Veggies, shishito peppers, and braised ribs on the Gyu-kaku Edmonton table grill. Photos by GRAHAM HICKS / EDMONTON SUN
Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ
10404 Jasper Ave.
587-416-0957
gyu-kaku.com
11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. (Fri. and Sat. to 11:30 p.m., Sun. to 10 p.m.)
Reservations, Open Table
Food: 4 of 5 Suns
Ambience: 3.5 of 5 Suns
Service: 3.5 of 5 Suns
Dinner for two, excluding gratuities and beverages: Basic, $30; loaded $50
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Kobachi Japanese Cuisine
#125, 200 Festival Lane, Sherwood Park
780-570-5858
kobachi.ca
Dinner, Wed. to Sat. 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. (Sun. to 8:30 p.m.)
Lunch, Wed. to Fri. 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Closed Monday
Reservations by phone
Food: 2.5 of 5 Suns
Ambience: 3 of 5 Suns
Service: 3.5 of 5 Suns
Dinner for two, excluding gratuities and beverages: Basic, $50; loaded $75
Two Japanese dining experiences, with paradoxical outcomes.
One was a long-awaited treat that was disappointing at best.
The other restaurant was entered with low ...
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Crews walk past the polypropylene reactor and the giant crane being used to raise it into position at the Heartland Petrochemical Complex in Fort Saskatchewan on Thursday, March 7, 2019.David Bloom / Postmedia, file
Do we laugh or cry over the state of Alberta’s economy?
We are so swayed by the latest headlines, especially the enormous conflict between Western Canadian oil and natural gas versus the youthful/progressive/protest cry for a no-carbon-fuels world.
Our bitumen, and now B.C.’s natural gas, has become symbolic of a global fight to the death between unspoiled nature and evil global capitalism. The captains of Alberta’s No. 1 industry are the baddest dudes of all.
On the one hand, despair. The global energy companies, huge pension funds, and our fellow Canadians want nothing to do with our No. 1 industry, if only because they will be blocked by climate warriors and our federal government at every turn.
On the other … The Alberta government has an excelle ...
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