Author: Nova

Looking for Vancouver’s best ramen #02: Hokkaido Ramen Santouka

Looking for Vancouver’s best ramen #02: Hokkaido Ramen Santouka

I have to admit that I belong to that group of people who temporarily becomes obsessed with a specific dish. This time, I could not stop thinking about tsukemen… If you don’t know what it is, this is in the same family as ramen, but 

My favourite japanese grocery shop in Vancouver: Fujiya

My favourite japanese grocery shop in Vancouver: Fujiya

Fujiya is well known in the local foodie community. This quite small Japanese grocery store also offers a catering service and fresh meals made on site. You can find a very nice variety of bento boxes, several types of donburi, fried food such as chicken 

Recipe from our childhood: Cod and potatoes au gratin

Recipe from our childhood: Cod and potatoes au gratin

In this video filmed with my Mom, we share with you a recipe that is straight from her own childhood: her Mom’s fish and potato gratin. I am so happy that she agreed to share some of her history in the kitchen with me, and 

Recipes from my childhood #01: my Mom’s lasagna

Recipes from my childhood #01: my Mom’s lasagna

I guess that every family has that recipe that’s asked of someone over and over. For us, it’s my Mom’s Lasagna. Not only it’s my daughter Kai’s favourite (she would eat it weekly if she could), but it’s also my cousin’s most requested dish from 

Veggie-packed meat and tomato sauce in the Instant Pot {Video}

Veggie-packed meat and tomato sauce in the Instant Pot {Video}

This tomato sauce is similar to a bolognese sauce (or a spaghetti sauce) without being one. My teens don’t eat so many vegetables (argh!). So this sauce is a good way to make them consume many different ones at once. I make this recipe with