Tag archive for ‘restaurant review’
Restaurant Review – Mad Chef Cafe
Since before Mad Chef Cafe even opened its doors in the old Orbits space in downtown Courtenay, there was a serious buzz about their food.
I figure anyone with the guts to call himself the Mad Chef has to be making some mad tasty food – and the Comox Valley sure seems to agree. Mad Chef [...]
Restaurant Review – Kinaree Thai Cuisine
I think I’ve had some sort of mental block. When anyone says to me “Hey, want to go for Thai food?” I think back to this tiny hole in the wall in Fairfax, California where Ken and I would sneak off to once a week to get our fix. Or the restaurant we would wander [...]
Restaurant Review – Tria Culinary Studio
Okay, I admit, I like dinner out to be an experience. Ninety percent of the time, the evening meal is just about getting some food pulled together that is healthy, easy to cook and not too complicated to clean up. But, when Ken and I head off on our own for an evening among adults, [...]
Restaurant Review – Raw Food In The Valley
I have daydreams about getting to the point where being a vegetarian, even vegan seems entirely doable to me.
There’s this big dilemma in my generally pacifistic mentality – that there’s nothing pacifistic about eating meat. I can call it a pork roast and put it in stir-fry. But, a pig still had to hit the [...]
Restaurant Review – April Point Resort
I have this general theory these days that, once a month, we need to get the heck off of the island.
With the ferry to Vancouver forcing us to take a personal loan out to go to the aquarium, we’ve decided that means island hopping of the more local kind.
The Discovery Islands are awesome, and I’m [...]
Restaurant Review – Maple Noodle House
I need some help. Seriously, my poor family is suffering from “Mommy hates to cook” syndrome.
By the time I get to 4:30 p.m. every day my enthusiasm for the kitchen is sooooooo not happening. I would rather eat nothing than spend an hour cooking a meal. It has become my drudgery – the one thing [...]
Restaurant Review – Benino Gelato
There we were, standing at the corner of Fourth and Cliffe a few days ago snacking down in gelato, chatting up Benino Gelato mother-daughter team Ruth and Aline about life in general when it occurred to me that I had yet to chat up our most favourite afternoon treat locale with OBE readers.
Maybe it was [...]
Restaurant Review – Lunch Time Crown Isle Style
When someone mentions heading to Crown Isle for the afternoon – where golf and getaways are the style – it generally doesn’t evoke that family-friendly vibe. In fact, the first time my mother-in-law suggested that she and I head up to the Silverado Steak House for lunch with the tiny person, I thought she had [...]
Restaurant Review – Sushi Kobo, Takeout Goodness
Growing up in the Rocky Mountains, sushi wasn’t exactly on my list of favourite foods as a child. Actually, it wasn’t until I moved to the West Coast in 2001 that it even showed up on my radar.
For our tiny person, though, sushi and the yummy sides that go with it is one of those [...]
Tita’s Warmth is Culinary Sunshine
As we move into the season of cold and darkness – and there may be a few extra bucks slotted for mom/dad dinners found tucked away in holiday cards recently – it’s time for the parents to find someone to watch the young people and head out for an evening on their own in pursuit [...]
Dining Out – Plates Eatery
One of the best moves Platers Eatery & Catering Co. owner Steve Swing made for his restaurant was to relocate.
While the family-friendly food has always been available along Cliffe Avenue in Courtenay, now that Plates is no longer hidden in a shopping centre and lives at the corner of 26th Street and Cliffe it is [...]
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