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Aug 16, 2010

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Edmonton International Fringe Festival, Remedy, Block 1912

I’m back in Edmonton safe and sound. It’s been a bit of an adjustment to try and slow down to the pace of being “home,” however I came back right as the Edmonton International Fringe Fest started up and so there is always something to do. Edmonton lives up to it’s name as Festival City in the summer time, it’s too easy to forget about that when it’s cold and snowy out.



In the last few days I have lost a dear friend, one that has traveled with me all across Canada (well, from Vancouver to Montreal and everywhere in between), New York City, and the Pacific time zone. The digital camera I use to take the majority of my photos, my Panasonic DMC–FX10, has finally died after years of mistreatment. Thankfully, it didn’t happen until after I got back to Edmonton, but nevertheless I’m sad about it.


So what was my first food stop here in the city? Remedy of course! It was time for a piece of cheesecake. I’m not going to lie, there is a certain level of satisfaction in having one of the last pieces, and my friend and I did so. It was back to being delicious as before, this time Mango & Raspberry, but they had it labeled as something else, Hot Cake, I think. One thing I enjoy about Remedy is their sense of humor, just looking at some of the names (of the non-vegan cakes) is amusing. My friend had one of the gluten free wraps, it’s nice that the option is there, though if you’re not gluten intolerant, I would recommend skipping it. It’s two dollars more than the regular one, and isn’t two dollars tastier.


Vegan Cheesecake from Remedy


After we watched some street performers near the Transalta Arts Barns and extremely talented young buskers we went over to Bistro 1912 right on Whyte avenue. They are open late AND have a selection of four different “tofulatti” flavours; Chocolate, Vanilla, Mango, and another flavour I can’t remember. It was surprisingly rich, sweet and delicious, I think I might want to try the vanilla flavoured one in a coffee some day soon. It might have been hitting that too sweet spot, but one scoop was probably sufficient. For vegan options they also have a few flavours of sorbetto. It’s a nice atmosphere on the inside, much bigger than I expected it to be, but we sat outside for the extra people watching potential, something Whyte Avenue is great for.

Tofulatti from Block 1912


Monday I start my 21$/week vegan challenge. Grocery shopping will happen tomorrow and I wont be going out to eat. Wish me luck!

Jun 24, 2010

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New ones from Remedy and a visit to Oriental Veggie House

Chocolate Banana Cheesecake from Remedy

It’s been hard to go out and eat lately with my work schedule and other commitments, but finally, yesterday I visited Remedy. New (to me) flavours of cheesecake: chocolate banana (no peanut butter) and lemon raspberry. When they brought us the slices, I thought, whoa, the chocolate banana is going to be so delicious, and didn’t give enough credit to the lemon raspberry.

Lemon Raspberry Cheesecake from Remedy

Looks can be deceiving. I’m not going to say I disliked the chocolate banana, because that wouldn’t be true, only that I felt like eating something tart, and the lemon raspberry was perfect to pacify that.

We had a beautiful day out in Edmonton, and then as evening hit, thundershowers. Sitting at the second floor of Remedy, looking out the window towards the downtown core was a great vantage point to watch the storm and enjoy good food. I love summers in Edmonton.

Last week S and I went to Oriental Veggie House. It’s probably been a year since I went there, and I think that was my last time. I hate speaking ill of a vegetarian business that has been around for so many years, because I have a lot of sentimental attachment to the place. But I’m not as into their food as I once was. OVH was my first vegetarian restaurant and where I celebrated the first few birthdays after being vegan. Going there satisfied a nostalgic need, but the food is almost never spectacular, and it’s gotten too expensive to go there solely out of nostalgia.

If you have never tried it, it’s still a place to try, just not a place I want to go repeatedly when there are so many other innovative options available. The lemon duck is one of their best dishes and made with rolled spiced/salted sheets of tofu, but I think the best part of the dish is the lemon sauce. There is something so clean and fresh about it, the wrapped tofu sheets capture the maximum amount of this lemon sauce between the folds.

Lemon Duck

We also had the drumsticks, the spicy eggplant and the celiac nightmare known as the assorted gluten plate. The drumsticks are S’s favourite appetizers so they are good, they have a really meaty texture to them, and normally the dipping sauce is great, but that day it was a bit weird. Padmanadi has similar drumsticks (but they are tastier). The Spicy Eggplant, was not particularly spicy, but the balls of gluten were pretty tasty especially since they absorbed the sauce so well. And for the dish that I love to hate, the assorted gluten. It’s got a great flavour and a unique texture, but I always feel less than stellar after eating it.

Veggie Drumsticks Spicy Eggplant Wheat Gluten
I’m looking forward to visiting a few farmers markets this weekend, St.Albert (on Saturday) and the Callingwood (on Sunday) are on my agenda

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Jun 18, 2010

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The most negative and disappointed post. The Remedy is cheesecake.

A friend and I went to Bliss Baked Goods (14208 118 Ave Edmonton, AB) yesterday morning. I was extremely excited at the prospect of vegan croissants or even just a meal at this dairy-free kosher bakery. I heard about it from the VOA dining guide a while ago and wanted to try it out ever since. However, I left disappointed, as on the day we went in, the only vegan item were danishes, and well…. I can get vegan danishes from the grocery store if I wanted them.

Eventually I’d like to pre-ordering 6 vegan croissants (if they still make them) but not any time soon.

After the sadness of another day without vegan croissants passed, we went to Whyte Avenue in search of some new good food. Cafe Beirut was new to us, another place for quick cheap Lebanese cuisine. Which is good to know, because I had a terrible experience at Sabzy, one of the other places for hummus, tabbouleh, etc on Whyte. There are very few times I have left a restaurant because the service was so bad, that was one of those times.

Falafel Platter from Cafe Beirut

We ordered the Falafel Platter, and it was good, but the consensus was that it wasn’t spectacular. Though for what it was, let’s just say it was great. The service was friendly, it was prepared quickly, and presented nicely. Next time I’m in there I’ll try the baba ganouji. I was interested to read that the owner of Cafe Beirut once upon a time owned the Veggie House in St. Albert (a restaurant that is no more.) I remember making the trek over there in 2004 or 2005, one of few vegetarian restaurants in Edmonton and the surrounding area at the time.

Afterwards we went to a place that nearly never disappoints (except when there isn’t any vegan cheesecake.) So here we were at Remedy, for the first time that day. No cheesecake yet. We leave and come back after a few hours. Upon parking, that familiar delicious smell of spices cooking fills the air outside, and I’m filled with hope that the Chef is there, and with him, the magic that is his delicious cheesecake. And there it was, my favourite, the Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana. “When food is love” is embodied by this dessert. It’s like eating a hug.

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