New West Fish & Chips
413 6th Street
New Westminster, BC
Anny’s Dairy Bar
722 Sixth Street
New Westminster, BC
Ah, here I go to New Westminster again! It is as if suddenly I have that urge to visit that part of Metro Vancouver but, hey, if you think about it, if there is people in the area, there ought to be some restaurants, right? Of course, they can be good, they can be bad, it is a matter of dropping by just to find out (or, in lieu, check blogs!). In my visit to Pattaya Thai, Sherman made mention of a fish and chips place across the street. In my case, I was up for some good old fried fish, despite I knew it might not live up to the expectations of fish I had in Panama. But, Panama is hundred of miles away so I had to live with what is available locally. In this case, that place was New West Fish & Chips. (And, oh, since you can read from the header of this post, I also dropped by Anny’s Dairy Bar!).
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Tagged as:
Dessert,
Fish,
New Westminster,
Seafood
Ciao Bella Italian Restaurant
703 Denman Street
Vancouver, BC
Alas, good things always seems to come to an end. After my trip to Panama, everything started to settle back to its usual routine, including lunch at work. In the past, PO has been my *cough*victim*cough*, I mean, partner in crime. However, for this lunch, I was able to gather another “recruit” – CN. With this “hobby” of visiting restaurants, there is always that element of expectation but also that element of discovery. So, with that in mind, we were settled for lunch. Then the usual question… Where? A couple of weeks prior, PO and I went to Le Bistro de Paris and mentioned the relationship with Ciao Bella Restaurant. So, we though “why not?”. And to Ciao Bella we went…
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Tagged as:
Fish,
Italian,
Vancouver
Restaurante Mi Ranchito
Amador Causeway
Panama City, Panama
More often than not, I do not re-blog a restaurant visit. For the most part, in my experience, my follow-up visits are pretty much similar to what I experienced and blogged. However, there are times I do re-visits thanks readers suggestions. So far, most re-visits have been locally here in Vancouver – after all, I live here. However, to “break” that pattern, I returned to Mi Ranchito, I restaurant I blogged about last year! After all, locals suggest this place and, since I was with my parents’ friends, it was a good way to introduce them to local cuisine!
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Tagged as:
Fish,
Panama City,
Seafood
Maple Grill
1967 W Broadway
Vancouver, BC
Different cultures have different standards. In my case, being born Chinese, specifically Cantonese, means there is almost no boundaries as to what I can’t eat (which helps because, as far as I know, I do not have any food allergies). However, that is not the case with other cultures, where they have some dietary restrictions. For example, in the case of Muslims, there is the concept of halal and, in the case of Jewish, the concept of kosher. In the case of halal, several middle eastern restaurants in Vancouver have the halal certified sign but, in the case of kosher, not that I could find. But, Sherman found about Maple Grill and asked the usual question… Who is up for it?
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Tagged as:
Fish,
Seafood,
Vancouver,
West Side
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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Tagged as:
Fish,
Seafood,
Vancouver
Betty’s Fish & Chips
4850 Imperial Street
Burnaby, BC
There are times when, for good or for bad, a restaurant close, it is cherished for what it was or simply forgotten. However, when a restaurant re-opens, one might wonder if it is in name only or it is really a spiritual reincarnation of its former self. Now, I am not talking about re-branding themselves (read: Fuel into Re-Fuel) or changing its theme (Gastropod into Maenam). We are talking about the same restaurant, same food. Something like Wally’s Burger which met its demise when its lease wasn’t renewed in its former Kingsway location but reopened last summer in Cates Park in North Vancouver. However, that new place was, in my opinion, a shadow of its former self… And then there is Betty’s Fish and Chips, an out of the way fish and chips place in Burnaby, not far from Metropolis at Metrotown, which claims to be the best fish and chips in town. If that is true, how come it closed to re-open?
Sorry, I messed up and did not take a picture of the outside… >_<
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Tagged as:
Burnaby,
Fish,
Seafood
Moby Dick Restaurant
15479 Marine Drive
White Rock, BC
Among the different theories for the source name “Panama”, the place I was raised, is that of “Land of Many Fishes”. Whether that is true or not, doesn’t really matter. The truth is that there is a great variety of fish and seafood there. Among the most popular ways to cook it is that of marinating it in citrus (i.e., ceviche) and frying it. Some might call it a waste but, when it is good, does it matter? So, during our last visit to The Irish Heather for a Long Table Series, I was talking to Mark and the topic of fish and chips popped. When asked which restaurant had it, I said “whole fried fish in Panama”. Of course, the question was the best fish and chips in Metro Vancouver, not to mention the fish fillet rather than bone-in. Anyway, my answer was “Moby Dick in White Rock”. Funnily, that was the place I suggested Mijune (of Follow Me Foodie) to meet the first time (which, instead ended up being Baru Latino). And, guess who I went with this time? Yup, it was Mijune! 
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Tagged as:
Fish,
Lunch,
Seafood,
White Rock
