February 2015

In Cafe

Pepper Lunch Canada: Sizzle Sizzle Sizzle

February 27, 2015

Pepper Lunch is finally coming to Canada with it’s first location in Richmond, BC and soon another location in Downtown Vancouver. It officially opens on March 14th, 2015 but we got a sneak peak. Mmm Mmm Mmm.

Pepper Lunch is very famous in Asia as a fast-food steak restaurant franchise. There are over 350 locations. I remember going to one in Hong Kong a few years ago. Whats great about Pepper Lunch being in Canada is that we have high quality beef, chicken and fish available. Pepper Lunch Canada uses Certified Angus Beef and BC Steelhead Salmon.

Pepper Lunch in Richmond is a sit-down restaurant unlike a few food court style ones in Asia. The seating is comfortable.

When you first enter the door, you can place your order, then they seat you.

Their items on their greatly varies in price as some dishes are $8.50 and can go all the way up to $29.95.

For those who are indecisive, there’s even a picture menu. It definitely helps give you a visual of the food.

Salmon Pepper Rice ($10.95) uses sashimi grade tuna, loads of corn, green onion, pepper and sauce.

You just need to mix the ingredients together and try not to burn yourself on the skillet. It’s 260 degrees! This was my favourite dish! full of flavour and the salmon is so fatty and delicious.

Beef Pepper Rice ($8.95) is similar in composition as the salmon pepper rice. It’s a good dish, but it wasn’t as flavourful as the salmon. If you add their signature sauces – Garlic soy sauce (Karakuchi) and honey brown sauce (Amakuchi), it will give it more flavour.

Kobe Style Burger Steak ($12.95) comes with bean sprouts, beans and rice. Very flavourful beef and Mags seemed to really like it.

Rib Eye Steak ($29.95) is one of their more expensive items on the menu. The 8oz Rib Eye is Certified Angus Beef and very tender when cooked.

You leave it on the skillet for however long you want, then you flip it to cook the other side. Once you are finished a bit of the dish, add the rice on the skillet to soak up the delicious sauce.

I’m glad Pepper Lunch is finally arriving in Canada. No more trips to Asia for DIY cooking. Plus, it tastes a lot better in Canada than the ones in Asia. You really can’t beat our beef and salmon.

We Rate Pepper Lunch Canada:

Address:
5951 Number 3 Rd Richmond, BC

Website:
http://www.pepperlunchcanada.com/

In American

Disneyland: Redd Rockett’s Pizza Port

February 26, 2015

Finding cheap lunch in Disneyland with ample seating is quite tough especially when you want to stay out of the sun.

During our time in Disneyland, we ate at Redd Rockett’s Pizza Port in Tomorrow Land beside Space Mountain.

The spaceport is fully equipped with earthling food dispensed at 3 stations: Pizza, Pasta and Salads.

Enlist Space Age heroes like the Mars-inara spaghetti with Meteoric Meatballs, Countdown Chicken Fusilli with sun-dried tomatoes and garlic Parmesan cream sauce, and self-contained slices of Mega Pepperoni, Lunar Cheese, Orion Hawaiian and Venus Vegetarian pizza.

Gather galactic greenery with the Planetary Pizza Salad, Celestial Chicken Caesar or the Starfield of Greens with bleu cheese, walnuts and dried cranberries, and replenish your fluids with refillable soft drinks available in souvenir sipper cups.

Pretty funny descriptions of their food. Space themed Italian food.

Tons of seating for small to large groups! It’s air conditioned too.

It’s cafeteria style and you will only find 3 sections – pasta, salad and pizza.

Mars-inara with Meatballs ($9.99) has spaghetti and meatballs with celestial tomato sauce and freshly grated parmesan cheese.

Count Down Chicken Cavatappi ($9.99) has cavatappi pasta tossed in a garlic-herb oil topped with seasoned grilled chicken, a parmesan-pesto cream sauce and cheese.

Overall, the food is decent for fast food. You definitely get more value from the pasta than pizza. We got the salad to try to be a bit healthier. Redd Rockett’s Pizza Port is a good place to take kids.

Website: https://disneyland.disney.go.com/dining/disneyland/redd-rocketts-pizza-port/

In American

Original Pancake House: Breakfast in Anaheim

February 25, 2015

When in America, make sure to see if there is an Original Pancake House nearby. Or at least that’s what I do. Ever since visiting one in Chicago, I’ve been thinking about their Dutch Baby and Apple Pancakes ever since then. It is a chain restaurant around America, but it was first started in Portland in 1953.

The seating is nothing fancy, but the staff are very friendly and accommodating. It was our last day in Anaheim and our group of 5 ladies with a suitcase each really stood out. Everyone else seemed to be a local.

Coffee was needed by all of us. There was no denying this.

Dutch Baby is oven baked German pancake. This is one of their signature items and it comes in 2 sizes – small and large. We wanted the large size, but the small size arrived at the table.

Served with whipped butter, lemon and powdered sugar.

Apple Pancake is oven baked with fresh granny smith apples and pure Sinkiang cinnamon glaze. It has a lot of sugar on top. It was decent here. I had a better one in Chicago.

Bacon and eggs is a classic. We needed something savoury to balance out the sweet pancakes.

Hashbrown and eggs is another good item to share with the table. Best eaten with ketchup and hot sauce.

Pancakes were beautiful and served with whipped butter.

Side of Sausages were delicious and an essential part of any breakfast.

Strawberry Waffle has their golden brown waffle lightly dusted with powdered sugar then topped with strawberries and fresh whipped cream.

We ordered everything and it was delicious! Original Pancake House was a great time for us ladies. We took an Uber here since we are not familiar with the area at all.

We rate Original Pancake House:

Address:
1418 E Lincoln Ave
Anaheim, CA

Website: http://www.originalpancakehouse.com/

In American

P.F. Chang’s China Bistro: American Chinese Food

February 24, 2015

P.F. Chang’s is an American chain restaurant featuring Asian food. As an Asian person, it just seemed weird to dine at an American Asian Restaurant since Vancouver has a lot of Asian Restaurants.

I’ve spent years avoiding this restaurant because I assumed it would just be crappy food court-like food. This time around, I’m glad I came here for dinner since their American Asian food was quite food. It’s a good fusion of both cuisines.

Stella Artois was needed for a long day at the Disney Parks. Beer with Asian food is awesome.

Mongolian Beef has sweet, soy-glazed flank steak wok-seared with scallions and garlic. The beef was tender and full of flavour.

Chang’s Kung Pao has spicy Sichuan chili sauce with peanuts, celery, scallions and red chili peppers. Not too spicy at all.

Rice comes in a small bowl.

Chang’s Chicken Lettuce Wrap is their signature appetizer. It has wok-seared chicken, mushrooms, green onions and water chestnuts over crispy rice sticks, with crisp lettuce cups.

You grab a little bit of filling and put it on a leaf of the lettuce. Then you fold it up and eat it.

Pad Thai has bold Thai spices wok-tossed with rice noodles, egg, tofu, bean sprouts, crushed peanuts, crispy shallots and cilantro.

Shanghai Waldorf Salad has fresh chopped kale, endive, radicchio, crisp apples, grapes, celery, grape tomatoes and candied walnuts tossed in a light miso-lime vinaigrette. This salad isn’t Asian at all, but it tastes really good.

At the end of the meal, there are fortune cookies. A fun way to end the meal.

Overall, the food was pretty good for American Asian fusion food. A nice surprise!

We Rate P.F. Chang’s China Bistro:

Address:
321 W Katella Ave
Anaheim, CA

Website:
http://pfchangs.com/

In American

Smoked Turkey Legs in Disneyland

February 23, 2015

We found ourselves snacking a lot at Disneyland instead of having a set meal during breakfast and lunch. There really wasn’t time for real meals when we only had a few minutes in between rides. We had so much fun that we only stopped to eat when our feet got tired.

One fun thing to eat at Disneyland are their Smoked Turkey Legs. You can find them throughout the park for about $9.99.

It’s massive and quite heavy. It’s about a pound or so. The meat inside was tender and had a strong smokey flavour, so the turkey tasted more like ham. It makes me curious how they prepared these legs. Plus, what happens to the other parts of the turkey.

You can eat it with fork and knife or go animal style and eat it off the bone. I would suggest fork and knife so you can share it with your friends. They might be grossed out if you slobbered all over it. It’s very tempting, but I had to share because the leg is huge.

I tried to take a size comparison with my iPhone, but I needed it to use it to take a picture of the food. So, here is the turkey leg with my head. One thing I couldn’t do was find Gaston and eat this Turkey Leg at the same time. Tracking down those characters are quite hard.

Website: disneyland.disney.go.com

In American

Churros in Disneyland

February 22, 2015

I love Churros! I made it a mission to have a few churros in Disneyland and Disney California Adventure Park. It’s not hard to find them since there are carts everywhere in sight.

They heat them up fresh on the spot and cover them with plenty of sugar and cinnamon.

Churro ($4) is pretty expensive when you know you can get it at Costco for $1. But, since you have no other choice, this will do. It does taste pretty good. The churro is pretty long, so it does make for a great snack.

Just watch out for all the falling sugar, it might get on your clothes if you’re not careful.

Website: disneyland.disney.go.com

In Anaheim

Tiki Juice Bar: Dole Whip in Disneyland

February 21, 2015

Tiki Juice Bar inside Disneyland serves up Pineapple Dole Whip Soft Serve. When you visit Disneyland, you must make a stop here. Since you’re probably at Disneyland all day, it a great refresher and to cool you off from the hot sun.

Pine no more for pineapple—savor a taste of sunshine with the legendary frozen treat known as Dole Whip. This counter outside the Enchanted Tiki Room hosted by Dole® also serves pineapple spears, juice, Dole Whip floats and fruit bowls.

The line up wasn’t to long since we went in February but the staff seem to prepare them ahead of time so the line does move quickly. I’m not sure about the busy months of the year.

Dole Whip Float ($5.19) was what I ordered because I wanted to try their soft serve and their soft serve. A perfect combination and the size was quite big.

Pineapple Dole Whip Soft-serve ($3.79) was large a well. We all got one and the first few spoonfuls were amazing. Since it was so large, it did take some time to finish. Then it just got sweeter and sweeter. In the end we wish we shared instead of getting our own.

Overall, no regrets. It was delicious and very refreshing.

Location: Outside Adventure Land in Disneyland

Website: https://disneyland.disney.go.com/dining/disneyland/tiki-juice-bar/

In Anaheim

Searching for Starbucks at Disney California Adventure Park

February 19, 2015

Finding Starbucks at Disney California Adventure Park is a must because you need to stay caffeinated the whole day in order to finish all the rides and attractions.

Head to the Fiddler, Fifer and Practical Cafe on Buena Vista Street and the only Starbucks will be inside. The cafe is a few steps from the entrance, so it’s not hard to miss.

The drink menu is pretty standard, but the prices are a tad higher that regular Starbucks since there are no other alternatives around.

They have baked goods, sandwiches, salads, etc.

Once you have your drink, there’s a lot of tables you can choose from. Since we came around 2pm, there wasn’t a lot of people around. After the day of walking, our feet needed a little break.

One cool aspect are the cups! You will only find the Disney Parks cups here. Cute.

No need to fear a day without coffee! Disneyland also has a Starbucks too but in only one shop.

Website: https://disneyland.disney.go.com/dining/disney-california-adventure/fiddler-fifer-and-practical-cafe/

In Anaheim

Corn Dog Castle in Disney California Adventure Park

February 18, 2015

Disney California Adventure Park was our first stop to really reliving my childhood before I get married. There’s not too many varieties of items to eat in the park, but my girl friends and I found a secret love of corn dogs.

Of all things, it was corn dogs. The first stop was Corn Dog Castle.

We just stumbled upon Corn Dog Castle near Goofy’s Sky School in Paradise Pier.

At this medieval-themed boardwalk stand, the corn dogs rule! Why? Each one is made to order, hand-dipped and deep-fried at your command. Choose from original chicken-beef, hot link or ooey-gooey cheddar. All cometh with apple slices or chips.

The prices are decent, but it’s definitely not the most healthy item in the park, but then again it’s hard to find anything healthy in Disney California Adventure Park.

Original Corn Dog ($7.69) comes with a choice of chips or apple slices. My friends thought it was the best corn dog they have ever had. They had this everyday!

Hot Link Corn Dog ($7.99) comes with a choice of chips or apple slices as well. I chose the chips since apples don’t belong in a vacation. Plus, I haven’t had chips in a while, so I was craving them.

The Hot Link Corn Dog was massive and very spicy. You will even see the chilli flakes inside the sausage. Stick with the original corn dog and you’ll have a good time.

When you are at Disney California Adventure Park, definitely grab a corn dog as a snack!

Website: https://disneyland.disney.go.com/dining/disney-california-adventure/corn-dog-castle/

In American

Umami Burger: Burgers in Anaheim

February 17, 2015

Umami Burger is an American chain restaurant specializing in gourmet burgers. As the name suggests, their burgers utilize the umami flavour that is a savoury taste. All their burgers are made fresh in-house.

We came here after walking around Downtown Disney and were famished after the long walk around that area. We then took a short Uber to Umami Burger, which was very painless.

The interior is pretty cool and they have a lot of old looking license plates.

Umami Burger ($11.50) is their original burger which contains parmesan frico, shiitake mushrooms, roasted tomatoes, caramelized onions and their Umami house ketchup.

I got my burger made medium rare and I love the flavour and texture combination. That parmesan crisp really made it wonderful.

Manly Burger ($12) has beer-cheddar, bacon lardons, smoked-salt onion strings, Umami house ketchup and a mustard spread.

Mandu thought the burger was ok, but it was quite pricey since it doesn’t come with anything on the side.

Simple Salad ($4) has market greens with their chef’s seasonal dressing. We shared the salad amongst the table as we knew we had to get enough vegetables while on vacation. Its quite easy to skip out on vegetables when there’s fast food everywhere. The salad was good and had a light vinaigrette dressing.

Overall, Umami Burger was good, but a tad pricey. They do use quality ingredients and the flavours do go well together.

We Rate Umami Burger:

Address:
338 S Anaheim Blvd
Anaheim, CA

Website:
http://www.umamiburger.com/

In American

Cheesecake Factory Anaheim: Lunch near Disneyland

February 16, 2015

The Cheesecake Factory is located in the Anaheim GardenWalk, it is about a 15 minute walk away from Disneyland and California Adventure Park. After taking a 40 minute ride from LAX, we arrive in Anaheim at 2pm and wanted a quick lunch. Since GardenWalk is a few steps away from our hotel, we decided to come here and get some pasta.

Cheesecake Factory is a US Chain restaurant best known for their vast varieties of Cheesecake and huge entree portions.

The restaurant seats a lot of customers.

We gravitated towards their lunch menu since these are smaller versions of their entrees.

Complimentary bread arrives and you have brown and white. It comes with butter on the side. These kept us occupied before the main meal arrived.

Louisiana Chicken Pasta ($12.50) has parmesan crusted chicken served over pasta with mushrooms, peppers and onions in a spicy new orleans sauce. Good portion size and it tasted good according to Mandu.

Pasta with Chicken and Scampi Sauce ($12.50) has chicken breast sautéed with garlic, herbs, tomato and white wine in a scampi cream sauce tossed with spaghettini. Of all the pasta dishes we ordered, this was definitely the best and has loads of chicken.

Fettuccine with chicken and Sundried tomatoes ($12.50) was good but the sundried tomatoes were sweet, which was odd. Other than that, the chicken and the sauce were great.

Overall, the food was decent and filled us up for lunch. The portion for lunch is still quite large, so I can only image how big the dinner sizes are.

We Rate Cheesecake Factory:

Address:
321 W Katella Ave #100 Anaheim, CA

Website:
http://www.thecheesecakefactory.com/

In Airplane Meals

Air Canada Rouge: Vancouver to Los Angeles

February 15, 2015

Air Canada Rouge is a budget airline, which is owned by Air Canada of course.

We found some good discounts a few months ago, so we booked Air Canada Rouge to go to Los Angeles. It was only $287 for economy class, which was a great deal as tickets are usual around $500 or $600. Definitely looks for coupon codes and do a lot of research before booking any flights. Good thing we had Mandu to keep an eye out of the prices for a few weeks.

We had no issues lifting off from Vancouver. It was a tiny bit delayed because of a few people from connecting flights.

The economy seats were quite cramped. You get what you pay for. No entertainment and you do have to pay for checking in bags. Since we were only gone for 5 days, the girls and I just carried a small carry-on to avoid extra fees.

All the food needs to be purchased off a menu, but we decided to wait till we got to LA to eat. You only get 1 complimentary beverage during the flight since it’s just under 3 hours. Before getting on the plane, I made a stop to Starbucks to grab a Venti water.

The flight is pretty boring as there really isn’t much to look at outside the window except for mostly farm land. I just brought my laptop with ear buds to keep me entertained. Some other people just slept the entire way there.

Once we were flying over LA, you can help but to stare at the vast size of Los Angeles. From the place, we could see the Hollywood sign.

Overall, the flight was smooth and not any complaints. Just remember to bring some entertainment on board, so you don’t lose your mind.

Website: http://flyrouge.com/

In Brunch

Chewies Steam and Oyster Bar: Brunch Time in Coal Harbour

February 14, 2015

Chewies serves up New Orleans inspired soul food like traditional Creole and Cajun dishes. Their signatures dishes include fried gator & hush puppies, classic gumbo, southern fried chicken and Jambalaya. They also have a variety of fresh oysters on the menu too.

On the weekends, they have their brunch menu. The girls and I wanted to check it out. The restaurant is a bit hard to spot at the moment since there is a lot of construction around the area.

It was the Superbowl day, so this place was empty on the weekend. There was only 1 other table in the restaurant, but that was ok because we could take our time.

Pulled Beef Brisket hash ($17) has smoked beef brisket, black beans, chilli verde, home fries topped with 2 poached eggs. CanuckGirl and TaiwaneseGirl both had this dish and was impressed that there was a large amount of beef brisket on top. It coated the home fries well with all that brisket. They didn’t like how their egg wasn’t soft poached.

Southern Biscuit Breakfast ($14) has 2 buttermilk biscuits, white gravy choice of bacon or sausage, cajun spied hash browns and 2 eggs any style. I got bacon and poached eggs for my dish.

I wanted my eggs soft, but it was more on the medium side.

Southen Fried Chicken and Waffles ($14) has buttermilk waffles topped with southern fired chicken with a cajun honey butter drizzle. The chicken was ok, but it isn’t as juicy as we would have liked.

Overall, the brunch was alright. None of the dishes really stood out. We all just thought it was ok.

We Rate Chewies:

Address:
1055 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC

Website:
http://chewies.ca/

In Cafe

East Van Roasters: Hot Chocolate Festival

February 12, 2015

East Van Roasters is an artisan chocolate and coffee shop in Gastown. They are a social enterprise created by the PHS Community Services Society. East Van Roasters is designed to provide training and employment to the women residents of the Rainier Hotel.

The Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival is back for it’s 5th year and Forty Ninth Parallel Cafe & Lucky’s Doughnuts is participating. They are currently serving 3 types of hot chocolates

Right now they are participating in the Hot Chocolate Festival until February 14th.

They are currently serving the Salty Malty, which is a Malted Madagascar drinking chocolate.

Salty Malty really reminded me of a liquified malteser. It’s quite a rich drink.

It is also served with a salted chocolate chip cookie. The cookie was delicious! I wish I had more.

A nice place to hang out over some sweets. What I love the most about this place is how they are giving opportunities to those in need and teaching them new skills. Plus, they have yummy drinks and treats.

We Rate East Van Roasters:

Address:
319 Carrall St Vancouver, BC

Website:
http://www.eastvanroasters.com/

In Cafe

Forty Ninth Parallel Cafe & Lucky’s Doughnuts: Hot Chocolate Fest

February 11, 2015

The Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival is back for it’s 5th year and Forty Ninth Parallel Cafe & Lucky’s Doughnuts is participating. They are currently serving 3 types of hot chocolates:

Hot Chocolate and a Donut
Delicious dark hot chocolate and a Lucky’s doughnut of your choice.

The Nanaimo Bar
A 72% dark chocolate paired with butter icing sweetened milk and topped with a coconut whipped cream. Served with a doughnut-shaped financier.

The Lumberjack
Spicy dark hot chocolate. Served with maple marshmallow and chocolate covered wafer logs.

These are available January 17 – February 14, 2015.

All my friends went with the Hot Chocolate and Donut. The hot chocolate was delicious and rich. They go perfect with donuts.

Coffee French Cruller is their spin on the traditional French cruller. It has a nice coffee taste infused in the dough and in the icing.

Classic Old Fashioned is a sour cream old fashioned topped with their signature vanilla glaze.

Overall, good drinks and donuts with the girls.

We Rate Forty Ninth Parallel Cafe and Lucky’s Doughnuts:

Address:
2902 Main St
Vancouver, BC

Website:
http://www.luckysdoughnuts.com/

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In Cafe

Sunny Spot Cafe: Xi’an Street Food on Main Street

February 10, 2015

Sunny Spot Cafe isn’t a place I would normally go to. I’ve passed by several times, but never took notice until Mags told me to come here for lunch. It is owned by a husband and wife that make all the Xi’an Street Food dishes by hand.

It’s only 2 of them working and they really make their customers feel at home.

We got seated promptly as it wasn’t too busy during the weekday lunch rush. We then asked for tea and ice water as we browsed through the menu.

The menu isn’t very large, but they have the basics – dumplings, soups, salad, noodles, and their specialty buns. All items are under $10 and is quite affordable.

Handmade Pork Dumplings ($8) comes with 10 pieces and are boiled. If you eat them by themselves, it is a bit bland, so you need a touch of sauce or the chilli oil to enhance their flavour.

Tripe and Glass Noodle in Hot and Sour Soup ($6) is very spicy and piping hot when it comes out.

Biang Biang Handcrafted Shaanxi Thick Noodles with Beef ($8) both Mags and Min ordered this dish and they thought it was good. Tasted very homey.

I’ve never been to Xi’an to tell if this is authentic or not, but the food tastes like what your parents would serve you. Good food, no fuss. The owners are nice and put a lot of love in their food that they serve. There’s one item that I didn’t try here, but I will have to next time – braised pork bun.

We Rate Sunny Spot Cafe:

Address:
2543 Main St Vancouver, BC

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/sunnyspotcafe

In Chinatown

The Ramen Butcher: New Ramen Restaurant in Chinatown

February 2, 2015

The Ramen Butcher hasn’t even officially opened yet, but there is a line up. They have a soft opening from February 1st till February 4th with $5 ramen. They open at 11am and close when they run out of noodles and broth. They officially open February 6th with regular hours from 11:00am – 10:30pm.

Since it’s only a few blocks away from my office, a few of us headed over there for lunch. We arrived at 11:30 and there was a bit of a wait. We found that most people came in large groups, so seating groups is difficult. It’s best to come here with smaller groups so you can get seated faster.

The Menya Kouji group has opened up The Ramen Butcher and they own over 150 ramen shop locations. At The Ramen Butcher, they serve up 7 types of ramen, rice bowls, gyozas, and beer.

They have taken over the previous location of East of Main, but most of the interior is similar.

Did you notice the FREE Kaedama extra noodles? I love how they make sure their customers leave full. It’s great for people who are big eaters. I was full from one bowl, but some people could always use more noodle.

Classic Ramen ($8.95) is their signature tonkotsu (pork) broth. The noodles are made in-house. You can add an extra ajitama marinated egg for $1.

You can choose to have your pork fatty or lean. Most of us at the table chose to have it lean.

Black Ramen ($10.95) has tonkotsu pork broth with roasted garlic oil, freshly made noodles, aburi pork chashu and their medium boiled marinated egg.

Orange Ramen ($11.55) has tonkotsu pork broth with rich miso marinated ground pork, noodles, aburi pork chashu, and their medium boiled marinated egg.

Mags chose to have fatty pork and it looked like pork belly because it looked like a thick bacon strip.

Red Ramen ($10.95) has tonkotsu pork broth with spicy garlic paste, noodles, aburi pork chashu, with their medium boiled marinated egg. You can choose how spicy you would like this ramen.

The broth is rich and great for people who like spicy foods. I had to choose the fatty pork. Go big or go home right? There is a large amount of fat content, but it’s pretty delicious.

Original Gyoza ($5.35) is made of pork and its pan-fried. It has a little bit of a char, but it was decent.

Okonomi Gyoza ($5.95) is the original gyoza topped with mayo, bonito flakes, and green onions. This was definitely a unique experience.

The table had mixed reactions. Some said it was salty, but I just gobbled it up. It reminded me of a JapaDog, but with Gyozas.

Overall, The Ramen Butcher was good but it still wasn’t the best Ramen I’ve had. There could be a little bit more meat but you can always order additional meat. The best part is the free extra portion of noodles!

We Rate The Ramen Butcher:

Address:
223 E Georgia St
Vancouver BC

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/theramenbutcher/

In Korean

Hot Kalbi Pork Side Ribs

February 1, 2015

I love Korean marinated meats and something about the flavour is so addictive. Especially when it’s spicy!

Hot Kalbi Pork Side Ribs can easily be made in a slow cooker. I wanted to make a no fuss meal and there was already a pre-made marinade from T&T.

Sempio creates a wide variety of kalbi sauces, but there aren’t a lot of brands at the store that sold the spicy version. If you are lazy to make your own hot kalbi sauce, this is a good option.

I got a pack of side ribs from T&T and it was about $14 per pack. It’s not too fatty and there was still lots of meat on the bones.

Put the side ribs and half a bottle of the Hot Kalbi Sauce in the slow cooker for 6 -8 hours on low. Make sure all the ribs are coated with the sauce.

Once it’s done, serve it with your meal and you can cut it up so they become little rib bites. There is a decent amount of spice to the ribs and not too spicy. Since the ribs are cooked in the slow cooker, the meat is tender.

Website: http://www.sempio.com/