This is this midlife adventurer’s review of Jumi Gozen Bar’s Gozen meal. The restaurant-bar is located in Toronto, Canada. The Gozen-Style Meal Until now, I have had the typical Japanese meals – sushi, sashimi, teppanyaki, bento, ramen etc. – as…
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Slow-Cooked Spicy Beef Curry Recipe
When steak lovers see a piece of striploin steak I am quite certain they will salivate at the thought of the perfectly grilled meat dissolving in their mouth. But sometimes I salivate at the thought of that steak cut into…
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The ‘Eating Order’ of Tamil Vegetarian Rice-and-Curry Lunch
Many rave about the Indian vegetarian meals; from dosas and idlis to palak paneer and aloo gobi the list of vegetarian dishes is endless. Of course, there is also the vegetarian rice-and-curry lunch. A Tamil vegetarian rice-and-curry meal might look…
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Omakase Dinner at Rin Sushi – Review
I had recently enjoyed an Omakase dinner at Rin Sushi in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. The reservation was pretty easy and when I called Rin Sushi to check why my preferred time, 7 pm, was never available they explained to…
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Benefits of Bitter Taste – Part 2 (More Recipes)
In my previous post, I had described the importance and benefits of bitter taste in our food. That post, The Benefits of Bitter Taste, I had outlined that while western cooking has gone so mild in bitter taste (except perhaps…
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The Benefits of Bitter Taste
I was recently watching a cooking show episode of a well-known, since deceased, US chef. His comments on the merits of bitter taste made me think how different Asian cultures approach this taste compared to western cooking. Bill Briwa, in…
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Sri Lankan Spicy Chicken Curry
Sri Lankan spicy chicken curry is one of my favourite dishes. First of all, in Sri Lankan style chicken curry, one has to have the bones (not the feet, of course). Having a curry with just the flesh without the…
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Loloan Lobby Bar in Waterloo, Ontario
During a recent trip to Waterloo, Ontario, I had the opportunity to have dinner at the Loloan Lobby Bar. A little about the Waterloo-Kitchener twin city region. This area, about 100 km west of Toronto, hosts one of the largest…