Nanaimo bars are supersweet triple-layer squares. The bottom layer is a graham cracker crumb base, flavoured with cocoa and coconut and studded with chopped nuts. The creamy middle layer is like vanilla-flavoured frosting. And the topping is melted chocolate. I only realized that these were a Canadian treat after moving back to Canada about 10 […]
Canada
Poutine Buffet Bar Party
Ryan loves poutine, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he had some incarnation of it every week. Poutine is a Quebecois dish that only became available in the rest of Canada in the past few years. Basically, it’s a bowl of French fries dotted with fresh cheese curds and dripping in gravy. The hot gravy […]
Whetung Ojibwa Centre
The Whetungs are family. I’m telling you this because the only reason we haven’t featured this amazing place before on Kiku Corner is that we’ve been visiting the Whetung Ojibwa Centre since we were babies, and we’ve overlooked it as part of the beautiful Canadiana that we love to feature on the blog. Our childhood visits to The […]
Domestic Scenes from New Brunswick
During our visit in Saint John, New Brunswick I was able to take advantage of a beautiful sunny day (the drive there and back were exceptionally cloudy and rainy). I walked up the road from our friends’ house in the outskirts of Saint John and took photos of the neighbours’ houses and gardens.
Savouring New Brunswick Dulse
Being half Japanese, I don’t remember ever not eating seaweed. We would have it in soups, in sushi, as a snack. I even ‘invented’ a tasty treat of roast teriyaki-flavoured nori dipped in a cup of milk. It was just like milk and cookies…except it was milk and nori. While visiting friends in New Brunswick in September, […]