Guu Garlic
On our recent October trip to Vancouver, we had a free night go out for dinner. I’ve been wanting to try Kingyo Izakaya for a long while so we headed over to Denman. Unfortunately, we got to the restaurant and it was packed. The wait was well over a hour and although my parents were...
Aphrodite’s Organic Café and Pie Shop
Towards the end of our trip in Vancouver we were finally able to arrange a get together with our family friends (brother and sister and their respective spouses) for breakfast. It was difficult finding an open day since between their families and ours we had eight kids all with different schedules that we had to...
Dynasty Seafood Restaurant
I’m back! It’s taken a good week to get settled back into a routine and still not quite there yet. We had no food in the house so had to go to Rainbow Grocery to restock all our pastas, rice, flour, cereals, and oils. Unfortunately I found out that they don’t offer the 20% discount...
Cafe Gloucester
This place has been around forever it seems. It’s supposed to be one of the better HK-style places in Vancouver. I’m guessing Richmond has better? Can anyone tell me where? We headed to this restaurant after checking out Bright Nights in Stanley Park which was pretty good. There’s a train ride you can book online...
Ramen Santouka
We’ve been meaning to hit up a ramen place while in town but haven’t had a chance until now. We decided to try a new place called Ramen Santouka. We got there a bit later, around 1pm, and there still was a line up to get in. Luckily the turnaround was quick so we were...
Steeve Raye Pastry
I had read that the croissant was pretty good so wanted to try for myself. The place was empty when I got there. There was a display case with all the pastries in front of me and plenty of seating. The first thing I noticed was the croissants looked unusually dark almost like they were...
Golden Ocean Seafood Restaurant
My parents good friends hosted a dinner at Golden Ocean Seafood Restaurant for a party of 9. I wouldn’t have expected a Chinese restaurant way out in Kerrisdale but this nondescript mall seemed to have a couple in it. We parked in the London Drugs parking lot in back of the building and walked through...
Anna’s Cake House
My parent’s friends raved about this place. They said every time they visit relatives in the Bay Area they are asked to make sure they bring the bread and chocolate cake from this place. And we aren’t talking one or two loaves and a few pieces of cake. They pack a box full of the...
Thai Son
I headed out for lunch with some family friends to Thai Son on E. Broadway. I’d never been there before so was excited to try a new restaurant. The menu looked pretty extensive. On the back were pictures of people posing together. I was told that they were HK movie stars. Really? I’ll let you...
Transylvania Traditions Bakery
On the recommendation of our friends Jason and Veronica, we headed to this bakery to try something called kürtos kalács. We got there in the morning and had to wait about 15 minutes before the place opened. We headed to Shoppers to kill some time and to see if they carried a ginger bread house...
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