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The Eat + Drink List: This week's top 7 Similar
1. Poke your eye out Forget about the same old baking and hot dog eating contests. The western addition Hawaiian restaurant, Hukilau, puts a contemporary twist on the food festival with a poke (diced, raw fish salad) preparing competition and a Spam musubi eating contest. Join the big Kahunas and get your own taste of the tropics from noon to 8 p.m. on September 6. 2. Elbow your way in What's better than artisan chocolate and wine? On September 10, chocolate-maker Christopher Elbow will guide guests through a wine-and-chocolate pairing. You can look forward to sampling cava with his white-choc...Feed: Bits and Bites Blog
Bonnie Stern: Modern Quebecoise, with Panache Similar
Auberge Saint-Antoine is as steeped in history as Quebec City itself. The people who own the museum-like hotel, the Price family, have a great respect for history. Evan Price explained that as they were expanding, they discovered so many artifacts that a full-scale archeological dig was established at the Relais & Chateau inn. Now, more than 700 artifacts are on display throughout the hotel. The hotel restaurant, Panache, is located in the part of the hotel that was a 19th-century maritime warehouse. The wooden beams, stone walls and wrought-iron staircase create a warm, rustic atmosphere. Ex...Feed: The Appetizer
Green Eats: Salad Days at Mixt Similar
Mixt takes the old salad-bar concept and levitates it, yummifies it and brings it into the health-conscious, green-conscious 21st century. At this mini-chain of slick, clean-lined, environmentally hip eateries, sneeze guards, Thousand Island dressing and cellophane-flavored croutons are less than a rumor. Instead diners in search of a little accented romaine give their order to one of the white-clad chefs behind the counter and watch as their salad of choice is tossed together from a wide selection of organically and sustainably farmed ingredients. And such salads: the Fusion, perhaps, a mult...Feed: SFoodie
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