“That’s not a Knife. THAT’s a Knife”

This is a bit of a “bonus” post. Today’s regular post is below.

To those not “old” enough might not get the joke behind the title of this post. It is one of the most memorable quotes from Crocodile Dundee. Or, just to refresh your memory, check this clip:

So, what this has to do with food? You will understand once you click on read more below. But, before that, a special thanks to jlomein, Jettie, Jose, fellow blogger timetochow who have been commenting in my Delicias de Alicia and Guantanamera Restaurant and Bar posts. So, without further ado…

A couple of months ago, I organized a mini-gathering to El Inka Deli to try some Latin American food (specifically, non-Mexican Latin American food). While I didn’t blog it myself (you can check the posts from Mijune, Elaine, Jessica and Degan) , because I have done so previously, that didn’t stop me from taking pictures of the food. One of the dishes ordered which was tamal (yes, it is not tamale; the correct spelling is tamal, without a trailing e).

However, that’s NOT a tamal…

THAT’s a tamal! (Yes, that is a big raisin with a decent piece of chicken!).

Likewise, when I went with Mijune to Baru Latino, these were what was served as ceviche…

That’s NOT ceviche…

THAT’s ceviche! Yes, it is “cooked” with lime/lemon juice…

When it comes to comfort food, some people think fried chicken. However, for most people, frying chicken is too time consuming and a lot of times eating fried chicken means going to Church’s or *gasp* KFC. When I went to Seattle earlier this year, I went to Ezell’s Chicken and ordered some fried chicken…

But, you know what: That *might* be chicken… But, the way it is fried and the end result… So, that might *not* be chicken…

THAT’s fried chicken! Juicy (even when this piece happened to be the breast), full of actual chicken taste… (drool…)

And a lot of people like lobster. For some reason, I believe lobster is overrated. I myself prefer shrimp instead over lobster a lot of times. The “bad” thing is that, lobster or shrimp, it is darn bloody expensive here and, in most restaurants, it is just over expensive seafood. I can provide one too many examples, instead, just let me show you what shrimp is supposed to be:

That’s shrimp! OK, actually, these are langoustines but you get the gist!

Finally, a somewhat popular “snack” is takoyaki, where the “tako” part is octopus. But, you know what, even the oversized takoyaki, aka, bakudanyaki from Tenku Bakudanyaki has just small pieces of octopus,

But… That’s NOT octopus…

THAT’s an octopus!

So, while Vancouver has interesting/good eats, it still lacks in some aspects. Regardless you believe this statement is true or false, I hope I have caught your attention… That’s because they will be part of next week’s posts!

Tagged under: Random • Seafood