#honey salt

[amwilburn]

Review of Honey Salt on Yelp

A 5 star review of Honey Salt by Mark W.:

https://www.yelp.ca/biz/honey-salt-vancouver?hrid=Eqj7kky3sJOKUb9QD2lPXQ&utm_source=ashare&ref=yelp-android

Last visit: 1/22/2023 (Dine out Vancouver)

We've dined at Parq's other restaurant, The Victor, quite a few times (it's always really good) but the Mrs suggested trying Honey Salt once.

Roasted Butternut Squash Soup: I'm always afraid when trying butternut squash soup that it'll be too sweet, but this was done right. Bits of crushed hazelnut gave it a nice texture, and the flavour stuck the right note between savoury and sweet. 4 stars

Korean Fried Chicken Bites: anyone who's tried Korean style fried chicken will know what to expect; this being the spicy & sweet variation (not the snow cheese one). Crispy, spicy, sweet and juicy, with the addition of pickles for added dimension. I would've loved a main course version! 5 stars.

63 Acres Striploin

This was a pretty thin steak, all the more amazing because I asked for medium, and they nailed it. The arugula salad was standard fare, but the truffle fries were awesome; among the best I've had without even needing garlic aoli as a crutch.

4.75 stars.

Chicken & parm

Good flavorful, juicy chicken. I found it just a touch underseasoned, but better under than over. 4.25 stars.

Smashed Pear, our non alcoholic drink, was refreshing, if just a touch sweet.

Overall 9.0/10. A lot of dine outs are unsatisfying either in the quality of the food, or tiny portions, but this place provides creative and generous portions. As pointed out by the Mrs, no this isn't fine dining, but it is one of the more satisfying Dine out Vancouver meals I've had in recent years (Eclipsed by Annalena, & La Terrazza from years ago) and we will definitely visit again.

The hard part will be divvying up visits between Honey Salt & The Victor.

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Salted Honey Cookies

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We have been buying either the big or mini crispy yam mooncakes from East Ocean Teochew Restaurant (东海潮州酒家) over the years. This year is no difference, but we chose not to get the mini version as I find there is too much of the pastry dough to yam paste ratio. The big Crispy Yam with Whole Egg Yolk Mooncake (酥皮单黄芋泥月饼) included a salted egg yolk in the middle and mum like that. Went down to Takashimaya shopping mall for the Mid-Autumn fair and collected it from their restaurant upstairs. Hmm…, they are using the same old square cardboard box again this year unlike their competitors with fancy eye-catching box designs which are factored into the selling price.

Last year the price was S$70 for a box of 4s but this year it went up to S$79. Luckily, they are offering a 30% early bird discount, so we paid S$55.30 for the Crispy Yam with Whole Egg Yolk Mooncake (酥皮单黄芋泥月饼). The extra crispy and intricate layers of pastry demand careful handling. As you can see from the cross section, the egg yolk is well positioned in the centre of the yam/taro paste wrapped in a thin layer of pastry and deep-fried. As you bite into a piece, you felt the pastry shattering followed by the semi-sweet smooth yam paste and the slightly salty and rich yolk.

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Reasons we should make cold apple cider the new emo drink:

-it doesn't taste like shit

-it's uncarbonated

-it has no caffeine! Healthier communities are better communities

-it's similar to warm apple cider, which is Halloween drink, but it's cold bc we're edgy

-it'll be locally sourced! Emo is NOT capitalism 💔

-it actually tastes good

-we can call it "adult apple juice" to be intimating

-who doesn't feel better when they drink apple cider? Nobody! Everyone loves apple cider!

-there's literally nothing wrong with this plan

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Books To Read For Genderfluid Visibility Week

Happy Genderfluid Visibility Week! Here are some books with genderfluid main characters you should read and/or preorder:

Book titles:

The Honeys by Ryan La Sala

Dragonfall by L.R. Lam

Something Spectacular by Alexis Hall

Salt the Water by Candice Iloh

Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore

Valerin the Fair by Rien Gray

Nine of Swords, Reversed by Xan West

Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller

The Manor House Governess by C.A. Castle (comes out November 7, 2023)

A River of Golden Bones by A.K. Mulford (comes out December 5, 2023)

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Sushi Bagel Donuts (Vegan)

[whoopseydaisy]

An addition to the cocktail chapter of the @worldsbeyondpod Unofficial Cookbook:

Honey With A Note Of Song

an absinthe wash (the green fairy, for your roots)

2 oz. rye (your liquor of choice, strong and spicy)

1/4 oz. pine and rosemary honey syrup (you cannot go home again)

1 barspoon of saline solution (for your first divine smite, where you found your breath once more)

1-2 dashes of peychauds bitters (because this is a play on a sazerac)

a grapefruit twist (a touch of the bitterness age has brought you)

serve in a glass reminiscent of a chalice

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Source

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Top Final Sentences of 2023

He knew that on the day of his death he would see her face and he could hope to carry that beauty into the darkness with him, the last pagan on earth, singing softly upon his pallet in an unknown tongue. Cormac McCarthy, from The Passenger

And there are so many silences to be broken. Audre Lorde, from “The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action”

For Guinevere Tallow, it felt like coming home. Ethan M. Aldridge, from Deephaven

And we laughed and held each other and filled our hearts with the faith that we could always do that, always blow away the clouds that threatened our stars. Andrew Neiderman as V.C. Andrews, from Honey

But as anyone who loves reading and writing quickly learns, both activities allow you to commune with the living and the dead, to listen to the thoughts of those who have come before you and argue, cajole, and sing praise for them in response. Kaitlyn Greenidge, from “Books for a Black Girl’s Soul”

The greatest shame would be to reach the end of our lives and have the epitaph read, ‘They worked really hard.’ Roxane Gay, from “Yes, Your Job Is Important. But It’s Not All Important.”

The sky is gory with stars, like the insides of a gutted night. Julia Armfield, from “Salt Slow”

Sometimes, even in towns built on curses, at least once in a blue moon, things turn out okay. Ryan Douglass, from “Knickknack”

Eventually, if we speak the truth to each other, it will become unavoidable to ourselves. Audre Lorde, from “Eye to Eye: Black Women, Hatred, and Anger”

In the distance, the darkness has started to lift like a veil, the first light of dawn spilling over the Beijing skyline, a promise of all the beautiful and terrible and sun-soaked days to come. Ann Liang, from If You Could See the Sun

[fullcravings]

Homemade Salted Honey Ricotta Biscuits

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The Teochew Yam Pastry with Single Yolk (潮州单黄芋泥月饼) is Paradise Group’s (樂天餐饮集团) rendition of a flaky Teochew mooncake. With smooth yam paste wrapped around pine nuts and salted egg yolk, the base is embedded with white sesame seeds for crunch and a nutty aroma. My finance department’s colleague pre-ordered a box and both my camera and I were invited to the photo taking and tasting sessions. :D They and one of my other colleagues have recommended this pastry to me but after the taste test…

The Teochew Yam Pastry with Single Yolk (潮州单黄芋泥月饼) came in a glossy royal blue box. Each of the four compartments contained a piece of the flaking spiral pastry packed in its own individual box. Lifting the pastry out of its container, there is this crust of white sesame seeds on the base and along the bottom edge. Sliced it in half and the outer crust shattered but the plastic knife met resistance when it reached the salted egg yolk inside, not a good sign though. Further dividing it to quarters just confirmed the truth. The salted egg yolk is over baked during the preparation stage that it had developed a tough outer layer around the yolk. Instead of a crumbly yolk, you get rubbery pieces of egg among the smooth yam paste. The pine nuts in the yam paste and sesame seeds crust on the outside lends a nutty fragrant to the flaking pastry shell. Overall, it was a good eat letdown by one of the main ingredients. This set me thinking if I want to take a risk and buy it next year.

Since the above cannot make the cut, I will just stick with East Ocean Teochew Restaurant (东海潮州酒家). The Crispy Yam with Whole Egg Yolk Mooncake (酥皮单黄芋泥月饼) is best eaten within three days of purchase but if you can’t finish them in time, just store them in the fridge. To refresh the pastries, covered them loosely in aluminium foil and bake at 200 °C (392°F) for about 20-25 minutes direct from fridge. This cause the pastry to be crispy again and the warm yam paste tasted more mellow and fragrant than at room temperature.

Video shows the salted egg yolks preparation processes. Topmost image courtesy of Paradise Group.

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So they come after you for liking the Darkling's character, but their favorite is Baghra 🤣

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THE MADNESS BEGINS. Sixteen gay-as-hell books compete for the ultimate prize: bragging rights. 

Last year's Queer Books March Madness was dominated by underdog @joydemorra's Hunger Pangs: True Love Bites. Will another sleeper contender snag the (extremely metaphorical) trophy, or will a heavy hitter like Gideon the Ninth claim the title? YOU DECIDE. 

Voting for Round 1 is up in our Insta stories from 10 AM 3/17 to 10 AM 3/18 (EST). Votes in the comments ✨will not count!✨

All the nominations are from our bracket are available for free through QLL’s Libby collection. Check 'em out and get reading: https://tinyurl.com/QLL-MM24

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<3 HAPPY MADNESS. 🏀📚☄️

[morethansalad]

"Honey" Miso Ginger Dressing (Vegan)

[swashbucklery]

flowing here like honey (willow, kit/elora/jade, E)

Here in the wildlands, on the border with Galladoorn, Kit isn't concerned with formality. The obligation of caring and fussing and explaining feels like something she'd rather have left at the palace gates. She just wants to be with her girls, to touch and comfort and warm both of them as they need her.

A strategic mind, the Empress-Consort's mind, would consider it. A more perfect version of Kit would take into account the customs and laws of Galladoorn and the best type of comportment for the situation at hand. Kit isn't as perfect as Sorsha wishes her to be. She's just herself, tired and cold, snowed in on the Solstice with her two favourite people in the world.

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(OR: the coziest snowed-in made-up-fantasy-holiday fic you've ever seen. Kit and Elora and Jade snowed in over solstice, passing the time together.)

Chapter 1

Chapters 2-4 coming Feb 8, 12, 16