by gigi on September 1, 2010
When Jenkins and I heard that the Re-Up BBQ street cart was stationed near the Vancouver Art Gallery, we decided to give it a try one weekend. Stationed in the courtyard right next to the Olympic countdown clock, it was located in a pretty sweet spot and could be seen by all the foot traffic [...]
by gigi on August 23, 2010
One of my stand bys when I’m not sure where to eat is usually a Hong Kong-style cafe. I grew up eating at such places so the food is quite familiar to me and it also doesn’t hurt that the prices are generally quite reasonable. I was first introduced to Cafe Gloucester several [...]
by gigi on August 15, 2010
One thing that I always lamented about downtown was the lack of bubble tea and casual Asian eats available. I was used to my old stomping grounds in Richmond where there were a multitude of options available to me if I wanted to have bubble tea or go for some Hong Kong-style cafes or Taiwanese [...]
by gigi on August 11, 2010
For my birthday, I decided to have dinner with some friends at Pourhouse. It was yet another place on my list of restaurants to check out and I had heard that the atmosphere at Pourhouse was quite nice so I rounded up a few friends for a nice little dinner gathering. When our [...]
by gigi on August 4, 2010
Generally, I don’t blog about my visits to weddings or other large meals that are paid for by other people. My reasoning for this is that if someone was nice enough to spend money to take me out for dinner and in the event that the meal wasn’t very good, I’d feel pretty bad about [...]
It was Jenkins’ birthday recently and since I was in charge of choosing the restaurant, I decided to go to Nook. It had been on my list for quite a while since my co-worker recommended it to me. After that, it seemed like I was hearing about Nook from a bunch of people, several of [...]