La Fromagerie

La Fromagerie is a neighborhood cheese shop, wine merchant, and cafe, that I've been aware of for a while, but had only visited for pastries before (which, by the way, are fantastic, as they source from Neighbor Bakehouse).  This time I went out for lunch, to get takeout, due to the Shelter In Place. Side note: Stuck doing a lot of pickup and delivery these days? Want to try some free food and new pickup or delivery services?  Here are some codes...

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Hotto Doggu, Montreal

There never was a story of more woe, than that of Blogger, eating my review ... Sigh.Several years ago, I spent a few days in Montreal for work, and had quite an epic eat-fest, at least in terms of junk food, as you may recall from my reviews of some seriously fancy soft serve at Chocolats Favoris and La Diperie, and learning all about Queues de Castor, er, BeaverTails.I also sought out dinner one night, at Hotto Doggu, a Japanese style hot dog...

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Sajj Mediteranean

Mediterranean food.  Not ... really my thing.  The flavor profiles, common ingredients, etc, just aren't ones that I gravitate towards. Yet, I gravitate towards SAJJ, a mediterranean chain around the Bay Area.  SAJJ builds their model around customizable standard Mediterranean fare: pitas, wraps, salad bowls, rice bowls, and freekeh bowls, all topped with your choice of protein (falafel, shawarma, kabob, etc), with spreads like hummus and tzatziki,...

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The Golden Duck Co

Snacks.  Chips.  Some of my favorite things, as, well, I'm a bit of a snack-o-holic, a condition that developed late in my adulthood (really, I wasn't snacker growing up, nor in college, nor grad school ... I'm really not sure when it happened), and has gotten more extreme during 15 months of pandemic living at home.  I mean, what else is there to do but eat interesting snacks?Particularly when the snacks come from aboard, bringing a glimpse into my...

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