Food, TravelMarch 29th, 2011
I’ve organized a few tweet ups in Ottawa over the year so that I could enjoy new restaurants with other foodies. We have enjoyed tweet ups at Ceylonta, at Coconut Lagoon, and at Blue Nile too. I was kinda having a hard time finding the right restaurant for the next tweet up but FoodiePrints came to the rescue. While reading their blog entry on Serious Cheese, I said to myself “aha – a cheese tweet up”.
I immediately picked up the phone to speak to the owner of Serious Cheese and asked him if he would be interested in doing this. He agreed over the phone. I then set up the twtvite and tweeted out the invitation a few times on twitter.
Here’s how it worked: On Sat Night, over 20 people came to the store to enjoy CHEESE – talk about cheese, mingle, eat cheese and eat some more cheese.
It was a perfect tweet up. Lots of mingling and lots of eating.
Many of us enjoyed grilled cheese sandwiches:
![Serious Cheese](http://momwhoruns.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/vicky-and-cheese-200x300.jpg)
Many of us also enjoyed their asweome goo-ey macaroni and cheese.
![mac and cheese](http://momwhoruns.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/mac-and-cheese-300x200.jpg)
Cheese-y Goodness...
Jamie put out some lovely samples of cheese along with Dolces’ Gourmet Jam – and everyone was clearly happy.
Tweet Ups are a great way to meet other people with similar interests. Infact the group on Saturday nite, included a foodie from Boston (@GeekBoston).
I can’t wait to organize the next tweet up for my next visit. I’m thinking about a Jam tweet up. What do you think?
Cheese, Dolce jams, FoodiePrints, Ottawa, Serious Cheese, Tweet Up
Food, TravelMarch 27th, 2011
Another trip to Ottawa means another opportunity to eat!! I ate my way thru the following restaurants and my stomach couldn’t be happier.
I started off at Town. It was listed as one of top ten restaurants for 2010 in Ottawa magazine and I can see why. The restaurant was packed but I was lucky and found a spot at the bar. When presented with the menu, it was tough to make a decision what to order. But I was super happy with my decision. I inhaled the ricotta gnudi that was served with a walnut pesto and browned sage butter.
![Town](http://momwhoruns.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/town1-300x200.jpg)
Ricotta Gnudi
The next restaurant to make my stomach happy was Chez Edgar. I asked the waiter what was popular and he replied “a lot of people order the heuvos rancheros”. I replied “ok – that’s what I will have”. I was not disappointed. It was perfect. The restaurant is situated in a house – so there’s a few tables and an open kitchen. This means that I got to watch the chef make my meal. Total entertainment.
![chez edgar](http://momwhoruns.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/chez-edgar-300x200.jpg)
On the way out I grabbed some photos of some baked goods. OMG.!!
![Chez Edgar](http://momwhoruns.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/pastry-1-300x200.jpg)
![Chez Edgar](http://momwhoruns.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/pastry-two-300x200.jpg)
Next: The Scone Witch. This restaurant has been around for over 20 years and clearly has a following. It’s a clever concept as you don’t find too many places serving sweet or savory scones along with devon cream and jam. Again, my stomach was happy.
![The Scone Witch](http://momwhoruns.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/scone-300x200.jpg)
Here’s the details about the restaurants:
Chez Edgar: 60 Rue Begin, Gatineau, QC
Town: 296 Elgin St. Ottawa
The Scone Witch: 388 Albert St. or 35 Beechwood Avenue, Ottawa
The highlight of the weekend, was the Cheese Tweet Up but that will be a separate posting on Tuesday. Stay Tuned.
Chez Edgar, Ottawa, Ottawa Magazine, Restaurants, Serious Cheese, The Scone Witch, Town