Random thoughts of restaurants and food in Vancouver, BC!
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Abdul’s BBQ
Crystal Mall
4500 Kingsway
Burnaby, BC
About a month ago, I wrote a post about Falafel Maison, a Middle Eastern, shawarma restaurant in Downtown Vancouver when reader Koji mentioned Abdul’s BBQ, a similar place in Crystal Mall (overlooking Kingsway). This is a place I have been in the past; however, that was before I started blogging. For some reason, I haven’t been back in a long time and when he mentioned it, I thought, hey, why not!
Falafel Maison
516 Robson Street
Vancouver, BC
During the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games, there were some restaurants I hoped they were open on time during the Games. One of those restaurants that barely opened in time was Santouka. One I wished it had open but failed was Gyuu Don Ya. And how I found it was still closed? Because I walked all the way there! Since I was hungry and needed to eat quick, I browsed nearby options. Kushi Box? Nope, done. Viet Sub? Matoi Sushi? H-Mart? Done and done. Among the remaining ones was Falafel Maison. OK, lunch it is!
East is East
4413 Main Street
3243 West Broadway (location visited)
Vancouver, BC
Sherman (of Sherman’s Food Adventures) is “the man”. It was his turn to organize the next Vancouver food bloggers gathering and he managed to pull out the largest one ever. How large? I was able to get 8 food bloggers (plus guest) us in a Long Table Series at the Irish Heather. This time, he was able to get writers of 15 blogs (plus guests) of us! In attendance….
Sherman of Sherman’s Food Adventures – Post is up!
Mijune of Follow Me Foodie – Post is up!
Kevin of 604 Foodtography
Jenny of My Secret Eden – Post is up!
Victoria of Victoria’s Food Secrets – Post is up!
Jonathan of Food and Tell
Jessica of Yum-o-Rama – Post is up!
Joyce and Frank of Van Foodies
Wilson of La Petite Vancouver
Anita of La Petite Foodie
Darina of Gratinée – Musings on Food & Culture
Melody of Gourmet Fury
TS of [eatingclub]Vancouver
Angie of Sea Salt with Food (home of the infamous Hasselback potatoes recipe!)
Of course, myself… 
Anatolia’s Gate
7084 Kingsway
Burnaby, BC
Last year, I did some guest blogging and, in one of the guest posts, I wrote about Anatolia’s Gate, a small Middle Eastern/Turkist restaurant in Middlegate. It has been almost a year I went there and, while technically is not a revisit (it wasn’t blogged here), I thought the food was worth further visits. OK, I fibbed, I was on my way home and Anatolia’s Gate happened to be on the way, hehehehehe.
Mr. Kumpir
1162 Denman Street
Vancouver, BC
In a funny way, just after I wrote a post on potatoes (poutine!), I now write yet another post on… Potatoes! Let me reassure you, it is partially pure coincidence! A couple of weeks ago, while walking around English Bay, I noticed a new shop preparing themselves for opening. At first, I wasn’t sure what was it about, except there was a really funny potato-like figure as “mascot”. So patiently awaited their opening…
Babylon Cafe (@ Robson Public Market)
105 – 1610 Robson Street
(Also in 716 Robson Street and 1156 Denman Street)
Vancouver, BC
Momo Sushi House
833 Bidwell Street
Vancouver, BC
Just like last week, where I ended up with several post on Latin American food/festivals… No, this is not revisit week! Some time ago, I wrote I would revisit places and blog about it again if somebody provides a convincing enough reason for me to do so. In this case, two “arguments” were given from Babylon Cafe and Momo Sushi House. So, without further ado!
Donair King
1028 Davie Street
Vancouver, BC
I will have to blame Drea from TBDFBTI on this one. While I won’t disclose the exact details of what we talked about (other than references to on-line activities), the end result was me meeting with somebody I have never met previously in the Starbucks of Davie and Thurlow. After that meeting, I realized it was a bit past my usual lunchtime! So, that gave me an interesting perspective. On a normal work day, while I could walk all the way to this area, I will seldom do this back and forth trip, as it would consume most of my lunch time. (Technically, I have flex hours so I could take a 2 hour lunch if I wanted to, as long as I put my required hours. But, why do that?). This gave me an interesting opportunity… So, after checking the nearby options, I settled for Donair King.
