Romer's Burger Bar

Romer's Burger Bar (Kitsilano) It was my friend's birthday and so we had a dinner gathering with a large group at Romer's Burger Bar (1873 West 4th Ave.) in the Kitsilano neighbourhood. They have another location on Kerr Street in the Killarney neighbourhood and a new location opening next month in Yaletown. Since we had ~20 people, my friend booked the vault, which is just a private room downstairs...

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Matsuyama Japanese Restaurant

Japanese night! We went to Matsuyama Japanese Restaurant in Richmond on Alexandra Road (where many, many restaurants are located). We chose Matsuyama because we had a relatively large group and the place seemed to be able to handle large groups. I wasn't that hungry, so one of my friends and I decided to share a bento box and a roll. We settled for the dragon roll and obento box C. The dragon roll...

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YSpa Beauty + Wellness Center

My friend and I bought a voucher for a full contour body wrap at YSpa, a beauty and wellness center. YSpa (1033 Cambie Street) is located in Yaletown just off Cambie Bridge. I was very excited as this was be my first time visiting a spa center (in Vancouver) and the concept of a body wrap was still fairly new to me. As they knew that my friend and I came together, they organized us into the one...

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Kam Do Restaurant & Bakery 金都餐廳餅店

I love bakeries and freshly baked goods. Among the abundant Chinese bakeries here in Vancouver and Richmond, Kam Do is my favourite for winter melon cakes (alternatively called sweetheart cake). In Chinese, they're called 老婆饼, which directly translates to "wife's cookie". Why such a name for a pastry? There are a few legends that describes the origin of this pastry. One legend says that winter melon...

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Pho Tan's Vietnamese Beef Noodle Soup

Basil leaves, bean sprouts, serrano chili, lime On a chilly day, all I want is something nice and warm in my tummy - fast. My friend and I settled for a bowl of pho in Kerrisdale. I fell in love with pho the first time I tried it. I find that the pho noodles are very unique, love the soup base, and love the beef as well. At Pho Tan's, all of their beef noodle soups (pho) come in a small or large...

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Gyoza King 餃王 & Gelarmony Gelato

Gyoza King is located on Robson street and is part of the Vancouver Japanese Izakaya Tapas along with Gyo-O Fish King in Richmond and Chicco Cafe, a dessert place. At Gyoza King, there are low Japanese-style seatings, western-style seatings, and seatings at the bar.  The mini-sized rice bowls are only around ~$5 and I got the mini salmon don as salmon is basically the only raw type of fish I...

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Schneider's Lunchmate + Fruit

I feel like a kid. Today, I had Schneider's Lunchmate + fruit (since I received a coupon from them). This brought back a lot of memories from when I was young. Lunchmate stackers were quite popular at my elementary school and they also seemed so fun, stacking ham and cheese on crackers or making pizza. To be honest, even though I really wanted a Lunchable for lunch back then, I never got one....

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Fraser Court Seafood Restaurant 紅日大酒家

Ever since I was young, I've always been excited to get up on the weekends for yum cha aka dim sum with my family. Most places that offer yum cha in the morning are also opened in the evening for dinner. Fraser Court Seafood Restaurant is located on Fraser Street and 19th Ave and I've been here quite a few times for dim sum as well as for dinner. Unlike traditional dim sum restaurants where they...

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Kent's Kitchen 權記小菜館

Kent's Kitchen (Chinatown) Kent's Kitchen has two locations:  Keefer Street in Chinatown and Victoria Drive. I visited the Chinatown location today where customers can choose to dine in or take out whereas the location at Victoria Drive is only take out. The Victoria Drive location also has BBQ duck, BBQ pork, soy sauce chicken, etc. available. Kent's Kitchen's menu Allow yourself...

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Jethro's Fine Grub

One of the first things I've heard about Jethro's, is their large and fluffy pancakes. As a fan of pancakes, I had to go and try them. We went there for brunch on probably the most popular brunch day - Sunday. The place is pretty small and it was packed as we were leaving and there was even a line up. I've heard that people wait over an hour for seats, so it's best to arrive there earlier as they...

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YYoga - Flow Wellness Location (Downtown)

Yyoga Flow Wellness (888 Burrard Street) My very first experience at YYoga was a hot yoga class in 2010 when Yyoga gave out complimentary cards during the Vancouver Olympics. Soon enough, I fell in love with hot yoga and YYoga. I have been to almost all of their locations (total of 8) and my favourite one is Flow Wellness (888 Burrard Street), their largest and first location. In my opinion,...

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Ap Gu Jung 압구정

Ap Gu Jung is a Korean restaurant on Robson street. The restaurant is casual with 2 floors and my friends and I sat on the upper floor. The was literally one light above our table hanging down so it was quite dimmed, hence I apologize in advance for the pictures - I definitely need to work on my skills in dim places.  I realized that whenever my friends and I go for Korean food, we order...

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Italian Day 2012 on The Drive

Italian day - 1st Ave. On June 10th 2012, the streets of Vancouver's Little Italy (Commercial Drive) were filled with people celebrating Italian Day. 1977 was the birth of Italian Day, but it was abandoned after 1982 due to large, uncontrollable crowds. However, this year marks the third consecutive year of having Italian Day as it was reintroduced in 2010. There was a lot going on that day and...

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Europeans Breads Bakery

Europeans Breads Bakery has many retailers, but only 2 cafes and I visited the one on Fraser Street (4324 Fraser St.). This bakery values artisan baking and everything is made by hand. Upon entering the shop, I could sense the comfortable environment where people can sit down for some pastries and coffee.  Napoleon cakes, poppy seed slice, light rye bread I got a slice of poppy seed roll...

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Lindt Chocolate Outlet Boutique + Meeting Tessa & Scott

Lindt all started by a pair of father and son in Zurich back in 1845. A few days ago, I had the honour to attend the grand opening event of BC's first Lindt Chocolate Outlet Boutique at Queensborough Landing in New Westminster (805 Boyd St.) and met Canadian's super cute duo, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir. I'll let the pictures speak a bit:  Lindt Outlet in New Westminster Finger Food Drinks  ...

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New Richmond IKEA

 Chocolate covered marshmallow from Ikea  April 25th was the grand opening of the new IKEA store in Richmond. That day, Ikea gave out a range of prizes from hot dog vouchers to gift cards of values up to $250 to the first 1000 people in line. Unfortunately, I couldn't attend their grand opening day, but I visited their new store last weekend. It is located next to the old store and upon entering...

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T&T Green Tea Cake Pastry

As I've mentioned in my previous post about Bon Crepe, green tea is one of my all-time favourite flavours. My mom surprised me with a green tea cake pastry from T&T today! I think this is one of their rather newer products as I've never seen it before. I have definitely noticed that T&T have been constantly creative with their products and developing new products for consumers. T&T...

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