Vienna Treasures
909 – 12th Street
New Westminster, BC

When given the option, I would rather call shotgun rather than drive myself. However, when push comes to shove, I have no problems being behind the wheel. On a hot day, I took a leisure drive in the suburbs scouting for places that might look interesting to blog (yes, I try to find holes-in-the-wall, out of the way places). One of those places is the topic of today’s post: Vienna Treasures.

The truth is… I couldn’t take a better picture of the store front. There was that post and the traffic…
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Tagged as:
Bakery,
European,
New Westminster
Rikka Japanese Kitchen
28 8th Street
New Westminster, BC

My quest for good restaurants outside of Vancouver, specially that in Downtown Vancouver, lead me again to New Westminster. Burger Heaven – the place I dropped by in my previous visit to this area – was a really good spot. Would Rikka Japanese Kitchen be able to match that visit?

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Tagged as:
Japanese,
New Westminster,
Sushi
Burger Heaven
77 10th St
New Westminster, BC V3M

Let’s face it. When it comes to food in Metro Vancouver, New Westminster is not in anybody’s picture. In fact, other than Kirin (in Starlight Casino), there isn’t any “big name” restaurants there. And that is stretching it a little bit, as Starlight Casino is the New West’s side of Lulu Island (where Richmond is located)…
One restaurant that recently has caught my attention is Burger Heaven which, although is considered one of the best burger places in Metro Vancouver, has flown below almost everybody’s radar. I had to find out who got it wrong: the media in general or we bloggers…

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Tagged as:
Burgers,
New Westminster