Red Persimmon Taiwanese Cuisine
2133-4500 Kingsway
Crystal Mall
Burnaby, BC
Ah… Crystal Mall… The parking hell hole of Burnaby… Whether by design or due to how it is used, I don’t care. Whenever I need to go there, I just take Skytrain or just park at Metrotown. However, that brings the other question: why to go there to begin with? Yup, their well known food court. While not as modern as, say, Aberdeen Centre, one thing and lacking some options as in Yaohan Centre, one thing it can’t be taken away: it has good eats of it’s own. So, I was there one of these days looking something for dinner but was a bit too tired to think. In other words, hoping to go there and decide based on what was available or fancied. On that night? Red Persimmon.
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Burgers,
Burnaby,
Food Court
Romer’s Burger Bar
1873 W 4th Ave
Vancouver, BC
When I wrote my post on Delux Burger Bar (located in Edmonton), at the very end, I added a note about a place I had visited in Vancouver but, for other reasons, I didn’t write about it yet and required a revisit. As you can guess by now, that place was Romer’s Burger Bar. While I already had an idea about it prior to visiting Delux, would my additional knowledge/experience would make this a better or more complete post? Or by revisiting after Delux would provide a better perspective? Keep on reading to find out!
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Burgers,
Kitsilano,
Vancouver
Delux Burger Bar
9682 142 Street NW
West Edmonton Mall (Location visited)
Edmonton, AB
I have an issue with restaurants which takes something “simple” and, for the heck of it, they complicate it by changing its name. Such is the case of gastropub. What is wrong with pub fare? OK, if you want a fancier environment, fine, just call it a “restaurant” instead of a pub. Of course, that’s my line of thought and it hasn’t stopped anybody from opening fancier versions of regular fare. In this case a “burger bar”. So, while in Alberta, which produces tons of beef, well, why not give this a try? And that’s how I ended up going to Delux Burger Bar.
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Burgers,
Edmonton,
Lunch
Elephant & Castle
Chain restaurant, several locations
385 Burrard Street (location visited)
Vancouver, BC
A small reminder from 11 months ago: During the Winter Olympic Games, due to what was perceived as “difference in culture”, some restaurants imposed a mandatory gratuities to the final bill. As a result of that, I banned myself from some restaurants. Whether I will continue not supporting them, well, that might be up in the air; however, for this post, I ended up with PO in Elephant & Castle, one of those restaurants in that said list, for convenience purposes out of all things. Damn me…
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Burgers,
Lunch,
pub,
Vancouver
Hamburgers
737 Bridgeway
Sausalito, CA
I have mentioned previously that, under normal conditions, I would do some due diligence and try to find out which restaurants I should visit prior to the trip. However, for this trip to San Francisco, such due diligence wasn’t really done; instead, I relied quite a bit on suggestions – with the usual suspects being other food bloggers who have been in that area. However, a very dear friend whom had recently been there also provided a suggestion outside of the main areas of San Francisco. Since I heed my friend suggestions, I saw no reason why I shouldn’t give it a try. And what place it was? Well, a burger shop which name is quite straightforward about what food they sell: Hamburgers! (<– Yes, that’s the name of the restaurant!)
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Burgers,
San Francisco
In-N-Out Burger
333 Jefferson Street
Fisherman’s Wharf
San Francisco, CA
In Vancouver, one of the burger shops that I have said everybody should give it a try, despite (or probably because) it being a total dive is Burger Burger. It is cheap, it is simple, it is messy. What else do you want from a burger? Of course, this being Vancouver, a “fancier” simple burger version type restaurant had to open (despite this statement sounds like an oxymoron). This place is, of course, Nimby Burger, which, despite there will be naysayers, it is inspired in In-N-Out Burger, a well-known chain in the Western side of the US. This has been blogged by Sherman and Mijune; however, it is not the fact it has been blogged but rather the enthusiasm. With that in mind, I knew that on this trip to San Francisco, I had to visit one of such location.
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Burgers,
San Francisco
The Famous Warehouse
989 Granville Street
Vancouver, BC
Months ago, just after the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games (though it was barely 7 months, it feels as if it was ages ago!), I wrote a post where I mentioned I have self-banned from several eateries, most of them in Vancouver’s Downtown area. The main reason behind that self ban is related to that of gratuity charges, where it was made mandatory. Alas, I ended up going to one of such places: The Famous Warehouse… (Formerly know as The Furniture Warehouse) And, while I am guilty of breaking my own rules, I will have to say that, at least, now I have even a better reason NOT to go back. Ever… But, that still begs the question: Why I ended up going there in the first place?
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Burgers,
Vancouver
