Apr 22
2007: Kyle Books ISBN-13: 978-1904920663
This is not a typical cookery book; rather, it is a compendium of 100 foodstuffs commonly used in Japanese cuisine. It is not as comprehensive as it could be, but it is very nicely illustrated and is a decent little book to just browse through… Read more
Apr 11
This used to be my favorite stop for Asian foods whenever I got to visit Ottawa but the Kowloon Market just across the street has taken its place recently. That doesn’t mean that I don’t like Wa Kiu anymore, by any means, but I do have to note that the place has deteriorated a bit over the last little while… Read more
Apr 3
712 Somerset St W, Ottawa, 613-233-1108
The Kowloon Market in Ottawa’s Chinatown has become my favorite store for finding interesting new things and for stocking up on many of the Asian foods that are impossible to come by up here in the North. For quite a few years, I used to pass by the market on visits to Chinatown without realizing it was there. It was in a fairly poor state of repair with paper covering many windows for the longest time and it wasn’t until they did a bit of a cleanup that I noticed it last spring. Now, I make it a regular stop on every trip to the capital… Read more
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Although this book does contain a good number of recipes, it is not a cookery book, as such; rather it is nice little introductory reference to many of the ingredients used in Chinese cuisine. At one time, I used to own two other books by the same author, Chinese Cookery Secrets and Chinese Cooking Made Easy, but both were so mediocre that I eventually gave them away during a cull of my library. This one, however, is a definite keeper. Read more
Feb 19
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Squid are not easy to come by here on Baffin Island. About 5 months ago, one of our local stores had some boxes of whole squid and I bought some. In order to eke out the supply in fear of not seeing squid again for a long time I used them very sparingly and still have some left (although it really is high time I finished them off before they are no longer good). Anyway, just a few weeks ago, our other grocery store suddenly came up with a supply of SeaQuest Brand frozen Calamari rings at a pretty decent price. I bought eight bags… Read more
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