Foodie Trip #2: Meat & Bread

Yesterday, Ronald suggested we should have a foodie trip! He picked Meat & Bread in Gastown. I have always wanted to try after seeing so many pictures on Instagram and Facebook!!

Meat & Bread is basically a sub/sandwich store. The store itself is not very big. But they have 4 tables by the menu area, a long table which can probably seat 20-30 people and a long bar table by the kitchen/prep area (Sorry!! Forgot to take pictures :p). If you are going with a friend, I suggest that either you or your friend line up and the other go save seats! We went around 2 p.m. and there were quite a lot of people!

Menu

The menu features 4 different sandwiches. The daily special changes everyday. You can check their website or their twitter (@1meatandbread) to see their daily updates about their special!

Porchetta!!

Porchetta placed on top of the ciabatta bread

While you are lining up to order, you can watch them prepare the porchetta sandwiches! Porchetta is a savoury, boneless, moist pork roast. I think it is quite similar to Chinese roast pork!

First, they cut up the porchetta then the crispy skin. After, the cut up porchetta is placed on the freshly made ciabatta buns. To finish, they drizzle the salsa verde on top of the porchetta.

Wooden serving boards for the sandwiches

I like how they use wooden serving boards; it adds such a unique touch! Also the drop of mustard adds a nice finishing presentation.

Selection of drinks

There were a lot of people getting the apple cider. Perhaps I should give it a try next time ;)

Daily Special
BBQ Beef with Sesame Fennel and Apple Frisee Salad

Porchetta with Salsa Verde

I got the porchetta ($8) while Ronald wanted to try out the daily special ($9). I only finished half of the porchetta so I gave the rest to Ronald. He said the porchetta is definitely better than the beef.

I would definitely recommend trying the porchetta! It's so savoury and tender!!

Go check them out here! They have two locations in Vancouver :)

Day 1 in Hong Kong!

Yayyy finally have time for another blog post!

I probably won't be able to post pictures of things I ate every day in Hong Kong, but I will try to show you all the highlights :)

Hong Kong is truly a foodies heaven :P

Breakfast at Maxim
Luncheon meat with egg instant noodles and iced lemon tea

 I would say this is a very "traditional" fast food breakfast in Hong Kong. I know...as a nutritional science student, I should know better than having instant noodles for breakfast :P But hey...it was REALLY good!

Dinner at Watami Japanese Restaurant in Tseung Kwan O Shopping Mall

For our Beef Udon Hot Pot

Beef Udon Hot Pot

Salmon, shrimp, scallop sushi roll

Beef and egg rice

My drink :) Passion fruit and mango bubble tea

Beef Udon Hot Pot

Ramen

I was recommended to try out Watami from my bf, Ronald (Hi!! If you are reading this :P). Basically, it is a Japanese Fusion Restaurant. I thought it was pretty good! The highlight was definitely the beef hot pot. The soup base was DELICIOUS! It was very rich in flavour; went really well with the udon :) I think there are various Watami locations in Hong Kong...not too sure; but we went to the one in Tseung Kwan O Shopping Mall.

I believe there is a Watami in Richmond (across from Lansdowne), but I heard it is not as great. Maybe someone can try and let me know :)

Thank you for the recommendation :D

Hong Kong Trip - From YVR to HKG

My flight from Vancouver to Hong Kong was amazing! The food and service were great! On top of that, there wasn't turbulence at all!!!

Being the hungry foodie that I am, of course I took pictures of what I ate :)

First meal - Lunch

Braised beef with shiitake mushroom sauce, spinach mashed potatoes, green peas and carrots

Haagen-Dazs ice-cream, Prawns with edamame and red pepper salad

 Lunch was great! Usually I can't really eat airplane food due to the off-putting smell, but Cathay's meal are quite delicious for airplane meal standards. Shrimps from the salad were fresh. My favourite was the Haagen-Dazs ice-cream bar! I only ate half because I didn't bring my Lactaid pills :P

Heineken and cup noodles as snack

Dinner - Chicken with hickory barbecue sauce, roasted rosemary potatoes and mixed vegetables

Desserts from dinner - Blueberry cheesecake and seasonal fresh fruits

Overall experience with Cathay was a blast! No motion sickness and didn't feel sick from the plane meal smell. Thank you for the smooth flight :D Definitely will be flying with Cathay next time!

Update!

Sorry I haven't been updating lately! I went to Hong Kong, Macau and Beijing in late August. I will update on those as soon as I can :)

Just need to get on track for school first then I will be back!

Update soon :)