Food
Food for Thought: Nan Gyi Thoke
October 16, 2022By: Calvin Kaung Kyaw San, SFU student Burma is home to an impressive collection of mouth-watering (and often lip-burning) salads called athoke in Burmese, which translates to “mixed.” Athokes can be paired with rice, consumed as standalone dishes, or even as dessert. Athoke was almost always present in my daily meals growing up, with ingredients ranging from pickled tea leaves and mangos to seafood and samosas. Among this vast catalogue…
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Food for Thought: The desperate journey to my Ketoprak
October 1, 2022By: Emily Huang, SFU Student It all started when my parents in Indonesia sent me a picture of the Ketoprak they had for lunch. As the day dragged on, the image of vermicelli noodles glistening in peanut sauce, accompanied by…
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Four Asian bakeries for when you want to treat yourself
August 1, 2022By: Sara Wong, Peak Associate Dessert has always played a meaningful role in my life. Of course, there are special occasions like birthdays and holidays, but usually what I think of first are those “just because” moments. My parents often pick…
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Food for Thought: The addictiveness of food porn
February 15, 2022By: Sara Wong, Arts & Culture Editor Content warning: discussion of eating disorders. Currently, #foodporn has 279 million posts on Instagram. What does that mean, besides the fact that foodies like to put out a lot of content? Food porn isn’t…
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Around the table: Chinese and Vietnamese Lunar New Year treats
January 31, 2022By: Nancy La, News Editor and Sara Wong, Arts & Culture Editor Bánh Tét Growing up in Vietnam, there is no Lunar New Year without some bánh tét in my house. My parents usually have them up on the altar as…
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Zarak’s Afghan fare is a welcome addition to Vancouver’s culinary scene
January 9, 2022By: Sara Wong, Arts & Culture Editor Looking for hipster bars, trendy boutiques, and specialty coffee shops? Main Street is the place to be. It’s also where you’ll find Zarak, sister restaurant of South Surrey’s Afghan Kitchen, which opened just…
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Beat the rainy day blues with a hot bowl of soup from Pho 99
January 6, 2020By Sara Wong, SFU Student There is nothing better on a cold, misty day than a hot bowl of noodle soup — at least in my opinion. Since there are a lot of rainy days on Burnaby Mountain, Pho…
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