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		<title>Jang Mo Jib &#8211; Vancouver, Robson</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This place is busy and popular with the Korean crowd particularly after 7pm so either arrive early or make a reservation. It is nothing special inside with simple chairs and tables but the service is fast and the food is good. This is a busy place as demonstrated by the lady pile of korean side [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Guys Burgers and Fries, West Vancouver, BC</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I keep hearing about this place &#8211; from friends from the East Coast, from magazine articles, &#8211; and I couldn&#8217;t believe it, but one actually opened here in Vancouver! We were out with S and F, for a morning hike in Lynn Canyon Park, and F was getting seriously hungry. Serious hunger? Five Guys it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tamarind Hill &#8211; New Westminster</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently this restaurant is a venture by a previous chef at the popular Banana Leaf malaysian restaurant chain in Vancouver. On the bright side, it is a welcome addition to the otherwise relatively limited food options in New Westminster. Unfortunately, I think we had heard it was much better than Banana Leaf and we were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Le Bistrot du Forum &#8211; Reims, France</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Bistro]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A local french bistro just off the main pedestrian walkway near the centre of Reims, this bistro with a red awning was recommended by the sommelier at Veuve Clicquot &#8211; in fact, he said that the fries were the main attraction. So &#8211; after a 25-minute walk from Veuve Clicquot back to the centre of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taqueria El Buen Sabor &#8211; San Francisco, CA</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunday, strolling around Mission on a sunny day in San Francisco. Lunchtime &#8211; and we come across this taqueria at 18th and Valencia &#8211; in we go, and within 5 minutes, we&#8217;re sitting down on one of the long benches, enjoying a super pork burrito. The faded, yellow poster on the wall for something like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Babylon Cafe &#8211; Vancouver, BC</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1942</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 03:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether it&#8217;s Elgin street in Ottawa, Avenue des Pins/St-Laurent in Montreal, or Blowers at Grafton (Pizza Corner) in Halifax, I&#8217;ve had a few shawarmas and donairs in my time. And Babylon Cafe in Vancouver on Robson Street should be proud for producing one of the best. We&#8217;ve been here many times &#8211; the Pacific Centre [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Osha Thai &#8211; San Francisco, CA</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1922</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a day of wandering around and hill-climbing in San Francisco, D needed some delicious, savoury Asian food. She had tracked down Osha Thai as being one of the better Thai food options in the city, and as we were staying downtown, we decided to head to the 2nd Street location. Decorated in the new-Asian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Glowbal &#8211; Vancouver, BC</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 14:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friday night &#8211; M is in town &#8211; and he wants to go where the &#8216;beautiful&#8217; people are. Yaletown it is then. I call J to ask him (he works in Yaletown) where is a good patio to search out on a Friday night &#8211; he suggests Glowbal and so on we go. The very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vij&#8217;s Rangoli &#8211; Vancouver, BC</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1932</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 03:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunday night &#8211; out with M (in town for the weekend from Toronto) &#8211; he ran the half-marathon Sunday am, and he&#8217;s veg, so he needs some serious veg calories tonight. South Asian cuisine always has great veg food, so we&#8217;re off to Rangoli. We&#8217;ve enjoyed the deliciousness that Vij&#8217;s is before &#8211; and Rangoli [...]]]></description>
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		<title>La Mar &#8211; San Francisco, CA</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1913</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We decided to head to San Fran for the weekend &#8211; a combination of a great deal and the constant urge to roam overtook us, and after a click frenzy on expedia, we were in the air again. Our friend S, a definite fan of food, recommended this place, and we were definitely not disappointed. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ladurée Bar &#8211; Paris, France</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1909</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a dinner at Jadis, we went for a stroll down avenue Champs-Élysées and A&#8217;s neverending love for all things sweet took us to back to Ladurée for some late-night macarons. Designed by Roxane Rodriguez, the Ladurée Bar is a very cool place to stop-in late night for a drink and some dessert. Basking in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jadis et Gourmande &#8211; Paris, France</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a hot stroll through the Tuileries and a poke into 24, Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré to ogle some scarves, we were strolling down the street next door and saw the sign &#8211; D, with her amazing memory for all things food recognized the name from Le Guide des Gourmandes and in we went.]]></description>
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		<title>Bar Hemingway &#8211; Ritz Paris</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1903</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 22:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ritz Paris is perhaps the world&#8217;s most famous hotel &#8211; and as every hotel has at least one bar where the inhabitants can go and drown their sorrows, the Ritz is no exception. And when you&#8217;re the most famous hotel in the world, this means that you have the most famous hotel bar in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Floata Seafood Restaurant &#8211; Vancouver, BC</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1894</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday am &#8211; out for Dim Sum &#8211; let&#8217;s try a new place. A has been here before and she likes how it has convenient parking in a parkade ($1) and is right across the street from Sun Yat Sen gardens. Inside, this place is cavernous &#8211; you could have a wedding for 500 here; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chill Winston &#8211; Vancouver, BC</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1888</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday night, out with J &#038; J &#8211; an urban couple with no kids so it&#8217;s time to go somewhere that is more &#8216;cool&#8217; than &#8216;chucky cheese&#8217;. We haven&#8217;t knocked our heads together ahead of time to get a reservation, but it&#8217;s early and we figure that Chill Winston has a great location, a cool [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Léon de Bruxelles (Champs-Élysées) &#8211; Paris, France</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1883</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Bistro]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a quick note. We were hungry, on the Champs Élysées, and beer and mussels seemed like a good idea at the time. Léon de Bruxelles is a chain, with multiple locations throughout France. As I walked in, I noticed that the proportion of English-speaking people in the restaurant far outweighed the French-speakers, which in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jadis &#8211; Paris, France</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 23:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was the last of our visits to one of the prix-fixe restaurants in the NY times. Jadis is busy and reservations are highly recommended although somehow our reservation for 5 people at 7:45 pm somehow was changed to a reservation for 6 people at 7:30pm so calling the day before the reservation might be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>L&#8217;Agrume &#8211; Paris, France</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1878</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:47:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continuing our tour (here and here) of prix-fixe restaurants mentioned in the New York Times, we decided to go to L’Agrume. Located in the 5th arrondisement, L’Agrume is a small, intimate restaurant &#8211; but this is in no way a complaint &#8211; it is not overly loud; it does not feel crowded; it is not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ladurée (Champs Élysées), Paris &#8211; France</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1868</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 21:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Cafe]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For ages now we&#8217;ve been going on about how great the macarons are at Pierre Hermé while we haven&#8217;t been giving the other challenger, Ladurée even a chance. This is like seeing Joe Frazier go at a heavy bag and saying that he&#8217;s the best boxer in the world. It&#8217;s like seeing a Picasso and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>La Gazzetta &#8211; Paris, France</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1848</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 08:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another night in Paris, another prix-fixe dinner. This time, at La Gazzetta, a charming restaurant in the 12th, again with dining pros B and A. We arrive a bit early, are welcomed to our seats and offered cocktails, a nice change compared to the previous dinner at Le Chateaubriand. I start with a Campari and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pierre Hermé &#8211; Paris, France</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1842</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 09:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[French]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pierre Herme]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I know that we&#8217;ve been here before, and written about it before. But it&#8217;s so good, that it needs writing about again. We were on our way to the very beautiful Musée de l&#8217;Orangerie this afternoon when we took a detour and took the M12 Metro line all the way to the Pasteur stop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dark Horse Espresso (Spadina) &#8211; Toronto, Ontario</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1856</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1856#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 02:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The cleaning up of the old factories on Spadina continues, and with it, has come a new coffee house. D and I were strolling down Spadina during our visit in January, reliving many happy memories shopping in Chinatown and Kensington Market, when we saw Dark Horse Espresso. My need for delicious coffee overtook my already-wired [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buddha&#8217;s Vegetarian Restaurant &#8211; Toronto, Ontario</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1850</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1850#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 01:59:33 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cheap Eats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinese]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Toronto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vegetarian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buddha's Vegetarian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Favorites]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, we&#8217;ve been here before, but this is totally one of our favourite &#8216;cheap eats&#8217; places in Toronto. It has all the ambiance of an anatomy lab &#8211; but who cares &#8211; it has some of the best Chinese vegetarian food that I&#8217;ve had in Toronto. Their mock duck (big pic, above) &#8211; tastes nothing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Le Chateaubriand &#8211; Paris, France</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1836</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1836#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 00:43:18 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[French]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prix-fixe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Le Chateaubriand]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[During her extensive research prior to the trip, D found a list of popular prix-fixe restaurants in Paris that had very good food. Le Chateaubriand was our first outing. Inside, Le Chateaubriand looks like it could have come out of 1945. Sparse walls, chalk boards with wine prices, that yellowed paint that looks like it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smoke&#8217;s Poutinerie &#8211; Toronto, Ontario</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1631</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1631#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 03:25:58 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Late Night]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toronto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poutine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smoke's Poutinerie]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(note: wrote this in January &#8211; just getting around to posting it now) Back in Toronto for the weekend &#8211; woo-hoo! Look, Canadians &#8211; you may or may not like Toronto and/or Torontonians, but damn this city has some great food. And it looks like from reading some of the local magazines and blogs that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Senator Diner &#8211; Toronto</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1678</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 00:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Toronto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Breakfast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eaton centre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senator]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This funky diner has been around forever in downtown Toronto and deservedly so. It is a funky old diner filled with booths and the requisite counter with stools . The service is good but also laid-back &#8211; if the place isn&#8217;t busy they are happy to let you sit there &#8211; although there is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cafe Be at Printemps &#8211; Paris, France</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1819</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1819#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 23:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We had to go into FNAC to pick up a Paris Museum Pass and when D realized we were near Printemps &#8211; her immediate reaction wasn&#8217;t to go shopping &#8211; instead it was to go get some lunch at Cafe Be (Be as in Boulangepicier), Alain Ducasse&#8217;s small bakery/bistro/sandwich place in the Printemps department store. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>La Mascotte &#8211; Montmartre, Paris, France</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1813</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 03:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Bistro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[French]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[french bistro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Montmartre]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It has definitely been a while &#8211; our apologies. Back in the City of Lights &#8211; out with A and B, two residents who love the good life and are dedicated to finding the best food possible. We&#8217;re staying in Montmartre, we&#8217;ve flown all night and are more than a bit tired &#8211; but never [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yew Restaurant &#8211; Four Seasons Hotel &#8211; Vancouver</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1800</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1800#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Special Occasion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[downtown Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solo dining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Coast cuisine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With soaring 40-foot ceilings and surrounded by warm wood, this is a surprisingly warm and airy room. There is a private dining area for 10 enclosed by glass in the middle of the room. In addition, the communal dining table which is a beautiful long wood table right by the fireplace, is a good option [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nota Bene &#8211; Toronto</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1668</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1668#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Toronto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Lee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queen Street]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We were excited to go to this restaurant by chef David Lee of Splendido fame, particularly because we had read that it was one of the best new restaurants in 2009. You can&#8217;t miss this restaurant with the bright green lighting at the windows on a busy strip on Queen Street East. Once you walk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sala Thai &#8211; Vancouver, South Cambie</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1785</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1785#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kid-friendly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beef red curry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green papaya salad]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is a convenient place if you are in the Cambie area with decent Thai food. We tried the green papaya salad, beef red curry and the seafood with chili oil and basil served on a sizzling plate (#44). It was tasty but average food. The service was reasonably fast. The decor is nothing special [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For Vancouver Visitors &#8211; Best Places to Eat</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1778</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1778#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Food is an integral and important part of my travels. In fact, if a place does not have good food, I strongly think about whether I want to go there and if there are other redeeming factors to the city/country in question. Thankfully, if you do look hard enough, usually you can find some decent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Refuel Neighbourhood Restaurant and Bar &#8211; Vancouver, Kitsilano</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1760</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1760#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Favorites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inexpensive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charcuterie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kitsilano]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[piggy puffs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sous vide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[whole hog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Piggy puffs &#8211; that was the first thing that caught my eye on the menu at Refuel and so I made my mind up to go there. We have been fans of Chef Belcham from the beginning. We loved Fuel when it first opened but our recent experiences had been more disappointing. With the revamp [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Go Thai Restaurant &#8211; New Westminster</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1727</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1727#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Westminster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lunch specials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pad thai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sticky rice]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Who knew that New Westminster would have an authentic thai place with a thai owner/chef in the middle of all the mediocre food?]]></description>
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		<title>Sawasdee Thai Restaurant &#8211; Vancouver, Main Street</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1757</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1757#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Asian]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kid-friendly]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[green curry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pad thai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[papaya salad]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is one of the best places I have eaten Thai food in Vancouver. The food is more authentic than most of the ubiquitous and relatively forgettable thai restaurants around town. Not only does that mean that the food is tastier, but if you ask for medium hot &#8211; it really is medium hot and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Provence Marinaside &#8211; Vancouver, Yaletown</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1723</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1723#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Brunch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yaletown]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you are strolling along the seawall, Provence Marinaside is a good place to stop for a bite to eat. If it is nice outside, one of the patio tables is a great place to eat, drink and people watch or be watched. Although it can be crowded, so be prepared to wait if you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tropika at Aberdeen &#8211; Vancouver</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1695</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1695#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aberdeen centre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[malaysian food]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We decided to use one of those entertainment book coupons for a free entree at the Tropika in Aberdeen Mall for lunch. The place is relatively nice and modern inside and the service is fast &#8211; since there were few tables occupied during this weekday lunchtime. Overall, the food was below average except for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dragon Ball Tea House &#8211; Vancouver</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1681</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1681#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bubble tea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coconut jelly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tapioca balls]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This bubble tea house is supposed to have some of the best tapioca balls around and once we tried it, we would agree. There are a huge variety of flavours but I personally prefer mango or some combination of mango &#8211; such as mango/lychee, mango/pineapple &#8211; with slush and tapioca balls.]]></description>
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		<title>Splitz Grill &#8211; Whistler</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1703</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1703#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:50:10 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Kid-friendly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whistler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[burger]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Apologies for the quality of the photos, we only had our camera phone on us at the time&#8230; There doesn&#8217;t seem to be a lot of eating options that aren&#8217;t expensive and/or mediocre in Whistler &#8211; with dining options mainly catered towards tourists.]]></description>
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		<title>Choon Ha Choo Dong &#8211; Vancouver</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1588</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1588#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inexpensive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[broadway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[korean bbq]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our personal korean food connection, brought us to this place on Broadway which I am sure that I have walked by too many times to count without even noticing. Granted it is on the second floor of the building and it is quite unobstrusive. A bonus is that there is free parking on the roof.Although [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Almendro 13 &#8211; Madrid, Spain</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1243</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1243#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:37:16 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Tapas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So we had a few hour layover in Madrid so decided to head into town to try some tapas. It was easy (about 45min) by metro to reach La Latina &#8211; the area in town to try tapas. Just remember that lunch doesn&#8217;t start until about 1:00pm (at the earliest) and more likely, 1:30pm. La [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cafe de L’academia &#8211; Barcelona</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1330</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1330#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Inexpensive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barcelona]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Located in a small square close to Jeaume station, this place was recommended to us by our cooking class teacher. It is quaint inside and there is a nice terrace outside with a few tables &#8211; although it was pouring rain the day we went so everyone opted for the inside option. The brisk business [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cerveceria Catalana &#8211; Barcelona, Spain</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1255</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Cheap Eats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kid-friendly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tapas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barcelona]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Cerveceria Catalana is a pretty good place to try tapas. Just don&#8217;t arrive like we did at 12:30 pm and mistakenly think that the pito (the small sandwiches piled along the bar) are the tapas. In fact, that is the breakfast food and as we sat there &#8211; all the pito were cleared out to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cook&amp;Taste Cooking Class &#8211; Barcelona</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1354</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1354#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This class was a great way to learn how to cook some traditional Spanish dishes while gaining a greater appreciation for their food. Our teacher used to be a chef at a high-end restaurant but wanted to take a break and try something new and she is great at it.]]></description>
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		<title>Chardonnay &#8211; Barcelona, Spain</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1241</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1241#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Inexpensive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barcelona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barrio gotic]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This gothic area restaurant was recommended to us by our bike tour guide. He recommended the menu of the day &#8211; which is usually a good deal at most restaurants. For 10.50 Euros, we got to choose from a few selections of a first plate and second plate, followed by dessert and coffee with one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eleven Madison Park &#8211; New York</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1526</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1526#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Favorites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lunch prix fixe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since EMP received their 4 stars from the NY times, reservations can be tight so try to book well in advance. The $28 for the lunch prix fixe is a steal for excellent service with great food in a beautiful high-ceilinged room. I started with the spaetzle with the most tender rabbit I have ever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Au Petit Cafe &#8211; Vancouver</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1580</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1580#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vietnamese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pho]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vietnamese sandwich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vietnamese sub]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Popular but small local Vietnamese restaurant on Main Street which also closes pretty early &#8211; 7pm &#8211; or very early if you compare it relative to other Asian restaurants. The owners must be making good money. If you come around lunch time be prepared to wait for one of the few tables, although thankfully service [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White Castle &#8211; New York</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1583</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1583#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Cheap Eats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[harry and kumar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[slider]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ever since watching Harry and Kumar Go To White Castle , I have had a strange urge to try a slider at this popular fast food chain. By chance, one late night after a show, we strolled by a White Castle near Madison Square Garden and I just had to go in. First of all, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Momofuku Ko &#8211; New York</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1523</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1523#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After it was lauded by the NY Times food critic, we had to go here to find out what the hype was all about. Unfortunately, there are no pictures of this place or the food since the executive chef, David Chang, does not permit it. Take the address with you since this is a very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Murray&#8217;s Bagels &#8211; New York</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1531</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1531#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:21:05 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While walking around Chelsea, we decided to drop by this institution and it was busy. We wanted to see what the fuss was all about given that the chef of Per Se had recommended this place in an article pasted in the window. Be prepared to wait in line and possibly not find a seat. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Daniel&#8217;s Bagels &#8211; New York</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1537</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1537#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bagels]]></category>

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		<title>Dynasty Seafood Restaurant &#8211; Vancouver, BC</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1570</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1570#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kid-friendly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dim sum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dynasty Seafood]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So &#8211; the old Rich Ocean Seafood Restaurant has re-opened. Apparently, the story was that Rich Ocean used to be Cantonese food (I had eaten here before), and then changed to be Pekingese/Northern Chinese food (my apologies if I have categorized this wrong, but it was a person from China who told me this, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dai Tung Chinese Restaurant &#8211; Vancouver, BC</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1567</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1567#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kid-friendly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dai Tung]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dinner on a Friday night to celebrate a special birthday &#8211; we went out to Dai Tung. Perhaps the subtleties of Chinese restaurants are somewhat lost on me, but they have a tendency to have similar food, a similar look inside, and similar service. I&#8217;m not saying by any stretch that they&#8217;re all the same [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ParmaGolosa Food Tour &#8211; In and Around Parma, Italy</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1485</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1485#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:24:31 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Favorites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Tour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Artisanal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gourmet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ParmaGolosa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is a tour worth taking if you are at all interested in food, how it is made and why it is so expensive. When you see the amount of work that goes into these products you marvel at how anyone can make any money making food products. We met our wonderful guide Laura at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thomas Haas (Kitsilano) &#8211; Vancouver, BC</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1554</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1554#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Baked Goods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brunch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cafe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coffee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Favorites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dessert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bakery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[favourites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kid-friendly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kitsilano]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thomas Haas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Amazing. Not only does he produce the best pastries that I have had in North America &#8211; and better than many I have had in France, but he has replicated his business in North Vancouver and opened a Kitsilano branch. He will be busy. Saturday morning &#8211; about 11:30 (late start) &#8211; we pick up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vij&#8217;s &#8211; Vancouver, BC</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1549</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1549#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vij's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vikram Vij]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This completes the Vancouver Superfecta (of eponymous restaurants, famous for years, and open to anyone with a suitably-sized pocketbook). We&#8217;ve been to Cioppino&#8217;s. We&#8217;ve been to Toshi&#8217;s. And Bishop&#8217;s. And now, it was time to try the other famous Vancouver restaurant, known across Canada (and more widely) for its amazing Indian cuisine &#8211; Vij&#8217;s. And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Per Se &#8211; New York</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1520</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1520#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Favorites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Special Occasion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[best]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[romantic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tasting Menu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thomas Keller]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Save this place for a special occasion since at $275 per person for the tasting menu (vegetarian option available) or $175 for a five-course prix fixe, this is not a cheap experience. But I have to say that it is worth it. Come hungry because this is a 4 hour epic meal enjoyed at a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Atelier de cuisine &#8220;Lalla Nezha&#8221;  &#8211; Moroccan cooking class &#8211; Marrakech</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1366</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1366#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Marrakech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cooking class]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you are looking for a real local experience, this is a great local experience at the home of a local native approximately a 10 minute ride from town. Don&#8217;t worry Lalla Nezha comes to pick you up in town and escorts you back to her lovely home. Lalla Nezha&#8217;s grandmother was the royal cook [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7 Portes &#8211; Barcelona, Spain</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1244</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1244#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Spain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Special Occasion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barcelona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paella]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Open since 1836, this is still a highly regarded restaurant in Barcelona. On perusing the menu, the house specialty is paella parellada and certain seafood dishes. Of course, we had to try the paella parellada, which came highly recommended by a local person. Paella is so often a tourist trap that it takes a little [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stella&#8217;s on Cambie &#8211; Vancouver, BC</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1505</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1505#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:21:19 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Belgian Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cambie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stella's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stella's Cambie]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ahhh &#8211; beer. For those evenings when you&#8217;ve just come in the door from work &#8211; and that first sip of beer touches your lips, the cold bubbles run over your tongue, and your brain just goes &#8220;it&#8217;s over &#8211; you&#8217;re home&#8221;. That&#8217;s my favourite part about beer. And Belgians make fabulous beer. There are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gelateria San Stae &#8211; Venice, Italy</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1477</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1477#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Italian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Venice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gelato]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gelateria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gelateria Santa Stae]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recommended by the Lonely Planet Italy guidebook, we found this place after dinner at Ristorante Alla Madonna. While the LP said it closed at 8pm, we found it open at about 9:30pm on this warm August night &#8211; lucky for us. A small, unassuming place in this crazy city &#8211; we found it almost by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>La Vecchia Malga &#8211; Bologna, Italy</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1483</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1483#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Bologna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food store]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Vecchia Malga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[market]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is a food store, not a restaurant &#8211; but it&#8217;s definitely worth a visit. Luckily, we happened to pass by this deli while strolling along the fish market street. The tiny tortellini with paper thin pasta through which you could see the meaty red filling caught my eye alongside the wheels of cheese in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medina Cafe &#8211; Vancouver, BC</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1494</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1494#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Brunch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cafe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coffee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Breakfast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medina Cafe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday &#8211; Remembrance Day &#8211; mid-week brunch with M. Medina has been open for a while, and is owned by the same folks that own Chambar &#8211; and located right next door to the same. I&#8217;ve heard legendary stories about Medina&#8217;s brunch and waffles, so even though we knew we&#8217;d have to wait, we thought [...]]]></description>
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		<title>La Sorbetteria Castiglione &#8211; Bologna, Italy</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1479</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1479#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Bologna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gelato]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[favourites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sorbetteria Castiglione]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A very well-known purveyor of gelato in Bologna which has won awards . It is a different kind of gelato from what we had a Perche No &#8211; much richer-tasting with a fuller mouth feel. In fact, as they are scooping it out from the containers, the gelato just looks thick and hangs off the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gelateria Stefino &#8211; Bologna, Italy</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1481</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gelateria d'Arte]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In contrast to Sorbetteria Castiglione, this is just an ice cream window with two servers flanked with a row of ice cream mixers/makers. It would be easy to walk past this place if it weren’t for the line of customers. The fact that there is a line-up even at 11pm tells you that this is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trattoria Alla Madonna &#8211; Venice, Italy</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1475</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Italian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seafood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Venice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bib Gourmand]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Trattoria Alla Madonna]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Listed in the Michelin Guide for Italy as a ‘Bib Gourmand’ restaurant, this place has made me re-think the trust I put in the ‘Bib Gourmand’ ranking. Dinner was €42 &#8211; which wasn’t bad for Venice, being a reasonably expensive tourist town. But the food? I think the word ‘Meh’ best describes my reaction to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Caffè Florian &#8211; Venice, Italy</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1473</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Cafe]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Caffe Florian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Famous]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St. Mark's Square]]></category>

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		<title>librerie.coop &amp; Eataly &#8211; Bologna, Italy</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1468</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Bologna]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Librerie.coop Bookstore Bologna Italy Italian]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This was probably my favourite store in Italy. It&#8217;s inside an old church that has had its inside torn out and about 4 floors of books and restaurants installed. It&#8217;s a huge bookstore, with at least 3 restaurants &#8211; one for sandwiches, one for pasta, and one that is a wine bar (there may be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Venchi Gelateria &#8211; Bologna, Italy</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1464</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1464#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Bologna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italian]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[gelato]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chocolate]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Venchi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In August, Bologna gets hot. I don&#8217;t mean some jerk saying &#8220;hot enough for ya?&#8221; hot &#8211; I mean run from shadow-to-shadow hot. It is one of the hottest places in Italy in the summer, and generally speaking the entire town (mostly) closes down for the month. It is ridiculous by mid-day &#8211; 38 degrees [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kingston Taphouse &amp; Grille &#8211; Vancouver, BC</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1462</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Beer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kingston Taphouse]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was here a while ago but forgot to blog about it, so it will be short, but here goes. It was a rainy Friday night, and a bunch of old friends were getting together for a drink and to catch up. We headed to the Kingston as it was downtown and served beer, that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Il Gatto Nero &#8211; Cernobbio, Italy</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1395</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Italian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cernobbio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Il Gatto Nero]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recommended by a friend who had been to Cernobbio before, we made a reservation about a month before coming to Cernobbio. The lady at the local tourist office told us it would be a short walk up from our hotel, but after walking up the mountain 20 minutes from our hotel, and realizing it would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Osteria Al Nono Risorto &#8211; Venice, Italy</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1236</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:11:32 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Bistro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inexpensive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pizza]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pizzeria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trattoria Nono Risorto]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Now this is one restaurant that deserves a Bib Gourmand certification &#8211; delicious dinner for two including wine (yes, in Venice) for €27? The owners should be called magicians, not restaurateurs. Let me back up. Last night we walked by a huge mob of people outside of this restaurant &#8211; we wrote down the name [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taverna Messicana Pizzeria &#8211; Como, Italy</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1393</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:49:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Como]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[pizza]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pizzeria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taverna Messicana]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Usually when you&#8217;re traveling in European countries, &#8220;Mexican&#8221; restaurants aren&#8217;t real Mexican food, but rather are Tex-Mex; so when we were in the beautiful lakeside town of Como, who would have thought that we&#8217;d find a “Mexican” restaurant that served some of the best pizza in town? This place was in the Lonely Planet, so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drinks at Villa d’Este &#8211; Cernobbio, Italy</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1397</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Italian]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Considered one of the world’s most luxurious hotels, Villa d’Este in Cernobbio certainly deserves this reputation. We didn’t venture too far into the very large grounds, where hotel rooms begin somewhere upwards of €500/night, but we sat near the pool, and sipped a drink, and looked out over Lago di Como, and enjoyed the view. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Good Dog Bar &#8211; Philadelphia, PA</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1423</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1423#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philadelphia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Heading out with the guys before the big concert &#8211; we only had about an hour to get some food and have a pre-concert cocktail. I looked up the “50 best bars in Philadelphia” article on the Philadelphia Weekly website, and found the Good Dog at Number 3. Apparently, this place is more of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gelateria Kopa Kabana &#8211; Siena, Italy</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1444</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Italian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Siena]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[gelato]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gelateria Kopa Kabana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gelateria Kopakabana]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps we were spoiled by some of the amazing gelato in Bologna and Florence, but we thought that this was really bad gelato. The lineup inside and the crowd enjoying the gelato outside made us think this place must be good, but the three sorbetto flavours we tried – grapefruit, strawberry, and lemon were so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Osteria Nonna Gina &#8211; Siena, Italy</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1442</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Italian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Siena]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Osteria Nonna Gina]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While staying at the very nice Hotel Palazzo Ravizza, we decided that just a quick, light dinner nearby was what we were in the mood for. A few doors down from the hotel is this cute local restaurant, and it didn’t disappoint. It had the familiar ‘Le Guide Routard’ stickers on the window – usually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rouge &#8211; Philadelphia, PA</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1419</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Bistro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brunch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philadelphia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rittenhouse Square]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunday morning, after another late night. I am stadium-ed out after the concert, Flyers game, and 76ers game, and the lads are off to see the Eagles play. I’m going to laze around town today, having some brunch, and taking a leisurely stroll through Philadelphia’s awesome art museums. I look up best brunches in Philadelphia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pat&#8217;s vs. Geno&#8217;s: Philly Cheesesteak Showdown</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1434</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1434#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:34:40 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Cheap Eats]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kid-friendly]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Geno's Steaks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pat's King of Steaks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the lads suggested we go to Philly for a sports weekend this year, two words immediately came into my mind: Philly Cheesesteaks. Maybe it should have been &#8220;The Eagles&#8221; or &#8220;The Flyers&#8221;, but for me, as usual, my love of food just took over and all I could see was orange. There are a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jon&#8217;s Bar and Grille &#8211; Philadelphia, PA</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1430</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Philadelphia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We stopped here during a stroll down South Street on a Saturday night as the patio was pretty empty and we were in need of a cold drink. Service was friendly and fast, and the beer wasn&#8217;t over priced. The beer list wasn&#8217;t anything great, but they did have Colorado&#8217;s Blue Moon Belgian White, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Continental Mid-town &#8211; Philadelphia, PA</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1417</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Brunch]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve said before that I think “lets just go here” is a recipe for disaster when walking around town in terms of food, but once in a while, it just works out &#8211; as it did at the Continental (another one of the Starr restaurants like Butcher &#038; Singer). Breakfast after a late night. We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Butcher &amp; Singer &#8211; Philadelphia, PA</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1411</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Philadelphia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In town for a boys/sports weekend &#8211; needless to say, a steakhouse was in order for the tipoff dinner before the 76ers game. In Philadelphia, there is no shortage of steakhouses &#8211; all the chains are there (Morton&#8217;s, Smith &#038; Wollensky, Ruth Chris&#8217;), but we were looking for something with some local flavour &#8211; and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Melrose Diner &#8211; Philadelphia, PA</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1414</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:38:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Inexpensive]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Philadelphia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Melrose Diner]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Landed in Philly and hungry after a milk run from Vancouver. First things first: get good food. The Crown Plaza on Market Street had free wi-fi in the lobby, so I checked out ‘best breakfasts philadelphia’ online &#8211; there were no shortage of opinions and places, but none came up that were either close to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fraiche Restaurant &#8211; West Vancouver</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1401</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Special Occasion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tourist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[view]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Vancouver]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What a gorgeous view of the Burrard Inlet! If you can, reserve a table by one of the windows. This is the kind of elegant place which shows off the beauty of Vancouver while serving great food at a reasonable price. A definite stop if you have visitors from out-of-town. Unfortunately, you need a car [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vancouver Vietnamese Restaurant &#8211; Vancouver</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1398</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vietnamese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cambie Vietnam Restaurant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver Vietnamese Restaurant]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In desperate need for new, savoury, good asian food we found this place online and decided to hit it up on (yet) another rainy vancouver night. Oddly enough, I have no idea what this place is called. On the door and on the menu, it says &#8220;Vancouver Vietnamese Restaurant&#8221;; online every place calls it the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Casa Lalla Restaurant/Riad &#8211; Marrakech, Morocco</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1377</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1377#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[French]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marrakech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Special Occasion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The restaurant is set in the beautiful central courtyard of the high-end Casa Lalla Riad. Apparently, this place was set up by a Michelin-starred chef who was tired of the grind. The setting and service is excellent. The food was above average but nothing special and disappointing for my expectations of a Michelin-starred chef. In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Earl&#8217;s Yaletown &#8211; Vancouver, BC</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1387</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1387#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Food]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two words: beautiful mediocrity. I think that pretty much sums up Earl&#8217;s in Yaletown, and perhaps most of the Earl&#8217;s restaurants these days. Wednesday night, M is in town &#8211; up for drinks? Sure, why not. We meet in the middle at Earl&#8217;s in Yaletown &#8211; easy to get to, the place is huge, lots [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tea and Dessert Stall &#8211; La Place &#8211; Marrakech</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1347</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1347#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Cheap Eats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marrakech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dessert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spice tea]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At one end of the market, there are several tea/dessert stalls with men in white jackets serving fragrant spice tea from a copper urn. For a few more DH you can also get some dessert &#8211; it all seems to be the same type of ?date-based dessert but in different forms &#8211; balls, cakes, wedges. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chez Chegrouni &#8211; Marrakech</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1326</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1326#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Inexpensive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marrakech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tagine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you are lookig for a break in the Medina, perhaps after doing some haggling in the souz, head to Chez Chegrouni and grab a window terrace seat (both on the ground floor and above) to take a break from the action and enjoy the spectacle of the market in front of you. The service [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Xurreria &#8211; Barrio Gotic, Banys Nous &#8211; Barcelona</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1334</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1334#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Baked Goods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cheap Eats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barcelona]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So &#8211; after reading a blog about churros &#8211; we hunted down the Xurreria (the Catalan spelling of churreria) on Banys Nous in the Bario Gotic (I don’t know the exact address but it is a few doors down from a milk bar called La Granja (c/ Banys Nous 4, Gotico)). Twice we went by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bubo &#8211; Barcelona</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1328</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1328#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Baked Goods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Favorites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barcelona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dessert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[macaroons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[world's best chocolate cake]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is one of the best patisseries in Spain and can hold its own around the world. In fact, it is famous for the world&#8217;s best chocolate cake, an award that pastry chef Carles Mampel won a few years ago. Try the chocolate cake or for that matter any of the other beautifully presented desserts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wagamama &#8211; Back Bay &#8211; Boston, MA</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1310</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1310#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fast Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kid-friendly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[noodles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wagamama]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Do you ever get cravings for Asian food? Especially after eating too much western food? It was about 2:09pm in Boston, when after a weekend of western food, I just had to have some asian food. Being on Boylston street at the time, my options were fairly limited (you’ll know what I mean if you’ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flour Bakery &#8211; Farnsworth Street &#8211; Boston, MA</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1308</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1308#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Baked Goods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brunch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cafe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Favorites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bakery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Breakfast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[favourites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flour Bakery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fort Point]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kid-friendly]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bakeries occupy this special place in my heart &#8211; the good ones are run by people who love food, who put that love into what they do, and produce an exceptional product that just makes you happy. Flour is this kind of a place. Sunday morning &#8211; pouring rain and blowing wind, I was going [...]]]></description>
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		<title>L&#8217;Espalier &#8211; Boston, MA</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1304</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1304#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[French]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Special Occasion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haute cuisine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[L'Espalier]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Groucho Marx once said something like, “I wouldn’t care to belong to any club that would have me as a member”. So when it’s Thursday, and you find one of the best restaurants in boston has both 9pm and 9:30pm reservations for 5 available for the next evening, you have to ask yourself, “Why?”. My [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charlie’s Sandwich Shop &#8211; Boston, MA</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1302</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1302#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Boston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brunch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Breakfast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlie's Sandwich Shoppe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been to a million brunches in Boston before &#8211; it is a city that knows brunch and does it well. Any neighborhood will be dotted with Saturday- and Sunday-morning lineups of young people in Red Sox hats outside, waiting for their omelette, coffee, and OJ. My friends always lived on the north side of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kintaro Ramen &#8211; Vancouver</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1295</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1295#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 06:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inexpensive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Favourite]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kintaro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ramen]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some young lady once asked, &#8220;Can one desire too much of a good thing?&#8221;. She had obviously never been to Kintaro &#8211; and also probably hadn&#8217;t left the restaurant uncomfortably full &#8211; like really, &#8220;I need to walk&#8221;, &#8220;I can barely breathe&#8221;, &#8220;my legs don&#8217;t work so well&#8221;-kind-of-full. And all we had was a bowl [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simply Thai &#8211; Vancouver</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1291</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1291#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Simply Thai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yaletown]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Situated in trendy Yaletown, which has its share of restaurants that usually range from bad to worse (with a few exceptions like Cioppino&#8217;s and Rodney&#8217;s Oyster House), I really wasn&#8217;t expecting to find good Thai food. Good Thai food is notoriously hard stuff to find; after living in Toronto for 8 years, I only found [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sha Lin Noodle House &#8211; Vancouver</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1281</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1281#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cheap Eats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Menu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[noodles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sha Lin Noodle House]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Who wants delicious Chinese noodles? If so, come here. For those of you who like those delicious, semi-chewy, semi-slippery, thick, hand-cut noodles, cooked and flavoured perfectly, Sha Lin has what you&#8217;re looking for. Mid-week dinner with the in-laws &#8211; time for some good food. We&#8217;ve been to Sha Lin before, and were familiar with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zakkushi (Denman) &#8211; Vancouver</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1269</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1269#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Denman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[izakaya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zakkushi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mid-week dinner on Denman, looking for some place new, without a wait, and with good food &#8211; we found Zakkushi, which fit all three perfectly. Normally, you&#8217;d have to wait at any of the Izakaya restaurants in the Denman/Robson area as Guu with Garlic, Gyoza King, and Kingyo are always busy and reservations are a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jade Dynasty &#8211; Vancouver, BC</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1267</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1267#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:12:08 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kid-friendly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinatown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dim sum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inexpensive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jade Dynasty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sunday am out for Dim Sum with family. Jade Dynasty was recommended because Dim Sum before 11am (at least on the weekends) is 20% off, and family members had been here many times before with good results. We made a reservation (pretty much mandatory for weekends), and our table was ready on time. With typical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coast Seafood Restaurant &#8211; Vancouver</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1265</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1265#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:12:53 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coast Seafood Restaurant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seafood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[west coast]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Friday night, out to see and be seen (well, not really, but this is that kind of place) with the girls for one of their birthdays. We had reservations, but still had to wait 15 minutes &#8211; the host graciously provided us with complimentary prosecco while we waited. We were seated in the back corner [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nook &#8211; Vancouver</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1262</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1262#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Italian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Out on a Saturday night in the Denman/Robson area with some friends &#8211; showed up at Nook at about 9pm and waited about 30 minutes for a table. The host/(?owner) was very gracious, offered us some drinks, and kept us apprised of the seating situation. They had a reasonable selection of the few usual Italian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Perche No &#8211; Florence, Italy</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1231</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1231#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Florence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Late Night]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dessert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gelato]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Favorites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gelateria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perche no!]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This place is worth seeking out when you are in the city centre &#8211; seek it out more than once if you have time. As you stroll the streets of Florence displays of gelato piled high and decorated with fruit will entice you at every corner. Ignore those poor imitations of real gelato. Seek out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>La Canova di Gustavino &#8211; Florence, Italy</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1233</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1233#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Florence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inexpensive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canova di Gustavino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wine bar]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is the casual sister eatery adjacent and connected to the high-end Gustavino restaurant. The bonus is that it is open seven days a week for lunch and dinner. The setting is very casual, just a few tables surrounded by shelves of wine, all of which are for sale. In fact, from Monday to Friday, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bing Sheng &#8211; Vancouver</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1229</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1229#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d head here any time for high-quality Dim Sum. Let me back up. Sunday am &#8211; time for Dim Sum. A friend of a friend recommended a place at 1st and Renfrew &#8211; we googled for it and found Bing Sheng. It turns out that it wasn&#8217;t the place he was talking about, but that&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Urban Fare Yaletown &#8211; Vancouver</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1223</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 06:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Brunch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cafe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kid-friendly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the heart of extremely trendy Yaletown is Urban Fair &#8211; this grocery store/cafe is so trendy, perhaps it isn&#8217;t in the heart of Yaletown so much as it is the actual heart of yaletown. That one I&#8217;ll leave to the urban anthropologists &#8211; I&#8217;m just the food guy. Anyway, if you need very pricey [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wicked Cafe &#8211; Vancouver</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1220</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1220#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 05:37:12 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Cafe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coffee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wicked]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There really only are two places in Vancouver for truly great coffee: 49th Parallel Roasters and Wicked Cafe. The people here really love coffee. They import Intelligentsia coffee (often referred to as the best coffee in the U.S.) from Chicago and they&#8217;ll either pull you one of the best ristrettos in the city, or sell [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legendary Noodle House  &#8211; Vancouver, Main Street</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1174</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1174#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 05:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cheap Eats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inexpensive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kid-friendly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fried pea shoots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[noodles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Oops I forgot to take a picture of the actual noodles &#8211; trust me you aren&#8217;t missing anything with the picture &#8211; it is all about the food and the noodles, particularly my favorite the cutting noodles, are divine. Although they are nothing special to look at, this is a great place to go for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Reef &#8211; Vancouver &#8211; Main Street</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1178</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1178#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 05:02:34 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Brunch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inexpensive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kid-friendly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hot sauce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Main Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[roti]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A good brunch place in the Main Street area particularly if you are looking for a kick start to the day with a shot of the house hot sauce. The crab cakes, eggs benny and trini roti were all tasty and filling. Personally, I prefer the roti withe a lot of hot sauce to kick [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dona Cata &#8211; Vancouver</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1196</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1196#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 04:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Cheap Eats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inexpensive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kid-friendly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cheap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexican]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[salsa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tacos]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This local mexican joint has won awards for its traditional mexican food. Recommended by a friend, who got the referral from some Mexicans who only eat at this place to get their food fix. It&#8217;s pretty cheap too.]]></description>
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		<title>Menya Japanese Noodle &#8211; Vancouver, Mount Pleasant</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1194</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1194#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 04:58:03 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inexpensive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kid-friendly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chicken soba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[noodle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ramen]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This local ramen house is a favourite noodle house of a local Japanese hairdresser. Ramen is much more than simply noodles. It is a passion and and art for many Japanese people. It is not only the noodles, or just the broth, but the entire package and presentation which makes a good bowl of ramen. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congee Noodle House &#8211; Vancouver, Mount Pleasant</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1171</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1171#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inexpensive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kid-friendly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Late Night]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Late Night Dining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[broadway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[congee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congee Noodle House]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Congee Noodle House is one of the few places in Vancouver where you can get decent inexpensive food after 10pm. In fact, it is open until 1 or 2 am most nights and it was reasonably full when we walked in the other day after 11pm.]]></description>
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		<title>Maenam &#8211; Vancouver &#8211; Kitsilano</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1183</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1183#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cocktails]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kitsilano]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paenang beef]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thai]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So there is quite a buzz around the new Thai place opened by Chef Angus to replace his previous restaurant, Gastropod. It is in the same place as the old Gastropod and although the decor has a little more asian flair and a little warmer &#8211; it does not look much different. The food is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pied-à-Terre &#8211; Vancouver &#8211; Cambie</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1185</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1185#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Bistro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[French]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[french bistro]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pied a terre is a cosy 30 seat restaurant hidden under a black awning on Cambie street. It has been voted one of the best casual french bistros in the city. The service is attentive and friendly. The surroundings very bistro french. The food is pretty good and reasonably priced but nothing wowed us. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Chefs and a Table &#8211; Vancouver</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1078</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1078#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 22:19:07 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fine dining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gastown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Two Chefs and a Table]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This little restaurant was started by two chefs &#8211; Allan Bosomworth (ex-Feenies) and Karl Gregg (Whineos) &#8211; hence the name, Two Chefs and a Table and it is located in Gastown but not the trendy part of gastown. In fact, there is a shelter right across the street and various colorful characters milling about, so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cobre &#8211; Vancouver &#8211; Gastown</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1076</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1076#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Latin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cobre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gastown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latin Cuisine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[South American fusion-type tapas is how I would describe this type of restaurant. Sort of like Mexican food with a twist and more expensive. We actually drove by this place every morning for weeks in Gastown without ever really noticing it. You walk into a rather unassuming hallway and go up the steps to an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sweet Cherubim Bakery and Restaurant &#8211; Vancouver &#8211; Commercial Drive</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1148</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1148#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baked Goods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inexpensive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kid-friendly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vegetarian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dessert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commercial Drive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pakora]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tikki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vegan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Head over to Commercial drive if you need your fix of tasty vegetarian/vegan cuisine. Don&#8217;t expect a chic restaurant &#8211; this is more of a cafeteria-style affair with a dessert/bakery display case out front and a hot table with a lot of dishes that have an indian or asian bent to them with many lentil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latin Quarter Restaurant &#8211; Vancouver &#8211; Commercial Drive</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1151</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1151#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:55:19 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Tapas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commercial Drive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sangria]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is a reason why this spanish tapas place isn&#8217;t busy. The only good thing about this place was that you didn&#8217;t have to wait in line for a table by the window and the service was fast and friendly.]]></description>
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		<title>Sushi Town &#8211; Burnaby, BC</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1141</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1141#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burnaby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sushi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sushi Town]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hit up this place at about 3pm today (Sunday) for some shade and nourishment while helping A move. It is your typical inexpensive strip-mall sushi place &#8211; with one exception: huge portions. The service was ridiculously fast &#8211; we had all our food within about 7 minutes. It was pretty much break time for them, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Les Faux Bourgeois &#8211; Vancouver &#8211; East Van</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1118</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1118#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[French]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inexpensive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Who knew that a French Bistro &#8211; and a busy one at that so make reservations &#8211; would end up in an unassuming corner of 15th and the Kingsway. Les Faux Bourgeois definitely met our expectations even with all the hype. Set in a retro 60s type of decor &#8211; think teak-like wood panelling and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latitude Restaurant &#8211; Vancouver</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1122</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1122#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cocktails]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latitude Restaurant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Main Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tapas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wine bar]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sunday night, late &#8211; Just been in Halifax all weekend and needed some food with flavour to give my screaming tastebuds some satisfaction. This place is new, just opened. It&#8217;s 9:15 &#8211; we call, they say they usually close around 10 but would be happy to seat us if we show up. We&#8217;re there by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Banana Leaf (Broadway) &#8211; Vancouver</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1108</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1108#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Banana Leaf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malaysian cuisine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just a quick review: Out for lunch with about 10 co-workers, landed here at 12:05pm and was out, full, and happy by 12:55pm. Banana Leaf is a local chain of Malaysian restaurants that does some truly delicious food &#8211; and this branch on Broadway is no exception. We started the meal with Roti Canai ($5) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gene CoffeeBar &#8211; Vancouver &#8211; Main Street</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1105</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1105#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Cafe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coffee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kid-friendly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Gene &#8211; the local coffee shop on Main Street is located in the quirky thin corner building at the corner of Main and Kingsway. An almost all-white space &#8211; named apparently for their carpenter? &#8211; it definitely appeals to the hipster Main Street crowd. There aren&#8217;t too many coffee shops these days that you can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Lower Deck Pub – Halifax, NS</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1061</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1061#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:56:06 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Halifax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lower Deck Pub]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I realize that this is a food blog, but no review of restaurants in Halifax would be complete with out a trip to this most famous of the downtown bars and pubs in Halifax. Located on the waterfront in Halifax’s Historic Properties (restored old storehouses with plenty of character), this establishment had been open [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Salade de Fruits &#8211; Vancouver</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1093</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1093#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bistro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[French]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inexpensive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is an excellent local French Bistro which is very popular so try to make a reservation. A tiny cafe with a jumble of tables and a few tables on the outside patio is a hidden (or maybe not so hidden given its popularity) gem. Although the decor is nothing fancy, the restaurant is crowded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beard Papa&#8217;s &#8211; Vancouver (West End)</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1084</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1084#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Japanese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dessert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beard Papa's]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have no idea how this place has brought the cream puff back (or where it ever went), but if you&#8217;re in need of something sweet, fairly light, and decadent enough that you&#8217;ll just have one, come to Beard Papa&#8217;s anytime. In the West End, it&#8217;s in the super-busy strip on Denman near Davie Street, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buddha&#8217;s Vegetarian &#8211; Toronto</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/996</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/996#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Cheap Eats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kid-friendly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toronto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buddhist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dundas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mock duck]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vegetarian]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A long-standing chinese buddhist vegetarian restaurant that is very popular with vegetarians and non-vegetarians alike due to the tasty, large and cheap chinese vegetarian dishes. Warning – it is very basic décor – you come here for the food and the food only. The best dishes are the mock duck and the hot and sour [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Bitter End &#8211; Halifax, NS</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1059</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1059#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Halifax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cocktails]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Late Night]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martinis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Bitter End]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This place never seems to change. And that’s not a bad thing. Long a home to those Haligonians or visitors who are in need of a late-night cocktail, the Bitter End is a great place to go when you’re in town and you want a very relaxed place where they’ll mix you a mean martini, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mars Diner &#8211; Toronto, Beaches</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/994</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/994#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:29:24 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Cheap Eats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toronto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mars Diner]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you are in the Beaches and looking for a place to grab some regular diner food in a kid-friendly restaurant then this would not be a bad place. My friends who live in the neighbourhood like to go here because they have a kids&#8217; menu (with crayons to boot) and they never have to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Willy&#8217;s &#8211; Halifax, NS</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1057</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1057#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Cheap Eats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fast Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Halifax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Late Night]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Willy's Halifax "late-night" burgers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“Pizza Corner” at the corner of Blowers and Grafton Streets in Halifax is where you’ll probably (and probably should) end your night to get in the whole Halifax experience. For years and years, this was the place to go to get a slice of pizza or Halifax’s more fabled (and tasty) donair. But in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green Lettuce Restaurant &#8211; Vancouver</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/999</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/999#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 04:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kid-friendly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Green Lettuce Chinese Restaurant is chinese food indian-style. Seriously &#8211; this is chinese food, the way people in India like it &#8211; and &#8211; yup, we walked into the restaurant and there was an Indian family enjoying some asian dishes. I would describe it as chinese food with some Indian spices &#8211; so a little [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sango Japanese Restaurant &#8211; Port Moody</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1063</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1063#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 03:47:49 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kid-friendly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Port Moody]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The new Suter Brook Village looks like it will be the new trendy place in Port Moody. New condos surrounded by yuppy shops &#8211; like Pure Nail Bar, Cobbs Breads, a chocolate shop and a Thrifty&#8217;s which is actually quite nice. I am sure there must have been some sort of pet grooming shop or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Market by Jean-Georges &#8211; Vancouver</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1048</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1048#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:35:40 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Market Jean-Georges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shangri-la hotel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hmmm&#8230;.well what to say. Maybe it is just the same old story that you hear the hype and then you go to the place and somehow it is disappointing. Don&#8217;t get me wrong &#8211; the space was nice, the service was good and the food was tasty&#8230;I guess it just didn&#8217;t blow me away which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Urban Herbivore &#8211; Toronto &#8211; Kensington Market</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/954</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/954#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Baked Goods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cheap Eats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Favorites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inexpensive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toronto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kensington Market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vegan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is a popular totally vegan restaurant in the heart of Kensington. I remember when it first opened as a tiny storefront with a few seats which soon expanded into the building next door. I have a strange addiction to their muffins &#8211; which have a nice crusty top and are tasty but with a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bacchus Restaurant &amp; Lounge &#8211; Vancouver</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1038</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1038#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Food]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two words: rather bland (but the service was excellent). Time for a family dinner out on the town in Vancouver. Bacchus was chosen (not by me) as Mom had seen one of their ads on the Weather channel (I&#8217;m not making this up). That, and the fact that Bacchus, and The Wedgewood Hotel, in which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Julien&#8217;s Patisserie &#8211; Halifax, NS</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1042</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1042#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Baked Goods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coffee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Halifax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kid-friendly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bakery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julien's Patisserie]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We’d all love for our cities to have a Pierre Hermé or a Thomas Haas. Well, if you look hard enough, pretty much every city has someone (probably from Europe) who has opened a bakery, and is putting their passion into pastry. Didier Julien and his family and team at Julien’s are doing just that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smitty&#8217;s Restaurant &#8211; Halifax, NS</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1039</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1039#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Halifax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inexpensive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kid-friendly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family restaurant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pancakes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smitty's]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of my best friends and I had a nickname for this place – we called it “the constant”. And now having gone back to a place that I probably first went to in 1992, I have to say that some things never change. Smitty’s is mainly a breakfast place (sure, they’re open for other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Altitudes Bistro &#8211; North Vancouver, BC</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1036</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/1036#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Altitudes Bistro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grouse Mountain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Vancouver]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So when you&#8217;re at the top of Grouse Mountain, and you&#8217;re thirsty, and you want a place to sit down and admire the view, it&#8217;s OK to come to Altitudes Bistro. Note that I didn&#8217;t say &#8216;eat&#8217; in that list of things to do here. (drinks that will hit the spot. food that will likely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ideal Coffee &#8211; Toronto, Kensington Market</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/997</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/997#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 01:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Coffee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Favorites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inexpensive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toronto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kensington Market]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A popular local Kensington coffee shop just off one of the busy streets. &#8211; but it is definitely worth the short stroll. There is no real signage except for the coffee cup with a galaxy-like symbol above the door. The beans are roasted in house and the baristas rigorously trained before they serve actual customers. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Harbord Room &#8211; Toronto</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/914</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/914#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 06:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Toronto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harbord street]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So we decided to take a leisurely stroll to the restaurant on Harbord –somewhere on Harbord – unfortunately we forgot the address. Luckily, we did know that the walls were supposed to be pepto-bismol pink. After a bit of window-peering we found the place and the wall color was not as shocking as described and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dufflet Pastries &#8211; Toronto</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/995</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/995#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 14:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Baked Goods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toronto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dufflet Pastries]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dufflet Rosenberg &#8211; the &#8220;Queen of Cakes&#8221; is a Toronto institution who first opened her eponymous cafe over 30 years ago when she opened her first store on Queen West. There are now 3 Dufflet cafes scattered around town and we stopped by the location in the Beaches. The Beaches actually has a small serene [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gandhi&#8217;s Indian Cuisine &#8211; Toronto</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/993</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/993#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 17:33:24 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Cheap Eats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Favorites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inexpensive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toronto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cheap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[queen street toronto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[roti]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite places for indian roti – hands down. Be careful that you don&#8217;t just walk by this tiny unassuming shop. The tip off should be the customers inside that something special is there. Order a roti that is made to order right in front of your eyes. This can take a bit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green Leaf Vietnamese Restaurant &#8211; Seattle</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/990</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/990#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 16:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Favorites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kid-friendly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seattle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vietnamese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[favourites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[international district]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vegetarian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vietnam]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well &#8211; outside of Vietnam &#8211; this is one of the best vietnamese restaurants in which I have eaten. It satisfies the trifecta of great eating &#8211; the food is fresh, tasty AND cheap. Can you believe it cost just over $50 (including tip) for a meal for 5 people with seafood/meat dishes!!!! I guess [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Revel Room &#8211; Vancouver</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/986</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/986#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 17:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Late Night]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cocktails]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gastown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Revel Room]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Out for drinks with M &#8211; he hasn&#8217;t been down to Gastown much, and I was taken to the Revel Room a few months back by a native Vancouverite, and was impressed with their ability to whip up a proper Old Fashioned and by the fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies they were serving to bar patrons [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spadina Garden (takeout) &#8211; Toronto</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/983</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/983#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 16:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inexpensive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Favourite]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spadina Garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toronto]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sunday night (long weekend) dinner with M&#038;M at their place in Toronto. I used to work with M in downtown toronto, and a hop, skip and jump away from the office was Spadina Gardens &#8211; a Chinese restaurant on Dundas Street West, in one of Toronto&#8217;s many old Chinatowns. Friends were coming over, so we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cactus Club Yaletown &#8211; Vancouver</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/979</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/979#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 16:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cocktails]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cactus Club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yaletown]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday night in Yaletown. Hungry and met up with the brother for a bite. He works in Yaletown, we wanted to go to a place with people in it where we could have some food and see the crowd. He suggested the Cactus Club and off we went. I&#8217;ve been to the Cactus Club(s) in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Goldstone Noodle Restaurant &#8211; Toronto</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/968</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/968#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 02:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cheap Eats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toronto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goldstone Noodle Restaurant]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So, it&#8217;s 3AM and you&#8217;re hungry and you&#8217;re in downtown Toronto. Your options are basically to get street food (delicious also) or head to Chinatown on Spadina to go to any of the many late-night restaurants there. But, you have to understand: this food falls into the category of &#8220;Cheap Chinese&#8221;. You can not, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Frank Restaurant @ the AGO &#8211; Toronto</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/972</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/972#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 03:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Frank Restaurant]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Restaurants at Art Galleries are (just in my experience) best avoided &#8211; but not this one. Usually, the food is overpriced, underflavoured, and you&#8217;re surrounded by &#8220;ladies who lunch&#8221; who make you feel uncomfortable for not being on the board of trustees. But at Frank, things are much, much different. First of all, the setting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wayne Gretzky&#8217;s &#8211; Toronto</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/966</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 03:33:43 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Kid-friendly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toronto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guy Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Gretzky's]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So &#8211; I was in town for a bachelor party. We&#8217;re staying at the SkyDome Renaissance, and it&#8217;s a bunch of guys, mostly from the East Coast, who want guy food. Everyone&#8217;s a sports fan, and everyone knows The Great One. So &#8211; just a few steps away from the SkyDome, The Great One has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Johnny&#8217;s Hamburgers &#8211; Toronto</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/963</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/963#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 03:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Cheap Eats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toronto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hamburger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Johnny's Burgers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Uptown on business with V. In Markham, at the Hwy 7 and 404. This is where business happens in Canada, my friends. As much as in the boardrooms on Bay Street, it&#8217;s the office parks surrounding Toronto where the deals are made and the handshakes happen that drives the economy in Canada. But &#8211; this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Richtree Market, Toronto</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/961</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 13:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(Sorry &#8211; this post is more about traveling to Toronto &#8211; but yes, the Market is in here too, near the bottom) Welcome Back…. Arriving at 6:03am on the red-eye from Vancouver, sore back, sore butt, but happy to be home. Waiting for the Rocket to get downtown, another bus driver stops to wait for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Black Hoof &#8211; Toronto</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/892</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 20:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Favorites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toronto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charcuterie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cocktails]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sweetbreads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tongue]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A simple brown awning with charcuterie written in simple letters hides a den of deliciousness. Well &#8211; it is not exactly hidden since as soon as you look in the window/door you can see that this small restaurant is completely full &#8211; both at the tables and the small bar at the front. The menu [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hapa Izakaya (Kitsilano) &#8211; Vancouver</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/889</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/889#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 04:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hapa Izakaya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[izakaya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kitsilano]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sunday night dinner with the in-laws. The FIL has a penchant for Japanese food (as do I) and so we wanted to try out Hapa and see what they had to offer. Vancouver has quite a few good Izakaya places &#8211; we&#8217;ve tried Gyoza King, Kingyo, and a couple of the Guu restaurants. We had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dragon View Restaurant &#8211; Richmond</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/884</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/884#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 04:12:23 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brunch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inexpensive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kid-friendly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dim sum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[richmond]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dragon View Restaurant has replaced Wah Wing Seafood Restaurant although interestingly the restaurant bill still shows up under the old name. The &#8220;new&#8221; restaurant is more upscale and modern-looking &#8211; presumably to attract the banquet crowd. The dim sum is on the higher end of the price scale but not overly expensive particularly since most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rhizome Cafe &#8211; Vancouver, Mount Pleasant</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/874</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/874#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 03:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Brunch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cafe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coffee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inexpensive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kid-friendly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vegetarian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Main Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vegan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Walking into this comfortable somehow homey (although still funky) cafe feels like walking into your friend&#8217;s place for a bite to eat among friends. In fact, we do run into friends in the cafe. The setting is a funky casual collection of tables and chair with friendly tattooed and pierced staff. It is not only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Firewood Cafe Pizza &#8211; Vancouver</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/871</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 19:07:24 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pizza]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pizzeria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Firewood Cafe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It happened to be somebody&#8217;s b-day party and what better way to celebrate than with some old friends over for a pizza party. We had heard good things about The Firewood Cafe &#8211; in the Main Street area, it seems to be place to go for respectable-tasting pizza. We ordered two pizzas &#8211; Pizza #12 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saravanaa Bhavan &#8211; Vancouver</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/862</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/862#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 23:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Indian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inexpensive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kid-friendly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buffet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dosa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[south indian]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This well-known south indian chain which originated in India has now set up 3 restaurants in Canada &#8211; 2 in Toronto and now one in Vancouver. I remember the hype surrounding its opening in Toronto when it was being touted as a chain in India which is known for being hygienic (not always an easy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House of Dosas</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/846</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/846#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Cheap Eats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Favorites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inexpensive]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[chicken 65]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we feel like indian food but don&#8217;t want to commit to a larger heavier meal, we often go to House of Dosas. This south indian restaurant specializes in dosas, which are like an extra-large super thin and crispy chickpea-flour crepe that comes filled with your choice of filling. The fillings range from palak paneer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kitanoya Guu with Otokomae &#8211; Vancouver</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/841</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/841#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gastown Guu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[izakaya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kitanoya Guu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Otokomae]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Huge fans of Guu with Garlic (I&#8217;ll abbreviate it GwG to save me some typing) &#8211; been there 3 times (at least). Great, super-fun, raucous atmosphere at GwG &#8211; one of the best places in the city that I&#8217;ve been to for after-work relaxing with beer and fun bar food, too much noise &#8211; a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shanghai River</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/837</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inexpensive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dim sum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[richmond]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shanghai]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Shanghai River is one of the nicer-looking Shanghainese dim sum places in Richmond with new modern decor. You can tell the food is good because the restaurant is crowded and people are waiting even at the tail end of dim sum/lunch service. Services is good and we didn&#8217;t feel rushed. The popular dishes include the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Naam, Vancouver</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/834</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 07:09:32 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vegetarian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[restaurant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Naam]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So, a post about the Naam is long overdue. It&#8217;s one of the oldest vegetarian restaurants in the city, and is an establishment. Your friends that have been to Vancouver may not have seen much of the city, but chances are good that they&#8217;ve been to the Naam. How do I feel about the Naam? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>La Casa Gelato &#8211; Vancouver</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/832</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/832#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 06:46:55 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dessert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gelato]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ice cream]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Casa Gelato]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Gelato, you say? Of course! Vanilla? Maybe. How about 218 different flavours? Even better. The place is always packed &#8211; obviously it&#8217;s a bit of a destination where folks can go, mill around, try a bunch of free samples, and find a flavour that fits their personality and/or their fancy for a fun dessert. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stella&#8217;s Tap and Tapas Bar &#8211; Vancouver, BC</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/826</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/826#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Belgian Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commercial Drive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stella's Tap and Tapas Bar]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been meaning to write about this place for a while. M was in town, and after having checked out the Cascade Room and The Five Point together, we had heard that Stella&#8217;s had a good selection of Belgian brews on tap, so off we went. Now M is a gent who knows his beer. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seto Japanese Restaurant &#8211; Richmond</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/806</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/806#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 02:40:44 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[richmond]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the many japanese restaurants amongst the sea of asian restaurants in Richmond. Nothing special. In fact, I found the sashimi lunch box rather skimpy and the fish so-so. The service was below average &#8211; perhaps because they may have forgot us as we were politely asked to move to a more private room [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Burgoo &#8211; Vancouver</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/795</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/795#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 02:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burgoo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[restaurant]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Not sure what the hype is about this restaurant chain. All these people we know have recommended this place to us. We tried several times to go to the Main Street location and it&#8217;s always been packed. We saw their soups at Edible BC in Granville Market. We&#8217;ve seen their neon sign high above main [...]]]></description>
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		<title>S &amp; W Pepper House &#8211; Burnaby</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/792</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/792#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 21:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cheap Eats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spicy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hot and spicy food in Burnaby near Metro town in the Crystal Mall. It doesn&#8217;t seat too many people (?20people) so be prepared to wait outside on plastic stools. But the wait is worth it. It is cheap, fast and tasty &#8211; thus its popularity with the mainly Asian crowd. Our favourites were the eggplant, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Campagnolo &#8211; Vancouver</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/784</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/784#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 21:43:45 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Favorites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inexpensive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pizza]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Main Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robert belcham]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The guys at Fuel &#8211; have done it again &#8211; this time in a more low-key budget-conscious fashion. This is one of our current favourite places to eat in Vancouver. We have gone back several times and it has been consistently good. Campognolo &#8211; apparently means something along the lines of countryman/country bumpkin, as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thomas Haas Patisserie, North Vancouver, BC</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/775</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/775#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Baked Goods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brunch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cafe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Favorites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bakery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Favourite]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Vancouver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pain au chocolat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thomas Haas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So &#8211; we had to come back. We&#8217;d been here twice before (here and here), but I didn&#8217;t feel that the prior posts did this particular patisserie justice. We went there on the torture test day &#8211; Saturday morning. Lots of foodie people around &#8211; most of them clad in lululemon or spandex, living the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Le Guide des Gourmands 2009</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/610</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:54:14 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[French]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Le Guide des Gourmands]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So, this is our favourite new food guide (caution: it&#8217;s really only for France, and it&#8217;s written in French) &#8211; it’s not a restaurant or hotel guide &#8211; it’s a guide of delicious, special food products produced (mainly) in France. It is really a well-organized, well-written list of ‘the best of the best’ in many, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Les Fables de la Fontaine, Paris</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/608</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[French]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1 Michelin star]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Les Fables de la Fontaine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This was a great, very interesting, inexpensive meal in a small, quaint, charming fish restaurant with excellent service. And if I had a friend in town who wanted an relatively inexpensive but still semi-formal lunch in the 7th, I would definitely consider taking them here. The food was definitely interesting &#8211; a squid ink risotto, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>La Rotonde Montparnasse, Paris</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/606</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Bib Gourmand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bistro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[French]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Rotonde]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Montparnasse]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So La Rotonde is one of the Parisian institutions of Montparnasse &#8211; its list of famous figures of the 20th century that have drunk (and probably been very drunk), eaten, and discussed the meaning of life behind its doors would make up most of the early 20th century Who’s Who of the literary and art [...]]]></description>
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		<title>L’atelier du Joël Robuchon, Paris</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/597</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:28:19 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[French]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[L’atelier du Joël Robuchon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This will just be a short summary of a restaurant which would be easy to write volumes about. This is the second time we’ve eaten here &#8211; the first was a dinner meal that we would both describe as one of our best dining experiences ever, and the second experience &#8211; a lunchtime meal &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fish la Boissonnerie, Paris</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/593</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Bib Gourmand]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Short summary: Everything a ‘Bib Gourmand’ should be &#8211; would definitely go again. Longer summary: An old fish market that has been turned into a ‘gastropub’ (according to le guide rouge), but I think this term does it a disservice. This is pretty much the perfect french bistro. Great atmosphere &#8211; plaster/stone and beams, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>El Obrero, Buenos Aires</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/591</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 11:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Argentina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buenos Aires]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[El Obrero]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[favourites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Football]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This isn’t a review. This is just a ‘let you know how it is’. We didn’t go to a restaurant, we went to an institution. You don’t drive down the long drive into Stanford and rate the landscape architecture. You don’t go to the Salk Institute and critique the buildings. You don’t go to Johns [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Persicco (gelato), Buenos Aires</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/586</link>
		<comments>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/586#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:41:12 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Argentina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buenos Aires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Favorites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kid-friendly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[favourites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gelato]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[helados]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ice cream]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;.and we found it! After a bit of looking &#8211; nothing extensive like our searches for veal sandwiches or pain au chocolat, we found some absolutely awesome ice cream in BA. I won&#8217;t say it&#8217;s the best &#8211; there are just too many places to try out. But based on multiple locations, this was just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>La Cabrera, Buenos Aires</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/575</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Argentina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buenos Aires]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[La Cabrera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parrilla]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s so much to say about this place. Where to start? The food, service, atmosphere, patrons, neighborhood, where? Let me try to provide some background &#8211; the parrilla controversy. Maybe we researched it too much, but there is a lot of writing about parrillas in Buenos Aires. We found comments damning and praising every parilla [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Casa Coupage &#8211; Buenos Aires</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/574</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Argentina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buenos Aires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Favorites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[best wine tasting]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[wine tasting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What a great find considering I was just searching on the web for a place to do an interesting wine tasting and this place fortuitously came up. I later found out that it is listed on guia oleo as one of the best places too eat in Buenos Aires. First of all, Santiago and Inés [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gustino Wine Bar Lounge Resto, Ushuaia</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/571</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Argentina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gustino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ushuaia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wine bar]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Short post: We just finished our awesome tour of the beagle channel, saw some penguins, drank some maté, and had a great time. Hungry for lunch, we wandered across the street as this place had come recommended. Inside, it is super-modern and very trendy. It wouldn&#8217;t be out of place anywhere in the world, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>La Estancia, Ushuaia</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/568</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:27:58 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Argentina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Estancia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parrilla]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ushuaia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After our experience at Cabana las Lilas, we wanted to figure out this whole Argentinian beef thing and knew that we had to visit a parrilla again to compare/contrast and see if we could find the &#8216;best steak of your life&#8217; as some of the travel guides seemed to promise. Located on San Martin, aka [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Villa las Cotorras, Ushuaia</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/565</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:49:12 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Argentina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fueguian Lamb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parilla]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ushuaia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Villa las Cotorras]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After we did an absolutely amazing 4&#215;4 adventure in Ushuaia to lake Fagnano, our hilarious (and dead ringer for Andy Kaufman) tour guide, Chicho, took us to Villa las Cotorras for an afternoon lunch. Who here as been on an organized tour? Remember those places that you stop off to use the bathroom and that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bodegon Fueguino, Ushuaia</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/563</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Argentina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bodegon Fueguino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[restaurant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ushuaia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It was Sunday night, and the places that we wanted very much to try in Ushuaia weren&#8217;t answering their phone, so D had heard about this place &#8211; its thing was small, tapas-style dishes with a variety of accompanying sauces. This review will be short. It was a pleasant, clean, restaurant, with very friendly service. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Volver, Ushuaia, Argentina</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/560</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Argentina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seafood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[restaurant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ushuaia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volver]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This was the real deal. Real seafood, in a restaurant with real character. According to my lonely planet guide, “Built by the second chief of the prison (and later police chief), the building housed several prisoners after the Ushuaia prison closed. Later, Rafela Ishton, the last pure Ona, moved in, remaining until 1985. You can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Library Lounge, Faena Hotel + Universe, Buenos Aires</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/551</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:44:19 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Argentina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buenos Aires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hotel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lounge]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So this place has the cool. Maybe you want to punch me in the face for writing that, or maybe not. But it does. This hotel is a super, super funky hotel built in an old grain silo/warehouse in the super-fashionable, recently-redeveloped Puerto Madero district of BA. Designed by Philippe Starck (crazy but an amazing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cumaná, Buenos Aires</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/549</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Argentina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buenos Aires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cheap Eats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[empanadas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[locro]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We found this place from reading both the Time-Out guide for BA and the Lonely Planet City Guide – hardly two sources authoritative on all things for Bon Vivants, but we were in need of lunch and thought we’d give it a try. And yes, were were (again) pleasantly surprised. Cumaná is famous for its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cabaña Las Lilas, Buenos Aires</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/547</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:11:38 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Buenos Aires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cabaña las lilas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[steakhouse]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So, when you’re in Japan you’d go for Sushi. When you’re in Hong Kong, you’d go for Dim Sum. And when you’re in Argentina, you need to go for steak. My apologies to our vegetarian readers – you can stop reading here. Argentina is one of the world’s largest beef producers, and Argentinians eat more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1810 Restaurant, Buenos Aires</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/545</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Buenos Aires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1810 restaurant]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After too many bad experiences with food occurring as a result of the “Hey, we’re tired – let’s just eat here” line of thinking, I have learned that doing a bit of research into where to eat will prevent you from wasting money on a bad meal. But every now and then, you’re just too [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winery wine bar/wine store, Buenos Aires</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/542</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Argentina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buenos Aires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wine bar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Winery]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“Winery” is a chain of liquor stores throughout Buenos Aires (and perhaps farther afield?) that stock not only an excellent selection of Argentinian wines, but also have in-store wine bars – some of which would pass muster just on their own as wine bars – where you can do a tasting, try a sampling platter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cafe Tortoni, Buenos Aires</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/537</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Argentina]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cafe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cafe Tortoni]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Up there with the rest of the world&#8217;s famous cafes &#8211; Les deux Magots, Cafe Select, Cafe Greco, the tea room at Fortnum &#038; Mason, Cafe Florian &#8211; Cafe Tortoni is Buenos Aires&#8217; oldest and most famous cafe. It certainly has the atmosphere and the pedigree to be in the list of the World&#8217;s Top [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bar Plaza Dorrego, Buenos Aires</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/533</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Argentina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buenos Aires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inexpensive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plaza Dorrego]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recommended by a friend and native Porteno, this place marked the end of a long stroll through the open-air market on La Defensa. Looking out on the pretty and very busy Plaza Dorrego, this well-worn bar is the perfect place to stop, ask for a glass of Quilmes Chopp (chopp = draught), and have a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Loving life in BA</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/530</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 06:08:11 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Buenos Aires]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[They say you never get a second chance to make a great first impression. Well, it&#8217;s beautiful here. Driving into town from the airport, with the honey-colored light streaming through the many trees on the beautiful boulevards&#8230;the beautiful portenos everywhere, and the amazing vibe of this city&#8230;what has taken me so long? Expect more soon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arroy-D-Thai Restaurant</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/527</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:31:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arroy-D Thai Restaurant www.arroydthai.com 3106 Cambie Street Vancouver, BC V5Z 2W2 (604) 879-9999‎ (604) 879-9944‎ Cost: reasonable, most dinner entrees $9-12 Would we go back : Yes, good local Thai place but wouldn&#8217;t necessarily go out of my way to go there Good place to go for Thai food in the Main street area. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Autumn Brook Gallery</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/508</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 05:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Brunch]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Autumn Brook Gallery 1545 West 4th Avenue Vancouver 604-737-2363 Brunch: Weekends only from 10:30am &#8211; 3pm Lunch : Coming soon, apparently starting sometime in March Cost: Reasonable, not cheap but not expensive What a great find close to Granville Island but just far enough to be out of the crowds. An art gallery which serves [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bistrot Bistro</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/502</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[French]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bistrot Bistro 1961 West 4th Avenue Vancouver, BC V6J 1M7 (604) 732-0004 Reservations: yes A Kitsalano favourite &#8211; this a casual but comfortable bistro serving simple french food at a reasonable price. Great for a weekday dinner or casual dinner. Things to try &#8211; frites, escargots, and beef bourguignon. View Larger Map]]></description>
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		<title>West Restaurant</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/500</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 06:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[West Restaurant 2881 Granville Street Vancouver, BC V6H 3J4‎ (604) 738-8938‎ Cost: Moderately expensive but the $55 prix fixe is a pretty good deal Reservations: Yes Would we go back: Yes West specializes in contemporary regional cuisine. The food, service and ambience are above average. The prix fixe is a good deal. View Larger Map]]></description>
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		<title>SHIMA-YA</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/493</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 05:42:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shima-ya 5589 Victoria Drive Vancouver, BC V5P 3W2‎ (604) 322-4649‎ Price: Inexpensive particularly for the quality Would we go back: Yes Reservations: highly recommended Great but small (seats maximum of 15-20 people) sushi restaurant run by a japanese couple with a loyal following. Clean and simple &#8211; the decor is nothing special &#8211; you definitely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Rich Ocean Seafood Restaurant</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/495</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 05:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Asian]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Rich Ocean Seafood Restaurant 108-777 Broadway West Vancouver, BC V5Z 4J7‎ (604) 876-8388‎ Cost: average Reservations: Yes Our favorite place in downtown Vancouver for dim sum at this moment. They take reservations, the egg tarts are hot and fresh and there is a discount if you order before noon. View Larger Map]]></description>
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		<title>Ganache Patisserie</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/490</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 05:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Baked Goods]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excellent french patisserie in Yaletown. Try the decadent cakes. Haven&#8217;t tried the croissants. View Larger Map Ganache Patisserie 1262 Homer Street Vancouver, BC V6B 2Y5 (604) 974-1599 Price: Not cheap Would We Go back: Yes]]></description>
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		<title>Cafe Spiaggia &#8211; Chicago</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/454</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 06:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently Spiaggia is one of Obama&#8217;s favourite restaurants, and since we didn&#8217;t want to go so upscale, we decided to try its sister restaurant (right next door), Cafe Spiaggia, which is more casual and less expensive.  It is wise to make a reservation. We were seated at one of the quaint tables for two just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DB Bistro Moderne</title>
		<link>http://mdfeeds.com/archives/479</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 06:17:17 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[DB Bistro Moderne 2551 West Broadway, Vancouver info@dbbistro.ca Reservations: yes &#8211; opentable or phone 604-739-7115 Price: Above average but not crazy Would we go back: Yes The famous chef Daniel Boulud took over the old Feenie&#8217;s site. DB is famous for, among other things, the original DB burger &#8211; a $28 sirloin burger filled with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Portillo&#8217;s Hot Dogs &#8211; Chicago</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Cheap Eats]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The debate over the best hot dog in Chicago rages. Here are just a few of the links: Citysearch Best Hot dogs 2008 www.hotdogchicagostyle.com Chowhound Top 3 Hot Dogs At Portillo&#8217;s Hot Dogs, the dogs come with lots of pickles and no ketchup. One of the better hot dogs I have had but I am [...]]]></description>
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