by Twyla Campbell | Apr 24, 2017 | Restaurant Review
ALTA has been a long time coming. The restaurant finally opened on February 28, 2017 and since then I’ve gone three times. I had a lot to say about this place, and not enough time on CBC radio to say it. It’s a highly ambitious approach from Ben Staley...
by Twyla Campbell | Apr 1, 2017 | Restaurant Review
It’s an odd name, for sure. For some reason I thought it was the name of a German punk band that got chef/owner Ryan Hotchkiss through his teenage angst days, but no, Bündok stems from a Tagalog word that means mountains and has become a colloquialism for...
by Twyla Campbell | Feb 4, 2017 | Restaurant Review
It’s taken me a while to make it to Nudoru on Whyte Avenue, but they do say that good things come to those who wait, right? Happy to report that the ramen is very solid here and makes my list of places to eat in Old Strathcona. For a full review, listen to the...
by Twyla Campbell | Feb 2, 2017 | Food
After several delays and months of anticipation, Baijiu has officially opened. My article for Eat North hit the web yesterday. Read about this jewel in Edmonton’s Ice District by clicking here. ...
by Twyla Campbell | Jan 25, 2017 | Restaurant Review
There is something about fried chicken that speaks to our sentimental cores: warm kitchens, lazy Sundays, and sunny back yards with picnic tables overloaded with food. For most of our lives, the U.S.A.’s Kentucky Fried Chicken was cock of the walk. Canadian...