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Last week, our mission partner The HundredFoot Journey and acclaimed Vancouver restaurateur Vikram Vij suggested you complete this week’s mission by celebrating Indian and French cuisine. Here are some Gastroposters who took that inspiration to heart. The HundredFoot Journey stars Helen Mirren and opens Aug. 8.
Last week, we challenged you to share a meal declaring your ultimate food allegiance between the cuisines of the West and East — or in the case of fusion, both. Twitter handles are in blue and Instagram in brown. Nimu
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Crystal Mickolwin @toomuchgoodfood Modern Indian-inspired meal with masala-crusted sea bass, radish raita, kale “palak” Mariam Assaf @maryoumi25 Asian influence: curry with salad
Ping
Carole Nelson Brown @smmamashack Shanghai-style dim sum
Ashley Noelle Lesiak @anlesiak Pad Thai
Aletta Brandle @alettaindamail I declare sushi as my all-time favourite
Susan
Jennifer Hopf @jennyhopf Chicken soup with a Mexican twist
N.J.
Eden Pereira @edenpereira I guess this is West: a delicious shrimp and avocado taco
Suzy
Aidan
N.J. Soler-Lozoya @enjz54 Making my homemade crème brûlée. I love playing with fire!
Ping Kuo @thefashionpingpong Pork bone soup and kimchi, some favourite Korean dishes from the Owl of Minerva
Susan Willemsen @thesirengroup Team East: devilled Chinese tea eggs with Chinese sausage
Jackie Tan @thejackietan Thai soup
Jasmine Hon New Gastroposter I love Asian food! This is Pai’s delicious Thai green curry served in a coconut
Aidan Ferreira @theurbancarnivore Juniper-scented duck breast, parsnip apple purée, blueberry gastrique
Jordan Griner @chefjordan_ Mahi-mahi with salsa verde, Spanish olive purée and white balsamic gastrique
Carlo
Philip
Kathy
Jill Illidge @jilleeei Homemade spicy sesame Asian noodles with mango
Carlo Franco @doyousee_whatisee East coast Nova Scotia lobster roll
Philip Baron @peedeebee Full fat smoked meat
Kathy Jean Balenovic @kbalenovic East meets West: minestrone with rice noodles and sambal
Mary
Shyla
Chris
Jill
Devon Liu @foodsoftoronto Fried chicken in bao (Taiwanese-style steamed bun)
Angelina Shi @meanderingspork There’s nothing quite like a tender beef vindaloo
Maria AquinoGiannini
Grilled bok choy.
Mary Ostlund Marketer of tropical produce Slices of Thai guava, a popular Asian street food or a great party appetizer
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Shyla Tibando @shylatibando Eggs Benedict at Francesca’s Forno, Chicago, for Team West
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Panpan Xi @pandapoo92 Traditional Northern Chinese pancakes, with molten centre of brown sugar
Nimu Ganguli @chef_nucrad Indian/French cuisine: Tandoori-spiced trout, cumin and black mustard spiced tomato concasse, raita and pappadam
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Angela Seno @angelaseno We love Tibetan food! Steamed buns with egg on tomato masala sauce
Kyle
Chris Mazza @tdotfoodguru Nachos and Mexican poutine, Yo Amo Tacos
Shailendra Patel @gambit_magician Indian-Italian food fusion of shahi gnocchi: gnocchi and oven-roasted bell pepper with a creamy tomato gravy
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Cassandra Atienza @curiouslycasey Crispy pork belly with steamed clams, chorizo and Israeli couscous
William Luu @iamyourwill Bun cha, a Vietnamese dish of pork patties and vermicelli from the Hanoi region
Sara
Ruth
Brad Southwell @bradsouthwell Italian-Spanish-Caribbean-Canadian dish with sausage, pasta and berries
Maria Zychowicz @artsymaria101 Fusion: roasted pepper soup with ginger and shrimp
your next mission: Great Ingredients As experienced cooks will tell you, a delicious dish is the product of great ingredients. Make it your mission this week to celebrate this fact by sharing a meal built from the best parts — or just show the Gastropost community the beautiful ingredients themselves. Perhaps you’ll share bright produce from the farmers’ market. Or maybe you’ll pay a visit to a restaurant that takes pride in cooking only what’s fresh. Others will reach into the cupboard and show us that magic shelf ingredient they can’t cook without.
mission partner:
Mission inspiration: Deyana Jasmine Riffat @serenityslyric Lemonade, mussels, dim-sum and mutton rolls: fusion for Ramadan
Janice Chan @jcdays Lobster tacos with taro chip shell
This week and next, Gastropost has partnered with the upcoming film The Hundred-Foot Journey and acclaimed Vancouver restaurateur Vikram Vij to bring you inspirations that will whet your appetite for the movie’s celebration of Indian and French cuisine. The film’s vivid depictions of market-fresh French ingredients echoes Vikram’s dedication to visiting Vancouver’s markets personally to find the best ingredients, as has been the practice in France and Asia forever. “I still go and shop for the best of ingredients out there,” he says, because as a chef he has an artist’s perfectionism. “Cooking is meant to be a form of art.”
Astrid Ray @baliquant Sate Bali with mashed potato
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Grace Ki @graceki Korean ginseng chicken soup
Suzy Domanj @christiesbaby13 Around the globe with one meal. Italian pasta covered with Indian-style curry chicken with a side of Greek salad
Bibi Ramzan @redrockdsgns West Indian zucchini and chicken stew with basmati rice
Trina Callao @trinslolita Having a taste of Cuba with chorizo empanadas
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mission perk You could win a copy of the novel Kyle Fernandes @tennnnnis_pro Samosas with lemon and cooling cucumbers
Kenneth Hui @iam_fob Korean food: kalbi beef
Ruth Tam @rushyama East beats West: duck and dried scallop congee
Sara Shay @sarajgram My version of sambal goreng saumaya
Tim
Calvin Lam @clam03 My name is Calvin and I’m an addict of sashimi
Catherine Llagas @cathyllagas Oolong marinated sea bass on a bed of spinach, P.F. Chang’s
Sarah
Sarah Borrett @sushiforsnobs Ebi shooter, Blowfish
Melissa Staniewski @seasaltandthyme Seared tuna salad with sesame dressing
Tim McNab @ninitodos Silken chicken and tikka chicken rolls
Demi
Shareba Abdul @insearchofyummy Singapore-style slaw from Lee, an Eastern-inspired dish with 19 ingredients
Demi Ong @demigodly Some spankin spicy mee goreng, taught to me by mother-in-law
Kimberly Gibson @slikchik Soba noodles with cucumbers, shallots and a spicy soy ginger sauce
Lee Hamr @lhamr Prosciutto and arugula pizza with a squeeze of lemon at Famoso
Marika Solis
Matthew Gallagher @maisonmg Italian: prosciutto and olives
Linda
@mikaavs
Mediterranean stir-fry: bok choy, eggplant, shrimp, sun-dried tomato, olive purée, feta.
Diana
Linda Matarasso @integrityfilms Portuguese churrasco chicken
Sheron Ho @sheronnn Cajun shrimp and vegetable fritters
Diana Lai @mercurystar East meets West in this at Café Boulud: beef brisket with wild leek kimchi
Kayla
Grace
Irene
Kayla Jeanveau @kayla_j 29 When I’m in the mood for Italian food, I don’t mess around
Grace Murphy @queen_stark_wayne Portuguese food: peri-peri fries with “perinaise,” Nando’s
Irene Matys @irenematys Middle East-Inspired guacamole
Oriana Rivadeneira @orenyc Lap cheong terrine with edamame, pistachio, soba noodles, serrano crisp
Luisa
Shuang Shan @shuangesther Five spiced braised beef and stir-fried veggie tacos
Luisa Pucciano @sprinkles_n_more Shrimp in an Italian tomato sauce mixed with some Asian black bean sauce
Sara
Sara Verk @saraverk Asian-style perogies in a spicy teriyaki, sesame oil and ginger sauce
Alexandra Tang @remiloveskitchen Take a bite of this flavourful chicken fried rice fusion burger
This week, Gastroposters have a chance to win one of five copies of The Hundred-Foot Journey, the international bestseller by Richard C. Morais that inspired the film of the same name. Opening Aug. 8, the movie stars Helen Mirren. Visit gastropost.com for details on how to enter*. *Full terms available at gastropost.nationalpost.com/100footjourneyterms
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other gastroposters who completed this mission Aldona Nowak • Dilini Kurukulaarachchi • Mélodie Drastik • Jane Cha • Angel Anton Joseph • Valeria Chernyaeva • Sam Burke • Lisa Murdin • Sarah Fung • Tim Johnston • Danielle Viau • Joshua Okorn • Jessica Lam • Katherine Seline • Trevor Lau • John McFarland • Julie Abcede • Yukino Obara • Danii Shen • Ryan Lall • Annie Lee • Bridgitte Hume • Elle Hong • Emily McIntosh • Kevin Chan • Rudy Diric • MacLare Breit Large • Jaclyn Oliveira • Maricris Guinto • Autumn Duncan • Emily Dolan • Daphne Olivera • Alice Chen • Johanna Robinson • Amanda Blake • Cayla Solomon • Bobby Umar • Tom Spano • Lisa Pereira • Sistino Occhialini • Jeremy VanAntwerp • Cecelia Smith • Angelie Sood • Elena Korotkova • Sara Verk • Onofre Arias • Lillian Zhu • Natalie Pimentel • Alan Sta Na • Joe Fernandes • Rona Ricafort • Andre Sills • Tu Hoang • Kaif Khan • Jean Marc François • Dian Garcia • Cherie Fung • Jacqueline Garay • Allen Lloyd Alfeche • Desiree Law • Enoch Chan • Emely Monterrosa • Emily Day • Matthew Robinson • Cindy Zhou • M.K. Reyes • Mildred Tactacan • Raymond Cua • Nancy Verches • angela kim • Kristi Doan • Jessica Bronstein • Amelia Roblin • Rory Case • Tracy Ashton • Dave Mottershall • Karin Hsu • Gaurav Sachdeva • Queenie Lee • Nick Aimola • Karley Derosia • Apostolos Papanastasiou • Joanne Tanson • Carmen Seto • Hubert Leung • Anjay Vendittelli • Jyun Oki • Yusur Al-Bahrani • Teague Chrustie • Dane Griffiths • Jessica Ip • Catherine Kong • Maria Pike • Danny Fee • Michelle Jones • Kymberly Redmond • Anita Soesilo • Heidi Fan • Velle Lavee • Shar Laing • Emily Barton • Stacey McCool • May Cheung • Anne Nguyen • Karla Tremblay • Sarah Bassels • Valerie Azinge • Shirley Hsu • Danica Chan • Cherryln Acueza • Rhea Talarde-Villafana • Diana Gakov • Nicole Jenkins • Lindsay Young • Michaell Jaramillo • Yukei Ng • Joey dela Cruz • Emmy Lam • Grace Batore • Lindsay Jackson • Agnes Ver • Sheena Ghelani • Sue Sy • Leigh Harrison • Jennifer Ross • Beth Morris • Ashley Dela Cruz • Anaïs Mathers • Carmen Chan • Veria Nassab • Julie Murphy • Trina Schmidt • Ivy Tsui • Nathan Szemberg • Chastity Jose • Cynthia Teng • Isabel Ungar • Michelle Liu • Shaleeza Jones • Leizel Albano • Mauriece Dalupang • Alexandra Nikolajev • Sean Petrou • Jay Esteron • Amanda Scriver • Judy Yu • Kim Truong • Terri Jaffe • Lee-Anne Kirk • Lina Liwag • Jen Masseau • Will Daravong • Julie Xi • Danielle Yoon • Jacquee Stephens • Rutha Astravas • Kat Tancock
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