Pho Tan Vietnamese Restaurant
4598 Main Street
Vancouver, BC
Memories might fail me on this one but, when asked which is the best place for pho, somebody said “Pho Tan in Main Street”. On the days prior to the crazy road closures prior to the Winter Olympic games, I went to Pho Tan just to find out how do they compare to other pho shops. Pretty simple, eh? Well, if it wasn’t for one small detail…
Pearl House Restaurant
7152 Sperling Avenue
Burnaby, BC
Once again, I was in South Burnaby running some errands and due to other circumstances, it ended up a bit later than expected. Thanks to post from Jenny (of My Secret Eden), Kevin (of 604 Foodtography) and Sherman (of Sherman’s Food Adventures), once again, I decided to tackle Chinese/Taiwanese-type late night eats and that place ended up being Pearl House Restaurant.
Feel free to call me a !@#$%!@#$ teaser bastard. Go ahead, I have really thick skin! 
As mentioned yesterday, DougieDog offers some interesting mix of hot dogs. Kimchi in a hot dog? Guacamole? Oh, wait, we sort had fun about similar ideas in the past, it was matter of a place actually offering it here in Vancouver – something that DougieDog has in a way achieved. However, the question is whether they have one that goes head to head against the #1 dog (pun intended) in hot dog terms in Vancouver: JapaDog. And, yes, they do: Tokyo Dog - Japanese Mayo, Okonomiyaki Sauce, Bonito Flakes, Nori Flakes.. So, here goes it goes, JapaDog Terimayo vs. DougieDog Tokyo Dog!
DougieDog
1011 Granville Street
Vancouver, BC
Usually, by Sunday night, I have already decided which posts will be up in the upcoming week. In an odd coincidence, on Sunday night, I receive an email regarding the opening of a new hot dog shop – DougieDog – in Granville Entertainment District. The “coincidence” is that this new place is just around the corner of The DogFather Hot Dogs which was scheduled for Tuesday. With Japadog taking already the crown of “best hot dog” in Vancouver, the question is how well will this new kid on the block fare… (For my posts of Japadog, check here, here and here)
Benkei Ramen
1741 Robson Street (blogged previously here) 
747 Thurlow Street (Location visited)
Vancouver, BC
I think pretty much all of us food bloggers have mentioned countless times that that corner of Denman and Robson is the ramen epicentre in Vancouver. And, in its own ways, it has expanded with Menya in Cambie (as far as I know, not related to the other ones) and G-Men in Richmond (related to Gyoza King, an izakaya in Robson Street). Benkei Ramen, on the other hand, has decided to expand but rather to doing it into the suburbs, they chose a place not that far from its current location: Thurlow Street between Robson Street and Alberni Street.
Typical sign a Chinese/Japanese shop just opened…
Azia
990 Smithe Street
Vancouver, BC
There has been a lot of times Sherman has been in Downtown Vancouver for lunch; however, for one reason or another, we can’t seem to agree on the time. I mean, what person who works regular hours have lunch at 2:00 p.m.? Anyway, this time Sherman was in the Downtown area and I checked with him if he wanted to go for lunch – at a *regular* time. By some odd circumstance, he said it should be OK until I realized there was one caveat: There will be some friends tagging along and they might not necessarily be the most adventurous group when it comes to food. That and other unrelated circumstances shot down a lot of options. As a result, I told Sherman: just come up with a place since he knew is group better than me. His choice? Azia.
East is East
4413 Main Street
3243 West Broadway (location visited)
Vancouver, BC
Sherman (of Sherman’s Food Adventures) is “the man”. It was his turn to organize the next Vancouver food bloggers gathering and he managed to pull out the largest one ever. How large? I was able to get 8 food bloggers (plus guest) us in a Long Table Series at the Irish Heather. This time, he was able to get writers of 15 blogs (plus guests) of us! In attendance….
Sherman of Sherman’s Food Adventures – Post is up!
Mijune of Follow Me Foodie – Post is up!
Kevin of 604 Foodtography
Jenny of My Secret Eden – Post is up!
Victoria of Victoria’s Food Secrets – Post is up!
Jonathan of Food and Tell
Jessica of Yum-o-Rama – Post is up!
Joyce and Frank of Van Foodies
Wilson of La Petite Vancouver
Anita of La Petite Foodie
Darina of Gratinée – Musings on Food & Culture
Melody of Gourmet Fury
TS of [eatingclub]Vancouver
Angie of Sea Salt with Food (home of the infamous Hasselback potatoes recipe!)
Of course, myself… 
