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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: Leo Fu's

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 [...]

EDMONTON: Red Ox Inn & the girls

A few of my girlfriends really wanted to host a stagette for me. But the whole notion brings to mind tacky tiaras, penis-shaped cups, and ‘Suck for a Buck’ T-shirts.

I am not a woo girl.

But after they assured me the night would involve none of the above, I consented to a small dinner with [...]

RICHMOND: Night Market

The Richmond night market is a totally fun outing on a summer night, and growing so quickly that it’s now in its third location in less than a decade.

The popularity led to a fight between event companies, but all you need to know is don’t eat before you come here! Your eyes will [...]

RICHMOND: Grilled bombs

Vancouver-area food bloggers are all abuzz about a Japanese food truck that does business in an empty Richmond parking lot. It sounded right up my alley!

On an overcast summer day, I circled Westminster Highway, Alderbridge Way and Gilbert Road twice before I found Tenku Bakudanyaki across the street from an ICBC and next to [...]