Comments on: Irashai Grill on West Pender

By: East is East, Kitsilano, Vancouver

East is East, Kitsilano, Vancouver — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:51:51 +0000

[...] about four others that I had already met at Jackie Connelly’s food photography workshop at Irashai a couple of weeks [...]

By: Victoria

Victoria — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:00:35 +0000

Thanks, Follow Me Foodie. I feel better that I’m not the only rookie photographer out there!

By: KimHo

KimHo — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:18:44 +0000

Kevin, ducks are not usually grown the same way as most commercial chicken so the risk of salmonella would be different. However, assuming there would be any risk, I would be more worried the surface it was cut is clean rather than the doneness of the meat. On the note of rested or not, that would be an error from the kitchen, not ours. That’s why we thought the execution was poor.

By: Kevin Yu

Kevin Yu — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:47:45 +0000

Aigamo Duck!
2 major problem with this dish:

#1. Duck is still a little bit undercooked!
I kinda understand the arguement of duck being a type of red meat and can be enjoyed rare, but the photo there is really under!!
Consider Duck follows under Fawl, please a leastt concern with Salmonella Food Poisoning!!!!
If the cooks there can just put in the oven for 2~3 minutes more, it’s would be med-rare and the protein of the duck will coagulate a little further. This result, easier to bit through, thus!!! more tender!!!

#2 Duck needs to be RESTED
If you look at the sauce, a huge of blood is mixed with it.
Resting the meat is really important because it allows the juices redistribute back to the meat fiber. Rush cutting it early will only make the duck meat tastes dry so you need a pool of sauce to cover the mistake!

Bon Appetit!

By: Irashai Grill - Redux | I'm Only Here for the Food!

Irashai Grill - Redux | I'm Only Here for the Food! — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:43:36 +0000

[...] Anita’s post is pending. Sherman’s post is here. Victoria’s post is here. [...]

By: Follow Me Foodie

Follow Me Foodie — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:27:18 +0000

Lol….I’m a food photographer rookie too…my pictures suck, but I kind of take the “you get what you see” route. I just use a point and shoot right now too.

Yeah your sushi pieces don’t look great…which surprises me a bit because I thought they would have spent extra care in presentation considering the context of why you guys were originally there….and they knew who you guys were…but in a way it’s a good thing to know there is equal treatment.

Great post.

By: Victoria

Victoria — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:21:30 +0000

Totally, now if I could only take pictures like you…

By: KimHo

KimHo — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:14:58 +0000

Too bad you ordered ahead of us. Still, it was good you were able to give an (additional) assessment of the general idea of the food.