Miki Japanese Ramen
5212 Kingsway
Burnaby, BC
ET of Doesn’t TaZte Like Chicken once asked me “How long does it take you to write a post?” Back then (almost a year ago), I told something about ~1 hour post processing pictures plus another 30 or so minutes writing the actual post. That, is of course, not counting the time it takes to decide what restaurant to go, etc. etc. That was back then… The question is, what about now? So, as a test, I asked myself, if I didn’t have a post in the queue (the original post for today was that of Pho Hong, which will be rescheduled for this coming Monday), how long would it take me write a post from scratch? Well, there are of course some things that takes time of its own, for example, where? To avoid spending some time figuring that out, I decided to go to the same restaurant Sherman visited yesterday plus the order the exact same dish(es). That restaurant was Miki Japanese Ramen.
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Tagged as:
Burnaby,
Japanese,
Ramen
Hokkaido Ramen Santouka
1690 Robson Street
Vancouver, BC
“There is always space for one more”
That phrase is of course a tongue-in-cheek. In some areas of Vancouver, you see a saturation of certain restaurants, yet, it seems one more restaurant always pop out. Fish and chips in Steveston, Indian in Surrey, Izakaya in Downtown Vancouver. In the corner of Robson and Denman, also known as the ramen epicentre in Vancouver, we already have the three main ramen shops: Kintaro, Motomachi Shokudo and Benkei Ramen (and its “relative”, Benkei Ramen in Thurlow). The question is, of course, is there space for Hokkaido Ramen Santouka, the newest addition in the ramen picture in Vancouver…
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Tagged as:
Downtown,
Japanese,
Ramen,
Vancouver
Benkei Ramen
1741 Robson Street (blogged previously here) 
747 Thurlow Street (Location visited)
Vancouver, BC
I think pretty much all of us food bloggers have mentioned countless times that that corner of Denman and Robson is the ramen epicentre in Vancouver. And, in its own ways, it has expanded with Menya in Cambie (as far as I know, not related to the other ones) and G-Men in Richmond (related to Gyoza King, an izakaya in Robson Street). Benkei Ramen, on the other hand, has decided to expand but rather to doing it into the suburbs, they chose a place not that far from its current location: Thurlow Street between Robson Street and Alberni Street.
Typical sign a Chinese/Japanese shop just opened…
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Tagged as:
Japanese,
Lunch,
Ramen,
Vancouver
G-Men Ramen
1101-3778 Sexsmith Road
Richmond, BC
After the hard drive of my main computer died two weeks ago, I spent some time working off my backup/traveller computer. While it was workable, it simply does not have the apps I need. After going back and forth, I finally got a replacement hard drive (though technically, it is not a replacement at the same time; won’t go into details). The “catch” was that I had to go to Richmond and, after picking up my hard drive, I was looking for a spot for lunch. One place I wanted to go for some time, specially after some raving from some fellow bloggers, was G-Men Ramen. OK, since I was in Richmond, I might as well make the best out of it!
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Tagged as:
Ramen,
Richmond
Deli Nippon
3913 Knight Street
Vancouver, BC
We all know the corner of Robson and Denman in Vancouver’s West End is the epicentre of ramen in Vancouver. In fact, a graph by fellow bloggers from Eat, Snap, Repeat best describe the noddle situation here. So, for today’s post, my visit to Deli Nippon, the most recent noodle shop in Vancouver, located in an area known for car accidents as well as some Chinese and Indian restaurants.
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Tagged as:
Japanese,
Lunch,
Ramen,
Soup,
Vancouver
Menya Japanese Noodle
401 W Broadway
Vancouver, BC
This might be a difficult task to those not living in Metro Vancouver but, if you are, you will notice that most of the restaurants I have visited are located in Downtown Vancouver and east of Main Street. Translation? There is a huge area I have not even considered. As to why, well, that’s a long story… Anyway, one night, I started to drive almost aimlessly finding a spot for dinner. Suddenly, I thought “noodles”! Not wanting to go all the way to Downtown Vancouver for one of the best known ramen shops (read: Kintaro, Motomachi Shokudo, Benkei, Ezogiku), I chose to go to Menya Japanese Noodle, located just outside of Downtown Vancouver.
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Tagged as:
Noodles,
Ramen,
Vancouver
