![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 »
There are caesar cocktails, and then there are the caesars at Score on Davie [http://scoreondavie.com] in Vancouver. Holy moly. Fans of Canada's famous cocktail ought to stop by this West End bar because there appears to be a decked out caesar for all budgets. I came »
I'm pretty sure every food blogger of importance has visited and written a review of Kingyo [http://kingyo-izakaya.ca]. For one reason or another, I had to wait nearly 3 years into my food blogging career to visit one of Vancouver's most talked about Japanese izakayas. »
How do you include lentils into your diet? For many of us, lentils, one of Canada's biggest exports, is often found as a soup or curry ingredient and lumped in with vegetarian diets. This week I had a taste of a life with more lentils at "Lentils »
It's not often that this happens, but after my previous outing [https://noshandnibble.blog/shark-club-sports-bar-review-vancouver/] to Shark Club for the Oilers vs Ducks Game 6, I was invited back for a dinner, on the house. I was informed the experience I had was not reflective of Shark Club »
Sometimes it feels new restaurants are opening nonstop, but that's something that keeps Vancouver interesting. The springtime is especially big for sprouting businesses looking to take advantage of a tourist-friendly summer. Where does that put restaurants like Joe Fortes Seafood and Chop House [www.joefortes.ca/], which has »
Ever get hungry during an opera show? At the Pan Pacific Hotel [https://www.panpacific.com/en/hotels-resorts/canada/vancouver.html] in Vancouver, Saturdays are Italian Opera Buffet day at Oceans 999 [https://www.panpacific.com/en/hotels-resorts/canada/vancouver/stay/dining/oceans-999.html] . What this means is while you& »
Home teams be damned. At least when it comes to NHL hockey, if the hometown Vancouver Canucks aren't performing, there's still love for the Edmonton Oilers and Connor McDavid. To indulge in playoff action, I went to Shark Club [http://sharkclub.com] in Vancouver as I »
Burger-ism is the belief that a good burger represents a good bar. At least, that's my definition. The American, known as Main Street's version of The Cambie, is a local watering hole that's recently unveiled a burger pop-up by Robert Belcham [http://scoutmagazine.ca/ »
