Occupation: Chief Hired Gun of Lealea Design.
What did you eat today?
Breakfast was two eggs and two pieces of toast. Lunch was a tuna salad sandwich. Dinner is broiled marinated lamb loin chops in red wine, garlic, onion and rosemary, with leftover whole wheat penne and some bottled generic tomato/basil sauce.
What do you never eat?
This is hard because I will almost eat anything. The one thing I will never eat is this Filipino “delicacy” called “balut” — it’s basically aborted duck egg. Seriously. Can I have my eggs unfertilized, please?
What is your personal specialty?
Probably chicken cashew stir fry. So easy. So tasty. 🙂
What is your favorite kitchen item?
My 8″ Global chef knife. Beautiful, light, and very functional.
World ends tomorrow. Describe your last meal.
It will be a buffet of mostly ethnic items. So I can have a little bit of everything, pause in between to settle, and eat some more. If a gun was pointed at my head and I really only had to have a 3 course meal: calamari to start, lobster and scallop linguine in a spicy rose sauce, and tiramisu.
Where do you eat out most frequently?
Double Greeting Wonton House. Rob (my hubby) and I always order their Wor Wonton, and then one other random item. One of the few places where you feel full and spend less than $20 that isn’t a pho or fast food joint.
What’s the best place to eat in Edmonton?
So hard to narrow down, but I will have to say Il Pasticcio is probably the best. Nice ambiance, comfy atmosphere, great service, good looking chefs — we like the fact that the kitchen is open to the public, and the head chef my sisters and I call Chef Handsome. Oh, and the prices are pretty decent.
If you weren’t limited by geography, where and what would you eat?
I think it would be fun to be part of a Hawaiian luau. First of all, it fits my wish of “buffet of mostly ethnic items” while it’s set in a beautiful beach during sunset outdoors, and lots of happy people. Mm, live pig roasts… and seafood!
Only Here for the Food 
Yay for Double Greeting! It’s my favourite hole-in-the-wall.
Double Greeting has been my go-to-hole-in-the-wall for 16 years. I finally got a Christmas calendar from the brusque but sweet servers just last year!
BTW, Lea is a wonderful person…tres cool to see her featured here!
Double Greeting is another one of those restaurants I have passed by numerous times without thinking of stopping by. Maybe next time I will pause and head on in!