http://uberor.com and nod my chin Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:07:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Great long standing centertown restaurant, but couldn't you have spent five minutes more painting the can? These lines are awful, and are nothing of a reflection of the food... All I ask is some degree of care in painting!!! Is that too much!!! http://uberor.com/2010/03/03/nastily-painted-blue-loo/ So unless anyone can direct me otherwise, finding fresh(ish) soft corn tortillas in ottawa is impossible. You can get frozen packs from herb n spice and they are very affordable. However, a recent awesome puchase of a book called Tacos parlayed to avoid frozen corn tortillas at all ... http://uberor.com/2010/01/31/corn-tortillas-in-ottawa/ My cuurent lazy staple: - reheated short grain brown rice - thawed hot frozen peas - good chunk of kimchi - ground coriander - glug of sesame oil Mmm... am I weird, or just lazy.,.? http://uberor.com/2009/11/08/easy-sunday-comfort-food/ With placemat overlap, and a mish mash of chairs, we are now ready to seat 10, and have dine party affairs!!! http://uberor.com/2009/10/17/new-table/ So speaking of starbucks, recently i've been getting my love on for their coffee. It is rich and flavorful, and has a wicked jolt of caffeine. I used to drink the "bold" but now i just stick with the "mild" with a bit of whole/2% milk and i'm ... http://uberor.com/2009/10/08/starbucks-in-kanata/ I really enjoy going running tuesday mornings as its a good opportunity to spy on what other folks are tossing out in their recycling. Normally all i'm curious about is who's getting gluten free pizza, or how there is just as much soy milk being recycled as their is ... http://uberor.com/2009/10/06/unsolicited-extra-recycling-for-two-weeks/ Hell ya, I love breakfast in front of the computer!!! As i can see by this post in feb, i think my poaching skills have improved, although i still have a long way to go. Its true, vinegar IS the key. Yay improvement!!! http://uberor.com/2009/09/27/poached-eggs-on-seed-bread-with-arugula/ I had a strange dream last night that as i woke up reminded me of pink floyd's "the wall" (the movie). But it was nothing like it. I was with others in some remote amazonian village. There were strange locals there but for the first while we had to ... http://uberor.com/2009/09/24/gamemovie-like-dream/ So much butter!!! I didn't think you could put so much butter in one dish!!! The risotto by initial uncooked volume definitely had more butter than rice. Tasty, but when you see so much butter go in it's kinda gross. Good class though, good chef, decent Ontario wines, and ... http://uberor.com/2009/09/22/cooking-class-lcbo/ As seen on Kent St., at the whalesbone's sustainability laboratory. http://uberor.com/2009/08/04/before-the-y-fell-this-was-the-best-superliminal-msg-ever/