Zwei Fat Chicks

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 94 - Beer Makes History Better & Gourmet Food and Wine Expo 2012

Sorry this episode came so late after the actual events, but better late then never, right?  ;)

• Toronto Urban Adventures - http://www.torontourbanadventures.com/
• C'est What? (67 Front St E, Toronto ON)- http://www.cestwhat.ca/
• Betty's (240 King Street East, Toronto ON) - http://www.bettysonking.com/
• Mill Street (21 Tank House Lane [originally 55 Mill Street, Building 63], Toronto ON) - http://www.millstreetbrewery.com/
• Carmenere Chilean Wine and The Lost Grape of Bordeaux - http://www.slate.com/articles/life/drink/2010/12/the_lost_grape_of_bordeaux.html
• Olive It! (20 Broadleaf Avenue, Whitby ON) - http://tastingoliveit.ca or http://olivethat.ca/

Rerun - Mongolian Hot Pot

We're still doing research on a couple of great places and Tracy's in the middle of a book, so please enjoy part 2 of our Asian Double Feature!

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 84 - Saké and Oishinbo

Join us for a discussion on the origins and production of saké, and a tasting of four Junmai quality sakés: Sho Chiku Bai, Izumi, Hakusturu and Rihaku's Wandering Poet.  We tried to be as accurate as possible, while sticking to our motto of "drink it how you like it".  Much respect to the Toji near and far who make delicious saké - KANPAI!

• Sho Chinko Bai - http://www.takarasake.com/sake.php
• Izumi - http://ontariosake.com/
• Haiku Katana (Kingdom of Loathing Item) - http://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/Haiku_katana
• xxxHolic - http://www.funimation.com/xxxholic
• Blossom viewing party - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanami
• The Book of Sake by Hiroshi Kondo - http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4452654-book-of-sake
• Baijiu - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baijiu
• Maotai - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maotai
• Hakutsuru - http://www.hakutsuru-sake.com/top.html
• Rihaku (Wandering Poet) - http://esake.com/Brewers/RihakuB/rihakub.html
• E-sake - http://esake.com/
• Utsuwa-No-Yakata (Japanese tableware store, now closed) - http://www.utsuwa.ca/
• Sake drinkware - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sake_set
• Oishinbo - http://comicsworthreading.com/2009/03/24/oishinbo-a-la-carte-2-sake/
• Ozeki California Sake - http://www.ozekisake.com/

Merry Christmas! Ep 76 - 2011 Recap

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!

Ep 75 - Toronto Gourmet Food and Wine Expo 2011

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 Island Brewing Company - http://gib.ca/
• Victoria Gin - http://www.victoriaspirits.com/
• Fever-Tree Best Tonic Water - http://fevertree.com/index.php
• Khortytsa Vodka - http://www.xvodka.ca/
• Muskoka Lakes Winery - http://www.cranberry.ca/Winery/home.html
• Auchentoshan - http://www.auchentoshan.com/age-check.aspx
• Bowmore Islay - http://www.bowmore.com/age-verification

Great Things We Forgot To Mention:

• McClelland Beers - http://www.mcclellandbeers.ca/
• Wines of Portugal - http://www.winesofportugal.info/?market=2
• Wines of German - http://www.germanwinecanada.org/
• Spearhead Brewery - http://www.spearheadbeer.com/index.php?id=2
• Royal Elephant Thai Fusion - http://www.royalelephant.ca/

Ep 72 - The Canadian National Exhibition, aka

A month ago, we were at the Ex sampling some amazing food and drinks!