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Review: Cibo Trattoria

by gigi on July 21, 2010

I had been wanting to go to Cibo Trattoria for quite a long time. The price range is such that I need to find a special occasion to justify going so it took me a while to find a good reason. I was talking to Grick and realized that it had been quite [...]

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Vancouver Foodie Tour, Part 2

by gigi on July 8, 2010

Vancouver Foodie Tour, Part 1
When we last left off, I was pondering my dilemma as to how I was going sample three more stops on the Foodie Tour when I was starting to get full. What kind of food person was I?
I was first introduced to ShuRaku a few years back by one [...]

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Recipe: Black Sesame (Goma) Ice Cream

by gigi on September 8, 2009

Jenkins and I visited Ping’s Cafe on Main Street (review to come) a while back and one of my favourite dishes from that dinner was dessert. Black sesame desserts have always been one of my favourite dessert items, whether it be pudding made by my mom, bubble tea, or ice cream. So when I tried [...]

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Recipe: Pinkberry-Style Frozen Yogurt

by gigi on May 31, 2009

It was another sunny Sunday in Vancouver today and I couldn’t have planned my latest frozen dessert-making endeavour any better. As I’ve blogged about previously, I’ve been an ice cream making fiend ever since Victoria changed my life and bought me an ice cream maker. Making all this ice cream eventually catches up [...]

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Recipe: Pistachio Ice Cream Sandwiches

by gigi on April 13, 2009

One of my oft-used wedding presents is an ice cream maker from Victoria. She knew how crazy I was about frozen desserts in general and figured I would make good use of an ice cream maker. She was right and ever since I unpacked my ice cream maker, I’ve been busily trying out new flavours [...]

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Post-Valentine’s Day Debrief

by gigi on February 22, 2009

It’s been a bit over a week since Valentine’s Day and I thought I should share with you what Jenkins and I did that day before it started to become untimely. Jenkins and I are usually pretty low-key for V-day and we try not to buy too much into the commercialism of it [...]

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