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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 [...]

CALGARY: Anju

This is how I always start off describing Anju: “You know those two round condo towers downtown near the Bow? The ones that look like Miami Vice?

“OK, and you know how there’s a big liquor store on the corner? Go down that dead-end street, and Anju is in the little house.”

Now that you [...]

RICHMOND: $11.95 prime rib

Richmond’s Aberdeen Centre mall — anchored by Daiso, the best place to spend your toonies — is full of (mostly Chinese) places to eat. Its food court is fabulous, but there are also several restaurants tucked in the complex.

Seventh Heaven Cafe is a typical Hong-Kong style cafe, tucked behind Northern Delicacy on the second [...]

HONG KONG: Cafe de Coral

Cafe de Coral (大家樂), is one of Hong Kong’s biggest fast food franchises.

Far from burgers and fries associated with fast food in North America, Cafe de Coral whips up fairly healthy meals in an astonishingly efficient manner. I’ve never had to wait more than five minutes from ordering to getting a piping hot meal [...]

TORONTO: Ahoy, pho mateys!

Canh Buom Nha Trang is an explosion of Pepto-Bismol pink and ocean blue. Life preservers and gold-rope wrapped anchors (where does one order those?) hang on the walls; sparkly blue and red booths remind us of seats on a lurching, carnival ride. Two Buddhas, the Neptune of this ship, stare from the counter.

My sister [...]

HONG KONG: Our breakfast spot

One of the must-dos on my Hong Kong list was to visit a dai pai dong (大牌檔). It’s a basically an open-air food restaurant with a few tables and stools. The key to success is rapid turnover and inexpensive food.

Dai pai dong usually serve breakfast, or traditional Cantonese food like congee or noodles with [...]

CHINA: Eating dog meat

I know this post won’t be for everyone, and I know there will be some interesting comments (which by the way, I moderate, so keep it clean). But I wanted to stay true to the reason I have this blog in the first place: chronicling my eating adventures.

I will try anything once, and the best [...]

CALGARY: Follow the signs for ramen

OK, sushi-starved people. Globefish in Kensington has moved. Look 50 paces north. There you go. See the big orange sign on what used to be Shan Tung, the Chinese restaurant? That’s now Globefish, freshly renovated and double the size.

It seems moving across just two parking lots is causing much confusion for Globefish’s loyal throngs, as [...]