Calgary Food, coffee, etc.

[Innersoul1]

Originally Posted by Just Build It

I went to a fund raiser at WP last week and had a great tasting wine. It was a Cabernet Sauvignon from a winery in Oliver that was really good. I thought the winery was called Wild Horse or Kicking horse or something like that, but can't remember the name. I can't find any info about it on the net. Maybe someone here has heard of it?

Yeah b'y

http://www.wildhorsecanyonwines.com/whc_contact.html

If you are ever in oliver check out Fairview Cellars. Very boutique but MAN do they have some fantastic wines!\
http://mypage.uniserve.ca/~beggert/

[h0twired]

Originally Posted by SteveP

For Subs, it's Kim Anh all the way. Wickedest Viet subs west of pretty much anywhere.

Have you ever had Thi Thi Subs?

There is a reason the downtown locations have lineups even when its -30C.

[RWin]

Went to Swiss Chalet last night (take out window). Talk about an experience in customer service!

I guess you get what you pay for. But wait, it cost almost as much as a descent restaurant.

[poopysheep]

yeah i like Thi Thai's better.... well i mean i like Kim Anh too but the iced coffee at Thi Thai's is really delicious....

[Stephen Ave]

Originally Posted by h0twired

Have you ever had Thi Thi Subs?

There is a reason the downtown locations have lineups even when its -30C.

Is this the place in the Harry Hayes building? Or the one across from Kim Anh? If it's the one across from Kim Anh, I prefer actually Kim Anh.

There is a place just west of the Harry Hayes building that has phenomenal subs. Can't remember the name.

Has anyone tried the Vietnamese place on 17th and 10th street? I think it's called Thanh Noodle House.

[jeffwhit]

^Thi Thi is across 1st street from Harry Hayes, Thai Thai (stupid, deceptive name) is across from Kim Ahn, and imo isn't very good.

[Paper Boy]

Originally Posted by Deepstar

I'm all about the beef soups. Has anyone tried the beef soups there? I used to go to Oriental Phoenix whenever i was near Chinook, but it's a bit pricey. The food isn't bad, but it's just not great.

Many fine Vietnamese eateries it town, but when it comes to the Beef Satay Soups, no one can compare to "Touch of Ginger" on 10th in Kensington. P46 on the menu (Used to be T46) The flavour is so full compared to the rest. We dont even name the restaraunt around here......someone says "lets have T46" and we are off to Kensington again!

[Surrealplaces]

Originally Posted by Paper Boy

Many fine Vietnamese eateries it town, but when it comes to the Beef Satay Soups, no one can compare to "Touch of Ginger" on 10th in Kensington. P46 on the menu (Used to be T46) The flavour is so full compared to the rest. We dont even name the restaraunt around here......someone says "lets have T46" and we are off to Kensington again!

I have to try that. My favorite for Pho Satay is a place in Hunterhorn village (off 64th ave NE. I can't remeber the name of it, but it has been previously mentioned here by someone else.

[Surrealplaces]

Originally Posted by jeffwhit

^Thi Thi is across 1st street from Harry Hayes, Thai Thai (stupid, deceptive name) is across from Kim Ahn, and imo isn't very good.

The place across from HH rocks. Simply awesome.

[Innersoul1]

Anyone have a suggestion for some good Montreal Smoked meat?

[bigcanuck]

Is the Thi Thi on 8th Ave beside Murph's (between 5th and 6th) the same as the one by Harry Hayes? Quality-wise.

[ScottFromCalgary]

Originally Posted by Innersoul1

Anyone have a suggestion for some good Montreal Smoked meat?

Go to Montreal. My buddy from Montreal seems to do nothing but shit all over the quality of Calgary's Montreal Smoked Meat. And apparently our bagels suck too.

[Innersoul1]

Yeah was in Montreal last month, nothing better....but now I crave.

[Rusty van Reddick]

Originally Posted by ScottFromCalgary

Go to Montreal. My buddy from Montreal seems to do nothing but shit all over the quality of Calgary's Montreal Smoked Meat. And apparently our bagels suck too.

Your friend is an idiot. All the better smoked meat here- Alberta King of Subs, Myhre's, Palace of Eats- COMES from Montreal. But as a person who probably considers Vachon cakes and Pepsi to be haute cuisine, I understand his confusion.

Montreal's and the bagel place at the Calgary Farmers' Market do perfectly acceptable Montreal bagels. Both owners trained in Mtl and the baker at Montreal's (which is down around Elbow and... where the Jewish Community Centre is, Pump Hill?) worked at St-Viateur.

Next your friend will say he can't find decent poutine here. Fries, gravy and cheese curds. It's not rocket science.

[Deepstar]

Originally Posted by ScottFromCalgary

Go to Montreal. My buddy from Montreal seems to do nothing but shit all over the quality of Calgary's Montreal Smoked Meat. And apparently our bagels suck too.

I've heard that same rant from many people from Montreal. There are good and bad in both cities. With the better places it simply is a case of personal choice. When I was in Montreal a few years ago my friend told me I was was going to have the best smoked meat sandwich I've ever tasted, unfortunately it was underwhelming.

[Deepstar]

Originally Posted by furrycanuck

Next your friend will say he can't find decent poutine here. Fries, gravy and cheese curds. It's not rocket science.

Not to mention, the poutine at Brave Bistro blows away any poutine you'd find in Montreal.

[jeffwhit]

Originally Posted by furrycanuck

Your friend is an idiot. All the better smoked meat here- Alberta King of Subs, Myhre's, Palace of Eats- COMES from Montreal. But as a person who probably considers Vachon cakes and Pepsi to be haute cuisine, I understand his confusion.

Montreal's and the bagel place at the Calgary Farmers' Market do perfectly acceptable Montreal bagels. Both owners trained in Mtl and the baker at Montreal's (which is down around Elbow and... where the Jewish Community Centre is, Pump Hill?) worked at St-Viateur.

Next your friend will say he can't find decent poutine here. Fries, gravy and cheese curds. It's not rocket science.

Alberta King of Subs is amazing, I really try had to limit my trips there (luckily it is far, and kind of inconvenient) because I'd weigh 600 pounds by now. Both the poutine and the smoked meat are tops. I also think Burger Inn (at least the Mission one) has comparable poutine to anything I've had in Quebec.

[Rusty van Reddick]

what I want, now, is a Turkish "doner kebab" place like I had in Germany. I just got a nice donair from Sammy's (17th ave and 12 St) and it was very nice, but the meat is in these thick slices. The ones in Europe are different from those here and IMO tastier. First, the bread is what I know as Armenian bread, it's kind of like a focaccia but without the salt, herbs, and so forth. Second, the meat is sliced PAPER THIN often using this electric circulaw saw device, and the meat is CRISPY. Third, they don't use tahini at all- they have "yogurt" (which is pretty much tzatziki), mayo-based garlic sauce, plain mayo, and hot sauce which looks like sambal. I love tahini but would give it up for this stuff. Fourth, there are no pickles on offer; cabbage, lettuce (sometimes), tomatoes, onions, maybe a little parsley, but all are fresh and beautiful. Finally, all of the donair places I went to also had fantastic french fries.

I spoke to a guy at "Ankara Snack" in Luxembourg whose brother lives in Richmond BC, and he asked if a place like this would work in Canada. I said yes, absolutely- we only have Lebanese and Lebanese-style shawarma places here; it's hard to find a proper gyro in Canada and even harder to find this Turkish style of fast food.

[240glt]

Is the Palace of Eats still open on 14st SW ?

Coming down this weekend. I can taste the Montreal smoked meat already

[Rusty van Reddick]

why would Palace not be open? Have you heard something?