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More favourite Victoria places for a not-all-that-expensive meal

Zambri's 110-911 Yates Street http://www.zambris.ca (Closed Sundays and Mondays) I had one of my best meals ever here. Maybe it was just a plain good day – everything going right and all. But I'm pretty convinced that the food was good too.

Beer-can chicken . . . it's a beauty

Beer and grilling have long fascinated me. Combine them and you get beer-can chicken which is quick and tasty. Preparation is easy, beginning with a whole chicken, spice rub and beer.

Restaurant Review: Veneto a refreshing addition to downtown

Had I been feeling sarcastic a couple of years ago and someone asked me how I planned to spend my evening, I might have said that I would buy a nice T-shirt on Government Street and enjoy a break in Centennial Square before dinner with friends on the

Street food politics

Matthew Pearson laments the lack of late-night street food in Victoria. He writes: If anything, there should be more late-night food options, not fewer.

Do lineups equal good food? We're investigating.

Greater Victoria places where, in recent weeks, we've seen lineups out the door. Asterisk: lines can look especially impressive at places where there's barely any room to wait inside.

Favourite places for an inexpensive meal

Some favourite places in Greater Victoria for an inexpensive meal. More details in future posts. Fujiya 3624 Shelbourne Street, Victoria, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ http://www.fujiya.ca You go in and you pick pre-packaged items out of their cooler or from warming trays.

Squash: A vegetable that has no business in sport

The attempt to modify the sport of squash by actually using the vegetable instead of a ball and moving outside was a bad idea.

Five will get you five

I like the math, five tacos for $5 (Tax really makes it $5.25). They’re small but look impressiive lined up in a neat row, complete with one-squirt, mini wedges of lime.

Links to food

Hernande'z is great food with better prices. Review by sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ restaurant critic Pam Grant. Discounts have restaurants eating own lunch Report from nytimes.com about price slashing in the U.S.

The man behind Squashman

Squashman, by the way, is Dave (see here) . He's a squash player who has won trophies. I've heard rumours about his squash court prowess, but need to confirm them before saying more.