Cooking: For novice home cooks – part 2

I hope some of you found part 1 for novice home cooks useful. Continuing on the theme of 2-for-1 cooking, we’re going to look at another pair of budget friendly dishes derived from similar ingredients. We’re going to make meatloaf.  The concept of minced meat, seasoned, and cooked in a loaf, roll or large patty…

Cooking: For novice home cooks – part 1

Most of this blog has been about restaurants and dining out, with only the odd post about cooking. But in light of the covid19 pandemic, most restaurants are either closed or limited to takeout service only. Which leaves many people eating at home far more than they had previously. I did a quick survey of…

Restaurant review: Saku

On a cool January weekend, we stopped for lunch at Saku on west Broadway (between Cambie and Ash St).   There was a long line, so we left our names and took a short stroll, before returning 20 minutes later. Saku is a chain of tonkatsu restaurants that originates from Japan. Their menu is fairly concise,…