Shanghai 456 (to be continued)

Noodles with pork belly

Shanghai chive and egg pancake

The famous xiao long bao

Shanghai steamed sticky rice with preserved meat

Menu

Duchess and Provisions

YUM. Green apple macron with apple cinnamon spiced ganache in the middle. In the middle of the dessert there is a
really tasty apple filling and its all topped off the the most decadent dark chocolate ganache

Provisions. My new obsession. They have some great ingredients that I absolutely must
come back and buy. Earl grey apple jelly here I come. For those who have yet to visit
the store they have a variety of bake wear, books, flour, sea salts, jams and spread, teas,
imported baking chocolates, macron kits, and many other exciting things.

My almost finished salted caramel spread. It has ground almonds in it so it gives it a thicker
texture. Delicious. I need to replenish my supply.

Continental Treat Lunch

Nice hot borscht

Lamb chops with spatzel

Pork schnitzel with potato salad (hidden underneath) and shredded beets, carrots and cucumber salad. Simple yet delicious.

I went to CT for lunch again this weekend and had another great meal there. Love the simplicity of the food, relaxing atmosphere, and great service. I also love the fact that they have a seem to have a Groupon or other such deal at least once a month.

Hungry Much? (Edmonton)

Costco poutine and chicken strips. Cheap eats and oh so good.

Pho pho pho

Indonesian food spread for Lebaran Holiday at my cousins

Sauerkraut and ham soup from Continental Treat

The flash kind of made this meal look gross..but I swear it was really good. Polish schnitzel with a mustard dill sauce and mashed potatoes. Continental Treat.

Capital Ex (Edmonton, AB)

Japanese Dog. All beef dog, grilled onions, Japanese mayo, seaweed, terriyaki sauce. It wasn't that good. I think the large dry bun killed it for me. Flavor wise the mayo and seaweed were good, but there was something about the flavor of the grilled onions I didn't like. I still have to try to original Japa dog from Vancouver sometime

Onion blossom with a chipotle dipping sauce. I was eyeing this and had to try it just to try it. I'm happy I did because
now I never want to eat one ever again and never have to wonder what it tastes like. Kind of a disappointment. Boo.

Gotta have them. Mini doughnuts

Rib Fest: Combo from the Prairie Fire booth. Pulled pork and pork ribs. Mmmmmm.

Lots of interesting food vendors

Cracker Barrel (Missoula, Montana)

WORK IN PROGRESS. Sorry y'all but I'm too sleepy to finish this post just right now. But here are the pictures for now. Enjoy.

Real sweetened iced tea and fresh fizzy lemonade

Lunch: Cracker Barrel Sampler (chicken and dumplings, sugar cube ham, meatloaf, and sides of mac and cheese, mashed potatoes, and fried apples) 8.79$

Coel's meatloaf with a side of mac and cheese and sweet baby carrots (8.79$)

Breakfast: Eggs in a hole on sourdough bread, beef sausage, cheesy hasbrown casserole (6.99$) The cheesy hashbrowns were sooo good and actually cheesy. No skimping out on cheese here.

Buttery and crispy buttermilk pancakes with real whip cream and cherry topping  (5.99$) Fluffy on the inside, crispy on
the outside

What a funny looking plate of food. Overeasy eggs with turkey sausage with 3 complimentary sides (below) 6$

Biscuits and gravy. I don't care what people say, the gravy tastes like flour and mushroom soup mix. I don't see whats so
appetizing about it. Maybe on a cold day when you're starving? If you like the taste of plaster.

Fried apples. I dont think they were actually fried, it was more like stewed apples. They were so good though. I had the same thing for lunch and mixed them with my mashed potatos. Mmmmm.

Grits. Ew.

Front of restaurant

Interior

Too full for dessert, but it looks good!!

July Eats

An assortment of random meals i've had the pleasure of eating this month. Pictures of food? Who doesn't love that?

Tokyo Express: Green onion cake, Mini Roll Combo, "Yum Yam Roll" (yam rolls)

Cafe Tiramisu: Chicken something panini

Cashew crusted chicken burger and fries from some restaurant in Kensington, Calgary. Wasn't very memorable, or good.

Famoso: Can't go wrong with this tiramisu

Press'd: The Bird on rye



Duchess Bake Shop: Banana cream pie. SO.FREAKING.GOOD

Famoso: the San Andreas back for another summer

Montana Bound

Coel and I had a little bit of time off work last week and decided to make a quick and random road trip down to Montana for a mini vacation. Montana...I know. Some of you are probably like "wtf, why Montana?". Well, it's easy to get to from Alberta, tax free, it fit within our time restriction, and lastly I find the US rather fascinating so being able to check different states every time I go there works for me. Despite the similarities between Canada and the US, I am still always excited to experience and see the different things that the US has to offer, especially when it comes to food.

For this trip we went to Great Falls and Missoula.

Different landscapes we drove through in Montana

Flathead Lake. Very nice lake and great scenic highway.

Probably my favorite picture I took this trip

For the Love of Spicy Chicken McBites (Montana, USA)

Why do they not have these in Canada (at least not that I know of).

5$ for a large

Comes with a variety of dipping sauces (ranch, buffalo, honey mustard, Thai, etc)

Ketchup tap. Smart. Very smart.