Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts

Monday, January 9, 2012

Holiday Gluttony

This holiday, I sure jingled my appetite bells and had myself a very merry pig-fest for it was the most wonderful time of the year! I mean, "everybody knows a turkey (and some mistletoeeee) helps to make a season bright." But what I really wanted, most of all, was to roast some of my own chestnuts on an open fire (although I eventually had to settle for someone else roasting them for me, instead). Do you hear what I hear?

:: dinner at Les Faux Bourgeouis Bistro ::

lamb tenderloin brochette with goat cheese salad

beef tenderloin in a peppercorn cream sauce

my candy cane cocktails ;)
:: brunch at Hawksworth ::

brioche french toast with caramelized banana, lavender honey, cream


halibut cake benny
:: lunch at Au Petit Chauvignol ::

cup of tomato soup

              reuben sandwich served with pomme frites 
:: lunch at Meat & Bread :: 

what do you get when the chicken meets the duck meets the turkey? 
:: snackin' on euro treats at the Christmas Market ::

my blurry bratwurst
waffles on a stick
:: dinner at my most beloved Chambar ::

Qualicum bay scallops, smoked kurobata pork cheek, pickled green beans

Smoked foie gras terrine with truffled brioche french toast...amaaaazing
moules frites congolaise...absolute necessity
poutine a la belge...avec le fromage bleu. Formidable!
:: dinner at Pivo Public House ::

Cajun Chicken Cobb Salad

:: NYE dinner at Tableau ::
(last meal of the year, hence the splurge ;) )

6 oz. beef tenderloin topped with foie gras & black truffles

Saturday, December 31, 2011

G is for Gingerbread!

Run, run, as fast as you can. 
You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man!

'Tis the season for all things peppermint, cranberry, eggnog and other fantastic festive flavourings.  For me, personally, it's gingerbread that gets my Yuletide taste buds rolling. And what happens when I suddenly become obsessed with trying all things gingerbread? Why, I go on a gingerbread hunt of course!

The first ever gingerbread hunt proved to be a bit of a...disappointment.  The prevalence of gingerbread-y goodies out there, in the edible market, just wasn't very...prevalent.  Needless to say, it didn't go very well.  But ah well, you win some, you lose some.  Moving on to my next ingredient obsession!

Gingerbread Macaron, Thierry

Gingerbread Timbit, Tim Hortons

  
Gingerbread chocolate covered s'mores, Hagensborg Chocolates


Gingerbread frozen yogurt, Yogen Fruz


 Iced Gingerbread Latte, Starbucks


 and last but not least, my first ever Gingerbread Barn!