Qoola Frozen Yogurt + Fruit
1116 Denman Street
Vancouver, BC
Red Robin
Multiple locations in the US and Canada
4640 Kingsway (Location visited)
Burnaby, BC
I consider myself a really reasonable person. In any arguments, if somebody can provide reasonable evidence against what I say, I will certainly consider it. Likewise, so far, I have not deleted any comments, as everybody is entitled to his/her opinion. I mention this because there has been times where I wrote I did not like/was disappointed but, not long after, readers comment I should have tried something else or, based on the comments, it sounds like it was an off day. If the argument is convincing enough, I am willing to give those places a second chance and revisit them. Two of these places are the subject of today’s post: Qoola Yogurt + Fruit and Red Robin. (For the previous blog posts, check here for Qoola’s and here for Red Robin’s).
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Burgers,
Burnaby,
Chain Restaurant,
Dessert,
Revisit,
Vancouver
Waffle House
Hundreds of locations in the US
106 W Terra Lane (Location visited)
O’Fallon, MO
It was my last day in Jefferson City and had to drive to St. Louis to catch my flight back to Canada. Since I was not sure of how light/heavy the traffic would be, I chose to leave relatively early (as early as 6:00 a.m.). I could have had breakfast at the hotel (which was “free”); however, you get what you pay for. Well, it was not bad; it was not good either… Anyway, this post is not about the hotel’s “free” continental breakfast but Waffle House, as the name suggests, a restaurant where waffle is the supposedly the main item. Between Jefferson City and St. Louis I think I saw at least 4 locations. But, every time there was a sign telling me one was coming, I missed that exit (and I was driving on the rightmost lane the whole time!). Fortunately (?), when I was close to St. Louis, traffic was starting to get heavy and, well, finally took the correct exit, hehehehe.
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Breakfast,
Chain Restaurant,
Jefferson City
Hardee’s
Multiple locations in the world
3601 Country Club Drive (Location visited)
Jefferson City, MO
When I was around 12 or 13 years old, a Hardee’s opened in Panama. Of course, like any new restaurant, it created some hype and a lot of people flocked there in the first couple of weeks. I was able to tag along with a neighbour, since he was taking his family there, and I still remember their burgers loaded with some “strange”, crunchy ingredient in it. That ingredient is bacon. While I am used to eating pork rind (not to mention the crispy skin of a Chinese roast pork), it would be my first time eating bacon. I won’t say I really liked it (too heavy) but that left me an impression. Unfortunately, the Hardee’s did not last, as their burgers were priced higher than MickeyD’s and, after a while, their hype faded. Fast forward not long ago. While in the US, I was looking for something quick to eat when I recalled seeing a Hardee’s nearby and that gave me a chance to remember those memories…
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Burgers,
Chain Restaurant,
Jefferson City
Sbarro
Several locations around the world
3600 Country Club Drive (Location visited)
Jefferson City, MO
On my first day in Jefferson City (my final destination after my crazy trip and overlay through Denver), I faced the same old dilemma. Where to go for lunch? The problem with my work location is that, aside from being in the middle of nowhere (not literally but close), anything nearby required driving. In fact, my second day there, I was taken out out to a Mexican restaurant (which won’t be blogged because I did not bring my camera, not to mention it would be odd trying to explain why I was taking pictures of the food) and, just to get there, a 10 or so minutes drive in highway was required.
Anyway, target #1 was a nearby mall, which was next to the hotel I was staying at. For some odd reason, this mall, Capital Mall, barely had anything in the food court. Hungry, running out of time, I settled on the first thing that was not available locally – Sbarro.
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Tagged as:
Chain Restaurant,
Italian,
Jefferson City
And here I go again, hitting the road (or a plane, in this case). Where? St. Louis, Missouri! And, as usual, my post of the meals I had while leaving Vancouver to my destination city and back.
I had to connect in Denver, so this picture is somewhere in-between…
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Breakfast,
Chain Restaurant,
Denver,
Random,
Sandwich,
Toronto
Red Robin
Multiple locations in the US and Canada
4640 Kingsway (Location visited)
Burnaby, BC
Something random about me: I suffer from motion sickness. Although I have outgrown that problem on some modes of transportation (when I was small, I couldn’t be inside a car for long; until recently, if I was in a boat, I had to sit somewhere where I could see the horizon), one that I can’t seem to shake away is airsickness, i.e., that related to flying. Now, before people start giving me suggestions, I will say “thanks, but no thanks”. I don’t mean to rude, rather, other than dimenhydrinate (aka, Gravol or Dramamine) I am not that willing to try them. Once, I did not bring it with me and, in desperation, at the airport, I purchased and took “natural” Gravol (which contains a form of ginger instead – it was the only one available). Result? I had to use not one but two barf bags on a 4.5 hours trip from Vancouver to Toronto…
Now, what does that have to do with food and Red Robin? Well, not much other than after a business trip, I was back in Vancouver and was looking for something to eat. Still under the secondary effects of Gravol, driving was not such a good idea. Instead, I just took transit and went to the nearest mall, Metropolis at Metrotown to get something to eat. Could I have gone to other places? Sure, I could but, then again, I was not thinking straight… ^_^;;;
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Burgers,
Burnaby,
Chain Restaurant
Wolfgang Puck Express
Several locations worldwide
Pearson International Airport (Location visited)
Here I go again… Last week, I was on a trip (more on that in tomorrow’s post) and, due to the location of the final destination, I had a layover at Pearson International Airport. Unlike a previous time, where I ended up eating on the restaurants past the security gates, this time I chose to eat before, which gave me different set of options. The problem is that hauling a somewhat heavy carry-on (it was a short trip but had to dress accordingly) meant I couldn’t go from one terminal to the other. The first place I noticed? Wolfgang Puck Express…
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Chain Restaurant
Revisits – Qoola Yogurt + Fruit & Red Robin
by KimHo on April 5, 2009 · 8 comments under: British Columbia,Comments,Food,Restaurant
Qoola Frozen Yogurt + Fruit
1116 Denman Street
Vancouver, BC
Red Robin
Multiple locations in the US and Canada
4640 Kingsway (Location visited)
Burnaby, BC
I consider myself a really reasonable person. In any arguments, if somebody can provide reasonable evidence against what I say, I will certainly consider it. Likewise, so far, I have not deleted any comments, as everybody is entitled to his/her opinion. I mention this because there has been times where I wrote I did not like/was disappointed but, not long after, readers comment I should have tried something else or, based on the comments, it sounds like it was an off day. If the argument is convincing enough, I am willing to give those places a second chance and revisit them. Two of these places are the subject of today’s post: Qoola Yogurt + Fruit and Red Robin. (For the previous blog posts, check here for Qoola’s and here for Red Robin’s).
Read more…!
Tagged as: Burgers, Burnaby, Chain Restaurant, Dessert, Revisit, Vancouver