October 4, 2014: The Farewell Feasts Begin! The Union! Crackle Creme!

I'm off to Toronto tomorrow, returning Friday.  That gives me eight dinners, roughly fifteen meals (minus the turducken/piecaken extravaganza I have planned for Canadian Thanksgiving next Sunday)  to enjoy in Vancouver before I leave it - for seven months! Last night, Akemi and I got together with our foodie friends, Nicole and Lan, for the…

September 3, 2014: Crackle Creme!

The other day, Akemi and I happened across a small dessert shop in Vancouver's Strathcona district.  It's called Crackle Creme and it specializes in creme brûlée - oh, and waffles.  Real Belgian waffles with pearl sugar, not those other ones! The place is a one-man show run by Daniel Wong and, what he lacks in…