Barrique Kitchen Offers Well Rehearsed F...

Barrique Kitchen Offers Well Rehearsed Flavours! The fourth visit back at the Barrique Kitchen & Wine Bar at the 5 Corners here in White Rock. We were promptly seated and were waiting for our friends to arrive had time for tasty cocktails with house castelvetrano olive bowl along with some delicious white bean dip. Our friends arrived and we shared the foie gras toast and truffle tots which set the stage for more.  Duck A L’Orange was still on the menu and I suggested that to my friend. A most pleasing meal that was the perfect portion and balance of flavours....

Harriett’s Dover Beach Food Court ...

            Last time back in Barbados we stayed beside the Dover Beach at Infinity Resort. Charles the friendly surf  & rental Water Sports give great advice to find the best places to have a nosh. Canadians are well liked and at the food court a quick lunch made by Harriett’s get some very good reviews for her traditional tasty Rice and Peas on the bottom layer, Chicken dumplings and gravy on one side and Bajan lamb curry stew, and helping of bread fruit and okra coo-coo Enough for several hungry appetites. Chuck the resort chef...

Stressed Backward is Desserts

Desserts are the proper finish to any good meal. My mom always would say it’s the best part of the meal.

Café Mozart’s Chocolate Cake

Café Mozart’s Chocolate Cake Trying to learn everything you need to know to become a chef takes years of theory and practice. Baking is one area that I only studied when time allowed. While in college I was tutored by a Peter Basin an Olympic medal winning pastry chef. I learned how to prepare all the required items that a hotel chef would need to know. I soon learned it was very tedious work to pipe fillings into a thousand bite size sweets for a buffet or show piece. Making layered cakes, flavoured mousses, danishes, cream pies and french pastries took a lot of...

What’s Your Beef.

What’s Your Beef. Buying a nice portion of beef today can be an expensive experience. Good quality non medicated range fed protein can be found. Some of the finest meat cuts in BC. Full dry aged and custom cuts comes from Armando’s Finest Quality Meats at Grandville Island Market. I like the special attention taking in preparing each cut of beef. To some of us it’s more important to have a good fat marble content. Let your butcher give his experience when you wish to purchase a premium beef product. A good selection of beef done several ways using...

Krispy Calamari.

Krispy Calamari. Squid are one on my favourite seafoods to make so many tasty appetizers with. Stuffed and grilled, added to a rice paella, stir fried in a wok and breaded and deep fried. The simple breading for these yummy morsels after being cleaned and trapped and cut into nice one bite pieces. The buttermilk and egg white wash in a bowl with a seasoned salt and pepper flour coating is all that is needed. I like to use a high heat avocado oil. Makes the finished calamari super crispy. Ingredients make a large share plate; Choose your zip, pick favorite stores 2 cup...