Culver's - Milwaukee

Culver's is a chain of fast food restaurants. I visited the one located in the Grand Avenue Shopping District in downtown Milwaukee.

I had a single burger with cheese, fries and a medium soda ($5.45). The fries were good, but the burger was dry and disappointing.

So I topped off lunch with a small cone with vanilla and pumpkin pecan frozen custard ($2.59).

Cafe Medina - Vancouver

...is located in Vancouver between the Gaslight District and Chinatown at 556 Beatty Street.

I had the Samoune Fume - open faced ciabatta sandwich, fried egg, smoked salmon, caper cream cheese, sliced avocado, arugula pepperdew and artichoke salad (CA$12) and a pot of loose leaf earl grey tea (CA$2.75).

Then I topped it off with a waffle (CA$3.15) with raspberry caramel (CA$1). Yum!

Tojo's - Vancouver

...is located in Vancouver at 1133 West Broadway. For a splurge this is a good sushi restaurant where the Omakase starts at CA$150 (depending on how many courses you can eat).

I started with a glass of Gerwurtraminer (CA$9) and was only able to eat 11 courses:

- Tojo tuna sashimi

- Tempura squash blossoms stuffed with scallops

- Crab roll with panko

- Blue fin tuna sushi

- Smoked sable with asparagus and mango

- Crab meat salad with spicy sauce and pickled radish

- Giant Clam handroll

- Egg crepe with mango, salmon and crab

- Tojo cucumber wrap

- Tempura sweet potato roll with crab and mango

- Green Tea creme brulee with sesame crisp

Jitters - Vancouver

...is located in the Kitsilano area at 1956 West 4th Avenue and is a coffee lounge. I had a warm apple cider (CA$3).

Tim Horton's 2 - Vancouover

I had to try this Blueberry donut at Tim Horton's. It was light and not too sweet.

Malaysian

Malaysian Kitchen festival was held November 5-6 in NYC's Grand Central Terminal.

There were several restaurants and food vendors, cooking and dancing demonstrations to increase the awareness of Malaysian food.

"S" and I tried several dishes:

- shrimp sambal with coconut rice ($7) - it was a little fishy and you only received 3-4 small shrimps, but the rice was good.

- chicken and beef satay ($5) - the chicken was good, but the beef was chewy. They sat on a steamed Chinese bun and were covered in peanut sauce.

- coconut and almond cupcake ($3) - a little dry, but the frosting was good

- iced lychee and green tea ($4) - very subtle flavor

- banana and palm sugar donuts ($3) - also dry and not too sweet