Alvin Garden
4850 Imperial Street
Burnaby, BC
A bit over a month ago, a group of food bloggers went to Long’s Noodle House (you can see my post on that gathering here). We agreed we should do this again and the responsibility to organize the next event felt into the shoulders of Sherman of Sherman’s Food Adventures. But, soon after, other bloggers expressed their interest on joining us and, in the end, we had a relatively large group (in alpha order of their site):
Edit: Links to individual post on Alvin Garden added.
And, of course, myself. Absent from our previous gathering were Ben and Suanne of ChowTimes and Angie of Sea Salt with Food, who had prior commitments.
And now, the place… Alvin Garden, listed as bronze award winner by Vancouver Magazine in the Best Casual category. If it is a winner, we ought to blog it, right? ^_^
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Burnaby,
Chinese,
Fish,
Pork
Bambi Cafe
6-4300 Kingsway
Burnaby, BC
So one night – late night I must add, I was driving down Kingsway. As I had a late snack, I was not starving; however, if I did not eat something in the next hour or so, I would hit that stage. At that time of the night, you only have that many options and was already contemplating going to Wendy’s. But, as I drove past Central Park in Burnaby, I see some people in a bubble tea shop, followed by an Indian restaurant. Wait, what is that? I don’t remember that place being there before… That place was Bambi Cafe.
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Burnaby,
Chinese,
Pork
Vancouver Greek Summer Fest 2009
4541 Boundary Road
Vancouver, BC
On last Friday’s post, I mentioned about the Greek Summer Festival, which opened on, well, Friday. While the ideal situation would have been going there for lunch, my workplace is nowhere near Boundary (not to mention I had already scheduled a lunch with friends), so the only option remaining was to go after my “usual” Friday night activities. And, here it goes, the Vancouver Greek Summer Festival!
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Greek,
Vancouver
It is summer! And, with summer, we have different summer activities, namely, festivals! A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the Car Free Days in Denman Street and Commercial Drive. Last week, we had the Greek Day. Unfortunately, on that weekend, I had urgent matters to attend and would not have been able to make it until late during the day. While it would have been interesting, to satisfy my cravings for Greek food, we still have the Greek Summer Festival starting today! Anyway, for today’s post, I went to another, lesser known festival that happened last week as well: The Scandinavian Mid Summer Festival! So, enjoy this photo essay which includes food and some epic fails! ^_^;;;
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Burnaby,
Festivities
Bon’s Off Broadway
2451 Nanaimo Street
Vancouver, BC
It is said that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. How much? Some even say breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, sup like a pauper. In my case, I usually end up having a bowl of cereal with some fruit (either banana or some berries) and soy milk. Once in a while, some bread or a bagel with jam and a glass of soy milk. Not necessarily a king’s breakfast; however, it gets me there for lunch which, for me, is usually noon sharp… Last weekend, I had a very important appointment for 10:00 a.m. and, while I could have breakfast at home, I chose to have breakfast outside (I was driving anyway). However, I did not want to go to Denny’s or IHOP. I wanted something a bit out of the way, something like Bon’s Off Broadway.
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Breakfast,
Vancouver
Donair King
1028 Davie Street
Vancouver, BC
I will have to blame Drea from TBDFBTI on this one. While I won’t disclose the exact details of what we talked about (other than references to on-line activities), the end result was me meeting with somebody I have never met previously in the Starbucks of Davie and Thurlow. After that meeting, I realized it was a bit past my usual lunchtime! So, that gave me an interesting perspective. On a normal work day, while I could walk all the way to this area, I will seldom do this back and forth trip, as it would consume most of my lunch time. (Technically, I have flex hours so I could take a 2 hour lunch if I wanted to, as long as I put my required hours. But, why do that?). This gave me an interesting opportunity… So, after checking the nearby options, I settled for Donair King.
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Lunch,
Middle Eastern,
Vancouver,
West End
Takarabune Japanese Restaurant
6459 Victoria Drive
Vancouver, BC
South Vancouver is not a place known for late eats. In fact, most places might be closed by 9:00 p.m. (other than some bubble tea spots, which I do not necessarily look forward to). Sure, I could drive farther north to places likes Corner 23 on Cambie (visit pending) or west to Kitsilano. Heck, even Downtown Vancouver. However, when hunger strikes, you don’t necessarily think straight and, instead, you go for almost the first place you can think of and/or run into. That place this time ended up being Takarabune.
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Japanese,
Noodles,
Vancouver
