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💛 So glad we tried Anthony's again after many y

💛 So glad we tried Anthony's again after many years! This is now one of the very best incarnations of Margherita pizza we've ever encountered. The cheese seemed extra flavourful and the sauce more aromatic than others. The crust was good too — and downright amazing when you splurge for the garlic dip. 🍕

🥗 The chop salad was neither interesting nor bad but would skip next time. 🍞 The focaccia accompanying the olives was absolutely beautiful though: perfectly crispy-squishy-chewy and so flavourful. I could just eat that and be happy. 😄

🍽️ Service was upbeat and friendly. Even while we waited for a table (reservations recommended, don't wing it like we did) they reassured us that it might look crazy but everything is under control. Looking forward to going back already! 😍

😍 Really lovely tacos at this friendly and bust

😍 Really lovely tacos at this friendly and bustling spot tucked away just off Parkdale. Both the beef brisket and chicken barbacoa tacos were delicious, with two corn tortillas, each brimming with generous fillings and succulently supplemented by red and green salsas. Highly recommend both! 🌮🌮

🍩 The churros were tasty and perfectly chewy-crisp, with the only hiccup being that they were served with strawberry jam instead of custard as promised on the instore menu or chocolate syrup on the online menu. 👀 All said, this place is a gem! ❤️

I’ve visited Portugal nine times but have limite

I’ve visited Portugal nine times but have limited experience with cuisine from the north of the country. Thanks to @mara_notmaria for recommending the taste of Portugal at @casaminhota. 💛 Of course I had the Bacalhau à Minhota, which I had never tried before. The cod was surrounded by disks of fried potato, similar to how I was served alheira in Braga. Also, the broa (cornbread) was much better than anything I’ve found in Ottawa. Service was busy, speedy, but always friendly! 🇵🇹

Anime themed sushi at @manga_bistro hit the spot t

Anime themed sushi at @manga_bistro hit the spot tonight! 🍣

Lovely family style feast for 20 fantastic @aurora

Lovely family style feast for 20 fantastic @aurorasolarinc folks at @mirage.restaurant during our team offsite in Montreal. 😍

😍 I was excited to try this famous hot pot chai

😍 I was excited to try this famous hot pot chain and was really pleased with the tasty, reasonably priced food and the congenial service at @haidilaomontreal. 1300 locations in China + 97 international, according to Wikipedia. Wowsers! 🌐

🍜 @haidilaohotpot_canada is already in the big three Canadian cities. Just need one in Ottawa now!

🎉 Finally found a favourite shawarma place that

🎉 Finally found a favourite shawarma place that's as tasty and generous as the good old days of Ottawa shawarma and guess what it's called? ...OTTAWA SHAWARMA!

⭐️ Quality *and* quantity, together again at last! Normally there's something on a shawarma plate that's suboptimal but here everything was excellent. The meats were tender and juicy, potatoes were fresh, lettuce was crisp, onions were mild, and the hummus and toum were tasty.

🌯 Not to be confused with any of the many Shawarma Palaces or Ottawa Shawarma on Greenbank, this is Ottawa Shawarma on Clyde and I'm told it's run by the previous owners of Shawarma Palace on Carling back when it was good.

Lunch pad kee maow at @siambistro.ottawa made for

Lunch pad kee maow at @siambistro.ottawa made for a tasty light lunch with good wok flavour and generous veg 😍

Fantastic AVPN certified Margherita pizza at this

Fantastic AVPN certified Margherita pizza at this award winning Montreal based chain. Highly recommended… hope they open an Ottawa location soon! At $15 it would compete well with our overpriced and often disappointing Margherita options.

🇫🇷 Absolutely brilliant date night steak fri

🇫🇷 Absolutely brilliant date night steak frites at @gitanes with @snosou. Beautifully balanced beef — tender yet tasty — bathed in bordelaise beside a bounty of boiled butter. Fabulous frites found fervent favour, their crushability complemented by an aromatic aïoli fearlessly fuelling flavour through to the final fry. 🧄

🍫 For dessert, we shared a decadent pot de crème, featuring creamy chocolate custard, a crown of crunchy caramelised hazelnuts, a salted vanilla cream quenelle, and a pair of pillowy madeleines. Highly recommended and perfectly portioned for sharing. 🍨

🍷 Service struck an ideal balance between informally friendly and professionally polite. ❤️

🎁 Cashed in on @squidki's thoughtful gift of a

🎁 Cashed in on @squidki's thoughtful gift of a father-daughter noodle feast yesterday at @meetnoodleottawa and everything was perfect. ❤️

🍜 This time I forwent my usual Lanzhou Classic Beef Noodle soup (with JoYe noodle) to try the Chicken Salad Noodle. What a wonderful, hearty, and refreshing dish this was! I highly recommend it for when you don't feel like a hot soup. 🧊

🎉 We are blessed to have quite a few Lanzhou hand pulled noodle options in downtown Ottawa. I'm really looking forward to @meetnoodleottawa opening their newest location on Merivale next month! 🔮

Beautiful and flavourful top notch products just a

Beautiful and flavourful top notch products just across the river at @maisonoddo! 😍

On the pâtisserie front, we tried the diminutive and delightful "Tartelette au Sucre." This was a miniature single serve (although we easily cut it into 4 bites) high end sugar pie. The light mascarpone vanilla cream on top made it all fancy without taking anything away from the perfectly delicious sugar pie filling. Can't wait to try more of these!

🥖 The bread selection is generous and if the crusty rye "La Rustique" baguette and the 100% spelt "Épeautre" loaf we tried are any indication, this is among the very best bread in the region. ⭐️

🥐 Viennoiseries were also of excellent quality. The Croissant didn't quite have the shattering crisp texture of exterior perfection but the butter flavour was the nicest I've encountered in recent years. (They also make croissant sandwiches, which might explain why they opt for a softer texture.) The Chocolatine on the other hand had a perfectly shattering exterior and a generous 3 sticks of chocolate within! The almond "Croissant aux Amandes" was similarly well executed with perfect textures of crisp almonds, crusty croissant, and a light spread of decadent almond paste. Balanced perfection! ❤️

☕️ Our only complaint was that they have literally nowhere to eat inside the building. This was disappointing as we were hoping to enjoy a coffee and some pastries for breakfast. So we had to either eat in the car or drive home and eat there. I'm no fan of vehicular victuals so we took the 20 minutes to drive home and made our own lattes with which to enjoy our haul.

💯 All in all a wonderful and welcome addition to the Outaouais food scene!

⛑️ Life update: Emergency gallbladder surgery

⛑️ Life update: Emergency gallbladder surgery a week ago at @ottawahospital Civic Campus after a couple years of sporadic pain events culminated in a more serious one! 😩

😷 A huge THANK YOU to skilled surgeon Dr Amy Neville for expert decisionmaking and laparoscopic magic during an unexpectedly challenging and potentially lifesaving operation. 🪄

🛠️ Thanks kindly to residents Dr V Ivankovic and Dr A Damian for assisting. I was especially amused (and happy) to hear that equipment counts remained constant before and after the procedure. 😄

🍄 Big shout out to accomplished anesthesiologist Dr Sylvie Aucoin for holding my life in her hands and for the most pleasant post-surgical wakeup imaginable. The vivid and weird ketamine dreams the following night were amongst my strangest experiences ever. 🎭

👨‍⚕️ And thanks to day nurse Joe and night nurse Dat for gold standard post-operative care. 🙏

🍽️ The four meals I had were better than expected—certainly nicer than airplane fare. And that waffle breakfast was pure joy after 2 days of little eating! 🧇

🏥 I heartily recommend @ottawahospital to anyone seeking high quality corporeal care and repair! ❤️

Bacalhau à Lagareiro is the quintessential Portug

Bacalhau à Lagareiro is the quintessential Portuguese cod dish. So much flavour with so few ingredients. 😍
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#bacalhau #bacalhauàlagareiro #bacalhaualagareiro

Pastéis de bacalhau! 🐟 Missed out on these yu

Pastéis de bacalhau! 🐟

Missed out on these yumnuggets at Xmas so cooked some up yesterday. Leftovers today, what an epiphany! 😄

#pasteisDeBacalhau #diaDeReis

A new favourite recipe! Pad See Ew thanks to @hott

A new favourite recipe! Pad See Ew thanks to @hotthaikitchen’s easy instructions and fresh rice noodles from @tnt_supermarket. Pailin is right—the secret to getting a good wok flavour is to cook one portion at a time. So addictive. Thanks to @squidki for the meal request. ❤️
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#padSeeEw #ผัดซีอิ๊ว

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