General Aug 29, 2008 The Waffle 1 Comment So, while I was doing a panel on CFRA, Senator John McCain announced that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin would be his vice presidential candidate. Now, this could be a very smart choice for McCain and help him in his bid to resist the Obama-mania. If McCain does indeed succeed and becomes the next President of the United States of America, what will happen when he goes to Russia? Well, we would have the McCain-Poutine summit. Hmmmmm…  Not sure how tasty that would be. (Yes, I know, in english he is Putin. And he is no longer the President.  Stop being a bunch of nit pickers.) .

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Election Aug 24, 2008 The Waffle No Comments I continue my review of my by-election food aventure. Here is what my second week looked like – Sunday, August 17 2008: Lunch: Nothing fancy, I went to St-Hubert for a chicken breast.  I love St-Hubert.  I could drink the sauce.  Eeer.  I do, most times.  The fries were quite tasty, fairly crispy, and the chicken was succulent.  Their coleslaw wasn’t as vinegary as it should have been, though.  I love St-Hubert. Dinner: I enjoyed some Jazz at Les Jardins Nelson in Montreal with my friend Marika.  We shared their breaded calamari strips, which they bake.  They were golden and crispy, nicely done. Not a greasy ball of breading, as we often see.  We followed with Pizza, Si Si Si – I picked the Gambari, she went for La Charcutière.  They were fine, but nothing exceptionnal.  Nancy Martinez was the guest star for the night, and she clearly loves singing. …

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General Aug 16, 2008 The Waffle No Comments Its hard to eat well when you work on a by-election, away from home. It’s also hard to keep a blog updated. At any rate, here is what my first week looked like – Monday, August 11 2008: Lunch: I reviewed my visit at the Terrazza Trattorria & Case da Carlo here. Dinner: I wanted to get an an update on Westmount-Ville Marie, so I went with Jerry to the Bâton Rouge near the Bell Centre, in the old Moe’s Deli building.  We shared a Louisiana Spinach Dip before I digged in a grilled sirloin salad.    The dip was warm and creamy and came with sides of salsa and sour cream.  There was tons of chips, tons of dip, its a good think we shared.  As for the salad, it was made of mixed greens, grilled zucchini and roasted red pepper. The 7 oz sirloin…

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Restaurant Aug 10, 2008 The Waffle 3 Comments Is there anything like a nice cold treat during a hot summer day? After a long road trip back from Marmora, Melissa forced me to stop at the Dairy Queen in Carleton Place.  I hadn’t been to Dairy Queen in a few years.  It seems that as I grow older, my sweet tooth is abandonning me.  At any rate, I obliged and decided to plunge for an interesting treat if I was to indulge.  Melissa decided to go for a classic DQ Sundae. Topped with hot fudge. But I figured that The Waffle couldn’t do otherwise but order a Fudge Brownie Temptation Waffle Bowl Sundae. That’s right.  A delicious combination of vanilla soft ice cream serve nestled in a freshly baked chocolate-enrobed waffle bowl covered with brownie bits and topped with hot fudge. Well, so they say.   The vanilla soft serve is not…

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