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AHA MEDIA visits La Casa Gelato and uses Twitter to tell about the experience in real time in Vancouver
AHA MEDIA took trip to La Casa Gelato near Commercial Drive in Vancouver http://www.lacasagelato.com/.
We wanted to treat ourselves after working very hard at Vancouver Digital Week doing livestreaming, live twitter, mobile new media photography and videography with our social media connections.
Keeping with our new lessons from the week, we decided to keep using Twitter, a fantastic social media tool to keep interacting with each other and our community. We have a very strong desire to stay connected and keep learning 🙂
We picked La Casa Gelato as it was near our area of the Vancouver Downtown Eastside ( DTES). Our purpose was two fold – to eat some great ice cream and to use “Twitter” to “tweet” or give live updates on our dining experience. 🙂
We created on Twitter a new account: @Tweets_and_Eats
We combined the two words of “Tweets and Eats ” to make a new word called “Tweats” and built a new and separate Food Review site for our dining experiences in Vancouver
http://www.tweats.wordpress.com
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Here is a photo of Peter Davies trying to “tweet and eat” at the exact same time.
Please follow us on Twitter @Tweets_and_Eats and our new site at http://www.tweats.wordpress.com
AHA MEDIA aims to continually be progressing in their knowledge so that may do better mobile new media production 🙂
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)
In this photo, Ken Glofcheskie of AHA MEDIA awaits his turn to receive a well-prepared salmon dinner from Carnegie Kitchen staff
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! 🙂
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 🙂
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
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 🙂
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. 🙂
Pictorial Review of Knight and Day Restaurant at Lougheed and Boundary in East Vancouver
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.
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!
I ordered a Cheese Omelette :
I was really amazed at the amount of cheese in the omelette! I was very happy! 🙂
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. 🙂
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
AHA MEDIA had lunch at Chill Winston Restaurant today to try out the new chef’s new menu 🙂
3 Alexander Street
Vancouver, BC V6A 1B2, Canada
(604) 288-9575
Get directions
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.
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.
Our two appetizers came quickly:
( The below picture of the description was photographed from Chill Winston’s menu )
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! 🙂
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 🙂
( The below picture of the description was photographed from Chill Winston’s menu )
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 )
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.
One dessert we found interesting was the Orange, Grapefruit and Chocolate Salad.
Our bill came to $42 with taxes.
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