Restaurant review: Harbour Oyster + Bar

While stopping on Commercial Drive, intending to go for pizza, we happened across Harbour Oyster & Bar, and decided to go for seafood instead. This is a small place with an long bar and an fairly extensive drink menu, but we were here for the food. The menu is focused on small plates of shellfish…

Cooking: stir-fried rice noodles with beef and black bean sauce

This recipe is similar to the previous stir-fried rice noodle recipe but there are a couple of twists.  One is using fresh rice noodles instead of dried, and the other is different preparation technique. I’ve been experimenting with some cooking techniques during the increased at-home time of the pandemic.  One example is the technique used…