Zwei Fat Chicks

Episode 100 - Bistro 67

Sheila's alma mater is doing food education right with Bistro 67, a teaching restaurant that is putting food from the field first and foremost. 

Check out their website here, and make a reservation!

Episode 99 - Pompeii Pizza, Alton Brown Live, El Caballito Tequila y Tacos and the State of Craft Beer in Durham Region

Featured Subjects:

• Pompeii Pizza (905-576-0415; 75 Celina St, Oshawa, ON)
• Alton Brown Live
• El Caballito Taquila y Tacos (416-628-9838; 220 King St W, Toronto, ON)
• Durham Craft Beer Festival July 11th 2015
• Zwei Fat Chicks Facebook Page

Durham Region Craft Beer Scene:

**Buster Rhino's

• Old Flame (Port Perry)
• County Durham Brewing Company (Pickering)
• Practically Irish (Pickering)
• 5 Paddles (Whitby)
• Brock St. Brewery (Whitby)
• Underdog's Brewhouse (Oshawa)
• Manantler (Bowmanville)
• Publican House Brewery (Peterborough)
• Smithworks Brewing Company (Peterborough) - not mentioned in the podcast, but an awesome place!! 

Talking Points:

• Wasted Space (905-240-5504; 74 Celina Street, Oshawa ON) 
• Beer Makes History Better Tour of Toronto
• Good Eats Pizza Dough
• Mexico Pavillion at Epcot 
• Flying Monkeys (Barrie, ON)

We're BAAAACK! Episode 97 - Buster Rhino's, Toronto Gourmet Food & Wine Expo and Guu Izakaya

We apologize for our long absence - things are finally starting to settle down for us, so hopefully we'll be able to go back to at least a monthly show schedule.

Also, the quality of this show isn't the best, but we figured if we ended up re-recording it (again), we would never get back into the saddle.  

This episode features a very big shout out to our local, Buster Rhino's.  We cover the Drunken Milkshake BBQ, Tap Take Overs for 2013 and the regular menu.  This has been too long in coming!

We also talk about our third annual visit to the Gourmet Food & Wine Expo in Toronto.  That trip was bigger and better than ever, and we look forward to next November to see what will be next.  Hopefully, the brewery from Niagara College will be back - Darryl, you need to get in contact with these folks.  ;)

Lastly, we finally made it out to Guu Izakaya and had a fantastic time with our dear friend, Jayne.  She even pipes in about delicious octopus balls!  A grand time was had by all.

Links:

Buster Rhino's - http://www.busterrhinos.com/main/index.php

Toronto Gourmet Food & Wine Expo - http://www.foodandwineexpo.ca/sitepages/

Niagara College Teaching Brewery - http://www.firstdraft.ca/content/Default.aspx

Caps and Corks - http://www.niagaracollege.ca/content/News/tabid/3508/EntryId/2147/Caps-Corks-and-Forks-returns-for-Round-Five.aspx

Guu Izakaya - http://guu-izakaya.com/toronto

Guu on Vice - http://youtu.be/C26nhTTwahw

Sapporo is brewed by Dragons - http://youtu.be/K-Rs6YEZAt8

Ep 95 - Potpourii Inifinity

Update: Since we recorded this episode back in January, Bellwoods Brewery has added a kitchen.  Make sure and add them on facebook and follow them on twitter to keep on the latest news!   Stuttering John's also has a new menu, check it out! - http://www.stutteringjohns.com/ (19 Simcoe Street S, Oshawa ON) Links:

• Lower Ossington Theatre - http://lowerossingtontheatre.com/
• Bellwoods Brewery (124 Ossington, Toronto ON) - http://bellwoodsbrewery.com/
• Forty Creek Copper Pot - http://www.fortycreekwhisky.com/Product%20pages/copper_pot.html
• Forty Creek Cream - http://www.fortycreekwhisky.com/Product%20pages/whisky_cream.html
• Keurig - http://www.keurig.ca/
• Markol - Keurig/Tassimo Vendor (1170 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa ON) - http://markcol.com/

RIP Great Canadian Popcorn Company, Beanz and Ichiban.

Ep 93 - The Table

Oshawa's got a new restaurant downtown to scratch that vegetarian and communal itch, without leaving carnivores in the cold!  Check out The Table on the web (http://thetablebycarol.ca/), twitter, facebook and most importantly in person: 20 Simcoe Street South, Oshawa, ON L1H 4G2.  Here's our review of the restaurant that talks that talk and walks the walk.

Ep 88 - Mexican Lindo, Jimmy Guaco's and Keith's Cider

In this week's episode, we explore two great Mexican restaurants that are great at different things: Mexican Lindo and Jimmy Guaco's.  Check 'em out, and also look for Alexander Keith's new cider at the LCBO.

• Mexican Lindo - http://www.mexicolindooshawa.ca/
• Jimmy Guaco's - http://www.jimmyguacoburritos.com/
• Keith's Cider article - http://www.canadianbeernews.com/2012/03/27/labatt-adds-cider-to-alexander-keiths-line-up/

Rerun - 100 Mile Diet

Sorry for the re-run, folks, but some stuff came up and we've been unable to record.  Enjoy this blast from the past and consider eating close to home as the warm weather brings the farmers' markets out!

Ep 87 - More Candy and Big Boy Burgers

This week we talk about more chocolate - the chocolate bars unique to and in common between the UK, USA and Canada.  Then, we have a review for Big Boy Burgers in Whitby.  Enjoy! Big Boy Burgers - http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/10/1655148/restaurant/Toronto/Big-Boys-Burgers-whitby-Whitby

Ep 85 - Toronto Trip (The Jersey Giant, St. Lawrence Market, Sneaky Dee's, Black Oak Brewery)

Thanks to the Tdot for showing a couple of Fat Chicks a good time!

• The Jersey Giant Pub - http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/10/132573/restaurant/St-Lawrence-Market-Old-Town/Jersey-Giant-Toronto
• St. Lawrence Market - http://www.stlawrencemarket.com/
• Brown Brothers Meat - http://www.yelp.ca/biz/brown-brothers-meat-toronto
• Kozlik's Mustard - http://www.mustardmaker.com/
• Geocaching - http://www.geocaching.com/
• Sneaky Dee's - http://sneaky-dees.com/home/
• Black Oak Brewing Company - http://blackoakbeer.com/
• Chocosol Fair Trade Chocolate - http://chocosol.posterous.com/
• The Sassy Lamb - http://www.thesassylamb.com/slsite/The_Sassy_Lamb/Home.html

Ep 83 - Stuttering John's, Té Bheag Gaelic Whiskey, Bulldog Gin

This week's episode covers Stuttering John's in downtown Oshawa, a new place with bbq (and everything else) done right.  Also, we discuss two new (to us) liquors - Té Bheag Gaelic Whiskey and Bulldog Gin.

• Stuttering John's (19 Simcoe st South, Oshawa, ON - 905-922-9336) - http://stutteringjohnsbistro.com/
• Té Bheag Gaelic Whiskey - http://www.gaelicwhisky.com/
• Bulldog Gin - http://www.bulldoggin.com/