Hospitality and Product Recommendations, Recipes and Resources in Victoria BC and more, since 2003
This year’s Dine Around line up (Feb 17-March 6), much like every year, has a number of lame efforts and an over-abundance of soup, mixed greens, stuffed pasta and stews. That said, there are always some hidden gems in the mountain of average dining, where true value (relative to food cost and/or th…
Two new lunch options have just emerged. For those of you looking for an elegant end of week lunch break Paprika Bistro is serving lunch on Fridays and Saturdays. There is a shortage of fine dining lunches in Victoria outside of hotels, so this is a nice addition.
Also, Foo is now serving lunch on S…
Chinese takeaway is a comfort food to most. Like many comfort people tend to be fairly particular about the contents and executions of their favourite dishes. Once you’ve found your Chinese food restaurant soul mate, it can seem treacherous to divert from your ordering course. On principle, I try to…
Italian food occupies an unusual place in our food culture. While dominant in every aspect of our dining lives; from university diets of spaghetti dinners, the drudgery of sodium laden lasagne on buffet tables and drunken pizza binges; to summer fresh caprese salads, lip-smacking cotechino sausages …
Victoria has a reputation for fish and chips. I’m fairly confident this reputation has more to do with throw back “old English” tourism marketing campaigns, then it does with a legitimate culinary tradition. One thing leads to another and I think it’s safe to say that a genuine fish and chip culture…