![Kin Khao - Michelin Star Dining in San Francisco [REVIEW]](/content/images/size/w584/2017/10/kin-khao-blog-banner.jpg)
On my last trip to the Bay Area, I was excited to try some upscale west coast eateries. A couple days after Foreign Cinema [https://noshandnibble.blog/foreign-cinema-san-francisco-review/], I was at Kin Khao [http://kinkhao.com/], a 1 Michelin Star restaurant in downtown San Francisco. With this designation in mind, »
![Dockside Restaurant - 2017 Fall Menu - Vancouver [PREVIEW]](/content/images/size/w584/2017/10/dockside-restaurant-blog-banner.jpg)
With the coming of autumn, some restaurants will be shifting their menus to incorporate flavours to match the season. Dockside Restaurant [docksidevancouver.com/], located in Vancouver's Granville Island, have introduced Mark Crofton as their new Executive Chef, and together put out some new culinary creations. I got to »
![National Taco Day at La Taqueria - Vancouver [RECAP]](/content/images/size/w584/2017/10/la-taqueria-blog-banner.jpg)
Wednesday October 4th was National Taco Day and nearly every big taco shop in Vancouver was celebrating. None took it as far as La Taqueria Pinche Taco Shop [www.lataqueria.com/] though as these folks were offering 2-for-1 tacos for every customer walking through the doors between 3-6pm. For the »
![Foreign Cinema - Dinner and a Movie in San Francisco [REVIEW]](/content/images/size/w584/2017/09/foreign-cinema-blog-banner.jpg)
Commonly known as "The Mission", the Mission District in San Francisco is home to many restaurants, bars, and nightlife events. While the age-old "dinner and a movie" date is still prevalent today, few venues (apart from drive-in theatres) manage to capture its essence quite as well »
![Yale Saloon - BBQ Food in Downtown Vancouver [REVIEW]](/content/images/size/w584/2017/09/yale-saloon-blog-banner.jpg)
I'm a big fan of barbecue. Whether it's the smell of brisket, slurping savoury sauces, or the finger-friendly madness, I'm in. And cornbread. Delightful, delicious cornbread. Having barbecue options downtown seems pretty essential to a night out, so it's almost fitting that »
![Rice Burger - Burgers with a Japanese Twist - Vancouver [REVIEW]](/content/images/size/w584/2017/09/rice-burger-blog-banner.jpg)
This review is not for protein hustlers. For the rest of us carbloaders though, Rice Burger [https://www.facebook.com/pg/riceburger604] has recently opened up in the former Sasamat Pizza space in Vancouver's Point Grey neighbourhood. Has the bread bun in traditonal hamburgers been holding you back »
You know a drink is serious when it gets trademarked, right? I kid you not, Cactus Club [https://www.cactusclubcafe.com] has one drink pegged with a trademark symbol on their Sunday Funday drink menu. Being a basic soul for rosé, I knew it was only a matter of time »
![Chickpea - Israeli Vegan in Vancouver [REVIEW]](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4347/36225719800_6372ca1f2b_o.jpg)
Vegan food isn't all just sliced vegetables and tofu. No, some perfectly tasty food just happens to be vegan and marketed to vegan diets. I'm not vegan, but I knew I was going to visit Chickpea [http://ilovechickpea.ca], a new restaurant on Vancouver's »
![Dosanko - Hokkaido Japanese in Japantown, Vancouver [REVIEW]](/content/images/size/w584/2017/08/dosanko-spread.jpg)
While not as prominent in today's society, Japanese immigrants from the early 1900s had a large representation in the neighbourhood east of Gastown and Railtown known as Japantown. It's fitting then, that a place like Dosanko [http://dosankorestaurant.ca/about_dosanko/] has sprung up in this »
![Gyo Para - New Ramen on Broadway - Vancouver [REVIEW]](/content/images/size/w584/2017/07/gyo-para-ramen.jpg)
If Japanese ramen needs any introduction, it's simply one of Vancouver's favourite meals. Enjoyed in groups or solo, ramen doesn't discriminate. Back in 1993, it was first opened as Gyoza Paradise downtown. Today, it's been relaunched as Gyo Para [http://gyopara.com] »
![Yuzu Shokutei - New Japanese Ramen on Denman Street - Vancouver [REVIEW]](/content/images/size/w584/2017/07/yuzu-shokutei.jpg)
Ramen never goes out of style in Vancouver. Within the city's most famous neighbourhood for Japanese ramen, the West End, Yuzu Shokutei [http://www.yuzu-group.com] has recently opened shop. With the same interior as last year's short-lived Touhenboku Ramen (a chain from Toronto, ON), does »
