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Dover Arms Pub

by KimHo on July 2, 2010 · 7 comments under: British Columbia,Food,Restaurant

Dover Arms Pub
961 Denman Street
Vancouver, BC
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Following my post on Wednesday on Fogg N’ Suds, on another day, PO and I were out for lunch and, once again, we chose to go to a place were you could watch the football games. Of course, in the West End, that translated into a pub. Instead of going to a place in Robson, we chose to Denman and that resulted in Dover Arms Pub, an English theme restaurant/pub. With such a large exterior location, I can’t help wonder myself why it has taken me so long to visit it!

Dover Arms, pub, West End, Vancouver, Denman

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Tagged as: Lunch, Pork, pub, Vancouver, West End

Fogg N’ Suds

by KimHo on June 30, 2010 · 2 comments under: British Columbia,Food,Restaurant

Fogg N’ Suds
10720 Cambie Road, Richmond, BC
1323 Robson Street (Location visited)
Vancouver, BC
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Unless you are living under the rock, or probably an American or Canadian without any too much connection outside of North-America, the Football World Cup is currently going on in South Africa. Yes, football, as in that sports that you actually use your feet to kick a ball 90% of the time, unlike *ahem* American football. Go ahead, we can have a discussion about naming conventions and what not but, unlike, NBA, NFL, MLB or even NHL, where the “championship” is local (read: North-American minus Mexico), the FIFA World Cup is a global event. It is a simple sport and, if you want to play, you only need a team and some open space. Hell, at times you can even “improvise” a ball and some sticks to mark the goal. Rules are quite simple and, unlike the before mentioned sports, what is called on the field sticks. No instant replay, no fancy technology. (Sorry, England, you got your Wimbley Goal 30+ years ago…).

Now, putting all those issues aside, given the time difference and, in part due broadcasting, one of the games were scheduled around noon our time, which means going for lunch to watch the game! Going to a fancy type restaurant for lunch to watch a game sounds a really bad idea so, instead, PO and I went to more adequate places to watch the football games: a pub. In this case, we went to Fogg N’ Suds, located in the same block as Hon’s in Robson. In fact, it is right in front of Dea Bak Bon Ga on the second story!

Fogg N' Sudds, Vancouver, Richmond, pub

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Tagged as: Burgers, Downtown, pub, Vancouver, West End

Michi Waffle & Expresso Bar

by KimHo on June 18, 2010 · 11 comments under: British Columbia,Food,Restaurant

Michi Waffle & Expresso Bar
1319 Robson Street
Vancouver, BC
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To quote Sherman, “you got lots of good eats here!”. Now, he wasn’t referring to Surrey or Delta; he was referring to the West End, where Mijune, Sherman and I was after the event in Prestons, which we left early. Normally, after such event, it would have been everybody going home or some other activity. But, in this case, it wasn’t that hard to “convince” them to try a semi-new waffle/coffee bar in Robson Street, near Hon’s. Hey, we are all for some good time and, well, food! (Not to mention, we had the subject-matter expert in hand for this!). That place was Michi Waffles & Expresso Bar.

Michi, Waffle, Expresso, Bar, Vancouver, Robson, West End

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Tagged as: Coffee, Dessert, Downtown, Vancouver, West End

The Crime Lab Restaurant

by KimHo on June 3, 2010 · 6 comments under: British Columbia,Food,Restaurant

The Crime Lab Restaurant
550 Denman Street
Vancouver, BC
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Today’s post, I will have to admit it is quite interesting in its own ways. Why? Well, first of all, Happy Birthday to JF (despite my use of initials, she knows who she is! ^_^;;;). While she does not live anywhere Downtown Vancouver, once in a while she pops by around. Given it was close to her birthday, I asked if she would be up for dinner. And, yup, she was up for it! Now, here comes the biggest of the dilemmas… When you are a food blogger, everybody expects you to know the “good” restaurants. Truth is I know restaurants *I* like and I know my palette will not suit a lot of people. As a result, I usually leave the decision taking process to the other parties, specially considering I eat almost anything. But, in a way, I ended up being a bit selfish myself and suggested a restaurant near my workplace and, fortunately, close to where JF was by that time of the day. That restaurant ended up being The Crime Lab.

Crime Lab Restaurant, Vancouver

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Tagged as: Seafood, Vancouver, West End

Pomegranate Lounge

by KimHo on June 2, 2010 · 2 comments under: British Columbia,Food,Restaurant

Pomegranate Lounge
836 Denman Street
Vancouver, BC
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6+ years ago, when I moved to Vancouver’s West End, I used to walk around the area a lot. Back then, I didn’t pay too much attention to nearby restaurants, as I was more interested in… Well, just walking around! However, I had to eat and didn’t care where. Hell, I am not ashamed to say that the people in Subway knew me enough to almost starting to call me by name! But, once in a while, I chose to go to actual sit down restaurants and one that caught my attention in those days was Rooster’s Quarters. Why the particular interest? While there weren’t that many izakaya places yet (while there was Guu and Gyoza King, there was no Hapa or Kingyo), it was one of the few non Asian restaurants. Somehow, it seems it was only a matter of time… And, indeed, it closed last year. I was wondering what would replace it and, given all ethnic options, I was quite surprised when Pomegranate opened. It was a tapas-type place but it didn’t have decor or ambiance as the other nearby tapas-like place, including izakaya. So, what then? With that in mind, I went there with PO.

Pomegranate, Vancouver, West End, Denman

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Tagged as: Downtown, Sandwich, Tapas, Vancouver, West End

Akira Sushi

by KimHo on May 26, 2010 · 5 comments under: British Columbia,Food,Restaurant

Akira Sushi
1069 Denman Street
Vancouver, BC
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We have had this eternal debate of whether authenticity matters. In my case, I have started to move to the camp of “as long as it follows the principle of the cuisine and, most importantly, tastes good”. While I try to keep that in mind, there are times where old habits die hard. That’s part of the reason I have walked by hundreds of times by two sushi restaurants in Denman Street which are almost facing each other but haven’t gone back – because I knew they weren’t Japanese operated. However, after reading an article by Mia Stainsby, who writes the Word of Mouth for the Vancouver Sun, about one of these two restaurants serving “black sushi”, I thought, hey, why not! So, for lunch one day, I went to Akira Sushi.

Akira Sushi, Vancouver, West End

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Tagged as: Japanese, Lunch, Sushi, Vancouver, West End

Le Bistro de Paris

by KimHo on April 9, 2010 · 9 comments under: British Columbia,Food,Restaurant

Le Bistro de Paris
751 Denman Street
Vancouver, BC
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There are times that restaurants are known for good things and bad things. It does not matter how (good or bad) the food is; that “something” else can override it. For good or for bad, in my case, I only care for what ends up on the plate… In the case of Le Bistro de Paris, it has a semi-dubious claim to fame. It used to be called Café de Paris and owned by a local chef. Nothing odd about that, except he disappeared in November 2009 (more details here). But that was then and Le Bistro de Paris is under new management so I should look at it for what it is now.

Le Bistro de Paris

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Tagged as: French, Lunch, West End

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