Beaver Sailor Diner 1820 Hollis St, Halifax This is the second chapter of the East of East Dining Series in which I will showcase different types of East Asian dining experiences that are available to us here in Halifax. In February we went to Canton Garden for dim sum. Today’s journey takes us to Beaver Sailor Diner, which is tucked away on Hollis […]
You could say the burrito is a perfect food. It’s a whole meal wrapped up in a tortilla for easy transport and extra carbs. If you take away the tortilla, you still have a feast of meat, rice, beans and veggies (a.k.a. “burrito bowl”) and the fun part is customizing all of this into a personalized package. You can make […]
Black Sheep 1569 Dresden Row, Halifax, NS Web Site How’s everybody doing? The weather is warming up, the birds are chirping .. and I just got engaged! That’s right – LuShark and I are going to seal the deal. We’ll be registered at a taco truck near you! I’m just joking, I meant Ikea…. Anyway! … to help us celebrate, […]
Hello! We’ve made it to Part 5 of the Halifax Ramen Quest! This will be the last preliminary round before the semi finals. Newcomer to the ramen scene, Buta Ramen, is up against Gangnam Korean BBQ. Sure, it’s a Korean restaurant competing against a ramen speciality shop, but all is fair in love and noodles! Meanwhile, Buta is serving bibimbap so when the tables […]
Hello! Part 4 of the Halifax Ramen Quest is a battle of two sushi shops that focus more on tradition than fusion and flair. Both Dharma Sushi and Sushi Shige have been fixtures of the Halifax sushi scene for quite some time and both have their followings. I have put them head-to-head because they both offer just one simple ramen. […]
*Update: Canton Garden is no longer serving dim sum. The presence of dim sum in Halifax is nothing new, but I’m willing to bet that more of us are familiar with sushi and Thai food than we are with Chinese food. No, I don’t mean that deep fried saucy mess you burp up with a fortune cookie. There are an increasing […]
Hello! Welcome to Round 3 of the Halifax Ramen Quest! Make sure to see Round 1 and Round 2 in which Truly Tasty and Studio East emerge successful against their opponents, B-Well Sushi and Water & Bone. Round 3 takes us to Clayton Park to evaluate Tako Sushi & Ramen and Sushi Nami Royale. Both of these restaurants have strong followings for their […]
If you are just tuning in now, please check out Part One of the Halifax Ramen Quest, where I introduce the quest and give a brief ramen tutorial. Round Two is featuring a couple of relatively new businesses: Studio East and Water & Bone. Studio East is a trendy neighbourhood restaurant, zeroed in on global cuisine and local ingredients. Led […]
Hello! A while back I polled Twitter and Facebook to see what kind of quest people wanted to see on Eat This Town. The overwhelming response was ramen, followed by phở and sushi. This reinforced my notion that Halifax is ready for the plethora of delicious Asian foods that are increasingly popping up around the city. That’s right. It’s time […]
Fries and Co. 2603 Connolly St. Rating: Good. (Rating Scale: WTF, Meh, Good, Some Good, Right Some Good!) I last visited Fries and Co. in the summer of 2013, which was only a couple years into a change in ownership. Melanie and Ken Francis took over the biz in 2011, and tinkered with the recipes to be more “authentic” (i.e. “the […]
