Al-Watan Tandoori
6084 Fraser Street
Vancouver, BC
I am not sure about my fellow food bloggers but, more often than not, when people find out I food blog, the usual tendency is to ask for restaurant suggestions. Of course, the issue is that, what might be good for me, might not be good for the rest. So, rather, I give them a general blanket list of places with some caveats. For example, a week or so, I was asked for non-Japanese seafood lunch restaurant in Downtown Vancouver within a certain budget. Unfortunately, the only place I could think of were Joe Forte’s and Coast, so I mentioned it with warnings (i.e., Joe Forte’s being predictive, Coast being expensive and slow – among other things). What it is really odd is for non-blogger to check with me if I want to go to a restaurant. What? You want me to tag along, spend countless minutes taking pictures of the food while it gets cold? Well, that’s what happened when EC drop me a note for exactly that, as she wanted to visit Al-Watan Tandoori in Frasier Street…
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Beef,
Chicken,
Curry,
Indian,
Lamb,
Vancouver
Saffron Indian Cuisine
4300 Kingsway
Burnaby, BC
Another week goes and, once again, I get to meet with other food bloggers for dinner. Just like last time, I got to meet Mijune for some catch-up (let me tell you, she is a busy woman!). Alas, in this, I was caught unprepared in the sense I didn’t really think of a place to eat. Believe it or not, choosing places to eat is not a simple task: there are times where we have way too many ideas; at times, we just draw blanks. Fortunately for me, Mijune remembered Saffron Indian Cuisine, as the name suggests, an Indian restaurant in the Burnaby side of Kingsway. I have been there in the past for their buffet but that was years ago (read: before I started food blogging) so that gave me a reason to revisit it. And who better than with a fellow blogger!
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Burnaby,
Chicken,
Curry,
Indian,
Lamb
The Lion’s Den Cafe
651 East 15th Ave
Vancouver, BC
Not sure where the idea came originally. It might be thanks to a comment from jlomein in my Delicias de Alicia post or probably because he wanted to go there from the very beginning but Karl organized a mini-gathering of sorts in The Lion’s Den Cafe. Originally, it was supposed to be Sherman, Karl and myself; however, since Jessica joined us last time in Royal City Thai, we thought we should check on her as well. And, guess what? Elaine asked if we were up for lunch on the same day and we told her of our plans. Result? An additional person in this mini-gathering!
Of course, it begs the question: what is so particular about Lion’s Den? Well, it has Caribbean food! Wait, that is not all… How about Japanese food as well? Yup, Lion’s Den has both Caribbean AND Japanese in the same menu! (Or, as they call it “Japaribbean”). With such odd combination, one of them quite popular in Vancouver, the question is how well would both combine…
Update: below are the links for everybody’s posts!
Elaine
Jessica
Karl
Sherman
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Caribbean,
Curry,
Jamaican,
Latin America,
Vancouver
Pooja Cuisine
1075 Easton Avenue
Somerset, NJ
As mentioned previously, in this trip, I wanted to try different types of cuisines. So far, we have had diners, burgers, Latin American (Cuban), Southern/Soul and BBQ – in that order. For this post, though, I will have to break that sequence because of tomorrow’s post. As a sneak peak, it is about burgers (yes, again but… Let’s just say wait until tomorrow). But, other than that small burger detour, I kept that different cuisine line of thought. In this case? Indian food in Pooja Cuisine.
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Curry,
Indian,
New Jersey
Thai Away Home
3315 Cambie Street
1206 Davie Street (Location visited)
Vancouver, BC
Once again, I am on the look for something “different” to eat for lunch in the West End. While there are a lot of sushi spots, I did not want to go any one of them (comparison between these gets a bit tiring after a while). And there are several Korean restaurants but, somehow, I don’t feel too comfortable going there by myself. This time, that “something different” was Thai. I have blogged about one other Thai place previously, Khunnai Chang; however, after my initial post, I have been a couple too many times already. No, that won’t work. In the end, the Thai restaurant ended up being Thai Away Home in Davie.
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Curry,
Downtown,
Thai,
Vancouver,
West End
Yesterday it was another hot summer weekend but, along with it, another summer festival! In this case, after a short hop via the Seabus to Lonsdale Quay then a short walk to Waterfront Park, the Caribbean Days Festival! (Courtesy of Trinidad and Tobago Cultural Society). So, without further ado.
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Caribbean,
Chicken,
Curry,
Fish,
Latin America,
North Vancouver,
Vancouver
Alberni Food Fair
1070 Alberni Street
Vancouver, BC
I once wrote this about food courts:
“Food courts in Metro Vancouver (and North America in general) are, more often than not, just places for you to buy something, sit on a table and eat it. Whether is something edible, good for you, entertainment or anything on these lines, well, just don’t raise your expectations“.
Of course, there are always exceptions to those rules. For example, the one instance when I visited Crystal Mall’s food court and had BBQ duck and BBQ pork. Of course, that could be an exception to the rule, after all, Crystal Mall is one the lines of a Chinese/Oriental mall. Now, what are the chances I would like a food court in Downtown Vancouver, surrounded by high end restaurants?
Entrance in Thurlow street.
Entrance in Alberni street.
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Curry,
Downtown,
Pho,
Vancouver
