by Twyla Campbell | May 4, 2012 | Restaurant Review
Life is too short; eat dessert first. At the recently-opened Crepe Symphony (Rice Howard Way in Edmonton), you can do just that because the delicious crepes they create are available at 9 a.m. Monday to Saturday. The Nutella Banana crepe pictured above, and the...
by Twyla Campbell | Apr 19, 2012 | Restaurant Review
Go far enough north on 97 street in Edmonton and you’ll run into East, a new restaurant touting “modern Asian cuisine with a Malaysian twist.” Richard Lim, who also owns Wildflower and Lazia, opened East in December in a new strip mall just north of 160 Avenue. The...
by Twyla Campbell | Mar 16, 2012 | Restaurant Review
Every day is a good day for barbecue and nothing stops us Canucks from firing up the bbq even when the temperature drops well below zero. For a long time, Rand Peterson–the man behind Bubba’s BBQ–served tasty hunks of charred meat to avid followers...
by Twyla Campbell | Mar 14, 2012 | Restaurant Review
Cafe Haven, a bistro/coffee house in Sherwood Park has been around for a few years and is well-known to local residents. I’ve frequented this little restaurant several times but recently when I stopped in for lunch, I felt it had really hit its stride. The...
by Twyla Campbell | Mar 5, 2012 | Restaurant Review
New Orleans–known as Nola to locals–is one of my favourite U.S. destinations. The city is both gritty and pretty, steeped in history, mired in mystery borne of pirates, plantations, and voodoo; ravaged by hurricanes and rebuilt by indefatigable people,...
