Sciué
800 W Pender Street (Location visited)
126 Davie Street
Vancouver, BC
Once again, it was during those hectic Winter Olympic days… Actually, they weren’t THAT bad because, thanks to arrangements from my workplace, I was able to finish work earlier which let me wander around the different houses and pavilions (and I blogged about them here). That arrangement also allowed me to go to Downtown core itself for lunch and, for today’s post, one of those places that seems to be close yet a bit too far: Sciué
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Tagged as:
Downtown,
Italian,
Lunch,
Pastry,
Pizza,
Vancouver
Luca’s Ristorante
1 Walter East Foran Boulevard
2019 State Route 27 (Location visited)
Somerset, NJ
Back in my old days of computer gaming (early 1990s), there was a magazine called Computer Gaming World (CGW). Gaming in the old days… 256 colours in 640 x 480. I am digressing here… So, what that (now defunct) magazine has to do with food? It just happens that until the later days of the magazine, it never gave a rating. It gave the games highs, lows and a general thought of the game and the writers opinion, leaving up to the reader to then decide whether he/she should get the game or not. You can say that my writing style is heavily influenced by this magazine. OK, what that has to do with food, some of you might still ask. Again, one thing I tried to do on this trip was to try different cuisines. Short of East Asian (other than Ichi Umi) and African, I have bounced back and forth. Today, it is about Luca’s Ristorante. The reason I came here? Because of all the high marks given by people, which led up to it being the number 2 restaurant in New Jersey, according to Urbanspoon…
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Italian,
New Jersey,
Pasta
The Wine Bar
Calle Eusebio A. Morales, El Cangrejo
Panama City, Panama
In life, there are friends and there are FRIENDS. When I moved to Canada, I did not tell to almost any of my friends. Before anybody jumps into any conclusion, you must understand that moving into a new country on your own is not necessarily easy and emotional attachments to your previous country might detract you from your new home. However, even then, there were FRIENDS who, despite I severed almost all contact, had faith in me (how they found out, I don’t know). One of these FRIENDS is GN, whom I met way back from high school. So, when went to Panama a couple of weeks ago, I knew I had to treat GN for lunch/dinner. Of course, it would be GN’s choice. And the place we ended up was The Wine Bar.
Sure, there were tables outside but, down there, being so hot, almost nobody uses them!
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Tagged as:
Italian,
Panama City,
Pasta,
Seafood
Domenico’s Italian Restaurant & Lounge
3702 West Truman Boulevard
Jefferson City, MO
On night two of my stay in Jefferson City, I was not really in mood to drive around. That was partially because of the weather condition: though not rainy, it was windy and chilly. So, instead, I was hoping for restaurants nearby, with the caveat it couldn’t be a chain or in the mall. Once again, I took a suggestion from my clients: Domenico’s.
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Tagged as:
Italian,
Meat
Arris Pizza
5 Locations in Missouri, plus a location in Oklahoma
115 W High Street (Location visited)
Jefferson City, MO
Since I have been travelling “a lot” in the last six months (compared to the last 5 or so years), every time I stop at a new city, I ask the locals for something unique of the region. When I was in Baltimore, I went for crab cakes; in Merrillville, due to its proximity to Chicago, deep dish pizza; in Philadelphia, cheese steak; and so on.
When I was in Jefferson City, I asked my usual question and, at first, they were bewildered. In a way, they couldn’t think of something “local”. And I won’t blame them, some places with such a massive influx of people, it becomes a melting pot and no cuisine becomes “dominant”. And I can easily relate that, since there is no such thing as a “local” dish in Vancouver. Oddly, when I asked for a restaurant location (at that point “anything works”), I was able to find one of the regional “specialties”. And that is the subject of today’s post, Arris’ Pizza
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Tagged as:
Greek,
Italian,
Jefferson City,
Pizza
Sbarro
Several locations around the world
3600 Country Club Drive (Location visited)
Jefferson City, MO
On my first day in Jefferson City (my final destination after my crazy trip and overlay through Denver), I faced the same old dilemma. Where to go for lunch? The problem with my work location is that, aside from being in the middle of nowhere (not literally but close), anything nearby required driving. In fact, my second day there, I was taken out out to a Mexican restaurant (which won’t be blogged because I did not bring my camera, not to mention it would be odd trying to explain why I was taking pictures of the food) and, just to get there, a 10 or so minutes drive in highway was required.
Anyway, target #1 was a nearby mall, which was next to the hotel I was staying at. For some odd reason, this mall, Capital Mall, barely had anything in the food court. Hungry, running out of time, I settled on the first thing that was not available locally – Sbarro.
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Tagged as:
Chain Restaurant,
Italian,
Jefferson City
Tony’s Deli
1046 Commercial Drive
Vancouver, BC
A friend of mine, who is married and has a grown-up daughter, complains once in a while that, because of the family, he no longer can just wake-up and go where ever he wants. While I could do that, of course, I don’t gloat about it; instead, he just tells me I should do that while I can. In an odd way, in one of the many instances he told me that, the following morning, I woke up and said to myself: “After hitting the gym, I should go The Drive…” And being in that area by noon means having lunch there. However, there is a big problem: With so many restaurants, cafes, pizza parlours in the area, which one should one go? So many options… So little time! After walking I realized: so far, I have not blogged here about an Italian place! That sort of made the decision making easy process, doesn’t it? 
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Tagged as:
Italian,
Pasta,
Vancouver
