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Richmond

Review: Lin’s Chinese Cuisine

by gigi on April 12, 2010

Jenkins and I were in the mood for Taiwanese food one day when I remembered that I had been meaning to try Lin’s Chinese Cuisine for a while. Although it appeared to feature an eclectic mix of Chinese food from several different regions, its claim to fame were its xiao long bao. We arrived on [...]

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Review: Rainflower Restaurant

by gigi on March 24, 2010

For people who used to frequent the old XS Cargo on No. 3 Road in Richmond, they’ll probably also know that it moved to another location a few blocks down by Alderbridge and No. 3 a couple of years ago. What they may also know is that in the location where XS Cargo was originally [...]

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Review: Cucumber Cafe

by gigi on January 21, 2010

It had been quite a while since I last met up with Miguel. We were always busy and since we were trying to coordinate a lunch or dinner with several other people at the same time, it was difficult to find a time that worked for all of us. Finally, we found a brunch time [...]

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Review: Qoola at Aberdeen

by gigi on November 16, 2009

Ever since Qoola opened, I had heard quite a lot of good things about it. I wasn’t sure if this was just because they had made a big marketing push and reached out to a lot of bloggers and such so it was never too high on my list. However, I was talking to Juanita [...]

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Pick’s Review: CHOP

by pick on June 25, 2009

CHOP, the high end restaurant owned by the same owner of Moxie’s, the Sandman Hotel, and a few other chains, recently opened up in Richmond by the Sandman Signature Hotel (formerly known as the Delta Hotel). My first impression stepping into CHOP was that this restaurant belonged downtown. It’s furnished with sculptures and designer light [...]

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Review: All-You-Can-Eat at Ninkazu Sushi

by gigi on June 8, 2009

It was James’ birthday a few weeks ago and he wanted to celebrate by going to an all-you-can-eat sushi place. I had never been to Ninkazu before, but had heard it was owned by the same people as Tomokazu, so I suggested to James that we check it out. It had been quite a while [...]

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