to the Vancouver Winter Farmer’s Market at Nat Bailey’s Stadium for the first time a couple of weekends ago, and bought myself [...] Last night I made a Lemon Turkey Soup with veggies and bean thread noodles. Lemon? you might ask. The smokey lemon flavouring was inspired by the Japanese dobin-mushi. Light with smokey flavours and a nice lemony twinge that freshens up the soup, making it refreshing. In my version of an Italian-esque soup, I used turkey [...] |
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