Le Petit Saigon
2783 East Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC
Let me put this one out right away: the fact that my last post prior to my trip to Florida happens to be Vietnamese and the first post afterwards is also Vietnamese, not to mention they are located a block or so away from each other is pure coincidence. I just happened to be in the same area for the same reason and, rather than go to the same place again, I though “hey, let’s go somewhere else!”. So, there you go, that’s why I ended up in Le Petit Saigon.
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Tagged as:
Lunch,
Noodles,
Soup,
Vancouver,
Vietnamese
The Original Pancake House
6605 Dykes Road
Pembroke Pines, FL
As mentioned in yesterday’s post, one of the disadvantages of flying from Vancouver, specially if you are flying to the east of the US or Canada is that your flight will most likely arrive late night (local time). There is sort of an opposite issue as well, though: there might no be late flights in the case you want to fly back that evening and some flights leave relatively early (as early as 7:00 a.m.). Of course, that means you will end up at an early time in Vancouver (as early as noon). On my way back from Miramar, I chose to fly “late” as I was able to find a flight via Pearson in Toronto leaving around noon (local time). Why? Hey, breakfast time! And, for breakfast, for no particular reason, I chose to go to The Original Pancake House (hereby referred to as OPHS).
Yes, it was cloudy when I was there but, similar to Atlantic Canada, you can just wait five minutes and, chances are, the weather will change…
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Tagged as:
Breakfast,
Miami
A lot of things happened on my trip to Miami/Miramar. As mentioned in a previous post, for the most part, it was good despite some wacky things happened/mentioned. For today’s post, a somewhat random mix of other places I went to eat which I could have put into individual posts. So, why not? It is just that I wasn’t sure if there was enough material (not to mention the quality of that material) so, as a result, I thought it would be better to have a single large post. Hope it works!
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Tagged as:
Bakery,
Breakfast,
Miami
Che, Pibe Argentinian Grill
11040 Pembroke Road
Miramar, FL
Out of the meals I have had so far in Miramar, most of you might think: “hey, your overall experience was below par, eh?”. Again, as mentioned in my post yesterday of Eddie Hill’s Sushi Thai, there was a great meal and the main dish was ceviche. However, it won’t be blogged for personal reasons. Given the case, I will be straight to the point: the meal at Che Pibe Argentinian Grill was great…
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Tagged as:
Latin America,
Miami,
Steaks
Eddie Hill’s Sushi Thai
134 North Federal Highway
Hallandale Beach, FL
Call it a personal, unofficial test of a theory. A lot of people think that outside of Japan, the Pacific Northwest, specially Seattle and Vancouver is among the best places to have sushi. Now, I know that high end places can be found outside this region (Nobu in several locations, Morimoto in Philly, et al) but, for average consumers, according to this “theory”, it does not get any better. So what is my test about? Well, I want to know how other places do compared to Vancouver and, to do so, I went to “average” places. Was that a good idea? When I arrived at Miramar, one of the several nearby places was Ra Sushi. OK, don’t kill me! I know it is a chain restaurant but that was a nearby place. When I was driving to that location, I arrive at a gate (as in a gated community). I couldn’t see anybody so rather than inquiring in the middle of nowhere, I turned around. So, the question was where next? I went back to the hotel and started to check Urbanspoon for nearby sushi places. In the end, I checked Miami’s 100 best restaurants list and located Eddie Hill’s Sushi Thai (or just “Sushi Thai”)…
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Tagged as:
Japanese,
Miami,
Seafood,
Sushi
Cancun Grill
14395 Miramar Parkway
Miramar, FL
Another lunch, another dilemma. Where to go for lunch? Come to think about it, that’s a problem I am even having here in Vancouver, as I have visited most of the places near my workplace! Of course, while travelling, the problem is rather what are the places you can find nearby. Anyway, similar to what happened in my prior post, I looked for a place “nearby” – this time, I ended up in Cancun Grill. Now, frequent readers of this blog might remember my bias against Mexican food; however, on this trip, I was more open. Could it be because I was a hungry and needed something fast? 
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Tagged as:
Latin America,
Mexican,
Miami,
Pork
La Carreta
14791 Miramar Parkway
Miramar, FL
In a somewhat strange turn of events, I was sent with really short notice to the south east “corner” of the US for a customer engagement (I could, of course, tell you who that is but that also means I must… Errr, let’s stop there, OK? 
). In a way, I am grateful as I have been “stranded” in the last couple of months and I need this break. Come to think about it, it has been a long time since my last trip – Richmond, Virginia! So, without further ado, from Miramar, Florida…!
Before I continue on my first post, a reminder: Miramar is not that far from Miami (20 or something miles north-northwest of Miami), which happens to be a hot spot for Latin Americans (with 65% of the population being Latino or Hispanic and +70% with Spanish as first language). As a result, you can expect a lot of Latin American cuisine nearby. It shouldn’t be surprising then that, for this first post, it would be of a Latin American themed restaurant: La Carreta (which literally can be translated as “The Cart”), which happens to be a chain restaurant. Now, before any of you start bashing me, as a reminder, I had little notice so I did not really have too much time to plan the places I should go and, despite I had a car available, traffic was a bit tricky not to mention limited lunch time. Anyway, putting all these aside, my thoughts based on my visit to La Carreta!
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Tagged as:
Chicken,
Latin America,
Lunch,
Miami
