The Burger’s Priest began as a small streetfront operation on Queen East and Coxwell that usually had a line out the door for its delicious burgers, with its religious theme (closed on Sundays) and secret menu making it an early favourite as the fancy burger craze swept the city. I
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A BCer in Ottawa: Eating in quarantine: Veggies and meat to my door with Freshii and TruLocal
Since the end of the before times when all this isolation and distancing began, my Facebook feed has been filled with ads for two things: veggies and meat delivered to you door. Since I’m both doing more cooking and limited to grocery shopping once a week (and to what I
Continue readingA BCer in Ottawa: Eating in quarantine: Indian food Easter from Dosa & Curries
As it came to dinner time on Easter Sunday and no turkey having appeared in my larder,. I turned to Door Dash and went in search of Indian food, hoping for a bit more spice than my last attempt. I suceeded to an acceptable level in ordering from another Centretown
Continue readingA BCer in Ottawa: Eating in quarantine: How to get crispy chicken wings at home
Chicken wings are the traditional bar food, although as I’ve written in the past I wouldn’t consider Ottawa a wing town. However, since I won’t be going out for wings any time soon, I’ve been experimenting with my at home wing technique, and how to get an appropriately crispy wing.
Continue readingA BCer in Ottawa: Eating in quarantine: Patty melt and rings from The King Eddy
As I’ve mentioned I’m doing a lot more cooking while physically distancing, but I am trying to support local reasturants so at least once a week, often Friday nights, I order out for dinner delivery. And I’m trying to order from places I haven’t tried before. So last week, my
Continue readingA BCer in Ottawa: Eating in quarantine: Chicken tacos with homemade flour tortillas
In the before times I didn’t do that much cooking outside the weekends. But now, with nothing but time on my hands I’m cooking all the time and trying some new things from time to time. I haven’t jumped on the breadmaking bandwagon, but I did come close by making
Continue readingA BCer in Ottawa: Eating in Quarantine: Maverick’s Donut Company
So, I won’t be going out for a meal I can review in the near future. But I still gotta ear, and now I have more time to write too. So I shall turn my culinary scribblings to delivery/carry out from local purveyors of fine food, as well as the
Continue readingA BCer in Ottawa: Eating off the Hill: Spicy Big Mary Sandwich at Mary Brown’s
I like me a spicy chicken sammy. I remember back in the day, when KFC didn’t suck (or maybe my standards were just lower) I was all about the spicy Big Crunch. Unfortunately, I’ve mostly missed out on the fast food spicy chicken sandwich wars that raged South of our
Continue readingA BCer in Ottawa: Eating off the Hill: Jerk Chicken Roti at Island Grill
I wrote last week about an Indian food outing that lacked some heat — well, a few days later I had some Jamaican food that more than made up for it. Island Grill is another Bank Street restaurant I’ve been walking by for year but never dropped into, so one
Continue readingA BCer in Ottawa: Eating off the Hill: Cheese steak at Centrale Bergham
A sudden craving for cheese steak a few weekends back led to a googling of local options and to the decision to try a fast food spot I had passed by on the bus a bunch of times but never had the opportunity to pop in to: Centrale Bergham. They’re
Continue readingA BCer in Ottawa: Eating off the Hill: Indian food for white folks at Roast N Curries
Don’t worry, I haven’t been eating out. But I do have a few backlogged meals I now have time to blog while distancing, which brings me to my craving a few weekends back for Indian food. Some quick googling found I was just down the street from one of the
Continue readingA BCer in Ottawa: Eating off the Hill: Canada’s breakfasts need more chicken
Bacon. Sausage. Ham, Meaty breakfast staples. But who decreed breakfast needs to be so porky? Sensing the need for giving Canadians more of a reason to wake up in the mornings during these challenging days, McDonald’s recently did us all a favour and introduced a new offering: breakfast chicken. In
Continue readingA BCer in Ottawa: Eating up the Hill: Possible Cinnamon pasta at likely my last Hill reception for awhile
Didn’t realize it at the time, but the Women Entrepreneurs on the Hill reception last Wednesday was, with a possible extended recess looming, likely my last Hill reception for a little while. So thankfully, I got some pictures. The catering at this reception was actually pretty on point. Right upon entry,
Continue readingA BCer in Ottawa: Eating up the hill: Truly outstanding committee mac & cheese
A lot of the time of a backbench MP — and their staff — is spent either preparing for or in committee meetings. And often those meetings happen over breakfast or lunch. When that happens, food is provided for the members since they can’t leave in the middle of the
Continue readingA BCer in Ottawa: Eating off the Hill: The best wings in a non-wing city?
While the best chicken wings can be found in Buffalo, there are nearly as good wings to be had elsewhere. When in Toronto, I’m partial to Duff’s Famous Wings. While you have your chain wing places in cities like Ottawa, they’re mediocre at best. For good pub wings in Ottawa,
Continue readingA BCer in Ottawa: Eating off the Hill: The Hungry Man at Fatboys Southern Smokehouse
This is my third time visiting Fatboys Southern Smokehouse, and it was third time the charm as I finally got the southern bbq experience I was looking for by going big on the meat. My first visit was four years ago for a reception, and the format didn’t really lend
Continue readingA BCer in Ottawa: Eating on the Hill: Lamb, beef and Canadian whiskies
I haven’t reported on many Parliamentary receptions lately — partly because I haven’t attended many, and partly because the food is often the same. There were some new offerings on hand though at last night’s Grain Farmers/Spirits Canada reception, so I have something new to share. The advertised highlight of
Continue readingA BCer in Ottawa: Eating off the Hill: Moe’s BBQ a miss
After having visited Austin, all BBQ pales in comparison. Still, I will continue questing for BBQ goodness North of the border, whether it’s Northern Smokes in Scarborough or The Smoque Shack in Ottawa. On Saturday, I trekked to deep southern Ottawa by South Keys to try another contender, Moe’s BBQ.
Continue readingA BCer in Ottawa: Eating off the Hill: Tim Horton’s Dream donuts the real #DonutGate?
While #DonutGate went viral earlier this week when Prime Minister Trudeau bought donuts at a local donut shop in Winnipeg and something something drama, I have been preparing this review of Tim Hortons’ new Dream donuts for more than a week (eating these all in a day would make me
Continue readingA BCer in Ottawa: Eating off the Hill: Boneless chicken comes to Nando’s
As I’ve written before, I’m a fan of the Nando’s peri peri chicken. It’s like Swiss Chalet, but spicy. And good. It’s one of the earlier Eating off the Hill reviews I wrote. I found Nando’s-branded Peri Peri sauce at Farm Boy before Christmas, and have been enjoying it. So,
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