Barque Smokehouse

So we went to Barque Smokehouse tonight (barque.ca) for some good 'ol BBQ. Sunday is family night there, so there's a set dinner for $25/person. Today's was:

• celery root and bacon soup
• sloppy joe brisket sliders
• pulled pork on tortilla chips
• mixed green salad
• roasted fennel
• roasted potatoes with bacon
• herbed smoked chicken, ribs, and sausage
• caramelized banana and frozen yogourt

So basically, a lot of food. We started it off with a caesar (with a bacon rim...mm...)

The appetizers and salad were eaten too quickly before I could get photos

But the main course was pretty impressive

Finished with a nice dessert :)

A quick breakfast to start off the day

So I'm running short on time and whipped up some quick Canadian bacon, tomato salad with green onions and olive bread.

I had the bacon already defrosted from 2 nights before thinking I would have consumed yesterday, so I threw it in an unheated pan with some oil and turned the heat to medium-high (you don't always need the pan to be hot beforehand).

For the salad I quickly diced a tomato (I cross hatch it 3/4 of the way down and slice from there), a green onion, and topped it off with balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper.

The olive bread I quickly baked in the toaster oven (the toast setting is not working :( ) and voila! A quick breakfast where I can dip my bread in leftover vinegar, Italian-style.