Food Recommendation: Good Buddy

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For anyone who lives in Edmonton and doesn't want to venture out into china town then Good Buddy is for you. If you had a long day you can simply order everything online and end up getting legit chinese food. If you do want to go out they are located on 2059 - 111 Street right next to the sobeys. Just as a heads up do NOT get this restaurant confused with Buddy Wonton right off whyte and on 104 street.

When you order the worst you are going to get is "meh" food but everyone seems to have their favourite that most takeout places can't beat. For starters, their deep fried squid is very good. They also have killer salt and pepper porkchops, honey garlic chicken and special chow mein. All their vegetables are prepared to perfection and always crisp. Their tender beef is great and their Wonton soup is pretty good too. Sure, if might not be the greatest chinese food place but if you are looking for delivery then Good Buddy is the way to go for the quality of food your receive.

Food Recommendation: Cora

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So if your up for waking up at 6 in the morning and rushing down to the southside for some of the best breakfast in Edmonton then I strongly recommend Cora's. They always load up your plate full of fruit and is simply delicious. If you want a breakfast that reminds you of a feast that you would have with the whole family on those special ocassions then Cora's is a great starting place. They offer a wide range of traditional breakfast meals but manage to improve on every one of them.

Food Recommendation: Dragon Eye Rolls

So I wen't to Maki Maki during the draft lottery for some sushi with the beckster. We had some AMAZING Dragon Eye Rolls with a very tasty orange sauce. The sauce itself was exactly spicy but it was very flavourful and a very unique kick to it. The Dragon Eyes were of the tuna variety. They were deep fried sushi that allowed you to get a great hold of them with your chopsticks. Very cool way of having sushi.

Food Recommendation: Rouladen

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Rouladen is a German dish that was once a common dish but is now usually only consumed as a festive dish. Considered to be a sunday family dish or a dish used for celebrations, Rouladen at its base are very thinly sliced rolls of beef. Generally a hot mustard is spread onto the slices of beef stuffed with gherkins (chopped pickles) and onions. The dish is left to cook in a rouladen sauce. The sauce is basically a gravy but can included beer or wines to spice it up a bit.

Food Recommendation: Bánh mì

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Bánh mì is essentially a vietnamese submarine. The sandwhich uses a vietnamese baguette that consists of both rice flour and wheat as well as thinly sliced pickled carrots, cucumbers, cilantro, daikon, different types of peppers and an assortment of sauces of meat/tofu fillings. These fillings are usually some form of chicken, pork, beef, ham and headcheese. Other less common forms include scrambled egg, turkey, and even meatballs. I should also mention that non-meaty ingredients commonly found conists of Pate, Fish Sauce, Tomatoes, and lettuce.

Anyways these things usually run from $3.50-$5.00 and are a cheap vietnamese alternative that is equivalent to the common cold cut found at a place like subway. So if subway doesn't have their $5 footlong promotion going it might be worth it to try something new and check out Bánh mì!

P.S. Beckster says "mine was yucky" but I really enjoyed mine!

Food Recommendation: Kimchi

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This fermented Korean Dish is simiar to that of a Cabbage Roll. Although their are hundreds of different styles of Kimchi, the base of most consist of napa cabbage. Other popular variations consist of Cucumber, Scallions, and Radish dishes. You can have Kimchi as a side dish or make it into a stew. In either case it is always a good idea to add red peppers or chili pepppers to add some spice. You can then add garlic, oninons, green onions and fish sauce.

Although the dish is smelly and can be very sour (depending on how long it is fermented) Kimchi is a Korean standard that North American people should come to love. It is a healthy, inexpensive and sustainable alternative to western cuisine. Now if I could just actually take the time to properly learn how to make the stuff I would be set.

Food Recommendation: Parmesan and Garlic Chips

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These things are delicious. Although they aren't a meal or anything like that its still a tasty snack that tastes a lot different then most chips. Worth trying out for sure.

Food Recommendation: Yebeg Tibs

So I had a pretty sweet day yesterday. Although I was planning to sleep in, my wonderful wifey had other plans for us. We started the day off with exciting morning visiting Edmonton's toy and collectible show at the SHAW. If you want to hear more about the show check it out below. Anyways, we decided to try something new and go out for Ethiopian food at the famous Lagano Skies on Whyte avenue. Voted the best Ethiopian food place in Edmonton for the past forever, we were surprised to see how small the restaurant was. However, despite its small size we felt cozzy and were welcomed with wide arms. The service was great and helpful when recommending new dishes.



We tried a few new things. I had the importated Tusker beer from Kenya that was an impressive 500ml. It was pretty delicious but at almost $9 a bottle I think that it's something that I would only try once. Bec on the other hand had a mango shake made from fresh mango's so that was pretty cool. But before we had our meal we had Kategna. If you don't know what that is, its a huge Injera covered in a butter chili sauce. And if you don't know what an Injera is (which I didn't), it's basically a crepe lol.



As for the meal itself we shared the "Doro Wot" and the "Yebeg Tibs". The Doro Wot consisted of chicken squares that were covered in a spciy sauce while the Yebeg Tibs were lamb squares mized with oninions and peppers. Although the dishes reminded me of something that I would have seen in a burrito, they were complimented with salad filling. It was great to take your Injera and grab your food with your hands. It was a new and different way of trying food that I would probably try again. The lamb was great and worth going to try alone.

Bon Apetit!

Food Recommendation: Salad Rolls

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These are not spring rolls. These are Salad Rolls. Don't get the two mized up because they are way different. To make matters more confusing they can also be called a "summer roll" or "vietnamese spring roll". Typically, Salad rolls can be made in several different ways. They can be made with Pork, Crab, Schrimp, lettuce, carrots, cucumber, etc. They are essentially vermecelli or rice noodles wrapped up with rice paper. The best part is dipping them in peanut sauce!!!

Bon Apetit!

Food Recommendation: Bubble Tea

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Although Bubble Tea has become extremely popular over the past few years it is still a really cool drink that a lot of people have yet to try. Although people commonly think that bubble tea is named such because of the pearls at the bottom of the drink. Yet, the pearls are NOT bubbles. Rather, traditionally the drink was historically made in a way that left the top of the drink with bubbles along the top of the drink. Anyways, they taste a lot like milkshakes/slurpies but you have the freedom to do whatever you want with it... kind of like at a booster juice or an icecream store. Anyways, try one of these delicious drinks with or without the tapioca pearls. You can also get jelly's to replace the pearls or a whole whack of other stuff.

Food Recommendation: Pho

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I figure if I can blog about music, television, hockey and movies then I could probably talk about what my favourite foods are. At the top of the list lately is Pho. For those of you that don't know what Pho is, its basically a vietnamese soup that at its base has rice noodles. You can then add sprouts, brisket, tripe, beef, chicken, pork, shrimp, lime, peppers, basil and various vegetables to the dish. You don't have to have a meaty Pho, but its really cool to see the meat cook before your eyes as it is submerged in broth.

Another really cool thing about Pho is the way that you eat it. In one hand you take your trusty chop sticks and the other you get to use an asian style ladle spoon. If your white, or you don't know what your doing it can be pretty tricky. It's almost as much fun just trying to eat the stuff as it actually is eating it. What I also love about Pho are the spices and sauces you can add to the dish. Outside your traditional Hoison sauce, I love to load my Pho up with chili peppers, jalapeno peppers and hot sauce to make it as spicy as possible!

Bon Appetit!