• restaurants 1 day a week

    From JIM WELLER@1:123/140 to MICHAEL LOO on Monday, April 16, 2018 22:42:00
    Quoting Michael Loo to Jim Weller <=-

    Inuvik [...] fusion restaurant

    I was surprised that this wasn't an April Fool joke;

    OK, I made up the part about curried seal poutine and beluga whale
    kababs but the rest of the story is true. Inuvik can anticipate
    some interesting Jamaican and Pakistani food every Saturday.

    an interesting endeavor and more power to them.

    They get to test the market for a very small investment and keep
    their regular jobs. I am seeing more and more ethnic places starting
    up inside other more mainstream places on just Saturdays or Sundays.
    It's a win/win for everyone. The established restaurant gets a
    little help with the rent on a day they are normally closed, The
    startup doesn't have a huge equipment loan and the public gets two
    cuisines to sample.

    In Yellowknife, the owners of a downtown diner/coffee shop that did
    breakfast, lunch and early suppers but was closed evenings and
    Sundays rented out the place Friday and Saturday nights to a British
    chap who specialized in Anglo-Indian vegetarian curries (his day job
    was in IT) and Sunday afternoons to a Filipino couple who served up
    pancit, bubble tea and halo-halo, Both those little businesses grew
    into full time restaurants eventually. One of them took over the
    diner when the owner retired.

    no sooner did I defend leeks here as an affordable allium
    worthy of consideration than the price jumped up [...] $4.99
    for three skinny little short ones. So they're off the menu

    Are leeks a mainstream enough product to sustain
    a year-round market? This may be a seasonal issue.

    Nope they're a year round thing and they were generally pretty price
    stable in the past.

    Re: Fireball Cinnamon Whisky,

    Your bad, I think. You should have known.

    I wanted to re-create a complex Serious Eats punch that called for
    Becherovka which is not available here.

    Aloysius Percival McGillicuddy's Cinnamon Schnapps
    a fictional character dreamt up by the Seagram's marketing dept.)

    And Aura was disappointed to learn that Yukon Jack wasn't a real guy
    either.

    I wonder why the booze industry relies so heavily on fictional
    characters

    Perhaps because the creation of Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben and Betty
    Crocker were all successful marketing campaigns?

    the recent odious Tony Sinclair

    I had to look him up. Very odious indeed.

    ML> The Most Interesting Man in the World.

    But I do find him amusing. He even induced me to try a six pack.

    MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

    Title: Canelita - Cinnamon Shooter
    Categories: Beverages, Alcohol, Latin amer
    Yield: 4 1/2 c

    7 Cinnamon sticks
    3 Cloves, whole
    2/3 c Sugar
    6 c Water
    1 1/2 c Aguardiente, 50 proof

    This is one a mistela, drinks made by boiling a fruit or vegetable
    in water with sugar, and later adding aguardiente. This is a cane
    alcohol that is usually 50 proof found in Chile and other Latin
    countries. Mistelas are generally drunk as a bajativo, or
    after-dinner drink, and are served in shot glasses.

    Boil the cinnamon sticks, cloves, and sugar in a pot with 6 cups
    of water, over high heat. The liquid will reduce considerably and
    gradually take on a brownish-red colour. When it has taken on this
    colour , and there is a pronounced cinnamon taste to the liquid,
    after 40 to 45 minutes, remove the pot from the stove. There should
    be approximately 3 cups of liquid. Let the mixture cool.

    When it has cooled, strain the liquid and discard the cinnamon
    sticks and cloves. Add aguardiente according to how strong you
    want the drink. Mix thoroughly and refrigerate until chilled.
    Serve cold.

    From: Tasting Chile by: Daniel Joelson
    Posted by: Kevin JCJD Symons

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    Cheers

    Jim


    ... The hangover oftentimes hates a breakfast, but always loves a lunch.

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  • From JIM WELLER@1:123/140 to MICHAEL LOO on Sunday, April 22, 2018 22:23:00

    Quoting Michael Loo to Jim Weller <=-

    Danny Bowien [...] started a Chinese restaurant inside another
    Chinese restaurant.

    That doesn't make sense. The whole point of the exercise is that the
    part-time sub-tenant's offerings be as different from the main guy's
    as possible, so as to be non-competitive and hopefully increase the
    number and type of people coming to the place. Another Yellowknife
    example is Thai food served at the curling arena's bar that normally
    offers burgers, chicken fingers, fries and chili.

    MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

    Title: Thai-Style Turkey Burgers with Pickled Cucumbers
    Categories: Thaiish, Sandwiches, Groundmeat, Turkey, Pickles
    Yield: 4 Servings

    PICKLED CUCUMBERS:
    1/2 c Distilled white vinegar
    2 1/2 tb Light brown sugar
    1 1/4 ts Salt
    3/4 ts Dried hot red pepper flakes
    1 Seedless cucumber; sliced
    -very thin
    BURGERS:
    2 Garlic cloves
    1 1/2 ts Minced ginger root
    1/2 c Chopped fresh coriander
    1/2 c Chopped fresh mint leaves
    1/2 c Chopped fresh basil leaves
    3 tb Fresh lime juice
    3 ts Sugar
    2 Flat anchovy fillets
    2 lb Ground turkey
    1/4 c Fresh bread crumbs
    1/4 ts Cayenne
    4 Sesame hamburger buns or
    -onion rolls;
    -split and toasted

    Make pickled cucumbers: In a small bowl stir together all pickled
    cucumber ingredients except cucumber until sugar and salt are
    dissolved. Add cucumber, stirring to coat well, and marinate 30
    minutes. Make burgers: Prepare grill. Into a food processor with
    motor running, drop garlic and gingerroot. Add coriander, mint,
    basil, lime juice, sugar and anchovy fillets and blend well. In a
    bowl combine turkey, herb mixture, bread crumbs and cayenne and
    form into six 1-inch-thick patties. Season burgers with salt and
    pepper to taste and grill on an oiled rack set 5 to 6 inches over
    glowing coals 6 minutes on each side, or until just cooked
    through. Drain cucumbers. Transfer burgers to buns or rolls and
    top with pickled cucumbers.

    Recipe Source: COOKING LIVE with Sara Moulton
    Formatted by Joe Comiskey

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    Cheers

    Jim


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