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VANCOUVER: Hokkaido Ramen Santouka

are you gonna eat that? — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:05:39 +0000

When it’s grey and wet in Vancouver, ramen always fits the bill. But I don’t mean the instant stuff North Americans tend to know as ramen, but the real comfort kind with slow-simmered broth.

Vancouver is full of fantastic ramen shops. Many of them are proven ventures from Japan, like Hokkaido Ramen Santouka. There’s a [...]

CALGARY: Follow the signs for ramen

are you gonna eat that? — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:19:54 +0000

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 [...]

CALGARY: Seven dinners for $70

are you gonna eat that? — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:40:41 +0000

This post was seriously five months in the making. I started writing this back in February when we were in moving upheaval.

The night before the movers came to take all our possessions and put them into storage — including all my pots and pans and cookbooks — Jason and I sat in our neighbourhood pub [...]

CALGARY: Late-night eating

are you gonna eat that? — Tue, 27 May 2008 16:31:25 +0000

Let’s get the obvious out of the way first. Shibuya Izakaya is no Guu or Kingyo or Hapa Izakaya. It just doesn’t have the same flow or cheap prices that make the Japanese hangouts so successful in Vancouver.

However, you can be content that there is now such a thing in Calgary, and that it’s [...]

TORONTO: iNoodle, uNoodle, we all noodle

are you gonna eat that? — Mon, 19 May 2008 14:03:23 +0000

UPDATE – Oct. 1, 2009: I’ve just been informed that iNoodle closed around Christmas 2008. Sadness.

I’ve only recently been exposed to a world of ramen beyond those Styrofoam cups and brick-sized instant noodle packages, but I’ve added the Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum to the list of places I’d like to visit before I die. Who [...]