The Perfect Hot Chocolate

This March it was snowing, which I think most people would find odd, but it also gave me the idea of how it was still before spring and there were still some few days of winter left. So I had decided to make myself a warm brew of hot chocolate, but I wanted to prepare one that was particularly unique and special to the rest to close off this year's winter season with a perfect soothing delight. Here's a video on how to make a delicious homemade hot chocolate;
(here's the link if the video doesn't work;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6COa9lISZGo&feature=player_detailpage)

I know, that woman has a really monotone voice... Anyway, I haven't used this method before, my way for making hot chocolate is way simpler; I heat a mug of milk in the microwave for 2-3 minutes, and add about 2 spoonfuls of cocoa powder and stir. I also add a scoop Cool Whip on top for an extra treat. So, I tried making the hot chocolate in this video to see how it differs with mine, and hope that it really is as good as it's depicted to be. That's the picture of mine on the left. It's too bad I didn't have any chocolate I could use on top though. Still, after I made the hot chocolate and tried it, I was amazed about how delicious it was! The primary difference it made between my original hot chocolate and this one was probably the cinnamon sprinkled on top. It added a very satisfying taste that was sweet and made a cozy feeling. I would like to try it again some time and maybe add small marshmellows or whip cream with chocolate syrup. If you have ever ordered a hot chocolate from Tim Horton's, they have whipping cream with chocolate syrup, and it really tastes good. I'd like to find out if combining the video's hot chocolate with Tim Horton's hot chocolate will create the perfect hot chocolate that I've been looking for. Don't get me wrong, this hot chocolate I've made has been the best cup of hot chocolate I've ever had, and I recommend you try it at home, it's really easy to make and takes no time at all! Whatever the perfect ingredient to hot chocolate is, there's no better beverage to enjoy at home in the cold months of winter.

110$ Burger, wait what?

Mason B

110$ burger

When I want food I want it quickly and at a low cost. The hamburger is one of my personal favourites. A hamburger is the highlight of fast food, easily made, simple, and full of greasy goodness. Recently though I came across a luxury burger for 110$. This baffled me as to spend 110$ on a hamburger is a waste of money. If you want to spend that kind of money on food you should at least eat something fancy. But this burger is fancy.

The burger itself is made of a seven-ounce patty made from finest Japanese Kobe beef with wasabi mayonnaise and Italian Portobello mushrooms in a home-made onion-wheat bun. It is served with Asian pear, French foie gras, French fries, and a glass of wine.

The extent our food is developing is astonishing, a burger like this is something Americans would enjoy, yet it is served only in a hotel residing in Indonesia. The combination of many high end ingredients also adds to its grandeur.

As people get more and more good foods we will seek out even better foods.  Due to this I think that there will be many different kinds of high class food in the future. Although the idea of paying 110$ is a little much the idea is still a good one.

Personally I still believe in quantity over quality but for those of us who have extra money lying around this presents a nice luxurious dinner option.

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Read more: http://digitaljournal.com/article/77997#ixzz1uJmAAy3G

Chronic Tacos: a Mexican twist for Vancouver

Vancouver is a city known for a few things, beautiful natural scenery, vibrant city life, great music and of course, mouth watering food. Our sushi is world famous, our Japanese infusion hotdogs have become an international phenomenon, our street vendors have shaped our culture, and now Mexican food has made it’s mark on the city. Chronic Tacos, an urban Mexican restaurant founded in California, has 7 locations outside of the golden state, and 4 of them are in the heart of Vancouver.

After hearing ad after ad on local radio stations, I knew I would have to check it out, so I took some friends down for a pre-concert dinner. I visited the Granville location, right in the middle of the Vancouver nightlife and concert scene. The restaurant perfectly reflected the culture of the area, with walls decorated in urban art, TVs hung up, showing the play-offs, and multiply pierced staff waiting to make up your tacos fresh.

I was impressed by the whole experience. Their radio tagline, “If it’s not fresh, what’s the point of putting it in your mouth?” now makes perfect sense to me, because the food was cheap (about 25 dollars for four people to eat) and just as fresh and delicious as they promised. I had their famous fish taco and couldn’t resist going back for another; this time, a chicken taco. I fell in love with the flavors! They were both divine, and I was told by my friends that the burrito option and less spicy option were equally as savory. Of course, they serve more than your basic tacos, everything from tostada bowls to nachos and quesadillas is available to fulfill your wildest mexican food dreams. Food coma, achieved.

 

textbook perfect taco

Another plus was the superb service. As I mentioned, everyone working there fit the lifestyle. The young employees were friendly, efficient and so relaxed. The store is open quite late to accommodate the partiers in need of a 2 am post club re-fueling. But even I (who am not of age & therefore do not go clubbing) felt at home at Chronic Tacos, despite my lack of tattoos.

I can now appreciate the recent addition to Vancouver’s food scene and I suggest everyone check it out, because who can’t appreciate the perfect taco?

Check out their website for more info on my new favorite taco makers.

-Neve

Cora's

I have been wanting to try a breakfast place in Coquitlam called Cora's for a while, and on saturday morning I finally got to go with a couple of my friends, and it definitely lived up to my expectations.
I got a strawberry waffle which was topped with whipped cream, and a lot of fresh strawberries.
My one friend ordered a raspberry crepe and my other friend ordered a spinach chedder omelete!
I was very impressed with how fresh everything was, and we also got very good portion sizes.
As a server myself, I am decently picky about the service I recieve eating out, and I've got to say the service was perfect!
The prices were decent, and you definitely feel like you are getting a lot of food for your money!



My friends and I have been trying to eat healthy recently, and it was very easy to do so at Cora`s with all the fresh fruit options.
When I go to breakfast places such as IHOP and Dennys I always overload on bacon,toast,and pancakes;however, at Cora`s all the fresh fruit choices look so delicious that you feel satisfied having that instead of a greasy breakfast!
I would definitely recommend Coras to everyone!
Great food, Great prices, and Great service!

Rock Cakes Anyone?

For anyone who’s ever read Harry Potter, they will probably remember Hagrid’s famous rock cakes (the ones that will break your teeth). I decided to use the Unofficial Harry Potter cookbook that I own to try and make my own version of these biscuits. There were good directions in this recipe, it was made similarly to how you would make a biscuit. I got out all my materials and then mixed all the dry ingredients together. After that I added the butter and then the wet ingredients and finally some raisins. It formed a sticky dough which I just scooped in balls onto the cookie sheet.

            When Harry and Ron talk about the rock cakes in the books they mention how they can hardly eat them because they will break their teeth! Unfortunately for them they didn’t have my version of the cakes which were very good. I found the recipe very easy to follow and the product turned out light and fluffy just like they were supposed to. I had to work hard to keep my sisters away after they came out of the oven.

            For anyone who is interested in trying to make these rock cakes themselves I would highly recommend this recipe, or if you are a major Harry Potter fan like myself I recommend the whole cookbook!

            Happy cooking.

The Famous Warehouse

 Working on a Thursday night, one of my co-workers had asked me if I wanted to go to a restaurant downtown. He told me it was very cheap there and good apparently. So later on after he sent me the website link so I could look up the menu and prices, and I was very surprised at it. I was very surprised to see that every item on the menu was $4.95. Actually, I found it pretty unbelievable. Everything was besides the specials. On Mondays they have all you can eat pasta for $6.95 and on Tuesday, they have Taco Tuesday where its all you can eat tacos for the same price. Also, on Wednesday, they have wing day, where all day, wings are for 15 cents with your choice of flavour; salt and pepper or hot.
  Besides having amazingly affordable food, apparently, they also have good music that plays in the restaurant. The operating hours for the restaurant are everyday, opening at 11:30am and closing at 2:00am. However, as told by my co-worker, its better to get there early, because comming later, it would be much harder to find a seat available. This restaurant is located Downtown Vancouver on 989 Granville street. With the price of the food, location and music, I honestly believe that this is a good restaurant and I'd recommend others to visit it, and have a good experience at The Famous Warehouse.

Eat Right 4 Your Type

There are 1000's of diets; however, they come with 1000's of different opinions. All I know is that one diet works and for everyone....

In mid grade 11 I was constantly easily physically and/or mentally fatigued, always hungry and thirsty and couldn't gain any muscle mass. My circulation was terrible along with my digestion which makes simple things in life unpleasant. These problems are things that almost everyone experiences, surprisingly these problems come from food we eat. The Blood Type Diet was recommended to me by a naturalistic doctor at "Biological Analysis" in Burnaby. The diet states that you should eat depending on your blood type, this sounded weird to me at first, but started to make more sense as I think one's blood type is a vital aspect to a person. I decided to give the diet a shot and it sucked at first, someone with blood type A like me must avoid many things, some of the notable ones include red meat, potatoes, corn and dairy, but there are many more, basically all you can eat are most vegetables,  most fruits, chicken and ancient grains. It was tough in the beginning because I crave all those foods, but after the first few months it's all good, you end up not wanting to touch the stuff as you realize how harmful they were to your body. After just 3 months I noticed slight changes in energy and at the moment I have never felt better. What happens at the office is you go in and the doctor takes two different samples of your blood and puts it under a microscope and hooks it up to a monitor so you can see your live blood cells and the doctor shows you exactly what's wrong for example your protein digestion, parasites, early cancer signs, toxins, immune system, and thousands of other cell issues. After that you start the diet and a few months later you do the same thing and you will see a difference in your sample. The diet certainly changed my life and I think it is the only good diet.