What are your favorite beach foods? Onion rings and burgers? Wine and cheese? Fried noodles and skewers of fresh pineapple? I sampled these onion ring beauties, not at the beach, but at Frank & Albert’s Restaurant at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix. But wouldn’t they taste good after a day in the surf? Please […]
The WanderFoodie Eats Portland: Tai Chi and Tastes of Tea
My yi is willing, but my qi is weak. Or maybe my yi — my intention, as Teacher Mark explains– would be more willing and my qi (my spirit) stronger, if last night I’d eaten a little less porchetta. It’s a grey Thursday morning at Portland’s Lan Su Chinese Garden, and Teacher Mark is leading […]
WanderFood Wednesday: A Chinese Banquet at Vancouver’s Always Seafood Restaurant
Have you ever attended a Chinese banquet? I ate my way through multiple courses at an elaborate dinner held not long ago at the Cantonese-style Always Seafood Restaurant in Vancouver. Here are just a few of the dishes we sampled. The “Four-Fortune Appetizer Platter” included five-spiced beef, salt-and-pepper fried squid, honey-garlic pork ribs, and a […]