by Twyla Campbell | Aug 7, 2015 | Restaurant Review
Hey, you’re not the only one looking for my blog post on that Sri Lankan restaurant I talked about on CBC this morning. I’m typing as fast as I can! In the meantime, click here to read the recap on CBC Edmonton AM’s website. The audio file is in...
by Twyla Campbell | Jul 24, 2015 | Restaurant Review
Seeing hunks of cured meat hanging in a restaurant display case tells me that the restaurant owner (or chef) ‘gets it’ when it comes to food. You can’t spend that much time and effort making a dozen different types of charcuterie if you don’t...
by Twyla Campbell | Jul 20, 2015 | Restaurant Review
I once asked a server in Italy if the pork they were serving came from a local farm. Although I couldn’t translate his words, his flaring nostrils and scrunched eyebrows said, “Are you nuts?” It was the same look I got from a server in Portland when...
by Twyla Campbell | Jun 20, 2015 | Restaurant Review
If you can’t find a place that makes pizza exactly how you want it, then Urbano Pizza has the solution: build it yourself. Christian Mena and Lino Oliviera of Sabor Divino and Bodega, opened the doors to Urbano Pizza Co. in early June at 10220 – 103...
by Twyla Campbell | Jun 6, 2015 | Restaurant Review
Praise Poseidon, Edmonton’s seafood drought is over! The Black Pearl Seafood Bar, owned and run by the offspring of Guisuppe Crudo of the much-respected Cafe Amore, recently opened its doors downtown on 104 Street. The interior is unlike anything in Edmonton and...
by Twyla Campbell | Jun 6, 2015 | Restaurant Review
Restaurants with small menus and specialized fare get my motor running. Think Cibo, Farrow, Tres Carnales, Corso, Rge Rd; the days of four-page, laminated menus are (almost) history in Edmonton. Nongbu Korean Eatery in Old Strathcona has joined the ‘small but...
