Showing posts with label burgers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label burgers. Show all posts

Saturday, 26 September 2015

Arbutus Club

Went by the invitation of a member to watch the game.

Apparently they have free popcorn, and it's delicious. Salty and buttery. We had about 4-5 bowls.


We had the wings to start. I liked the honey garlic more than the barbecue, as usual, since I don't like sour stuff.


B had the regular burger, which was really good considering it was not REAL Kobe, but just kobe style. It was flavourful and had crispy bacon to go with it.


He finished it, so it must've been really good.

I had the low carb burger, because I have been counting calories. It was also really good, but I really missed the carbs. Luckily it came with some really good fries. It was good enough that B ate some despite being really full from his burger.


Great experience. Good food. Good service. No tip necessary. Awesome deal.

Ask a member to take you there some time.

Monday, 27 October 2014

The Wallflower Modern Diner

First off, the reason I "Like" The Wallflower on Urbanspoon is because I'm absolutely in love with the Hummus Melt. If they didn't have that, I would definitely "Dislike" it.

It was a cold evening, so I decided I needed a single malt to warm me up (the menu didn't list that they had tea). The server brought the whiskey menu after we asked if they had any. I ordered a shot of the Balvenie and it was actually brought to me in a shot glass. Fine.

We ordered the Poutine to share, B ordered the Blackened Salmon Burger, and I ordered the Hummus Melt (of course). One of our other friends decided that my love for the Hummus Melt was enough to sell her the melt, so she ordered one too.

My friend also happened to be buddhist (vegetarian, which is why we went to the Wallflower), so she can't eat garlic or onions (I had no idea - but apparently, they "excite the senses" - click here to read more about it on Wikipedia). So when the server asked what side she would like, she naturally had to ask if the salad dressing for the salad had any onions or garlic in it. Apparently, all their dressings have onion powder in it. But instead of saying, let me check with the kitchen, she just flat out said she could bring the salad out without any dressing. That's poor service. I mean, how hard is it to make a salad dressing? One part oil and three parts vinegar: DONE! She had to go with the baked fries. But I digress.

The poutine was okay. Tasted fine, but I thought there wasn't enough gravy.


B's salmon burger was a little on the dry side, and the salad looked old.


I chose the daily soup: Cream of Portobello. The flavour was strong and I loved that the mushrooms weren't completely blended to a pulp so that there was still some texture to it. B thinks we make a better mushroom soup though, and who am I to disagree. Click here for the mushroom soup recipe we normally make.


Everyone ended up finishing their food and enjoying it. But I've heard there are plenty more other vegetarian restaurants in the city now. Surprisingly enough, the Foundation, which we were originally planning to go but decided not to because they didn't take reservations, was empty.

  The Wallflower on Urbanspoon

Sunday, 2 February 2014

Super Bowl Sunday

This was a two day Super Bowl for us. Yesterday we spent prepping all the food. We had:


Spinach and artichoke dip:
Ingredients:
- 10 oz frozen spinach
- 14 oz artichoke hearts
- 2 cups shredded cheese (I used a combination of Parmesan and Asiago)
- 250ml sour cream
- 1 cup cream cheese
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1/3 cup mayonnaise

Method:
1) Mix spinach, artichoke and most of the shredded cheese
2) Add sour cream, cream cheese, garlic and mayonnaise
3) sprinkle the remainder of the cheese on
4) bake at 375 F for 25-30 minutes
5) serve with sliced bread from Cobs

Honey Garlic chicken wings
Ingredients:
- 2 lb wings (about 26)
- 3/4 cup honey
- 1/3 cup soy sauce
- 4 cloves garlic

Method:
1) put all ingredients in a bag and let sit overnight
2) turn broiler on High
3) broil 5 minutes then turn the pan
4) broil 5 minutes then flip the wings
5) broil 5 minutes then turn the pan
6) broil 5 minutes and serve with ranch and celery

Honey Sriracha wings:
Ingredients:
- 2 lb wings
- 1 cup butter
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1 tbsp flour
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/4 cup Sriracha sauce
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- juice of one lime

Method:
1) put all ingredients in a bag and let sit overnight
2) turn broiler on High
3) broil 5 minutes then turn the pan
4) broil 5 minutes then flip the wings
5) broil 5 minutes then turn the pan
6) broil 5 minutes and serve with ranch and celery


Frank's Buffalo Wings
Ingredients:
- 2 lbs wings
- 1/4 cup butter
- 8 tbsp Frank's Red Hot Sauce
- 2 tbsp paprika
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1/2 tsp black pepper

Method:
1) put all ingredients in a bag and let sit overnight
2) turn broiler on High
3) broil 5 minutes then turn the pan
4) broil 5 minutes then flip the wings
5) broil 5 minutes then turn the pan
6) broil 5 minutes and serve with ranch and celery


Football sugar cookies:
Ingredients:
Cookies:
- 4 cups sifted flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1.5 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 3/4 cups butter
- 2 tsp vanilla extract

Icing:
- 4 cups icing sugar
- hot water
- cocoa powder

Method:
1) stir together flour and baking powder
2) beat butter with sugar in another bowl then beat in eggs and vanilla extract
3) add flour in 1/3 at a time (you don't have to add all, just enough to make the dough stiff
4) if dough is too big to work with, divide to roll out
5) cut out football shaped cookies
6) bake at 350 F for 5 minutes rotate pan and another 5 minutes
7) cool for 5 minutes in pan and place on cooling rack
8) mix icing sugar with hot water and stir until the right consistency
9) place half in piping bag
10) add cocoa powder to remaining icing until the right colour
11) spread cocoa icing on cookies
12) pipe laces on cookies


Beef sliders
Ingredients:
- 3 lbs ground beef
- half an onion
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 Serrano peppers
- 18 buns
- 2 tomatoes
- lettuce
- 2 eggs

Method:
1) dice onion, garlic, and pepper (we used a chopper)
2) mix well with beef and eggs
3) roll up into balls and flatten
4) barbecue
5) serve with buns, lettuce, and tomatoes

Monday, 11 November 2013

Stackhouse Burger

Went to stackhouse for a couple burgers today. We had the daily special stackhouse burger for $10 and the venison burger for $17.



They both came with a side of fries that were so large we couldn't finish them.