When I was little, my mom would make crepes almost every Sunday morning. I’d smother them in butter and brown sugar and after about 3 or 4 of them, I’d be bouncing off the walls for the rest of the day. Over time I was introduced to nutella, which I’d smother over my crepes with bananas or strawberries and felt as if I had been born again.

Kawaii Crepes makes me feel as if I’ve died and gone to crepe heaven. They offer their crepes in two categories, sweet and savory. The sweet menu offers tons of sugary creations that I wish I would have thought of when I was a kid, and the savory menu offers a wide variety of lunch crepes that have opened my eyes to a crepes full potential.

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After a long hiatus from writing on my blog, and for AccessWinnipeg, I am back! Welcome to December’s first edition of “Friday Eats”, this is Gazel with a new review and a new restaurant review, at that.

Firstly, expect more reviews for restaurants. Due to school and work schedules, I was relatively busy—but enough about that, let’s get straight to the food.

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Every time someone asks me where the best pho is in Winnipeg, I always tell them the same place. This place is Phuong Nam Restaurant along William Avenue. I’ve been to the Philippines, Hong Kong, Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, etc… and every bowl of pho I’ve sampled could not even compare to Phuong Nam restaurant. My palette tries really hard to find a place that serves a better bowl of Vietnamese noodles, but it is always defeated and comes back to Phuong Nam. When I want to take my friends somewhere new, I take them here—and they fall in love as ardently as I do with the noodles. Whether I want to take my parents out for dinner, I know they won’t hesitate to come here.

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They say this restaurant is a Winnipeg icon; they say that most people have been here once, if residing in Winnipeg. I guess it took me 18 years for me until I actually got to visit this place. Let me tell you, I was intrigued, because every time I passed Pembina Highway, I would wonder how it was there. Being Asian, my parents are really biased against white food—especially my father, who would not even let me go near a “white restaurant”. It was at the wake of my parent’s divorce is when I finally got to taste “white food”. One of the restaurants my mom took me to was Pancake House near Polo Park.

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Hello again, this is Gazel from J’adore la Bouffe and this week I am writing about all-you-can-eat (AYCE) sushi restaurants in Winnipeg.  This particular post will be highlighting the only three AYCE restaurants, to make up for my lack-of-update last two weeks.

I love sushi. I go at least a few times a month to my favourite sushi establishments. Unfortunately, I am merely a student and cannot always afford as much trips as I like to my favourite sushi places. However, if you feel like stuffing yourself with sushi, and want quantity more than quality, an AYCE place may be good for you. Unlike other places in Canada, Winnipeg is only has Miso, Mooshiro and Magic Sushi and Wok.

First of all, I would like to emphasize: do not go to an all-you-can-eat restaurant expecting 3 star Michelin quality. IT WILL NOT HAPPEN. People go to these places to gorge themselves for a slightly lower price and not really care—so sushi snobs, you have been warned!

I recommend when you go to an AYCE place, you bring many friends with you because going by yourself—you will get stuffed easily and won’t get to sample as much as you want.

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Hello, AccessWinnipeg! My name is Gazel and I will be doing a brief restaurant review on restaurants around Winnipeg. I will try to suit everyone’s tastes from quick and tasty, low budget and fine dining. This first review is featuring one of my personal favourite restaurants No Eul Tor. It’s a restaurant name that people might not be able to remember; but it is the only Korean restaurant in the Sargent area. It now resides where former Filipino restaurant, Pasalubong used to be.

Winnipeg is such a diverse city. It is a melting pot of immigrants, and Koreans are no exception. There are lots of Koreans in Winnipeg, but very few actual Korean restaurants that actually serve traditional Korean food (meaning, no sushi!). This place was one of the first Korean restaurants I’ve been to, and it’s certainly one of my favourites for quick and cheap Korean meal.

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