Heman Lee Robie Street Station (2394 Robie Street) “I can’t give you an answer, I just love eggs. It is the underappreciated protein. It can be so versatile. It can be a creamy sauce to a elegant dish, a simple tie to a more exotic eccentric dish or a proper appetite suppressant in the middle […]
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By the power of Heman Lee
El Chino2398 Robie Street Robie Street Station2394 Robie Street Heman Lee is a dishwasher, prep cook, grocery-shopper, plumber, handy-person and general problem solver. He’s also the chef and co-owner of Robie Street Station and El Chino Snack Bar. Lee and his partner Kayleigh Burns opened El Chino, a tiny tequila bar serving Mexican and Chinese […]
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25 all right: a round-up of dishes you have to eat right now
We’ve rounded up 25 meals from across the city that blow our minds, stand the test of time and keep our cravings constant. These are the things you should absolutely have eaten, should be eating right now or should plan to eat in the near future. In the words of Thrush Hermit, which celebrates 25 […]
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Best Brunch
Gold Winner EDNA Silver Winner The Coastal Cafe Bronze Winner Robie Street Station “That’s a huge one for me because so many of the new restaurants have opened in the last couple of years, and there’s been a real emphasis on design,” says EDNA’s visionary Jenna Mooers of her Best Atmosphere accolade. Working with Breakhouse, […]
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Robie Street Station brings you El Chino Snack Bar
Kaleigh Burns and Heman Lee call it a passion project. The duo behind breakfast and lunch hangout Robie Street Station (2394 Robie Street) are gearing up to bring something new to the restaurant scene, a tiny companion to the diner called El Chino Snack Bar. “It’s a Chinese/Mexican snack bar. We’ll do street food, basically, […]
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Afternoon delight: a weekend brunch round-up
Big breakfast pizza Morris East, 5212 Morris Street and 620 Nine Mile Drive, $16 The allure of a couple of sunny-side up eggs makes it easy to put the emphasis on the br in brunch, but if you want to focus on the unch, nothing does a better job than pizza. So why not do […]
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Best New Restaurant
Gold Winner Gahan House Silver Winner Krave Burger Bronze Winner Robie Street Station The folks down at the waterfront’s newest face, Gahan House, didn’t campaign for this one. General manager Mike Roberts says a mix of history—35 years of Murphy’s Restaurant Group—and good ol’ island vibes might be what’s behind the Nova Scotian iteration of […]
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Char Siu Bao (Barbecue Pork Bun)
Char Siu (Chinese BBQ Pork) 2 lb pork shoulder 1 cup hosin ½ cup ground bean paste ½ cup ketchup ¼ tsp five spice ½ tsp sesame oil 1 tbsp light soy 1 tbsp dark soy Bao 1 cup warm water 3 tbsp sugar 1 pack dry yeast 3 ¼ cup all-purpose flour 3 tbsp […]
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Robie’s intercontinental breakfast
There’s a reason I don’t like to try a restaurant in the first few months it’s open. It’s the same reason I don’t try to eat a fried egg two seconds after it’s been dropped into a hot pan: it’s not ready yet. I had low expectations for Robie Street Station when I met Allison […]
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Battle for the best gingerbread house
Halifax’s newest breakfast joint, Robie Street Station (2394 Robie Street) has decided to put the grocery-store-bought, cardboard-tasting gingerbread house kits to shame. In the spirit of the season the diner’s hosting a Gingerbread House Decorating Contest in which it’ll provide an assembled, and homemade house, two freshly baked gingerbread people, handmade frosting, assorted candy and […]
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Robie Street Station brings all-day breakfast
Kaleigh Burns and Heman Lee are breakfast champions. The Toronto pair are the latest to land on Halifax’s food scene, and they’re currently hacking away at 2394 Robie Street—behind the mysterious brown papered windows at the former jane’s on the common—reimagining the space that will bring us all-day breakfast this September, courtesy of Robie Street […]