Shiok: Singapore Cuisine

Are you all “Shiok” up over the latest Singaporean restaurant in Vancouver? The latest in a series of Asian restaurants that have recently sprouted up along Kingsway, Shiok offers Singaporean cuisine in a casual dining experience similar to a hawkers centre in the land of Crazy Rich Asians. I’ve been to Singapore before and loved…

Hon’s Wonton House is back!

After shuttering its doors to its signature Chinatown location, Vancouverites were left wondering if Hon’s Wonton House was gone for good until now. Hon’s Wonton House has recently reopened with a smaller 30-40 seat restaurant in Olympic Village. Hand-made wontons, pan-fried potstickers, and beef brisket on rice or noodle dishes are just some of their…

Jinya Ramen

Jinya Ramen Bar has 3 locations in the lower mainland – two in Vancouver and one in Burnaby. Their restaurants offer a sleek and modern dining atmosphere while serving non-pretentious noodles in a good, solid broth. Aside from traditional ramen, you will find the chef’s creations quite tantalizing. Such was the Slurp Up Cilantro Ramen made…

Fat Mao Noodles

Sometimes the best discoveries are made when you have something completely different planned. I’m a big fan of walking around new neighborhoods to see what’s up, and it just so happens that while walking around E. Georgia in search of nourishment (basically I was looking for another restaurant but the lineup was too big for…

Chinese Cuisine at Hard Rock Casino Vancouver’s Neptune Chinese Kitchen

As one of the top Chinese restaurant chains in Vancouver, Neptune Chinese Kitchen opened this year at Hard Rock Casino Vancouver in Coquitlam. Its newest restaurant under the Neptune Restaurant Group, this new Chinese restaurants offers visitors a wide range of high quality traditional and signature Chinese dishes from dim sum, wonton noodles and congee,…

Chinese Comfort Food at Neptune Wonton Noodle

Between the hot summer days, Vancouver receives a reminder of its Raincouver moniker with rainy and windy days. What better way to keep warm and survive the dreary weather but with a nice hot bowl of noodle soup or congee! It’s my go to comfort food! Neptune Wonton Noodle recently opened in Station Square adjacent to…

Oodles of Noodles at Noodle Mania YVR

The 3rd noodle tasting extravaganza Noodle Mania, presented by Vancouver Foodster earlier this week, took us in an adventure all over the map, introducing six  delicious establishments featuring their own noodle tasting plate. We started off at Platform 7, a beautiful coffeehouse that is inspired by a Victorian-era London train setting. The first thinsg I noticed…

Longtail Kitchen – River Market

Located in River Market at New Westminster, longtail kitchen is the 2nd location opened by Maenam‘s celebrity chef, Angus An. A bistro that serves Thai comfort food, longtail kitchen serves up some delicious noodles, stirfry, and curry dishes east of Vancouver for those who don’t want to venture out too far to find quality Thai…

Cattle Cafe

Curiosity finally gave in and I took my hunger to the Cattle Café at the corner of Edmonds and Kingsway in Burnaby. I’ve seen the very recognizable cow chef on many occasions as I passed by it on my daily commute but always thought that this was a burger joint (Cattle Café, get it?) and…

Pho T&T, Port Coquitlam

On a nice rainy day, after a long day of work, nothing makes me feel better than to stop off at my neighborhood Vietnamese restaurant for a piping hot bowl of pho noodle soup and some lemongrass chicken. A convenient walk from the West Coast train station in Port Coquitlam, Pho T&T is my favorite pho…