Zabu Chicken
1635 Robson Street
Vancouver, BC
I might be overstating the obvious here: Restaurant business is a cuthroat business. Even more so in Vancouver where restaurants seems to come and go. Restaurateurs blame the economy, HST, drinking laws, etc. However, what they forget is that eating out is not a necessity; is a luxury. If you can’t make people come to your restaurant and generate revenue and income, probably you are doing something wrong. While I do miss some restaurants that are long gone, those empty spots are usually filled up by something else down the road. Or, in some cases, just close for a week and reinvent themselves. Fuel, in Kitsilano, for example, turned into Refuel. Am I digressing here? Maybe; however, thoughts like these came to my mind when I saw Zabu Chicken…
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Tagged as:
Chicken,
Downtown,
Korean,
Lunch,
Vancouver
Kim Bob Chun Gook
1635 Robson Street
Vancouver, BC
Some things go around and comes around, in a quasi cycle of cause and effect (aka Karma). In my case, I always believe that, if somebody does something for you, you should reciprocate and show gratitude. If you show generosity, it will be shown back to you. Such was the case of PO, who did a favour for me some time ago and, to thank him, I invited him for lunch. Of course, there is that eternal question of where. For no particular reason, I remind him of a (then) tapas place called Kosetsu (which I failed miserably to go with Mariko due to them not being open yet, as in we were there too early). However, that was months ago and, for some reason, it re-lanched themselves as a Korean restaurant named Kim Bob Chun Gook (now, this is based on what I saw, if the transliteration is correct, I can’t say!). OK, that sounds good so let’s go!
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Tagged as:
Korean,
Lunch,
Pork,
Vancouver
Chicken Party
205 – 3355 North Road
Burnaby, BC
OK, let me reassure you that, despite the name of this post, it is a PG post. Yes, there is a double entendre with the title of this post which is also the name of this restaurant. If you don’t know about that possible other meaning… Well, I won’t explain it (feel free to Google it). So, the question is… Why I was in a restaurant with such a strange, almost risque name? In that case, I will finger point shokutsu of Foodosophy who wrote about this place a couple of weeks ago. And what shokutsu end up getting? Based on that post, I will assume fried chicken!
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Tagged as:
Burnaby,
Chicken,
Coquitlam,
Korean
Potter’s Garden
5599 Kingsway
Burnaby, BC
The day following my visit to the Great Bear Pub, I was once again in the Kingsway area of Burnaby and, as usual (?), I was in the looks for good eats. I was originally thinking on getting something heavy with meat in it but changed my plans at the last moment because I had already something heavy with meat earlier that day, not to mention I was planning to go to the Greek Day the day afterwards. Hey, I am a heavy meat eater but at the same time I have my limits! Now, I wasn’t sure if vegetarian will cut it; besides I couldn’t think of such type of restaurants at that moment. So, I went to what seems to be next best thing: Korean! And, just by coincidence, I was driving close to Great Bear and right next to it, Potter’s Garden.
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Tagged as:
Burnaby,
Kingsway,
Korean
Happy Day Metro House
5021 Kingsway
Burnaby, BC
I am not afraid to say this: There are a lot of ethnic restaurants that, unless you are from that specific culture, they are not that inviting of “other” people. Take for Chinese, where service can suck royally (but something we are used to) but it is not that welcoming to non-Chinese (or even Chinese who can’t read/write). How so? Because part of the menu is not in the local lingua franca! At other instances, the exterior looks so un-inviting that, unless you know the cuisine very well, chances are you won’t visit it. To me, that is the case of Happy Day Metro House in Burnaby. If I look from outside, it looks like another corner restaurant. However, with tall booths, dark windows and not too bright exterior, I always wonder if there is some sort of gang activity going on! But, my sense of adventure for food beat that fear, which lead me one day to visit it…
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Tagged as:
Burnaby,
Korean,
Seafood
Toyo Sushi
2211 Cambie Street
Vancouver, BC
As I have mentioned previously, one of the perks from blogging in general is that of meeting people. And, in the particular case of food blogging, that of meeting people for a meal. That was the case when Erin (of My Life in the E List) wrote a comment and, finding she is a blogger, one thing lead to another and that meant us meeting for lunch. Of course, that brings the question of where. After checking her blog, I found out she likes sushi and that meant we would originally meet in Ebisu on Broadway. But, alas, it was closed on the day we were supposed to meet for lunch! So, that led us to plan B: Toyo Sushi.
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Tagged as:
Cambie,
Japanese,
Korean,
Seafood,
Sushi,
Vancouver
Dae Bak Bon Ga
1323 Robson Street
Vancouver, BC
Just a caveat: due to other timing, this post was shuffled around and almost ended up being lost in the pile. That of course brings the question: when did I actually go to Dae Bak Bon Ga? How about almost three weeks ago? And that was in part thanks to the Foodosophy team and Sherman (of Sherman’s Food Adventures) who went there recently – though to their Kitsilano location. Since I have been meaning to try different cuisines, I thought, hey, why not! So, I convinced PO to tag along and there we went.
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Tagged as:
BBQ,
Downtown,
Korean,
Lunch,
West End
