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I love Chinese New Year in Metro Vancouver, surrounded by family and everyone eating a whole lot. A limited-time event that piqued my interest was the Chinese New Year afternoon tea ($34/person) at the Xi Shi Lounge in the gorgeous Shangri-La Hotel in downtown Vancouver. It ends this weekend. (Follow Me Foodie has an [...]
Recent weekends have been hectic. J has been working out of town. We just bought a house which is going through major renovations. H is now a very active toddler. So J and I have been trying to find some “us time” in between trips to pick tile, faucets and flooring. “Us time” tends [...] It took me a few weeks of frequenting the Real Canadian Superstore in Richmond before I realized there are businesses on the ground floor, with their entrances facing the covered parkade. Paul’s Kitchen does Hong Kong cafe, Chinese comfort food. It’s super cheap. Those are the two things you need to know, because it doesn’t look [...]
The Night Market in Richmond, B.C. is a huge summer weekend event. Modelled after Asian markets where people can socialize and eat, eat, eat, this place is packed from the moment it opens at 7 p.m. til closing. It just shows there’s a big appetite for late-night destinations in North America. The market has gotten [...]
Sometimes I just want food that’s straight-forward, fast and cheap. For years, the Lido Cafe has fit the no-frills bill. It reminds me of places we used to frequent when I was a university student, especially with its $6.95 full breakfast. The Lido’s faded neon sign and table jukeboxes have withstood the test of [...]
The Cultural Centre Restaurant opened four months ago in the lower level of the blue-pagoda building in Chinatown. It’s run by the same people who own U & Me Restaurant and the MBA BBQ Noodle House. I’ve been there for lunch which left me less than impressed, and then I went back for a hot [...] I got an email a few weeks ago from the manager of Fire Kirin in the Avenida Mall inviting me to try a tasting menu. In return, they wanted my honest feedback. A fair deal, I figured, so southward we went. (I keep forgetting how close this is to Southcentre Mall, but I digress.) Named after [...] Leo Fu’s has been selling ginger beef for decades in a weird little strip mall near Chinook Centre. But believe it or not, I was enticed to the Chinese restaurant by the chicken wings. You won’t find the Szechuan-style wings ($9.95) anywhere else. They’re plump and crispy, and covered in a sticky sweet and spicy [...] |
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