by Twyla Campbell | Nov 10, 2011 | Restaurant Review
I want to share a little dumpling love with you. I stumbled across this restaurant just after they opened August 2010 and it didn’t take long for me to become a devotee. I’ve blogged about Dumplings in the past (click here for the first post, and here for...
by Twyla Campbell | Nov 7, 2011 | Restaurant Review
I’m an omnivore; I’ll eat anything—but I have a particular fondness for meat. Juicy, chewy, charred or chilled, raw, roasted, braised or broiled. These incisors weren’t meant for attacking bananas, no sir. I like meat; I like it a lot. Naturally I started to salivate...
by Twyla Campbell | Oct 25, 2011 | Restaurant Review
We were kid-free and ready for a getaway last weekend. Vegas sounded like a good idea. People often tell me of finding amazing last minute deals for Vegas. Surely, I thought, we’d be able to find something. Surely…not. Apparently amazing last minute deals...
by Twyla Campbell | Sep 29, 2011 | Restaurant Review
Edmonton is rife with Indian restaurants—57 according to a quick search on Urban Spoon, and there are probably more. Certain areas of the city have a high concentration of them: Millwoods, 23rd to 34th Avenues, the west end, and pockets downtown. I’ve been to plenty...
by Twyla Campbell | Sep 15, 2011 | Restaurant Review
Italy doesn’t just speak to me; it calls to me like a Siren. So when I heard there was a new Italian restaurant in town, I sped down the Anthony Henday to the newly opened Vivo like Mario Andretti to the finish line. Vivo is located in the corner of a Hawkstone...
by Twyla Campbell | Aug 24, 2011 | Restaurant Review
It’s no secret I love Battista’s Calzones. I stumbled upon this little shop on the corner of 118 Ave and 84 Street in Edmonton a few days after they opened nearly a year ago and now, the savoury, ooey-gooey, pillowy soft buns bursting with Italian...
