Go Fish
1505 W 1st Ave
Vancouver, BC
My next to last post associated in a way to the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games! Now, don’t get me wrong, it was a blast but, alas, all good things must come to an end… 
So, how this post is related in any way to the Olympics? In two ways: first, I mentioned it in my Where to Eat post and, second, after a failed visit to Atlantic Canada House (one of the few Canada exhibits I completely failed to visit), I wanted lunch and Go Fish was the option I had in mind. So, there you go, my explanation of why Go Fish! (Let’s face it, do I *really* need an explanation of why I like to eat??? 
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Wally’s Burgers
4141 Dollarton Hwy (Cates Park)
2611 East 49th Avenue (Location visited)
Vancouver, BC
Last week, reader Ryan wrote a comment in my Wally’s Burger (Cates Park) post saying there was a new location in Killarney Market in the Victoria Drive/Fraserview area. While I wasn’t necessarily impressed in my visit to its North Vancouver location, I still had some willingness to give it a try but, of course, this time with lower expectations. (Of course, the fact I did not have to cross any bridge helps!).
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Nancy Wonton House
5257 Victoria Drive
Vancouver, BC
Once again, during the Olympic Games, after I attended the only event I got tickets for, which I got from the original lottery, it was dinner time. The problem was that… I didn’t know where to go for dinner! Driving round and round (OK, not literally), I was going through Victoria Drive when I noticed Nancy Wonton House, a place I have in my list for a while but haven’t for some reason. And one of the reasons people like this place? Its hours: it close at a relatively late (or early, depending on your perspective) time of the day.
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Sciué
800 W Pender Street (Location visited)
126 Davie Street
Vancouver, BC
Once again, it was during those hectic Winter Olympic days… Actually, they weren’t THAT bad because, thanks to arrangements from my workplace, I was able to finish work earlier which let me wander around the different houses and pavilions (and I blogged about them here). That arrangement also allowed me to go to Downtown core itself for lunch and, for today’s post, one of those places that seems to be close yet a bit too far: Sciué
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Ozark’s Famous BBQ
19696 Fraser Highway
Langley, BC
On a Friday during the Olympics, Sherman gives me a call and asks “Do you want to go to Ozark’s tomorrow?”. Now, due to the background noise, I thought he said “Do you want to go to the (Richmond) O Zone tomorrow?”. Of course, my reaction was “WTH? You want me to go to line up in Richmond out of all places???”. When he repeated himself that is when I understood he wanted to go for food! And, in my case, I needed an escape from the Olympic madness. So, the following day, to Ozark’s BBQ in Langley it was!
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Shiro Japanese Restaurant
3096 Cambie Street
Vancouver, BC
It is said that when something bad happens, something good will. During the Olympics weeks, one afternoon, I decided to visit one of the houses/pavilions located outside of the major areas (Downtown Vancouver, Yaletown, Richmond O Zone, et al). That one place ended up being the Ukrainian House located near Cambie Street, not far from Vancouver City Hall. However, by some really odd twist of destiny, the one day I went was the one day they were closed. ARGGGGG!!! OK, I did check their site but, for some reason, it appeared as open that night but, the day after, I checked again and this time, it was listed as closed. >_<
Regardless, after this epic fail, I was walking back to the Skytrain station to go home when I saw Shiro. Based on the feedback of Sherman, I knew this was a place I should visit. And this night might be as good as any other night…
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Uncle Fatih’s Pizza
1685 East Broadway
1187 Denman Street Vancouver (location visited)
Vancouver, BC
There is that “complain” that pizza in Vancouver sucks. While it is true that we do have a lot of cheapo pizza parlours, we also have great joints like Ah-Beetz (though, of course, you have to drive to Abbotsford). There are other places I have my target on, including Ragazzi and The Firewood Cafe, but there is one reason I haven’t acted on that wish to visit them: I can only eat that much. To a certain extent, that is why I have no shame admitting I go to cheapo pizza parlous: I can eat two slices and no risk of bad pizza leftover (even when “as is”, it was good). For today’s post, I visited the “second” location of one of the most popular cheap/late night pizza places: Uncle Fatih’s Pizza (which I blogged previously in a vs. match against 2001 Flavours), this time in Denman Street near English Bay.
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