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RICHMOND: H-Mart Korean grocery, food counter

H-Mart is named after a Korean phrase “Han Ah Reum” which means “arm full of groceries.” I left with a tummy full of food.

H-Mart is an Asian supermarket, with predominantly Korean products. From a corner store in New York City in 1982, it now has almost 50 stores across North America and one [...]

VANCOUVER: Chez Faye Cafe, Yaletown

Sometimes you just need a dependable, convenient and inexpensive place for lunch. Chez Faye Cafe fits that bill in Yaletown, right beside the Roundhouse SkyTrain station.

It serves breakfast, coffee, sandwiches, pasta and a handful of Korean and Japanese dishes, for under $9.

My bulgogi box ($8.95) had a serving of beef, rice, simple green [...]

RICHMOND: Bistro The Home Asianized pasta

UPDATE-March 2012: Sadly, Bistro the Home has closed due to a lack of business.

Bistro The Home is my kind of place for several reasons. It’s got a quirky name along with a quirky concept (to most people) of Asianized pasta. The tranquil, modern dining room is hidden in a strip mall on Alexandra Road [...]

RICHMOND: Summer Night Market

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 [...]

CALGARY: Kim Chi House

Kim Chi House is one of Jason’s fabulous lunch finds when he was working near Chinatown. It’s located in the same City Plaza building as Hans Restaurant, a Taiwanese/Szechuan place that’s one of my Calgary favourites.

Kim Chi House is actually part of the tiny food court. After you order, your food is brought to [...]

CALGARY: Seoul Korean BBQ

I love Korean barbecue, especially when it’s all-you-can-eat. If you’ve never been, it basically consists of meats like short ribs, beef, chicken or seafood that are marinated (usually in soy sauce, suger, vinegar, chiles and garlic) and ready to grill at your own table.

I think I found one of the best setups in Calgary at [...]

CALGARY: Manrijangsung Korean-Chinese

If you ride the C-Train downtown, you’ll likely have passed Manrijangsung which opened three months ago. Decorated with pink and gold wallpaper and red lanterns, it’s kind of hard to tell what kind of Asian cuisine it serves.

Usually packed with Korean students from the ESL schools nearby, Manrijangsung also features a wall-sized photo of the [...]

TORONTO: Swish by Han

Finding a spot in Toronto to catch up with some girls from work turned out to be a bit harder than we thought. We didn’t want to go to a pub so that ruled out a lot of places downtown. A bistro/bar was way too noisy and crowded. We finally ended up at Swish [...]