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
Et Voila! Crepes, Galettes, Tartines & Frozen Yogurts
555 West Hastings
Vancouver, BC
Last week, I wrote about Arturo’s Mexico to Go but, prior to that, I wrote a general “complain” they were not using Internet to their full potential. How so? By not setting up a Twitter account (or something on those lines), short of going there, there wasn’t really an easy way to find out whether they were open or not. In my couple of trips to that corner of Howe and Cordoba (and failing to find them), I had to look for something to eat nearby and quick. Waterfront food court? Nah, nothing attracted my attention. Dim Sum Express? Been there, done that. That left me with Sinclair Centre food court and Harbour Centre food court. For some reason, I was attracted to the later, so, to Harbour Centre I went. While I ended up going to more than one stall, this post is specific to one: Et Voila. More of that in a moment…
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Dessert,
Food Court,
French,
Vancouver
Richmond Public Market
Guang Dong Flavor Fast Food 
Lu Zhi Shen 
8260 Westminster Highway
Richmond, BC
Long time readers of this blog might be rubbing their eyes right now. What??? Did you just read RICHMOND?! Unfortunately, yes, I was in Richmond but not because of my own free will. What happens is that I needed to take my car to a car shop and, out of all places, the ones suggested happen to be in Richmond. Granted, I could have taken it somewhere closer to home but, when you don’t know better, I would instead rely on suggestions. (On that note, since I dropped the car in Richmond and didn’t request the car to be delivered, it means there will be a second post… The day I went back to pick it up!). Anyway, I timed it in such a way that, after dropping the car, I would have some time to walk around, specifically to one place that had me curious for a while: Richmond Public Market.
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Chicken,
Food Court,
Richmond
In the last couple of weeks, I have been visiting places that sell Chinese BBQ pork – for the most part, in the form of a meal served with rice. It is simple, it is satisfying, it is Chinese… For a twist, I decided this time to go for lechón, the Spanish variant of this dish; however, since I am not aware of any Spanish restaurant in Vancouver that does this, I went then for the next best alternative: the Filipino version. After all, there is a Filipino community here and there is that catering to their own community, right? That place was Joyce BBQ/Manila Lechon, located near Joyce Skytrain Station.
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Burnaby,
Chinese,
Food Court,
Pork,
Vancouver
Huaxi Noodle
2126 – 4500 Kingsway
Crystal Mall
Burnaby, BC
Chong Lee Market Kitchen
3308 E 22nd Avenue
Vancouver, BC
This was supposed to be two short post but I thought, rather than two short posts, how about having a longer one, specially considering these two places shared some things in common? Namely, me needing a meal; however, I wasn’t THAT hungry? OK, that might be an overstatement… Basically, I had a somewhat heavy meal earlier that day and needed a snack/light meal. And based on posts from other fellow bloggers, I thought I should drop by Huaxi Noodle (in Crystal Mall’s food court) and Chong Lee Market…
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Burnaby,
Chinese,
Food Court,
Noodles,
Sandwich,
Soup,
Vancouver,
Vietnamese
Mambo Cafe
3020-4151 Hazelbridge Way
Richmond, BC
I have mentioned one too many times, I have no love for Richmond (*). Sure, there are some good eats but, darn, those crazy drivers… To add to that list, I must also say those crazy architects. Yes, I must be nuts because I drove to Aberdeen Centre rather than taking the Canada Line. But, in my defence, I also went picture taking that day. Why the architects? Because of the darn parkade! It is among the most poorly laid out parkades I have ever seen (and I have seen one too many). I will spare you with the details other than to say there was such a back-up, to the point it was even getting to the street and, as a result, took me several lights just to enter the parkade plus almost a dozen minutes to find a spot. Of course, those crazy Richmond drivers do not help…
Anyway, because it took me longer than expected to find a parking spot (OK, not really, it just took me time to go to the higher levels because most people did not want to go past the second parking level or far from the mall entrance) and it was noon (originally I wanted to go somewhere else for lunch), I thought I might have lunch there as well. Most people must admit, despite it is a food court, they have hell of good options. Wo Fung Dessert, anybody? Of course, that is just one example and the other stands are not necessarily the best but, c’mon, it beats some fast food chains… (On that note, it is “funny” there is a Triple O’s there…). While I could have gone to those places I knew of, there were two problems: It meant I won’t be writing about it and the most problematic issue… There were really long lines! So, I after a quickly browsing the stands, I settled for Mambo Cafe.
(*) – I guess I should start visiting other places as well. Coquitlam/Port Coquitlam/Pitt Meadows? White Rock? Abbotsford??? (Yes, all the way to Abbotsford for pizza!).
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Chicken,
Food Court,
Richmond
Cultures Restaurants
346-4820 Kingsway
Metropolis at Metrotown
Burnaby, BC
Before I started this blog, I had my share of rants about food courts. However, due to other reasons, I kept going to one and, eventually, found out not all of the stands are that bad. Sure, you will have your Timmy’s and fast food chains; however, in some other food courts, you could end up in stands with food that can rival that of sit-down restaurants. Stands like Wang’s Shanghai in Crystal Mall in Burnaby or Matoi Sushi in Downtown Vancouver. But, the common part of these food courts is that they are part of oriental malls! (Mostly Chinese in the case of Crystal Mall, mostly Korean in the case of the food court where Matoi is located). Would the biggest mall in Metro Vancouver, Metropolis at Metrotown, even offer something that could remote match that of the Oriental malls? That is the topic of today’s post: Cultures Restaurants (or simply “Cultures”).
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Burnaby,
Food Court
