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I guess I've led a protected life. I had never heard of "The Macaroni Grille" I googled it and there are quite a few of them, They souund good..........One more place to try....:smile:

Sounds really good Rick We have to check some of these places out. Jan and I are going to a new pub in Nanaimo(new to us)called the "Fox and the Hounds" on Wednesday for lunch. We are told the do great fish and chips..........I will report back............ :lol:

Was that a special occasion, or does Painter's Lodge always serve brunches on Sunday. There used to be a few places on the lower mainland that served a bang up brunch. There was one in North Vancouver that was actually an old ship. ( The name escapes me at the moment) They either served you...

That is an impressive recipe Wally. I generally like recipes that don't depend entirely on precision and exactitude I have made a fair number of curries over the years and I've found that straying too far from the original recipe can be dangerous. . Was that cooking wine or wine for the...

Thanks Talloola We get up to the Qualicum, Comox area fairly often. We will try it.

Sage is the only spice I can think of that might mask a bit of the burnt taste. Sage is also a common chicken spice.

There is not much you can do if the burned taste is already in the stock. Sometimes a burnt taste can be covered a bit by adding another flavour. An onion or two (just quartered so you can take them out easily) and a few carrots cooked in the stock might help a bit. Good luck...:smile:

A neighbor just told me about this pub where they do great fish and chips. We'll check it out. http://www.foxandhoundsnanaimo.com/menu.html

My wife and I eat out not much more than once a week, usually lunch and we go out for dinner probably twice a month. I have yet to find a good fish and chip place in Nanaimo although the pub on Protection Island serves pretty good fish and chips, you have to buy a ferry ticket to get there. I...

Btw, that monkey bread can be made from the frozen/uncooked loaves of bread from the supermarket................A little less mucking around for those without a breadmaker.....:smile:

That's not bad. We are still hoping to get to Cambell River this Summer. Maybe we can try it. For the last three years we are the only family members left on the west coast so we get visited a lot.

Is it a single price for the smorg or do you pay for what you get? If the place is that busy, people must like it

Good morning Zan & thanks It's good see the menu and prices of a restaurant before going there.. It gives you an idea what the evening is going to cost. I think also that it helps to know the range and variety of what is available. Price is not always the object and if the food and service...

The restaurant I would take special friends to in Vancouver would be the William Tell. It is very expensive but the food and the service is excellent.

Which is your favourite restaurant? The best food, the best service, etc.??

Does anyone do Fondue? I'm talking about the fondue where you cook your own bits of beef tenderloin or seafood on a long, skinny fork in a little pot of hot oil. We have a Fondue pot with the alcohol burner and I don't think we've used it in twenty years. I think it is time we did this again...

Here is a weekend breakfast that is fairly easy to put together. Monkey Bread is fun to make and even more fun to eat. First you need a batch of bread dough.(if you don't have a breadmaker, ordinary bread dough is fairly easy to come up with.) Mix together one and a half cups of beer or...

Or even parsnips.......:smile:

That sort of thing is probably decided in some boardroom in Kentucky or somewhere. We have KFC maybe once or twice a year so the two stores in Nanaimo are more than enough. We only order the ordinary fried chicken. The popcorn chicken is mainly batter and grease.

Hey, you like what you like. There are enough KFC stores around to suggest I'm not alone. Instead of criticizing, why don't you give us a recipe................;-)