Food + Drink

A few short years ago, we didn’t have any Thai restaurants, now we have a trio of them—oh, how our taste buds have grown. Talay Thai is the newest restaurant to Thai one on, down the south end of Barrington Street in the former Clay Cafe digs. Not that the interior would give any hints […]

It surprises me that exactly two weeks before Thanksgiving, the Turducken King has two hours to spare to sit down and talk. Shouldn’t he be busy stuffing chickens into ducks into turkeys, making sure that there are turduckens aplenty for his hungry subjects to enjoy on Thanksgiving weekend? The King has a philosophical answer. “Thanksgiving […]

We watch our southern neighbours get pummeled by the likes of Rita and Katrina with new empathy, new understanding and a new respect for the force of these storms that we once thought could not happen here. Juan did not come ashore two years ago with the same fury as these girls did, but essential […]

Halifax has more sushi spots than you can shake a sheet of nori at, which makes it hard to imagine how one manages to stand out from the other. But Milamodo succeeds quite nicely, with a two-step business model: First by locating itself outside the downtown core, and then quietly going about business. The only […]

I have never entered a restaurant and wanted to like it so much as when I first set foot inside Vivo. This small bistro is absolutely lovely. Rich colours, dark woods, and gilt-rimmed mirrors and picture frames give it an opulent look without losing the casual bistro charm. Plenty of natural light floods the dining […]

While the myth about not eating oysters in the months with no “r” in their names is just that, a myth, there’s no doubt that oysters are at their best in fall and winter. This is because they spawn over the summer and, like many of us during breeding season, become unpleasantly soft and mushy. […]

Autumn in Nova Scotia is a pretty spectacular season—not only do we have the most brilliant and breathtaking foliage fall colours, but it’s harvest time, a time when our fields give up the crunchiest apples, the sweetest squash and, of course, the best dried out cornstalks to use for your front door Halloween decorations. And […]

Fast food outlets are pretty slick. They provide our multitasking, overworked, commuting car-bound asses with cheap, fast, tasty food like burgers and fries. Then we get fat from eating the greasy food, but they come to our rescue again with choices labelled “Healthy” or “Lean and Green.” We truly have become a fast food culture, […]

Every year, a little booklet appears all over Nova Scotia and trumpets the virtues of the restaurants included therein. These restaurants belong to the Taste of Nova Scotia Society, and all pay for admission to the Society and its book, geared towards the tourism market. So, can what amounts to paid advertising (on the surface) […]