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AHA MEDIA has Salmon Dinner at Carnegie Centre in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)

AHA MEDIA had a delicious well balanced meal of a lemon dill salmon dinner including dessert for the sum of only $3.00 at Carnegie Centre Cafeteria.

Carnegie Centre is a community centre operated by the City of Vancouver at the corner of Main and Hastings in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)

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In this photo, Ken Glofcheskie of AHA MEDIA awaits his turn to receive a well-prepared salmon dinner from Carnegie Kitchen staff

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With the addition of a bottle of grapefruit juice, the total cost of the meal below was only $4.00!  Much more nutritious and healthy than other options in the area. Very affordable for Vancouver Downtown Eastside residents as Carnegie provides meals that are well-balanced for any diet! 🙂

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The Salmon Dinner at Carnegie was well liked judging by others enjoying their dinners in the Cafeteria. The salmon was cooked to perfection, the yukon gold potatoes were just right and the addition of dill to the coleslaw was a very nice touch 🙂

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Carnegie Centre Cafeteria is open from 9 am – 8pm

Breakfast and Lunch is $1.75

Dinner is $3.00

Longer Hours, Bigger Menu and FREE WIFI to come for Super Sub in Vancouver Downtown Eastside

April 30, 2009 Leave a comment

 It’s been over a month since Super Sub opened up at 106 East Hastings by Columbia giving Vancouver Downtown Eastside residents a chance to eat fresh and healthy meals at affordable prices 🙂

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In this video, Lorraine Murphy of http://www.raincoastermedia.com asks Tariq, the manager of Super Sub at 106 East Hastings by Columbia in Vancouver Downtown  Eastside, what his new plans are. 🙂

 Exciting new changes include more dining tables and free WIFI for customers.  Super Sub menu has expanded to include breakfast items and his hours of operation are from 7 A.M. to 2 A.M! 🙂 

The Vancouver Downtown Eastside needs healthy and great tasting late night places to eat  and FREE WIFI to stay connected to the online communities! 🙂

This  video was filmed by April Smith of AHA MEDIA on a Nokia N95 mobile cameraphone. April is passionate and skilled in making Nokia films by exploring mobile media production through the camera lens of a cellphone. For a better quality version of this video, please DM April Smith @AprilFilms on Twitter.

AHA MEDIA will be continuing to give Media Sponsorship by helping to build Super Sub of the Vancouver Downtown Eastside ( DTES ) a website and an online presence. 🙂

AHA MEDIA meets Bradley Cooper, Winemaker from the Okanagan Valley, B.C.

April 30, 2009 1 comment

About Bradley Cooper

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Name: Bradley Cooper
Location: wine maker, British Columbia, Canada

I’m a professional winemaker from Canada’s famed Okanagan Valley. I make wine for Township 7 and operate my own consultation business. I use my expertise to assist new and established businesses in the production of world-class wines. My wife and I have started our own brand, Black Cloud wine. http://www.blackcloud.ca

Read more about Bradley Cooper at http://www.steepcreek.blogspot.com/

AHA MEDIA met Bradley Cooper at the Ovaltine Cafe, where we heard about his days as a winemaker in the Okanagan Valley, B.C. The most interesting thing was to learn how cellphones and  technology help to organize his very busy lifestyle 🙂

Bradley Cooper has his own wine brand  – a pinot noir called Black Cloud! http://www.blackcloud.ca .

You may also follow his new wine label Black Cloud on twitter – http://twitter.com/BlackCloudWine

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In this photo, Bradley Cooper chats with Lorraine Murphy of http://www.raincoastermedia.com about his new wine brand “Black Cloud” http://www.blackcloud.ca

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Congratulations to Bradley Cooper and his new wine brand Black Cloud 🙂

Pictorial Review of Knight and Day Restaurant at Lougheed and Boundary in East Vancouver

April 23, 2009 Leave a comment

AHA MEDIA decided to go for breakfast at Knight and Day Restaurant in East Vancouver

3684 Lougheed Hwy
Vancouver, BC
Tel: 604-299-7701
Fax: 604-299-1922

This is a restaurant that is open 24 hours except on Sundays when they close early.

Well worth the drive out to this East Van location, AHA MEDIA walked in hungry for a quick breakfast and were immediately greeted by friendly staff who sat us down to our table. 

We  didn’t  even have time to look at the two enormous aquariums stocked with giant sized fish which is a nice calming and welcoming focal point upon Knight and Day’s entrance way. It was peaceful atmosphere with other couples enjoying their meals, judging by the smiles on their faces

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Our waitress was a very sweet,  lovely and vivacious young woman named “Shane” (her nickname ) who was of Iranian and Kurdish descent. She was prompt and was very nurturing in her service, always there at the right time to refill our drinks and make light conversation with us. 🙂

Since we were on a time budget, she responded by quickly bringing out our dishes  and cooked to perfection!

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My dining companion ordered Steak and Eggs which were smothered in Grilled Mushrooms.

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 He was surprised at the amount of food!  “Wow!”

While eating his steak, he exclaimed that it was so tender, he could cut it with a fork! 🙂  ” How’s that for a breakfast steak? , he announced as he happily ate his breakfast with great gusto!

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I ordered a Cheese Omelette :

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 I was really amazed at the amount of cheese in the omelette!  I was very happy! 🙂

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We were lucky to sit by the two gigantic aquariums  which provided us some visual entertainment while we had a nice conversation. It was a very relaxing time to eat at Knight and Day Restaurant despite our tightly packed schedule. 🙂

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Our bill with drinks came to only $25.50. For the quality of food and service, we expected to see a higher amount, so we tipped our waitress some more 🙂

Our experience at Knight and Day was exceptional! 🙂 Lovely and attentive waitress, Very Good Food, and Great value! We were very happy with our East Vancouver food choice compared to a more recent Downtown Vancouver restaurant review of ours which was  more expensive  coupled with bouts of inattentive service to our table.

As we were leaving, our wonderful waitress called out ” Please come back soon !” –  When was the last time, a waitress wanted you to come back and truely meant what she said?  🙂

Just that one final comment alone from her was a nice finishing touch to our breakfast and a great start to our busy day!

AHA MEDIA will definitely be coming back to Knight and Day at Lougheed and Boundary! 🙂

A Pictorial Review of Chill Winston restaurant in Gastown, Vancouver

April 23, 2009 Leave a comment

AHA MEDIA had lunch at Chill Winston Restaurant today to try out the new chef’s new menu 🙂

 www.chillwinston.ca

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3 Alexander Street
Vancouver, BC V6A 1B2, Canada
(604) 288-9575
Get directions

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We opted to stay inside during the beautiful day due the slightly chilly breezy winds swirling around Maple Leaf Square in Gastown, Vancouver.

 The atmosphere was excellent; no hockey game playing in the background, music was set a pleasant level to have a conversation by.

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We looked  forward to sampling old favorites done by the new chef of two months.  We were glad to see that they brought back Tuna Tartare, one of our favorites! 🙂

After ordering our selections, we felt at ease in our comfortable seats and did some people watching as they went about their day in Gastown, Vancouver. Chill Winston also has a FREE Wifi connection though NOT very strong.

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Our two appetizers came quickly:

( The below picture of the description was photographed from Chill Winston’s menu )

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Our Pomme Frites, as requested came with No Pepper. They weren’t as crisp or as hot as we normally have had them, but still were quite good.

( The below picture of the description was photographed from Chill Winston’s menu )

Our second Appetizer was surprisingly exceptional! 🙂

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This was a much welcomed surprise! The slices of cranberry-olive bread were slightly warmed, and tasted fresh!  Combined with the herbed butter, it was a a very satisfying introduction to our anticipated “New Menu” entrees 🙂

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( The below picture of the description was photographed from Chill Winston’s menu )

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Peter remarked that his  burger was a little dry, but had good taste.  Hand formed beef patty smothered  in cheese and topped with fried onions, lettuce, and a thick slice of Canadian Bacon.

My entree however:

( The below picture of the description was photographed from Chill Winston’s menu )

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While the ” New Menu” Tuna Tartare was beautiful in presentation, was a mixture of contrasting tastes.  I found that there was too many minced serrano pepper and cilantro, overpowering the delicate taste of the tuna tartare. I found it hard to finish and  I definitely prefer the “Old Menu” Tuna Tartare.

Peter had to wait quite a long time for a refill of his Coke despite our section  only having 3 tables to be looked after.  Luckily another Chill Winston staff person came by and notified our server who eventually came by with Peter’s refreshed drink.

Our server, didn’t offer us the dessert menu, which we had to ask for, but we were delighted to see some new additions.

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One dessert  we found interesting was the Orange, Grapefruit and Chocolate Salad.

Our bill came to $42 with taxes.