Canada ‘Grade Eh’ Week: Northern eats and drinks in Beijing, June 24 to July 1

June 11, 2012 - Canada Grade-Eh Week, The Eh Team, Uncategorized - 2 comments

Don't forget bacon burgers... (yougabsports.com)

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Canada ‘Grade Eh’ Week:

Northern Eats & Drinks

in Beijing

June 24 t0 July 1, 2012

(Organized by The Eh Team)

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Maple syrup, Moosehead, poutine, um…

Ask people to name some foods and drinks associated with Canada and they might cite two or three items, draw a blank, and then suggest something like “moose burger“.

True, Canadians are known more for skating about and punching each other in the face (known as hockey) and — in China — for figures like Norman Bethune and Da Shan.

But there are also some fun eats from The Great White North and we aim to share those, or twists on those, from June 24 to July 1 in the lead-up to Canada Day.

A half-dozen places in Beijing owned or managed by Canadians have agreed to each put an item on their menus that week (see below). We’ll add more venues and details on the dishes, prices, etc in coming days. Stay tuned, hoser.

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Switch! Grill

Billy Kawaja and Adam Goodman

Maple syrup-glazed ribs

(Follow Switch on Weibo here)

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Starfish

Chris Hebert

Caesar shot with seafood

(A Caesar has Clamato Juice for a Canadian twist on a Bloody Mary)

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4corners

Jun Trinh

Poutine

(Fries topped with cheese curds and gravy)

(Follow 4corners on Weibo here.)

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A Food Affaire

Simon Gauthier

Nanaimo bars

(see here)

Beefy Mac ‘n’ Cheese

(Follow A Food Affaire on Weibo here)

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No More Bunz

Simon Gauthier

Hot dog with Canadian cheddar

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Orchid Hotel

Joel Shuchat

(Still finalizing this one,

but expect something fun.)

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As noted, we’ll be reaching out to more restaurants with Canadian owners and managers, so expect plenty of updates, and hopefully some Montreal smoked meats, salmon dishes, and maybe even beaver tails and prairie oysters, plus drinks deals. If anyone has questions or wants to get involved, let me know at beijingboyce (at) yahoo.com.

And for those who will inevitably comment “Canada has its own foods?” or “That [food name] is also popular in [country name]“, here’s your ha ha candy…

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