Best Ever Meat Loaf

Best Ever Meat Loaf

Prep 20 m Cook 1 h Ready In1 h 20 m Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Whisk eggs, milk, salt, and ground black pepper in a large bowl. Add crumbled bread and stir until dissolved. Mix ground beef, onion, Cheddar cheese, and carrot into bread mixture; transfer mixture to a 9×5-inch loaf pan….

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Hearthstone Pizza

Margherita as a baseline

Despite a short dabble in scrap booking (yes, Viv had some influence), I’ve never truly enjoyed shopping at Michael’s.  Sure, there are some random items that do catch my attention, but a usual visit would involve me rushing Viv to get outta the place.  On our last visit to the…

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Rainbow Butterfly

Shrimp Rice Noodle Roll

With all the available choices for Dim Sum in the GVRD, most of the best one reside in Richmond.  However, driving to Richmond takes a long time and driving in Richmond makes me want to play GTA for real.  So on Christmas Eve, we went East into PoCo to re-visit…

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Eastern Pearl Chinese

Siu Mai (Shrimp and Pork Dumplings)

When I first spotted posts on Eastern Pearl, I actually thought it was referring to the restaurant located in Redmond, WA.  At that time, I had just visited the place after our flight back from San Diego during Christmas time.  Alas, the Eastern Pearl that was on IG referred to…

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The Big Flat Pancake Co.

Hipster Hash Pancake

Sometimes it is easy to lampoon the lack of good eats in the ‘burbs.  After all, many chain restaurants set up shop in the boonies in hopes of targeting a specific audience and/or for market research.  I’m pretty well-versed in suburban dining as I lived out in the Tri-Cities area…

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Kiriri Japanese Cuisine & Sushi Bar

Hawaiian Tuna Tower

For those who care, authentic Japanese eats is somewhat of a unicorn in the GVRD.  Most of the Japanese spots in town are not operated by Japanese.  Now that also can be a fallacy since not all Chinese-run Chinese restaurants are good (same with all other types of cuisine).  However,…

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