![Beijiang Restaurant – Halal Uyghur in Richmond [REVIEW]](/content/images/size/w584/2018/01/beijiang-restaurant-blog.jpg)
Taking a quick glance at Richmond's restaurant variety and you'd be accurate in a mostly Western chains, Chinese seafood restaurants, and Taiwanese snack shacks. That makes it all the more exciting to introduce a place like Beijiang Restaurant [https://www.beijiangrestaurant.ca/] that features a halal »
![Cactus Club Cafe – Bentall 5 Dinner in Vancouver [REVIEW]](/content/images/size/w584/2018/01/cactus-club-cafe-bentall-5-blog.jpg)
I usually don't write about a chain restaurant more than once, but Cactus Club Cafe [cactusclubcafe.com] made an exception. After my previous visit [noshandnibble.blog/cactus-club-frose-review-vancouver/] to their Coal Harbour location (tl;dr service was real slow), their Guest Relations department reached out to me to hear »
![Honey Salt – Farm-to-Table at Parq Vancouver [REVIEW]](/content/images/size/w584/2018/01/honey-salt-vancouver-blog-banner.jpg)
Happy 2018! With a new year, I thought it would be fitting to share one of my finer experiences. I found myself at the recently-opened Honey Salt [http://www.parqvancouver.com/restaurants/honey-salt/], 1 of 5 eateries found at Parq Vancouver [http://www.parqvancouver.com/]. With a farm-to-table concept, does »
![Urban Thai Bistro – Winter Festive Set Menu [REVIEW]](/content/images/size/w584/2017/12/urban-thai-bistro-blog.jpg)
If the financial thought of dining in Vancouver's Yaletown sounds daunting to you, then you might be happy to hear 3-course meals are still possible on the average 9-5er's budget. Urban Thai Bistro [thaihouse.com/urban-thai-bistro/] has been serving up their Winter Festive Set Menu and »
![The Poke Shop - Now Serving Ramen and Donburi in Vancouver [REVIEW]](/content/images/size/w584/2017/12/the-poke-shop-blog.jpg)
With a name like The Poke Shop [http://thepokeshop.ca/], you'd be 100% correct that poke is their game. With the colder months ahead of us though, some props are in order watching this restaurant expand their menu to match the climate. The Poke Shop is now serving »
![Dublin Calling - Irish and European Sports Bar in Vancouver [REVIEW]](/content/images/size/w584/2017/12/dublin-calling-blog.jpg)
From the ashes of Granville Street's Ceili's comes a new Irish experience. Dublin Calling [https://dublincalling.com/vancouver] is the latest expansion from the Toronto-born restaurant company. With a huge inherited space and more TVs than you can watch, how does the new menu fare? I »
![Italian Kitchen - Old World Charm in Vancouver [REVIEW]](/content/images/size/w584/2017/12/italian-kitchen-blog.jpg)
The art of sharing is a classic Italian culture in having dinner with friends and family. There may be a new world of activated charcoal ice cream and startups producing the flavour of wine, but Italian Kitchen [www.glowbalgroup.com/italiankitchen/index.html] in Vancouver keeps it simple even with »
![Rocky Mountain Flatbread Co. – New Vegan Menu in Vancouver [PREVIEW]](/content/images/size/w584/2017/11/rocky-mountain-flatbread-blog.jpg)
Good vegan food is hard to come across in Vancouver when you consider most restaurants that bother having good vegetarian options hardly ever include vegan items. This past week I was invited to a media preview of the new plant-based vegan menu of Rocky Mountain Flatbread Co [rockymountainflatbread.ca/]. As »
![Mokutanya - Yakitori in the Bay Area Burbs [REVIEW]](/content/images/size/w584/2017/11/mokutanya-social.jpg)
The Bay Area is full of hidden gems. When I visited San Francisco in September I was meeting up with some of my favourite foodies and trusted them to make an informed dining decision. Because they live outside the city, we settled on Mokutanya [http://themokutanya.com/], a yakitori specialty »
![Louis Gervais Fine Foods and Catering [REVIEW]](/content/images/size/w584/2017/11/louis-gervais-blog.jpg)
If there's a black box category of dining where you don't always know what you get, it's catering. Considered by the corporate world as the finer alternative to quinoa salads from Costco, catering services can have all sorts of backgrounds marketing to similar customers. »
![AnnaLena - Modern Canadian in Vancouver [REVIEW]](/content/images/size/w584/2017/10/annalena-blog.jpg)
As some may know, AnnaLena [http://www.annalena.ca/] is the current product by East Vancouver-raised Chef Michael Robbins. Having opened The Oakwood in Kitsilano a few years prior, his current eatery is a dinner-only menu inspired by his creative direction (there are Bearbricks on display and Gameboys etched onto »
