I have added a new vendor to the Great Places to Shop in Kamloops post. I was remiss in not including Gary’s European Sausage and Deli on the original list. Please check it out, and if you have any suggestions of places to try, please let me know! You can find the post here.
Monthly Archives: December 2021
Christmas Cooking Photos
One of the things I enjoy about the holiday season, is having a bit of time off to do some cooking. I try to get in some baking, and then after our traditional Christmas Eve Chinese Dinner (thank you Moon Wok) I settle into cooking for the main event. Here are a few pictures from the last two years.
I am trying to get better at both photo taking and working with the photo’s here, so this is serving as a bit of a practice for me. It is interesting, the second most difficult part of creating content for me is the photo’s. I am working to get better at it, but regardless I hope you are able to find some inspiration in the pictures.
Great Places to Eat in Kamloops
Greetings intrepid follower!
Having been working from home the last while, work and life have had us eating out a bit more than we normally do. One of the many things we love about life in Kamloops is the great selection of locally owned non-chain eateries to choose from. There are more places than one can regularly frequent, so given that fact this isn’t meant to be an exhaustive or all-inclusive list, just a list of some of our favorite haunts.
Blue Fish – Located on the North Shore, Blue Fish offers a good sushi experience that is close to home for us. Service has always been great, and the food is very good.
Bold Pizza – For a casual dinner of pizza or pasta, Bold offers a great experience. Friendly service, great fresh pizza and excellent pasta has landed it on our list.
Dorian’s – If you are looking for Greek in Kamloops, this is our go to. Our favorites are the Dry Greek Ribs, and the Calamari Dinner. We have always found the food and the service to be very good and have had many a great meal there with friends.
Hacienda Cielito Lindo – This is a recent addition to the food scene here in Kamloops. A family run Mexican restaurant on the North Shore, it offers a very traditional Mexican dining experience. The food is authentic Mexican, not the North American version of it that you usually encounter in Canada. The flavours are excellent, and all home made. No mountains of beans and rice to compensate for any shortcomings, just really solid good food. The molcajetes bowl is my favourite, and the taco’s and chimichanga are Kathy’s. Dismiss your ideas of what Mexican is and give Hacienda a try.
Jacob’s Noodle and Cutlet – Whether it is for Japanese or Korean food, we really enjoy Jacob’s. The Kamloops Cutlet special is a great choice, and the Downtown Roll is another favorite. The rolls in general are very good, and the sushi is pretty decent.
Lemongrass – A recent addition to our repertoire is Lemongrass. Featuring a great selection of Vietnamese food, we have found it to be excellent, consistent and the service very friendly.
Mason’s Kitchen – Located up at Sun Rivers, the former Hoodoo’s location is a favorite of ours for a nice summer evening meal. They also feature a very good Hunter Schnitzel, pasta’s, Prime Rib burger and have quite a good selection of specials and special events.
Mittz’s Kitchen – Mittz’s Kitchen downtown is a venue we quite enjoy. The food is very good, creative but still approachable. We enjoy it both for dinner, and as a place to meet friends for a brunch.
Moon Wok – For Chinese food there are many choices in Kamloops. Our personal (and long time favorite) is Moon Wok. The food is very good, the service is always great and the specials excellent. The value here is among the best, the amount of food for your dollar is pretty hard to beat. We are closest to the North Shore location, but the Sahali and Valleyview locations are equally good.
Royal Tokyo – This was a favorite for a long time, then we kind of went off if it for a while. However we have been back a couple of times lately and it is back on the list. They feature all you can eat, with smaller portions of each item. This allows us to enjoy many different items each visit without needing a wheelbarrow to get out the door.
Twisted Steak – A bit of a rebranding of Twisted Olive, it is a favourite of ours for a special occasion dinner out. They are doubling down a bit now on the steak side of things and have some awesome offerings that you won’t find elsewhere. This is one of our favorites to be sure.
Black Iron Grill – For this one we venture out to Tobiano. For an evening sunset dinner along the shores of Kamloops Lake, this is a favorite of ours. The scenery is spectacular, the food is excellent, and the service is always great. It is a short drive out of town, but in the summer it is absolutely worth the drive.
These are some of our favourite’s. There are a number of other restaurants not on this list that are worthy of mention, but we just find these restaurants to be our regulars. This list will be a bit of a living & breathing thing, I will update it from time to time as we try new places. I try to not get into doing negative reviews, in a smaller city a negative review can be very damaging to a small establishment. But if we find somewhere we think you should know about, I will be sure to add it here.
I hope this helps you find a new favourite or two for yourself!
Enjoy!!
Scott @ SCK
New Recipe – Short Rib Stew
Hi all
So continuing with my sporadic recipe developments, I have posted a new recipe for a stew I have been making for a few years now. This is my favorite version of it, and it utilizes beef short ribs.
It is -25c outside today, so it seemed to be a good day to post something with that ‘stick to your ribs’ quality.
All the best from my kitchen to yours
Scott
A Year in Review – 2021
As we (all too quickly) approach Christmas 2021, I find myself looking back upon another year spent living with that most unpleasant of uninvited guests, Covid. It has been a strange year, fires, floods, pandemic and highways rendered impassable. We brought Supergirl to a close, and now are working on bringing a new TV series to life. It has been another year of working from home, which is difficult professionally, but has been very nice personally.
We haven’t been able to spend time with family or friends as we would have liked, but we have used the means at hand to keep in touch and make sure everyone is doing ok. It isn’t an easy time, but we are doing alright with it, and like everyone else we look forward to a day when we can again feel comfortable spending time.
Due to work constraints, I have found it hard getting to finalizing a few recipes that I am working on so that I can post them up. I have been doing quite a bit of cooking, but most of it is the day to day stuff that really isn’t that interesting. I have played with doing processed cheeses, something that has been both fun and productive. I have also started to do some work with ground beef jerky and pepperoni, which has also been fun and productive.
I didn’t do much meat smoking this summer, the fires contributed more than enough smoke to the atmosphere, I just couldn’t bring myself to add to it. I am hoping that over this Christmas break to be able to do some smoking, but first I need to tuck into some festive season baking.
Being home has allowed us to frequent some of our favourite restaurants and stores. Some of these are old favorites, and a few are new. We really are very fortunate to have such a selection of eateries and stores in Kamloops. There have been a couple of new eateries open that we haven’t been able to attend yet, but we will as the current situations allow. On that note, I will work on another post with some details on some of our favorites.
In closing, Kathy and I wish everyone a Merry Christmas, and a Happy and Healthy 2022. May we all be together again next Christmas!
From our home to yours, all of our best
Scott and Kathy