Big Orange
7 Locations in Metro Vancouver
4700 Kingsway (Metrotown) – Location visited
Burnaby, BC
Like in pretty much anything in life, there are trends that are, well, overrated – namely, fads. Anybody remember foam? Atkins diet? To me, yet-another of those fads is bubble tea (BBT). As of today, I simply don’t get the popularity behind these drinks. Probably I am over-simplifying things but, if you want “tea”, why not get some actual tea rather than this sweetened concoction (in the case of the tea ones)? How about some actual fruit juice (or better, actual fruit) rather than the fruit-y version? Granted, I won’t envision something like taro juice but those would be corner cases.
Still, that does not mean I am not willing to give these drinks a try so, after my dinner with Mijune at Saffron Indian Cuisine, we went to get something “sweet” for Mijune and we ended up in Metrotown. Alas, it was past the mall closing time so that left with that many options in the area. Mijune was thinking of TCBY or McDonald’s (for soft serve) when she made mention of Big Orange. I thought “sure, why not!” so we ended up here instead.
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Tagged as:
Burnaby,
Drinks,
Taiwanese
Chef Hung Taiwanese Beef Noodle
2800-4151 Hazelbridge Way
Richmond, BC
I think it is somewhat commonly accepted by food bloggers in Vancouver that the larger the hype, the higher the standards by which you will be judged against. Of course, when I mean food bloggers, I am referring to those who actually go there, sit, order, eat and pay as would any customers and then write what he/she thought about it. Among my peers, I have been considered to be the biggest ba$7@rd when it comes to “criticizing”, despite I have mentioned a lot of times I don’t do reviews but, what I write, are merely experiences of my own. The funny part about this was that a dear friend told me that, lately, I have not been as bashful and harsh as in the past and have mellowed out a little bit. How true this is, I will leave it up to you; however, it might also be because I haven’t be to any of such “hyped” restaurants in a long while. Until the day I had to venture to that driving hell hole called Richmond to pick up my car, which gave me the opportunity to go to Aberdeen (which, fortunately, was somewhat empty that night) and go to one of the most hyped Chinese restaurants in a while: Chef Hung.
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Tagged as:
Noodles,
Richmond,
Soup,
Taiwanese
Great Wall Mongolian BBQ
717 Denman Street
Vancouver, BC
I have bashed at times the all-you-can-eat concept a little bit too much at times. You have to admit it: How much “quality” you can provide when you charge a fix price and there is almost no limit as to how much a diner can eat? OK, sure, hotel buffets charge an arm and a leg and the food can be quite good. But, then, they have mastered it to a certain extent. For the rest, it is a matter of balance things out: calculate based on the average case scenario (though leaning towards the worst case scenario) and hoping most of the customers won’t consume as much.
With that in mind, PO and I went one day to Great Wall Mongolian BBQ (name of the restaurant) for Mongolian BBQ (type of cuisine). The twist in this case is that you fill up a bowl with different meats, vegetables and noodles. Add some sauce and it is then cooked for you on a large griddle. What’s so funny about this? Because Mongolian BBQ (the cuisine), despite the pamphlet they provide explaining their cuisine, is neither Mongolian nor it is “BBQ”! Anyway, we were up for it…
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Tagged as:
BBQ,
Lunch,
Taiwanese,
Vancouver,
West End
Tony’s Beef Noodle
5710 Cambie Street
Vancouver, BC
Some people have considered me to be a bad influence. How so? Well, how about “convincing” them to start a blog??? That is in part what happened to RC. He had a domain parked for the longest and, after he found out I was food blogging, that was the spark needed for him to start using that domain – Yummy Review. And, while he has taken baby steps, that didn’t stop me from doing what a food blogger does best: check if he would be good to visit a restaurant! As usual, there was the question of where. To make thing “easy” for both of us, I chose a restaurant that would be somewhat equidistant for both. And that place ended up being Tony’s Beef Noodle.
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Beef,
Cambie,
Noodles,
Taiwanese,
Vancouver
Corner 23
4008 Cambie Street
Vancouver, BC
Another neglecting types type of restaurant for a long time, it was time I finally went to one. It was a noon I was doing some errands near the Cambie area and thought, hey, why not! After all, if this one was full, I could just go next door to Copa Cafe! Unfortunately, that was easier said that done, as there was almost no parking spaces in the next blocks. Fortunately, I spotted one and to Corner 23 it was…
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Tagged as:
Cambie,
Chinese,
Taiwanese,
Vancouver
