Restaurant review: Jingle Bao

For a family dinner, we went to Jingle Bao, a Chinese restaurant on Denman Street (between Robson street and Alberni street). Jingle Bao is best known for their soup dumplings. We had reservations and were seated shortly after we arrived. They have a partially open kitchen where the kitchen staff will prep the dumplings before…

Cooking: Silky Eggs with Beef over rice (滑蛋牛肉飯)

Stir fried beef with scrambled eggs is a simple homey kinda dish. However when I order it in a restaurant, I often get something like more like the image in the banner at the top. The egg has a silky luxurious texture. It’s pretty easy to accomplish, it’s basically a combination of beaten eggs combined…

Restaurant review: Barcelos Flame Grilled Chicken

While attending to some errarnds in south east vancouver, we debated on where to go for lunch and settled on Barcelos in the Market Crossing plaza in south Burnaby. Barcelos is a chain of casual restaurants specializing in peri-peri style chicken. Peri-Peri chicken originates from the Portuguese community in South Africa, combining the south african…