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Russell or Jordash have large lidded bins on casters that will fit a 40 kg bag of sugar or flour. If you happen to want to keep that much flour around. They have smaller food bins and containers as well.

We have some at work and fixed the shelf height to accomodate them.

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Chimi, say hello next time you come in and we'll see :)
As long as we're shamelessly plugging here, I have to add that in about a month's time you don't have to come to the Market to buy from the French Baker as the boss is opening a second location in the Glebe.]]> http://ottawafoodies.com/forum/1100
Me too Ollie, glad to know I'm not the only one that does this!]]> http://ottawafoodies.com/forum/1103
Strongly seconded. :)

As long as we're griping... ever think about moving the "Ignore this topic" button? Half the time I go to submit a post I click that button instead of "Post reply".

Thanks!

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Jul 3

Hands-on cooking classes for July

Below is a list of scheduled hands-on cooking classes at Ottawa Chinese Cooking Studio. Each class is also a Dinner consisting of dishes being made in class and complimentaries as mentioned below.

Saturday, July 5 at 6:30 pm Chinese Cooking Class $35.00
(1) Lemon Chicken
(2) Beef with Broccoli
(3) Wonton Soup
Plus Chinese rice, chili sauce, fortune cookies, soft drinks and Chinese tea

Saturday, July 12 at 6:30 pm Chinese Cooking Class $35.00
(1) Spring Rolls
(2) Gerenal Tso's Chicken
(3) Hot + Sour Soup
Plus Chinese rice, chili sauce, fortune cookies, soft drinks and Chinese tea

Saturday, July 19 at 6:30 pm Sushi (Part II) + Mussel miso soup $55.00
(1) Tempura Shrimp Roll
(2) Gunkan
(3) Rainbow Sushi Roll (salmon, crabstick, and avocado)
(4) Spicy Scallop Hand Roll
(5) Orange (Masago) California Sushi Roll
(6) California Hand Roll
(7) Tempura squid Roll
(8) Vegetarian Hand Roll
(9) Tempura Vegetable Roll
(10) Vegetarian California Sushi Roll
Plus Japanese green tea, wasabi, pickled ginger, soy sauce, chili sauce, fortune cookies, and soft drinks

Saturday, July 26 at 6:30 pm Asian Cuisine Night $35.00
(1) Ginger Beef (Chinese style)
(2) Yakitori (Japanese type of skewered chicken)
(3) Pad Thai (Thai traditional fried rice noodles with shrimps)
Plus Japanese rice, chili sauce, fortune cookies, soft drinks and green tea

Thursday, July 31 at 6:30 pm Chinese Cooking Class $35.00
(1) Satay Beef
(2) Moo Shu Chicken
(3) Glass Noodle (Cellophane noodles) Salad
Plus Chinese rice, chili sauce, fortune cookies, soft drinks and Chinese tea

Monday, July 21 at 2:00pm Children's class: Explore the Secrets of Asian Cuisine $20.00
Thursday, July 24 at 2:00pm Children's class: Chinese Delights for Younger Palates $20.00
Tuesday, August 19 at 2:00pm Children's class: Fun with Japanese Culinary Arts $20.00
Thursday, August 21 at 2:00pm Children's class: Celebrate the Flavors of Summer $20.00

For sign-up or inquiries, please email us: lessons@ChineseCookingStudio.com
More information: chinesecookingstudio.com/]]> http://ottawafoodies.com/forum/551
Hi FF, i notice there'd been some discussion in a much earlier "Gripes" thread about including a preview option. Any further thoughts about this? I'm not really griping, but i'd personally benefit by a preview feature (along w/ the edit option) ... and i suspect it might save your database a couple transactions per posting (from me alone). anyhoo, its not critical, just a nice to have option (imo).]]> http://ottawafoodies.com/forum/1103
I tried the chicken sandwich! It wasn't anything fancy or gourment but it hit the spot and the quality of the chicken was good. At $3.75 it was a bit of a bargain too.

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i did say that CC, but didn't you correct on the proper usage of that term relative to the Forum we're now inhabiting? And to sidestep further, but to answer the question posed by Zym's tshirt: my kind of internet is one where parenthetical statements can be magically bracketed so that they can never be used against oneself! Can u make that happen, Fresh Foodie? :)]]> http://ottawafoodies.com/forum/1085
Jul 3

and the ribs...]]> http://ottawafoodies.com/forum/1102
Jul 3

Just to add to the discussion about BBQ, I thought I would show a couple of pic of the ribs and shoulder we cooked for Canada Day on our BGE.
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Just to be clear, my emotional sentiments align very closely with Zym's. My other side however wants to know how these proposed outcomes ( e.g. floating the Yuan) would play out wholistically. Anyone know of, or seen research on what the western world would be like without Chinese imports? My first assumption is that our throw away consumption would drop dramatically, as we would simply not be able to afford it. My second assumption is that even with a reduced consumption rate, our effective cost of living would go up dramatically. Great for the environment, and local producers/manufacturers, but not a change I expect most people could be convinced to embrace. As I implied earlier, my thought is not to try to convince China to float the Yuan, but rather to start improving (enforcing?) some environmental and labour standards, and let the money shake itself out, and hopefully in the end, everybody can win. My wistful optimism...]]> http://ottawafoodies.com/forum/1085
Thanks everyone for their suggestions... I'll do a little research and pick one or two... I'll keep you posted.
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Jul 3

But if the cheap goods go away, who will make our affordable Plastic Pumpkin Lights to put on our trees during Halloween ?

.... and we'll all miss Dollarama and A Buck or Two,

.... and I'll have to pay $5.00 for a Hallmark Mothers Day Card and not $1.00 for a similar Made-in-China card.

.... and for all of us Foodies, What will happen to the price of bamboo skewers ?

Let alone a possible cival war/revolution of 700 million people.

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Zym: As itchy feet pointed out to me earlier in the thread, "We live so well because they live so poorly" is a reductionism.



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I'm not sure what "Lou Dobbish reductionism" means, but I think the criticism is valid. Yes, it provides cheap goods, which was exactly my point in the first place. They can undercut us because of this. Personally, I'd sooner see them float the Yuan and the cheap goods go away.]]> http://ottawafoodies.com/forum/1085
Jul 3

I agree with Pete, critizing China for it's currency control sounds like a 'Lou Dobbish reductionism'.

There may come a day were the world currency of choice is not the US Dollar but the Chinese Yuan. "Ooooh ....The times .. They are a-changin'"

Seeing China move into the 21st century is extremely interesting. A topic by it's self.

There was a (now famous ?) Catapillar D9 Bulldozer advertisemnet in The National Geographic Magazine during the early seventies. It showed a long hair 'hippy' arguing with a hard hatted construction worker, while in the background, you see a big bulldozer making a new road through a rainforest.

The catch line was "There are no easy answers ... Only intelligent choices".

That line has been with me for a long time.

Canned Ice Peaches ??? Hmmmmm ... I wonder if we could get them interested in Peach Fried Noodle ?

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