Co Co Di Restaurant Is Open Again!

After over a year of waiting, Co Co Di Restaurant has a new home 11454 Jasper Ave.  They were one of several restaurants lost when the building at Rice Howard Way burnt down.  This happy little shisha bar and restaurant was a place I had frequented often for my tabouli and shawarma fix.  They also had a beautiful Lebanese style baklava.

My inaugural meal, a marinated chicken & tabouli salad, with a pot of mint tea.  They didn't have any baklava ready or I would have been noshing on that as well.  I also ran into some long missed faces and had an opportunity to get caught up on a year plus of gossip.  A very nice evening.

I don't know if they will still have weekend belly dancers, but I am glad they were able to recovery from  their misadventure. I will head back and have to provide a more indepth review of the new digs.

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Don Antonio's Mexican Foods... Yummy!

I've popped into Don Antonio's Mexican Foods a few times now, and it reminds me of a number of little family places I visited in San Luis Potosí and Monterrey México.  It's a family run place with grandma cooking in the kitchen the daughters serving tables.  It's different from Mexico Lindo, a smaller number of dishes, but everything I have tried has been wonderful.  Don't get me wrong I love the food at Mexico Lindo and will go there every chance I get, but it is nice to have a choice for Mexican food.

If you have a hankering for some real Mexican food prepared with a grandma's loving hand, I highly recommend you give it a try.

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PS... If you like your food to have some kick you need to let them know otherwise they will tame it down for the  salt and pepper is spicy crowd.

Accent European Lounge -- Yum!

The other day my girlfriend and I went to Accent - European Lounge just off Whyte Avenue here in Edmonton.  Nice atmosphere and a nice variety of dishes.  We had Bacon Wrapped Lobster, Smoked Salmon, and Hummus.  All were appetizers, which made for a nice light supper with a Czech Beer, and a bottle of San Pellegrino mineral water.

Bacon Wrapped Lobster, need I say more!!  We got a single order of this delightful treat, pieces of lobster, wrapped in bacon, served on toast with a white butter sauce.  A nice alternative to bacon wrapped scallops.  Note: we should have got the double!


Smoked Salmon, was nice, and was served with some asparagus wrapped with serrano ham, as well as the usual red onion and capers.

The hummus was interesting.  It was served warm and served with a muddler, and you mashed the chic peas in the ramekin.  The hummus was served with a variety or toasted rustic breads and pita chips.  Very nice.
We will be going back to try some of the faire on the menu...

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