Menu du jour vij : 12 Recipes


  • Recipe Vij Family's Chicken Curry
    Vij Family's Chicken Curry
    It was a fabulous Indian food fest weekend at my home. I am excited to share some of these fantastic recipes with you, adapted from Vij?s Elegant And Inspired Indian Cuisine by Vikram Vij and Meeru Dhalwala. Starting off today, here is a post[...]
  • Recipe Vij?s at West 11th and Granville, Vancouver
    Vij?s at West 11th and Granville, Vancouver
    It was a special occasion.  Suanne and I thought we can allow ourselves to splurge a bit.  We’ve been told that Vij’s is expensive and probably the most upscale Indian restaurants in Metro Vancouver. Vij’s is not operated[...]
  • Recipe Vij?s Marinated Lamb Popsicles with Fenugreek Cream Curry
    Vij?s Marinated Lamb Popsicles with Fenugreek Cream Curry
    Ben requested me to make a dish from Vij’s which he enjoyed a lot. It is the Marinated Lamb Popsicles with Fenugreek Cream Curry. It’s easy to source the recipe as a search for it returned many links to the recipe. I got this recipe[...]
  • Recipe Vij?s Marinated Lamb Popsicles with Fenugreek Cream Curry
    Vij?s Marinated Lamb Popsicles with Fenugreek Cream Curry
    Ben requested me to make a dish from Vij’s which he enjoyed a lot. It is the Marinated Lamb Popsicles with Fenugreek Cream Curry. It’s easy to source the recipe as a search for it returned many links to the recipe. I got this recipe[...]
  • Recipe Vancouver Adventure
    Vancouver Adventure
    When we went to Vancouver, we finally managed to have dinner at Vij's. Yeah, that Indian restaurant that converts practically every person that ever visited the place into a total fanatic. I didn't get a chance to take a photo of the samosas, lamb[...]
  • Recipe The Spaghetti in Squash
    The Spaghetti in Squash
    Last week I did some pretty intense travelling. First my family and I camped out in a hotel in Vancouver in order for me to get a medical examination (I am in the process of applying for a green card so my husband can work in the States for a[...]
  • Recipe Chicken Adventure Round 2
    Chicken Adventure Round 2
    My evening classes have officially started this week so now I'm forced to do a lot of meal planning and I'm also back to cooking our entire meal for the entire week during the weekends and stuffing them in the freezer for later use. I love to cook[...]
  • Recipe Jumping Jiminy crickets...
    Jumping Jiminy crickets...
    Last night with some friends, my husband and I went our for dinner to our mutually favourite restaurant, Vij's. If any one is familiar with Vij's they may know where this post is going. A little over a year ago Vikram Vij added something to[...]
  • Recipe Skate Wing in Coconut Curry Sauce
    Skate Wing in Coconut Curry Sauce
    I've heard of Vij's from a lot of people and they all have the same reaction, awe and food worship. Vij's is an Indian restaurant in Vancouver that specializes in what else, Indian food but here's the twist, they use seasonal local produce to[...]
  • Recipe Engaging In Our Own Olympic Event ? Eating Our Way Through Vancouver
    Engaging In Our Own Olympic Event ? Eating Our Way Through Vancouver
    Yesterday we took a break from Olympic events to scout out the town and engage in the unofficial Olympic event of eating and drinking (it’s a biathlon of sorts).  Vancouver has amazing restaurants and tons of diversity, so I’ve been[...]