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Longtail Kitchen’s Curry With Prawns & Pepper Squid

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by Michelle Sproule | You know what’s awesome on a perfectly sunny and breezy day? Sitting outside Longtail Kitchen at one of the patio tables (at New Westminster’s River Market) and going to town on chef Justin Cheung’s deeply flavourful, lip-tingling yellow curry with prawns. The stuff looks, smells and tastes like an exotic summer adventure. Bring a friend and share the hell out of it with some palate-feisty pepper squid and then mop the rice studded remains up with freshly hand-pulled roti — an affordable (not to mention Skytrain-accessible) holiday on a tray! Extra marks for larger appetites: the wings…my god, the wings!

Longtail Kitchen | 810 Quayside Dr #116, New Westminster, BC | 604-553-3855 | www.longtailkitchen.com

Chef Phil Scarfone’s Farmers Market Tomato Passato Recipe

You only get a few weeks of tomatoes this good — Phil Scarfone’s recipe makes sure you don’t blow it.

Room for Dessert, Vol. 6: Chez Céline’s Incredible Soft Serve, Many Ways

Ksenia Dempster is a baker and proud "dessert person". A believer that desserts should make people happy, she is spotlighting the final courses that are worth unbuttoning your pants for, and the talented local chefs behind them.

Room for Dessert, Vol. 5: Saan Saan’s Ginger Milk Burnt Sugar Cookie

Ksenia Dempster is a baker and proud "dessert person". A believer that desserts should make people happy, she is spotlighting the final courses that are worth unbuttoning your pants for, and the talented local chefs behind them.

The Best Tea that Vancouver Has to Offer, Mapped

Introducing Scout's guide to the best tea to be found in Vancouver. Not 'high tea'. Not bubble tea. Just tea: green, black, or herbal; where to get it around town; and what to try.