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Dine Out Vancouver: Parkside

Posted on January 28, 2009 | 7 Comments

I’ve been meaning to go to Parkside for a while, going so far as to make it one of my new year’s resolutions. Well, I took advantage of Dine Out Vancouver to cross this one off my list – and it was so good, I’m hoping to cross it off more than once.

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Pudding for Christmas

Posted on December 26, 2008 | 2 Comments

As a North American, I think of pudding as a thickened custard-like dessert that you eat with a spoon. To an English person, pudding is something else, generally meaning a steamed cake-like dessert served in a ramekin, or inverted onto a dish.

One of my favourites is sticky toffee pudding: deep, dark, date-based cake served warm with caramel sauce and vanilla ice cream. In Vancouver, Burgoo does a decent version of it, except that it’s a little bit too sweet. In 2006, Haagen Dazs held a contest to develop a new ice cream flavour, and sticky toffee pudding was the winner. Now, I’m not usually a fan of ice cream with “stuff” in it, but I lurrrrve Haagen Dazs sticky toffee pudding ice cream. I’m so glad that it has been upgraded to a permanent flavour.

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Tea and scones

Posted on November 18, 2008 | 2 Comments

I’ve been running around like a madwoman for the past couple of days, fueled by coffee, coffee, and more coffee.  In an attempt to shake things up, I stopped in at T for, erm, a cup of tea.  They’ve got a great selection of teas from all over the world, with little sample jars to sniff.  It’s lots of fun, but it’s really hard to pick just one.

My favourite is the vanilla Earl Grey ($23.95 for a 3.5 oz tin) which tastes even better than it sounds.  It’s like the tea leaves walked into a pastry shop, ate whole Tahitian vanilla beans, and rolled around in a tub of dark caramel. It’s not too sweet, though – you can still taste the tea underneath all the sweetness.  If you’re craving a little snack, you can get a scone and tea for $5.80 plus tax.  Try the ginger-currant scone – it has little chunks of candied ginger in it, which makes an otherwise lovely scone just a little more special.

They also sell tea accessories: teapots, teacups, tea strainers, tea cozies…you get the idea.

T
1568 W. Broadway
Vancouver, BC
(604) 730-8390
http://www.tealeaves.com

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