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
Pita Fresh
1175 Davie St.
Vancouver, BC
Some time ago, I made the remark that there has been a lot of Middle Eastern eateries popping around Vancouver Downtown area. In Robson at Granville, you can find Babylon Cafe, Maison Falafel a couple of blocks east. And then, if you go to Granville Entertainment District, you will find a similar share of such places. Further down in the West End, a similar phenomenon occurs. Could it be shawarma and it similar brethren like donair and gyro (heck, even a taco al pastor!) is trying to take over silently without us realizing it? Well, if that is the case, I don’t mind if what they sell is something tasty. Today’s post is about a place that, depending on the perspective, could be considered Middle Eastern with some Greek touches as well: Pita Fresh in Davie Street, what seems to be their second location (the first one located near the Waterfront Station area).
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Lamb,
Middle Eastern,
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
Twisted Fork Bistro
1147 Granville Street
Vancouver, BC
On Monday, I made reference to karma, the fact that what goes around, comes around. That one time, it was me paying my dues; this time, it was the other way around. As thanks, my dear friend PR (whom I took for dinner at Mistral French Bistro), asked if I could to join her for dinner. Well, does that really require too much convincing? 
Anyway, there was one small problem: I was out of town so I didn’t have much of a chance to check where, not to mention make reservations. So, I let her with the task of finding a place – preferably somewhere I haven’t been. She thought Twisted Fork Bistro was a good idea so, sure, why not!
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Tagged as:
Dinner,
Lamb,
Seafood,
Vancouver
Minoas Greek Taverna
3823 Kingsway
Burnaby, BC
I interrupt my Tacoma post for Minoas Taverna!
For the most part, most food blogger gatherings have been done by Sherman and myself, though, for the last one, it was Jenny who organized it. Out of the blue, Elaine drops some of us an email for an impromptu mini-gathering of sorts. The place? Minoas Greek Taverna, a restaurant in Kingsway where I have seen countless amount of times (mainly because I take Skytrain) which has made me wonder for the longest: how the restaurant manage to survive in such odd location? Is it because they serve something good? One way to find out! In this round, it was Chris and Elaine, Sherman, Jessica and M, and me. Others were also invited but due to external circumstances, they couldn’t make it. Oh, well, I guess it should be still enough people to sample several dishes, hehehehe.
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Burnaby,
Greek,
Lamb
Afghan Chopan
104 – 12888 80th Avenue
Surrey, BC
For the X time, it was time again for a food bloggers dinner! This time, the task to organize this event felt into the hands of Jenny and her suggested place was a bit… Different. Sort of following the trend of visiting non-Chinese places (let’s face it, there are enough, let’s check other restaurants!), Jenny chose an Afghan restaurant… Nope, not Afghan Horsemen near Granville Island. Instead, it was Afghan Chopan in Surrey out of all places!
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Beef,
Chicken,
Lamb,
Surrey
Greek Day
3230 West Broadway Street
Vancouver, BC
Greek Summer Festival
4641 Boundary Road
Vancouver, BC
Last year, around this time, I went to several festival (for eample, the Scandinavian Mid Summer Fest, Latin Summer Fest, Powell Street Festival and so on). One that I couldn’t make it was the Greek Day, as it conflicted with another personal matters (as mentioned in my Scandinavian Mid Summer Fest post above). Despite I went to Greek Summer Festival, in-lieu of the Greek Day, well, it isn’t necessarily the same. So, this year, I made sure I went to that festivity, despite the weather was un-summer like. But, hey, weather hasn’t stopped me before! So, without further ado, a small photo essay of this event.
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Burnaby,
Events,
Festivities,
Greek,
Lamb,
Vancouver,
West Side
