Tag: food

Un-Chef 10 Minute Chick’n’Chicken

Un-Chef 10 Minute Chick'n'Chicken

This evening’s supper was a typical example of two of the main themes that run through all of the Un-Chef’s cooking. 1.Work with what you have in the cupboards and the refrigerator 2. Colour is an important factor in putting together an attractive and appealing finished dish. Yesterday, I bought some boneless, skinless chicken thighs …

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Jean Albert’s needs to work on their soul!

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Is Jean Albert’s Ottawa’s sole restaurant serving soul food? Jean Albert’s the place for food that’s got soul But don’t go there Friday’s, if speed is your goal! You really should try the sweet potato chips Even though they’ll go from your lips to your hips Overall verdict? Needs work, on the whole!!… I must confess …

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Don’t be chicken to eat at Swiss Chalet!

Don’t be chicken to eat at Swiss Chalet! Now, Swiss chalet has a certain family appeal, Especially Now with a GREAT Meal Deal! Your chicken comes with salad and blueberry pie; And to pay just $12.97 won’t make you cry! Some might even declare it a steal!!… Where we went: A good friend of ours …

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Mongolian Village – the Gloucester Centre’s best kept secret

The Mongolian Grill

You’ll eat your Fill from the Mongolian Grill At Mongolian Village you’ll always eat your fill Just pick what you like and it’s cooked on the grill. Lots of sauces and spices to add to the taste; You pay by the weight so none goes to waste! And at the end, there’s no shock with …

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Rockin’ Johnny’s doesn’t really rock!

Rockin' Jonny's St. Laurent, Ottawa

Rockin’ Johnny’s ? Rockin’ Johnny’s for breakfast just didn’t rock but,at least, at these prices, you won’t go in hock The service was slow and the food was quite plain So, another 2 years before we go there again Oh yes, there’s no parking; you must walk!!… Where we went: So here we were looking for a …

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Red Lobster is a great plaice to eat fish on Friday!

Red Lobster St. Laurent Ottawa

[ad#Google Adsense links 468×15] Is Red Lobster the best plaice in Ottawa? On Friday this week, it was Greg’s dearest wish,, that we go to Red Lobster to eat us some fish. But most of us ordered some type of shrimp; Lots of food came, they surely don’t skimp And the sum of our verdicts: …

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Avacado & Tuna salad: Quick, inexpensive, healthy & nutritious!

Although it is often the case, things don’t have to taste or look bad to be good for you! You also don’t have to pay a fortune to have healthy and delicious meals. Our recipe today is a case in point. It’s not really even a recipe, just an assembling of ingredients. The only real …

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Between Willie and Juan’s and T’Basil it was a Thai

Seafood Shabu Shabu

Willie and Juan’s Thai’d by T’Basil It didn’t really seem like such a tall order, We just wanted food from South of the Border! Willie and Juan’s that’s where we were led But across the road at T’Basil is where we were fed Forty-Five minutes waiting is just sheer murder… The Supper Seven were all …

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Pork Tenderloin with Cranberry-Orange Glaze – A mid-week marvel!

NOT the mad hatter's tea party

[ad#Google Adsense Banner468x60] This snapshot will remind Andreea of the days when she was still small! It was taken in a small French town called Bitche last summer. We never discovered what, if any, connection there was here to the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party but we all had a good time there. This summer will …

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Barley Mow in Orleans – much more than Pub Food

Barley Mow at Tenth Line in Orleans, Ottawa

The Diner’s Lament The Supper Seven have a weekly plight: Where do we eat of a Friday night? I know, said Debbie, just where to go: A place in Orleans called The Barley Mow And by gosh, do you know, she was right… Our choice of restaurant for the Supper Seven’s usual Friday night jaunt was …

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