mmmmmmmmmmm.... farm on a plate! I'm getting hungry at the very thought!! :D

I had my pork bone soup fix for lunch today. I was weak and caved in. I love Italian
food, but when you eat it, you're hungry 72 hours later again.

I love Italian food, but when you eat it, you're hungry 72 hours later again.

:lol:

I hate pasta and usually typical italian food makes me sick - not sure if its the cheese or the tomatoes

but once in a while I will make some for myself and suffer

^ what are you, nuts?

Pasta is the best! BTW, you can make pasta or most Italian food without cheese... or tomatoes, for that matter.

no pasta grosses me out


so does rice hate rice

no pasta grosses me out


so does rice hate rice

Then what do you like? :|

OMG what a FANTASTIC meal that was. First little antipasti- fresh figs wrapped in pancetta, a couple of other little plates of assorted goodies like Melanzane alla Parmigiana
(baked eggplant with Parmigiano and tomato sauce), then Scaloppine Francese (veal scaloppine with mustard, mascarpone and cognac sauce). They made a huge plate of fresh gnocchi in Gorgonzola cream sauce for the middle of the table. Heart Attack on a Plate. Dessert was a duet of Tirimisu and Cheesecake! YUMMMMMMMMMM....

This is brutal. Why do I keep torturing myself with this thread? I'm still on liquids. :cry:

Put a steak in a blender. Problem solved!

Put a steak in a blender. Problem solved!

I tried something similar and it was revolting. I got it down, but I almost puked. I've even thought about drinking gravy, but I'll just stick it out with smashed up jello, beef broth, strained soup, cream of wheat, protein shakes, and fruit smoothies.

Anyone remember "Bass-O-Matic" from Saturday Night Live? :D

Then what do you like? :|

I eat it if someone makes it and thats what they made

but i avoid cooking it myself

i don't know usually i have potatoes or veggies with whatever meat i make

avoiding potatoes lately though

pretty bland I am

I got a five pound bag of tomatoes and then my masher broke. So they're dead now.

I have a drawer of dead potatoes. Can you use them for seeds? They aren't sprouting anything so I think they're dead-dead. I has one that started growing in the cupboard after it was forgotten (got put in the wrong cupboard and we thought there were none so we bought more and didn't remove them until we noticed a smell) and I think my uncle used them as seed potatoes? I don't think they took though.

Anyone ever tired Five Guys? there is one opening soon in Kingston.... Exciting times ahead!

yeah have tried a couple times - so good - the smaller size is more than enough for me - a regular is two patties which is just way too much food

so if you want to ease into it go for the smaller size first time

one order of fries can feed two people a large could serve a few people

i've been craving one for weeks really need to get to it soon - haha

It seems to have been in the drywalling stage for weeks now, I wish they would hurry up! Is it normal to crave something you have never tried?

Five Guys is my favourite, i hope someone would bring the franchise here in Toronto!

Out of all of those choices Harvey's is at the bottom of my list. Though I blame that on one really bad experience I had with a burger from them 15 years ago! Can't eat one ever again.

Where is A&W people? That's my favorite big chain burger.

I'm curious if the same trend is happening in other Canadian cities, high end fast food restaurants popping up all over. They're showing up here like Sushi retsaurants did 10 years ago. Amazing burgers but a takeout combo will run you upwards of $15.

One opened near my studio and they make this amazing burger with bacon and cheese cooked in the patty.

I got a five pound bag of tomatoes and then my masher broke. So they're dead now.

I have a drawer of dead potatoes. Can you use them for seeds? They aren't sprouting anything so I think they're dead-dead. I has one that started growing in the cupboard after it was forgotten (got put in the wrong cupboard and we thought there were none so we bought more and didn't remove them until we noticed a smell) and I think my uncle used them as seed potatoes? I don't think they took though.


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Out of all of those choices Harvey's is at the bottom of my list. Though I blame that on one really bad experience I had with a burger from them 15 years ago! Can't eat one ever again.

Where is A&W people? That's my favorite big chain burger.

I'm curious if the same trend is happening in other Canadian cities, high end fast food restaurants popping up all over. They're showing up here like Sushi retsaurants did 10 years ago. Amazing burgers but a takeout combo will run you upwards of $15.

One opened near my studio and they make this amazing burger with bacon and cheese cooked in the patty.

where is that toronto?

we have a lot of chains in vancouver that are a little more pricey about the same $15 range that have popped up the last few years

Vera's Burger Shack, Moderne Burger, Fatburger, Wally's Burger, Triple O's, Urban Burger and now Five Guys

Ya must be the new cool thing. Pricey junk food, tastes great but not healthy by any means. I can't say I noticed in in NYC last time I was there but then again maybe they have them away from tourists areas. Or maybe this trend hasn't happened south of the border. It would be hard to start up an expenssive burger shop(pe) in a country suffering from a deep recession.

We also have Burger Shack though maybe it's not the same, Craft Burger, The Burger Shoppe among a few.

how about Poutineries? They've been popping up the last few years as well here in Toronto. I'm surprised it took this long for Poutine shops to make it out of La Belle Provence.

Poutine seems like the new food of choice at 3am when people get booted out of the bars.

poutine not so much here - there is a belgian fries place that has good poutine and attracts the late night granville street crowd

the last fad which is now over was frozen yogurt

i think schwarma and donair places are picking up a little more here

poutine not so much here - there is a belgian fries place that has good poutine and attracts the late night granville street crowd

the last fad which is now over was frozen yogurt

i think schwarma and donair places are picking up a little more here

I'm thinking that in a year or so the Poutine Gravy train will roll into Vancouver. It makes sense that it would move from east to west first. Glad to hear the pricey buger joints have opened up there. Any place that offers Blue Cheese on a burger is alright by me.

Five Guys is okay, but they're way over priced, a bit greasy, plus they don't toast their buns or melt the cheese which is hamburger heresy. lol Anyone ever have In-n-Out Burger?

Craft Burger is OUTSTANDING. My fave hamburger joint of all time. Wildly delish onion rings.
Also, have you ever had the sliders at The Keg? Prime rib mini burgers? You will be licking the platter.

The potato planting man doesn't know you can slice the potato in half, and plant each half with the sprout pointing upward.
The potatoes do not need to be fresh (we used to plant the old ones left over in the cellar after winter) but they must be alive,
still.

Five Guys is okay, but they're way over priced, a bit greasy, plus they don't toast their buns or melt the cheese which is hamburger heresy. lol Anyone ever have In-n-Out Burger?

i had five guys today :banana: the fries are so good and they give you like half a pound its ridiculous

the burger was good as always

I have had in-n-out I wasn't that impressed - i had heard everyone praising it when i tried it i was like this is it? the fries were gross the burger was okay and fresh which was great but i've had better at white spot

love mushroom burger from carl's jr

they are finally opening one close to vancouver - it will be in chilliwack

http://fraservalley.kijiji.ca/c-jobs-bar-food-hospitality-GENERAL-MANAGER-CARLS-JR-RESTAURANT-W0QQAdIdZ344629384

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the first restaurant opened in Kelowna in 2011

My Top 5 Favourite Burger Chains

1. Acme Burger
2. A&W
3. Licks
4. Harvey's
5. Hero

I won't go to any of the other ones.

Are they opening any in Montréal? I absolutely LOOOOOOOVE Carls Jr. :drool:

http://www.carlsjr.com/system/product_photos/26/medium/C_WesternBaconSDB_Menu.png?1285096074

What country are Carl's from, the US?

yes

on the east coast they are called Hardees

https://encrypted-tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSiwfSHVljS4XVgAdtcWt90O45HJn3aFMo-VEHvsSAjEzqq7PEz

http://thefranchisehound.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/carls.jpg

I ate at Hardees in Minnesota. I remember my mum could barely pick the burger up it was so big. When she brought it up to her mouth to eat, I couldn't see her any more. :lol:

I miss JOLLIBEE. This one is coming to toronto soon:
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http://aht.seriouseats.com/images/20090212-jollibee.jpg
http://www.jollibee.com.ph/

:cheers:

Had a chance to grab a Mr Big Nip at the Salisbury House at the Winnipeg airport. I remember them being a bit spicier with some seasoned salt mixture, but it was still very good:

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I heard all about the Nips before my Manitoba trip so made a point of visiting the Salisbury Steak House on that bridge. They are good. I could go for one right now.

i like triple o's - got my aussie relatives hooked on them when they visited

http://www.eatinginvancouver.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/P1020068.jpg

red robin is pretty good too

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HWBCk73AmKc/TGhNHLzOOCI/AAAAAAAAAyY/UXpeCFLHjOE/s1600/RedRobin-Cheeseburger.jpg

Triple O is the name of the burger chain?

Does anyone of you ever tried a banana ketchup on your hamburgers? Try it, it taste better than tomato sauce. :)

In Thunder Bay a nip is a hamburger covered in gravy, and I will never call anything other than that a nip.

Sorry Winnipeg.

(A hamburger bun soaked in gravy is one of the most delicious things in the world.)

In Thunder Bay a nip is a hamburger covered in gravy, and I will never call anything other than that a nip.

Sorry Winnipeg.

(A hamburger bun soaked in gravy is one of the most delicious things in the world.)

Perhaps you do call that a nip, but you should know that Salisbury House invented the term! The first restaurant opened in Winnipeg in 1931, and took it's name from the "Salisbury Steak". The owner disliked the term "hamburger", so came up with nip instead! :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salisbury_House_%28restaurant%29


I love looking at their old advertising... lot's of stuff like: "California Style Dining"! hehe... Any Winnipegger will know what Flapper Cake, or Red Velvet Cake is.

Triple O is the name of the burger chain?

yup triple o's (https://www.tripleos.com/) by white spot - only in BC and Alberta, and they have triple o's in hong kong (http://tripleos.hk/), thailand and i think korea and china now - some hong kong business men liked the burgers so much on his trips to vancouver that he opened some in hong kong and they proved popular and other places in asia bought them to open as well

the burgers are famous for white spot - so someone spun them off into a burger only chain - triple o's is the name of their "secret" sauce

white spot has quite a number of drive-ins left they are pretty fun

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they are quite beloved in BC

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you can see the drive in in this video - they put this long plank kinda thing in your car

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I have horrible memories of White Spot and having that surf board shoved through the car under your chin. I never liked their food when I was young.

the burgers are so good - most of the food is good - they have really changed in the last decade, they are very popular here, most weekends you have to line up for a table at dinner time

I have horrible memories of White Spot and having that surf board shoved through the car under your chin. I never liked their food when I was young.

'Spot' isn't a good word to put in the name of a restaurant. It instantly reminds me of unidentified particle matter.

urban legend says it was called white spot cause it had white cooks instead of chinese like most restaurants did in vancouver when it started up

i don't know if thats true or not - it was the spot for whites to go eat food cooked by whites

Is White Spot from Vancouver?

Yes.

For me the best Top 5 local hamburger chain here in canada are:

1. Harveys
2. A&W
3. McDo
4. Burger King
5. Wendy's

I love those Onion Rings indeed.

My top 5 would be:

five guys
fat burger
Triple O's
Red Robin
A&W

do you guys have fat burger in Ontario or out east? outside of BC/Alberta?

http://www.victoriaexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/fatburger2.jpg

http://fatburgercanada.com/sites/default/files/fb10_fatcheese_web.jpg?1283212086

-Five Guys
-Fatburger
-White Spot/Triple O's
-A&W < they need to come out with an Auntie burger. Why has she been left out? haha
-Carls Jr


I'm still waiting for In-N-Out to get up here. My last email to them said they have no immediate plans. Hopefully they set up shop as its other southern California burger competitors in Carls Jr and Fatburger are here.

Dunno if there is a Fatburger here or not. I've been trying to diet so definitely would not go into a place with that name! :ohno:

No burger is going to be diet food. To me the name implies that I'm getting more burger for my money. Heck, I'd be drawn to a burger joint called 'the Calorie Packer'. :dunno:

Too much fat gives me diarrhea.

Too much bad cholesterols from burgers and fries.

Dunno if there is a Fatburger here or not. I've been trying to diet so definitely would not go into a place with that name! :ohno:

I'm trying to diet too so I'm avoiding any fatty foods....especially burgers. Although I have a love affair with them. When I turned 40 a few years ago I suddenly awoke from my 'I'll have a flat stomach forever' coma so I cut out a lot of foods. It's nice here in the West End though as there is so many choices for food and healthy ones at that. Key thing I follow as much as possible is avoid any 'white' foods except cauliflower....actually scrap that one too...vile weed. :lol:

No burger is going to be diet food. To me the name implies that I'm getting more burger for my money. Heck, I'd be drawn to a burger joint called 'the Calorie Packer'. :dunno:

Really? In the past I used to get the impression you never eat junky foods.

"No burger is going to be diet food". I think that depends on what a person means by "diet"; I'm not doing any crash diet, just watching what I eat. A hamburger is simply ground meat between two pieces of bread. It can be as "fatty" or as lean as you want and they vary wildly in calorie count. Bread and meat can be part of a balanced diet. In the same way, a pizza is simply dough, tomato sauce, cheese and toppings baked in an oven. None of those items are junk in themselves, so the finished product can be part of a healthy diet, or it can wind up being a heart attack on a plate depending on how it is made.

i only eat a burger once or twice a month, when i do i want it to be goooood

I was disappointed the last time I went to Fatburger, it was dry, flavourless, and expensive. So I've never gone back.

Best burger I have regularly (like once a month) is from a little place on Granville Island called Market Grill. Bit pricey but good.

I only get pizza from a place down the street that uses only local ingredients, and I honestly wouldn't be surprised if it was one of the healthier things I eat.

I got some deer pepperettes a few days ago, I don't think they have fat in them at all. They're actually too dry, but still tasty.

Really? In the past I used to get the impression you never eat junky foods.


I don't eat much junk food, but when I do I'm not looking for a low fat meal. Besides, calories aren't bad for you. We need them, especially in the winter. :)