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Richmond

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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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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Review: Tenku Bakudanyaki

by pick on May 13, 2009

Another post by Pick…this time about Bakudanyaki. It almost makes me wish I still lived in Richmond so I could try this out but I guess I’ll just have to make a trip out there! ——————————————————- Having lived in Richmond for almost my entire life, it’s easy to spot when a new restaurant pops up. [...]

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Review: Dim Sum at Empire Chinese Cuisine

by gigi on March 11, 2009

We had a large family get-together one morning and congregated at Empire Chinese Cuisine on Alexandria Road in Richmond for some dim sum. Even though we arrived at the restaurant at 10:30 in the morning, it was already packed with people. There were about about 13 of us and whenever my family goes for dim [...]

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It was my grandma’s big 80th birthday back in June and we celebrated it the way our family knows best: a big Chinese dinner at Fisherman’s Terrace in Aberdeen Centre.    My aunt pre-ordered a banquet menu for us so all we needed to do was pretty much show up and chow down. First came [...]

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