Random thoughts of restaurants and food in Vancouver, BC!
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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.
The Soup Meister 
Screaming Mimi’s 
123 Carrie Cates Court – Lonsdale Quay Market
North Vancouver, BC
While most of the most populated areas of Metro Vancouver, namely Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster and part of Surrey, has a fast transit system – and soon, Richmond will have one as well with the Canada Line, for North Vancouver and West Vancouver, well, there is not much for them. Sure, there are buses going there but the most popular way to cross the Burrard Inlet is not taking a bus. Rather, taking the Seabus. And what is at the other end? Lonsdale Quay.
To the right, the Seabus, in the back, Downtown Vancouver.
Capers Community Market
4 Locations in Metro Vancouver
1675 Robson Street (Location visited)
Vancouver, BC
Back when I first moved to Canada, for a while, I was living a friend. During the first couple of weeks, I tagged with him and his family to do a lot of things, including, of course, grocery shopping. There, I was able to observe a lot of things, most importantly, prices of most groceries I would need eventually. We went to several local markets, as well as major larger supermarkets, like Superstore, Safeway, T&T and so on. When I moved out to Downtown Vancouver, there were only two major supermarkets, Capers and Safeway. My first weekend, when I went out to buy groceries, I went to Capers. After all, it is part of the “discovery” process. While I was walking through the isles, the only thing that came to my mind was merde! (Which is more surprising, specially since I do not speak French…).
Whereas a half gallon/1.84L of soy milk would cost $3.50 (all prices are Canadian Dollars) in Superstore, $4 in Safeway or T&T, here, it would easily cost $1.50 more. And, I am not talking about organic what-not, it was the same brand soy milk… I was on the verge of promising myself not to walk in again this place, if it was not for some unique items they had… (Oh, on that note, my perception of Safeway is not that different, just to a lesser extent). Anyway, I moved out of Downtown long time ago so I had no reason to go to Capers, as there are none nearby, anyway. But, now that I work in Downtown Vancouver, at least I could go there for lunch…
East Fusion Food
88 West Pender Street
Vancouver, BC
I have mentioned previously I seldom write posts on Chinese restaurants simply because to appreciate one, you must visit it in a large group. In a really odd twist, I was in the International Village, near Vancouver Downtown and was starting to get hungry. I could have gone to the food court in the mall but nah. Likewise, I could have gone to the nearby Costco and have some hot dogs or pizzas or whatever is sold in their food court area. But, no, instead, I waited to see other options and that’s how I ended up in East Fusion Food. While the name hints at Eastern food, if it wasn’t for my initial remark, that could have meant Indian, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, Chinese, etc. So, let’s try again, this is a mostly Chinese restaurant.
Paradise Bakery & Cafe
Several locations in the US
Denver International Airport, Concourse C (Location visited)
Almost everybody complains that airplane food sucks. But that does have to correlate to food on airports? Pricey, bland, frozen, mass produced food provided by suppliers like Sysco, so far, my experience would agree with that statement. However, I must admit I might be mistaken, as I have been through only that many, including YVR (Vancouver International), Pearson (Toronto), Baltimore-Washington, O’Hare (Chicago), Philadelphia International and, most recently, St. Louis-Lambert and Denver International. And, as mentioned yesterday, my pseudo-dependency on Gravol.
On my last trip, I had to stop by Denver for a bit longer than expected (as in 6 hours…). After re-scheduling my trip, it was time to look for something to eat. I soon found out Denver International is big! I was in Concourse C and took me a couple of minutes to walk from one end to the middle point. And, when I got there, there were several restaurants, including fast food chains (read: MickeyD’s, among others). Was this the end of my streak? After walking around, I decided to stop at Paradise Bakery.
