Happy Birthday Kathy~

My Birthday Gift to Kathy:
Strawberry Cream Cheese Mousse Cake

Burgoo--- The place to go for comfort food in chilly winter

After a week of crystal clear sky and beautiful sunshine, Vancouver is back to its normal state of light rain with crisp chill breeze. Me and Kathy now have this Friday ritual of going to visit a restaurant that is both edible and affordable for a student budget; yummy food is necessary to celebrate the end of weekdays and the beginning of weekend.

This week, we adventured to a restaurant called Burgoo, right outside of UBC campus on 10th avenue. I heard about this place through various blog entries that mentioned this place for comfort food that warms up your body in chilly winter, by serving hot off the oven stews and soups. What can be better than a cup of hearty hot soup at this time of the year?

By chance all the food we ordered had French Dijon mustard dressing, thus Kathy found it a little too spicy, but after adding the Burgoo stew, the taste balanced out. The sandwich was delicious with a capital D! Same was the stew, with the biscuit sucked in all the juice of the stew, it just melted in my mouth, "Oh Yummy!" Both of us was very happy with the meal. The bill, including tip and taxes came up to $28 for two, which is slightly on the expensive side, but definitely worth every penny.

Burgoo
4434 West 10th. Ave.
604-221-7839

Lamb Dijon--
braised lamb with caramelized onion, chevre and mixed greens with dijon dressing on filone
French Green Salad--
romaine lettuce, little tomatoes, cucumbers and green beans with a maple dijon dressing

Kentucky Burgoo--
slow cooked meats with veggies, tomatoes, cabbage and okra over biscuits

La Petite France

My "La Petite France" is different from Nico's "La Petite France"; mine is really small, a small cafe hidden in the corner of this fusion city, covered by big shiny glass windows instead of bushy greens.

Finding this dessert shop is a truly sweet by-product of my job hunting for my too-much-spare time of last semester of university life, as if I am not busy enough with my thesis writing. They were hiring for counter helper, and attached their website. The pictures of little cakes caught my eyes, and also triggered my "sweet-tooth". I never miss a chance to pay a little visit to every dessert shop I can find. So there I was with my friend Kathy, in a gloomy Friday afternoon hoping the desserts would make my day worthy of all. And, again, beautifully decorated mini cakes never fail me. It always leave me happy with a big smile.

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La Petite France

A French Dessert Café,
10th & Arbutas St., Vancouver

La Citron Créme:
a dome cake with orange jelly coating and orange creme filling


Le Choco-poire:
layers of chocolate mousse, spounge cake, pear chocolate mix and sweet liqueur cake

Me, enjoying a sip of creamy green rooibo tea,
which is a perfect complement of the flavorful cake