http://zweifatchicks.podbean.com We're just two girls who love food and have a knack for finding great places to eat. Our weekly show is a mix of restaurant review, history, and culture. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:27:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This week's episode is a book review of Anthony Bourdain's Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook.  Check it out! Medium Raw on HarperCollins (Canada) - http://www.harpercollins.ca/books/Medium-Raw-Anthony-Bourdain/ http://zweifatchicks.podbean.com/2012/02/05/ep-82-medium-raw-by-anthony-bourdain/ Trinity Irish Pub's first annual Burns Dinner was a complete success!  Join us for a run down of the fair Scotches and Scottish fare that we enjoyed on January 24, 2012. Trinity Irish Pub -  http://www.trinityirishpub.ca/ Scotland's Official Burns Night Website - http://www.scotland.org/culture/festivals/burns-night/ The Black Grouse - http://www.thefamousgrouse.com/lda/ The Macallan - http://www.themacallan.com/home.aspx Highland Park - ... http://zweifatchicks.podbean.com/2012/01/29/ep-81-robbie-burns-night-trinity/ This week's episode is about Oshawa's newest great place to eat, the Out Lounge and Eatery!  They're open Tuesday to Sunday, check 'em out! (540 King St. W., Oshawa, ON - 905-721-1551) http://www.outlounge.ca http://www.facebook.com/pages/Out-Lounge-Eatery/119117211508612 http://zweifatchicks.podbean.com/2012/01/23/ep-80-out-lounge-and-eatery/ This week's episode was supposed to be a straight up double review, but we ended up having a distinct favourite. Check out this episode for the run down on two Oshawa burger joints! The Patty Shack (24 King St. E, Oshawa, ON - 905 240-4424) -  http://www.thepattyshack.ca/ Five Guys Burgers and Fries ... http://zweifatchicks.podbean.com/2012/01/15/ep-79-patty-shack-vs-five-guys-burgers-and-fries-oshawa-burger-faceoff/ This week's episode discusses The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan. http://michaelpollan.com/books/the-botany-of-desire/ http://zweifatchicks.podbean.com/2012/01/08/ep-78-the-botany-of-desire-by-michael-pollan/ There's a new Irish pub in Whitby at the AMC Complex on Consumers Drive, and they are quickly becoming a ZFC favourite!  Check out our episode on the Trinity Irish Pub, and if you're a local fan, get some tickets for their Robbie Burns Night! http://trinityirishpub.ca/ http://zweifatchicks.podbean.com/2012/01/01/ep-77-trinity-irish-pub/ The Zwei Fat Chicks are hoping you all are having a wonderful holiday!  Here's a quick little show recapping our favourite restaurants, drinks and media of 2011.  Enjoy and look for more episodes (3x a month) in the New Year! http://zweifatchicks.podbean.com/2011/12/25/merry-christmas-ep-76-2011-recap/ What a great time!  We can't wait to go next year (and the dates are already set)! - http://www.foodandwineexpo.ca/sitepages/ Highway 61 Southern BBQ -  http://www.highway61.ca/ Edo Sushi - http://www.edosushi.com/ Hot Mama's Sauces - http://www.hotmamas.ca/ Russian Sturgeon Caviar - http://www.rus-caviar.org/index.php Rodney's Oyster House - http://www.rodneysoysterhouse.com/ Sanpellegrino - http://www.sanpellegrino.com/ Mill Street Brewery - http://www.millstreetbrewery.com/ Second Harvest Food Rescue Program - http://www.secondharvest.ca/ Granville ... http://zweifatchicks.podbean.com/2011/12/18/ep-75-toronto-gourmet-food-and-wine-expo-2011/ This week's episode feature three great places in Erie PA and two delicious drinks! Famous Dave's BBQ - http://www.famousdaves.com/ Tickle's Deli (Erie, PA) - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tickles-Deli/290383773590 http://diningverse.com/ticklesdeli The Brewerie - http://brewerie.com/ The Famous Grouse/The Black Grouse Blended Scotch Whiskey - http://www.thefamousgrouse.com/lda/ Dark and Stormy cocktail - http://www.goslingsrum.com/recipe_detail.asp?RecipeID=192 http://zweifatchicks.podbean.com/2011/12/04/ep-74-famous-daves-bbq-tickles-deli-erie-the-brewerie-black-grouse-and-dark-and-stormies/ tre sorelle (orillia, on) - http://www.tresorelleorillia.com/ the brewerie (erie, pa) - http://brewerie.com/ weighty matters blog - http://www.weightymatters.ca/ stingy jack pumpkin ale (lavery brewing of erie, pa) - http://laverybrewing.com/ourbeers.php http://zweifatchicks.podbean.com/2011/11/06/ep-73-tre-sorelle-20-the-brewerie-and-changing-your-taste-buds/ A month ago, we were at the Ex sampling some amazing food and drinks! http://zweifatchicks.podbean.com/2011/10/14/ep-72-the-canadian-national-exhibition-aka-the-ex-aka-the-cne/ http://www.thedistillerydistrict.com/ http://www.millstreetbrewery.com/ http://ontariosake.com/ Sake that we tasted: Nama-Nama - house sake, a real crowd pleaser Teion Sakura - white wine-like sake Genshu Nama-Nama - Full Octane sake goodness! http://zweifatchicks.podbean.com/2011/09/25/ep-71-mill-street-brewery-izumi-ontario-sake/ In August we met up with our good friends Jamie and Daisy to explore Kingston. The only thing we really had planned was to take them out for dinner at the Kingston Brewing Company. We found lots of great places to eat, and they were good enough to ... http://zweifatchicks.podbean.com/2011/09/02/ep-70-kingston-feat-daisy-and-jamie-explicit/ This episode covers the rest of Disney and the trip home from Florida, plus the first International Buffalo Wild Wings location, right here in Oshawa, Ontario! http://zweifatchicks.podbean.com/2011/08/06/ep-69-disney-pt-2-and-bw3-eh/ This episode is three pretty unrelated things (except for the fact that all three things are unhealthy/fried). We still have Disney part 2 to edit and we just recorded an episode about Mill Street Brewery and Izumi fresh pressed sake made right in downtown Toronto! Try and stay ... http://zweifatchicks.podbean.com/2011/07/23/ep-68-mishmash/ At the beginning of May we went to Disney World in Orlando, FL.  This is part one of our adventures in the Magic Kingdom and Epcot! http://zweifatchicks.podbean.com/2011/06/04/ep-67-disney-epcot-part-1/ This episode had to be re-recorded three times and then Sheila had to recreate the Outro since our hard drive crashed last week, so hopefully everyone enjoys this episode. Also, this is the first time we've recorded an episode on Tracy's iPod, so if you like the quality of it, ... http://zweifatchicks.podbean.com/2011/05/01/ep-66-book-review-the-omnivores-dilemma/ We went to the Canoe Museum in Peterborough ON back in February and had lunch at a great brew pub - The Old Stone Brewing Co. [380 George Street North, Peterborough ON, (705)745-0495].  Here's the episode!  For pictures, check out our facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/album.php?fbid=1326342135034&id=1725355827&aid=35819 http://zweifatchicks.podbean.com/2011/04/09/ep-65-old-stone-brewing-co-peterborough/ The good news: Sheila is now working full time.  The bad news: We don't have as much time to go out for lunch anymore (since she's on midnights and is usually asleep while all the lunch specials winnow away).  But, we are going to make an effort to put the ... http://zweifatchicks.podbean.com/2011/03/23/ep-64-toronto-not-just-noodles-big-daddies/ Welcome readers of the out standing webcomic Red String!  We recently started advertising, and Red String was our maiden voyage into the world of ads through Project Wonderful.  This weeks episode is a review of the fancy sushi chain Ichiban and another volume of the Oishinbo series.  Photos to come! Ichiban Sushi ... http://zweifatchicks.podbean.com/2011/01/25/ep-63-ichiban-sushi-house-oishinbo-fish-sushi-sashimi-welcome-red-string-readers/