More Eatery (Campbell River, BC)

A lifetime ago I wrote a rambling treatise on how to stay sane in the culinary industry. I’ll spare everyone and summarize what, back then I thought would save cooks from burning out in a pre-covid world that already had it in for our tortured little industry: Love. You really had to love eating and kitchen folk and the process of cleaning, prepping and transforming food. I’m ashamed to admit it but despite my own words etched into the internet, I abandoned my tribe nearly two years ago after losing the love.

Fortunately people much smarter, more resourceful and talented stuck around. People like Joe, Carmen and the team over at More Eatery love what they do and do a damn fine job of it. They opened a restaurant in the middle of the pandemic, in a small town that often doesn’t understand good food, in the abandoned location that housed a legendary local diner. Any one of these factors alone would have smothered a fledgling kitchen, but they quickly clawed their way to the top of the town’s eating scene and have had a regular clientele since, me included.

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Eat | Drink | Cheap Episode 29 – Aftershifter – Does Fine Dining Deserve To Exist

t’s the trial of the century! Simon and Shawn are joined by their good buddy Nick for part 2 of their after shift discussion. Drinks are had and the knives come out in this extended freeform epic!

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Music by John Palmer

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Eat | Drink | Cheap Episode 28 – Aftershifter – So You Wanna Be A Chef?

Simon and Shawn sit down with their good buddy Nick for part 1 of a two-part discussion of life in the culinary industry. The boys go into what it means to be a “chef”, end up swapping Anthony Bourdain stories and never even get to the question that brought them together… Cheers!

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Music by John Palmer

Show notes and Shout Outs:

Kitchen Confidential: https://www.amazon.ca/Kitchen-Confidential-Adventures-Culinary-Underbelly/dp/0060899220

Tojo’s Restaurant: https://tojos.com/

Edward Tuson:  https://www.sookenewsmirror.com/obituaries/edward-tuson/

Simon’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/knight_baker_simon/

Flavorful Origins: https://netflix.fandom.com/wiki/Flavorful_Origins

Black and Blue Steakhouse: https://blackandbluesteakhouse.ca/vancouver-home/

Eat | Drink | Cheap Episode 26 – Kimchi

Simon returns from Montreal with stories of ham and cheese croissants, pizza sauce rollers and of course salty, spicy funky kimchi recipes. 

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Music by John Palmer

Show notes and Shout Outs:

Beef Rendang: https://rasamalaysia.com/beef-rendang-recipe-rendang-daging/

Radish Kimchee: https://www.eatdrinkbreathe.com/radish-kimchee/

The Dip Roller: https://the-message.ca/2023/03/29/pizza-pizza-introduces-the-dip-roller/

Future Neighbor: https://www.youtube.com/c/futureneighbor

Douglas Coupland: https://coupland.com/

Eat | Drink | Cheap Episode 22 – New Year, New Flavours

Shawn and Simon dig back through the year that was for inspiration in the kitchen and soon head right off the rails into plantains, picky eaters and for some reason sumo wrestling.

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Music by John Palmer

Show notes and Shout Outs:

Kinnikinnick: https://sierraclub.bc.ca/kinnikinnick-common-bearberry/

Counterjam Fufu Ep with Femi and Made Kuti: https://counterjam.food52.com/episodes/nigerian-food-music-culture-episode

Soy Sauce Vs. Light Soy Sauce: https://thewoksoflife.com/soy-sauce/

Fish in a Bird Cage: https://www.fishinabirdcage.com/

Lummette Bright Light “Gin”: https://enjoylumette.com/products/lumette

Grand Sumo Highlights: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/sumo/