Life in the Lower Mainland (BC, Canada)

I finally got around to getting myself some deep fried ice cream from Belgian Fries on Commercial Drive (incidentally, the chain has a completely useless website  if you're looking for, say, their current menu). The last time I had it was over 20 years ago, and I'd been looking for it for a while. Apparently in all the wrong places because my companion last Saturday said it was commonplace with Mexican restaurants. Anyway, there it was, deep fried pecan ice cream. It was a largish lump of ice cream, roughly earth-shaped and about the size of an orange. It was coated in what appeared to be cornflakes, deep friend, then striped with some red sauce, possibly a strawberry syrup or the like. When I had it way back when -- and I was just a kid then, so my perceptions might have become rose-coloured with nostalgia since -- it was much smaller, almost bite-sized, and the warm exterior was nicely contrasted with the soft, cool interior. What I had on Saturday was probably best...

Alrighty! The Save-On-Foods Delissio pizza weekend was last week, and here's the fallout: My mom liked the rising crust chicken-meat ones (something about the mix of spices, I think), and they were still as they were. (Hawaiian? meh...) However, she also got all carb-conscious on me and wanted thin-crust. Three kinds were available, and sad to say, toppings were skimpy (it always looks better in ad copy...). Half the weight, less toppings, but same price. You figure it out. Delissio , formerly owned by Kraft, is now owned by Nestle, apparently. Change in management -> reduction in toppings? (-_-;) There was also frozen pork tenderloin at $1.99/pound. I saw some seniors really raking these in. It didn't look like many people bought them, but when they did, they hauled home 10+ packs! They aren't afraid of cooking, I guess. (^_^) My sister popped by just yesterday (Saturday July 17th) and brought over frozen Costco pepperoni pizza. Yes, you have to be a member (or at ...

Hi Everyone! Months ago I wrote about "frozen pizza wars" between Superstore and Save-on-Foods, with Kraft Delissio pizza being sold at under $5. Well, super-cheap pizza is back! This weekend (Fri/Sat/Sun), Save-On-Foods at Metrotown is offering Kraft Delissio at $2.20 off their regular price -- $4.79! Limit 2 per person, and there's typically a wide selection unless the rush is over and the shelves are more or less bare. If you hunt around a bit, you will also probably be able to find thin-crust versions of each pizza. Handy if you're on a carb-conscious / crust-conscious diet. What with the HST in place and prices going up in various ways, thank God for cheap, delicious, pizza!