Egg White Sponge Cake

Lily Bakery, 4500 Kingsway, #1326, Burnaby, BC | Tel: (604) 435-6689

A friend brought this cake over last year but I didn’t blog about it until now. After reading the comments on DineHere.ca, this light and fluffy, not overly sweet cake might be gone.

Menudo

Another Phillipino comfort-stew that’s easy to make. If you don’t like liver, just substitute for some other meat. I also tend to add more vegetables than it calls for.

Chicken Apretada (Apretadang Manok)

This Phillipino stew is so easy, the instructions are shorter than the ingredients! We add extras like carrots or peas to change it up a little too. Slather this over a bowl of rice, and you have instant Asian comfort food! Don’t suggest freezing, as the potato texture is lost.

Tina H’s Top Picks

Zipang Sushi, (Japanese) 3710 Main Street, Vancouver, Tel: 604-708-1667
as usual, good and bad reviews

Rekados Grill, (Phillipino) 4063 Main Street, Vancouver, Tel: 604-873-3133
good food but underwhelming service

Banana Leaf, (Malaysian) 820 W Broadway, Vancouver, Tel: (604) 731-6333
recommend the tuesday special, assorted seafood and vegetables with tamarind and turmeric sauce