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Review: Red Sea Cafe

7 May

At their second meeting, the $20-dine out mini club dined at the Red Sea Cafe. Here’s Aaron’s summary of the evening: A few weeks after our last meeting our group re-grouped for Ethiopian food at Red Sea Cafe, located on East Broadway at Fraser. Nobody in the regular group had tried Ethiopian before and did [...]

Review: Deutsches Haus

6 May

The $20-dine out mini club held their first meeting at  Deutsches Haus. Here’s what mini club leader, Aaron had to say about the experience: Our first group meeting was at Deutsches Haus, a German restaurant in the downstairs of the Vancouver Alpen Club, in East Van. Fortunately all group members were able to attend and [...]

Desserts Tasting: Secret Garden Tea Company

6 Apr

On a Friday evening, several UBC students entered the Secret Garden Tea Company exhausted from a long week of classes and end-of-term assignments. Later, those same students exited with bellies full and smiles on their faces. So, what happened inside?

Baking and Dessert Making: Cookie Swap

4 Apr

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Yesterday, Alex’s mini club met for the last time to make and exchange three kinds of delicious cookies. Much as I love cookies, I’m glad my friends have a sweet tooth too because all three recipes made a lot! Here they are, in order of baking:

Dessert Making: Profiteroles and Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

2 Apr

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  For our last mini-club session of the year, instead of having it on Saturday, which is our typical meeting time, it was on Sunday!  Two dessert-making groups merged and on that day we made four different desserts in around five hours!  I must say, most of us were full just eating the desserts; there [...]