Guantanamera Restaurant and Bar
334 Sixth Street
New Westminster, BC
A couple of weeks ago, I visited Delicias de Alicia for some Cuban food. I really wanted to like the restaurant, given the lack of such restaurant types in Vancouver but, in the end, I thought it failed to deliver. In the comments for that post, reader yoyo mentioned a new Cuban restaurant in the New Westminster area. So, to show some love to that part of Metro Vancouver, for the third time this week, I went to Guantanamera Restaurant and Bar.
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Latin America,
New Westminster,
Pork
Delicas de Alicia
4854 Imperial Street
Burnaby, BC
I have complained a lot of times in the past that we do not have non-Mexican, Latin American eateries. While you have gems like El Pulgarcito, El Inka Deli (here and here), i.e., given the large land mass that is Latin American, these restaurants are just a spec of what that part of the world has to offer. Of course, me being raised in one of those small regions, makes me crave that food in a way quite different from the usual Vancouverite. Try cooking it myself? Well, I wish… Unfortunately, I didn’t really learn… So, when I found out Delicias de Alicia (literally, Alicia’s Delight) opened, I was more than excited to give it a try.
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Burnaby,
Latin America
Calli Restaurante Mexicano
1102 Davie Street
Vancouver, BC
Sometimes I have to wonder myself… If I have a bias against a “cuisine”, why do I choose to go to such restaurant type over and over? I guess I do have a hope that I will hit jackpot and find something I would like and change my mind. But, in the case of Mexican, given that most of the restaurants here offer basically the same dishes, my expectation for that has been really low. With that in mind, I went to Calli Restaurante Mexicano, a new restaurant in Davie Street.
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Downtown,
Latin America,
Lunch,
Mexican,
Vancouver
La Taqueria Taco Shop
322 West Hastings St
Vancouver, BC
Whenever a new restaurant is about to open or it opens, there is always that rush to try it. I won’t blame anybody, after all, there is that sense of “something new”. Of course, the bigger the restaurant, the better known the restaurateurs behind it, the most publicity, et al, makes that expectation higher. To a certain extent, there was such expectation in La Taqueria, a new taco shop in Vancouver – and that is despite the shop is a really small one. After all, the restaurateurs behind La Taqueria has some background with well known eateries like Nuba and Le Faux Bourgeois. But, to me, the question is: what is the end result? The only way to find out was to visit them…
Sorry about this dark picture – I went there after work and, since it is late fall, sun set relatively early…
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Downtown,
Latin America,
Mexican,
Vancouver
Martino’s
212 W Main Street
Somerville, NJ
Before this trip, I did a bit of homework: I contacted Christina who writes Pizza & Bagels, a blog which had several posts in the area I was staying, and asked for recommendations. After two nights of borderline average meals, it was time to use one of these recommendations/lifelines: Martino’s. (On that note, the posts so far has been sequential, i.e., they are what had night after night). While it was on my way back – after taking a small detour, that is, I wasn’t 100% sure of the driving instructions. Again, driving at 100 Km/H in an unknown area after 7:00 p.m. is somewhat challenging… But, after missing (once again) several exits I managed to find Martino’s, a Latin American (non-Mexican!) restaurant.
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Latin America,
New Jersey,
Pork
Baru Latino
2535 Alma Street
Vancouver, BC
Like most social activities, blogging – in my case, food blogging – is an activity where you get to know other people who share your passion. In this particular case, I got to meet Mijune, who writes Follow Me Foodie for dinner. The original place we were planning to meet was Moby Dick Restaurant, a well known fish and chips restaurant in White Rock; however, after second thoughts, we ended up going to Baru Latino, a Latin American restaurant in Vancouver’s West Side. Hey, I am familiar with (some) Latin American food, right?
Update: Mijune’s thoughts of Baru Latino can be found here!
Sorry for this fuzzy, sub-par picture.
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Tagged as:
Latin America,
Seafood,
Vancouver,
West Side
El Centro Mexican Restaurant
Robson Street
Vancouver, BC
Right now, one of the most “talked about” restaurants in Vancouver is La Taqueria. Personally, I am not in a hurry to visit them, as other fellow bloggers already have that covered, not to mention my bias against Mexican food and because it is a bit too far to be considered walking distance from my workplace. But, in some really odd twists, while walking in Robson Street, looking for a spot for lunch, I noticed a just-opened restaurant: El Centro Mexican Restaurant. I won’t go to La Taqueria yet but here is this other Mexican restaurant I can check. Oh, well… There it goes!
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Tagged as:
Downtown,
Latin America,
Lunch,
Mexican,
Vancouver
