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Horang Restaurant and Bar (Nanaimo, BC)

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Up until recently Korean restaurants on the North tip of Vancouver Island tend to land in one of two buckets: First and most plentiful are the Korean-owned Japanese-style restaurants that serve sushi, sashimi, noodles and are always identifiable by the addition of kimchi with their agadashi tofu. Second in minority are the Jjigae joints serving homestyle ramen stews that are a revelation when eaten in house and tend to suffer greatly if subjected to door dash.

Created by the same crew that ran a couple aforementioned-style restaurants in the past, Nanaimo’s Horang is proudly Korean (there are lots of double consonants on this menu) but also includes lots of nods to the Japanese-Korean fusion that made fish-pickled cabbage downright trendy when a lot of Canadians still thought tofu and seaweed was exotic. Also, they will slap cheese on anything!

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Eat | Dink | Cheap Episode 37 – Lunar Dumplings

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Simon and Shawn finally got the courage to tackle their biggest and most beloved topic yet! The multitude of dumplings made in Asia come a variety of shapes, tastes and textures that cannot be found anywhere else on our little blue marble. Grab your chopsticks kids, it’s time to dumple!

Questions, comments or corrections? Hit us up at email@eatdrinkcheap.ca

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Music by John Palmer

Show notes and Shout Outs:

The Spruce Eats Guide to Chinese Dumplings : https://www.thespruceeats.com/a-guide-to-types-of-chinese-dumplings-4685872

Double Happiness: https://doublehappinessfoods.com/

Folding Chinese Dumplings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9Ybdz_aWwg

Taste Tibet Cookbook: https://www.amazon.com/Taste-Tibet-Family-Recipes-Himalayas/dp/1623718546

Dim Sum Cookbook: https://www.amazon.ca/Dim-Sum-Art-Chinese-Lunch/dp/0609608878

God Of Cookery: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_god_of_cookery

Tokyo Groove Jyoshi: https://www.tokyogroove.band/

Blue Eye Samurai: https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/blue-eye-samurai-release-date

Eat | Drink | Cheap Episode 31 – Tofu

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It’s wobbly, it’s wonderful and it’s cheap! Simon and Shawn take this ancient Chinese soy product and press, shape smash and fry it into your favourite new dinner protein.

Questions, comments or corrections? Hit us up at email@eatdrinkcheap.ca

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eadrinkbreathe.com/podcast

Music by John Palmer

Show notes and Shout Outs:

Deep Cove Brewing: https://deepcovecraft.com/

T&T Supermarkets: https://www.tntsupermarket.com/eng/

Korean-Style Mapo Tofu:  https://www.maangchi.com/recipe/korean-style-mapo-tofu

Agedashi Tofu: https://rasamalaysia.com/agedashi-tofu/

The Amazing Devil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4_5mOSERCA

The Amazing Devil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h-ogX4GfL8

LTJ Bukem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egd1cC5hH7s

Sumo-Style Hot Pot with Chicken Meatballs

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“Sumo is the most perfect of sports. It has elegance, ceremony, danger, art, speed and most importantly two fat bastards smacking the shit out of each other. It is immaculate, which is why it has remained essentially unchanged for thousands of years. It remains the only thing in the world I want to see stay static. The only thing I love that loves me back.”

Warren Ellis – Transmetropolitan

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Tojo’s (Vancouver, BC)

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Tucked into an unassuming block of office buildings on Broadway, one of Vancouver’s busiest thoroughfares is a Tardis-like temple of Japanese gastronomy run by one of the planet’s most famous sushi chefs. This itamae titan is Hidekazu Tojo and unlike a lot of chefs with half a century of experience tucked under his apron he can be counted on to be at his restaurant nearly every day with a big smile to greet guests.  

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