I have a soft spot in my heart for popovers, and I’m not sure why. I’m pretty sure I remember my mother (or maybe my grandmother) making them for dinner, usually as an accompaniment for a saucy main dish. (I think that they might have actually been Yorkshire puddings that we had, but they are [...]
I’ve been to a lot of restaurants, but there are very few which make me sit back and go “wow.” It takes a unique combination of environment, service and food to knock my socks off, but when it happens I can’t help but think, “We are so coming back here again.”
We first visited Sydney’s at [...]
Well, we went to see Ratatouille today, and I loved it. The story was a bit predictable in a lot of ways, but I was especially pleased with the parts that were not predictable.
I have a few spoilers, so I’ll hide those behind the jump…
There are three Sushi Trains in Winnipeg; this review is for the Sushi Train at the Forks. All three restaurants are similar, with their individual quirks. (For example, the service at the Pembina Sushi Train has historically been a bit frazzled and disorganized, but as we haven’t been there for a long time I can’t [...]
The sixth anniversary is the “iron” anniversary. I wasn’t too keen on getting an iron barbell for an anniversary present, so we just did what we always do on our anniversary - go to a “new to us” restaurant.
My husband had been wanting to try the Fusion Grill for a while, and since it was [...]
So, the Brannigans up our way disappeared.
We’re not sure when it went away, but it was in the last couple of weeks. One time we drive by, it’s a Brannigans. The next time we drive by, it’s a Longhorn Texas Steakhouse. My husband, a friend and I decided to pop by there for dinner. I’ve [...]
