Brado Restaurant
1399 Commercial Drive
Vancouver, BC
Cake-Ya
2415 Clarke Street
Port Moody, BC
Last week, there were a couple of post featuring meals I had with people I have met while food blogging. For the most part, these were events I organized myself. But, in an interesting twist, how about something organized by another food blogger whom I haven’t met previously? Specifically, somebody who, currently, is not even here in Vancouver? It just happen that Phyllis of me Hungry! was in town (who happens to have lived here in Vancouver) and Jessica of Yumorama organized a mini-meeting of sorts, which, in the end, only Sherman and me showed up. Because of a poutine run she had last time she was here, the suggested place was, once again, another poutine place! And one I visited in the past… Brado Restaurant. But, that brings the question… How is Cake-Ya, a small dessert shop located in Port Moody has to do with Brado?! Read to find out more! 
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Tagged as:
Dessert,
Japanese,
Pizza,
Port Moody,
Vancouver
Sciué
800 W Pender Street (Location visited)
126 Davie Street
Vancouver, BC
Once again, it was during those hectic Winter Olympic days… Actually, they weren’t THAT bad because, thanks to arrangements from my workplace, I was able to finish work earlier which let me wander around the different houses and pavilions (and I blogged about them here). That arrangement also allowed me to go to Downtown core itself for lunch and, for today’s post, one of those places that seems to be close yet a bit too far: Sciué
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Tagged as:
Downtown,
Italian,
Lunch,
Pastry,
Pizza,
Vancouver
Uncle Fatih’s Pizza
1685 East Broadway
1187 Denman Street Vancouver (location visited)
Vancouver, BC
There is that “complain” that pizza in Vancouver sucks. While it is true that we do have a lot of cheapo pizza parlours, we also have great joints like Ah-Beetz (though, of course, you have to drive to Abbotsford). There are other places I have my target on, including Ragazzi and The Firewood Cafe, but there is one reason I haven’t acted on that wish to visit them: I can only eat that much. To a certain extent, that is why I have no shame admitting I go to cheapo pizza parlous: I can eat two slices and no risk of bad pizza leftover (even when “as is”, it was good). For today’s post, I visited the “second” location of one of the most popular cheap/late night pizza places: Uncle Fatih’s Pizza (which I blogged previously in a vs. match against 2001 Flavours), this time in Denman Street near English Bay.
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Tagged as:
Downtown,
Lunch,
Pizza,
Vancouver
Artichoke Basille’s Pizza & Brewery
328 East 14th Street
New York, NY
Here is the challenge: three meals in New York, where to eat… What to eat! Rather than me scratching my head, I set up three criterias:
1) Ask a fellow blogger (not necessarily from New York) for suggestions.
2) Ask a friend who lived/has lived in New York City for a suggestion of a place that will not break the piggy bank.
3) Go to a semi-iconic place.
This post tackles point #1 (point #2 will come noon today and #3 will be tomorrow Saturday!), where I asked fellow blogger Sherman for a suggestion of a place I should visit in New York City. He pointed out several ones and, while it was all good, I had one problem: Transportation. For the most part, I was relying in either walking around or public transit which meant my range would be really limited (with my “central” location being New York Penn Station). And, while I have been told that NYC’s public transit is quite good, after a couple of runs with it, I prefer Vancouver’s… Anyway, I thought that after my visit to Ah-Beetz in Abbotsford which serves NY style pizza, I might as well try a pizza from New York! Of course, there are the iconic places, like Di Fara and Lombardi’s; however, there were issues with both places: either, it was too far or had to buy the whole pie. And, then, there was Ray’s which ended up being like a chain… That would have been all good but, instead, I went for a somewhat unconventional option: Artichoke Basille’s Pizza & Brewery.
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Tagged as:
New York,
Pizza
Ah-Beetz
2664 Gladys Avenue
Abbotsford, BC
So far are you willing to drive for good eats? 10 Km? 25 Km? 50 Km? How about driving that distance for pizza? What? Yup, you got that right, pizza! While we have a lot of pizza shops in Vancouver, the general opinion is that we could do better. So, “looking around”, I became aware Ah-Beetz, a pizza shop, in Abbotsford, out of all places, which makes authentic New York style pizza. That claim made me curious enough to make that trip!
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Tagged as:
Abbotsford,
Pizza
Panago
Multiple locations in Canada
969 Denman Street (Location visited)
Vancouver, BC
OK, I know some people might criticize me for this post but, to be truthful, I am here to blog about almost any place I can think of – fine dining, mom-and-pop, dives, chains, out of the way, etc. etc. Sure, this is your generic chain but, as I have mentioned previously, restaurants like this have a place in society. Despite my (pre)conceptions, if it is there, I will go and visit it at least once. Having said that, I went to Panago during lunch on a break we had from the stretch of rainy days in the last two weeks and was in Denman Street looking for eats when noticed this sandwich board.
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Tagged as:
Downtown,
Lunch,
Pizza,
Vancouver,
West End
Flying Wedge Pizza
Several locations in Metro Vancouver
1059 Denman Street (Location visited)
Vancouver, BC
In the last couple of weeks, I have mentioned lunches at work has been a bit crazy, mainly due to tight deadlines. During that period of time, I had to rely on some unusual source of lunches, namely Safeway. I have to admit their soups can be quite good, specially if you get a sourdough “bowl” to go along. In one day I had a bit more of time, I decided to walk a bit farther. But, for some reason, every other place was closed/not open yet for business. Sometimes it sucks when you want to go out for an early lunch… But, Flying Wedge Pizza was open and that worked for me.
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Tagged as:
Pizza,
Vancouver,
West End
