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It had been a weird day ever since I woke up at 12 noon (I have no shame in saying that, and I bet you woke up +/- 1 hour of my waking ...
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I will start off by saying that this is not our typical post. There are no photos or praise in the passage below. This is simply an ac...
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After we were done at Sushiyama, the three of us still surprisingly had room for dessert. This was surprising becaus...
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What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think Richmond Night Market? If you’re like most people I know, ...
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I suddenly had a hankering for fish and chips around 4 pm today and I tried to convince my parents to venture out to Steveston so we co...
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It was a beautiful night and we were looking for something dumb to do. So we went to Anton’s Pasta to stuff our face. It was...
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A few weeks ago, the yummy crew had an impromptu dinner meeting in Richmond. It was pretty late at night, but there i...
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It had been a long time coming. Ying had been wanting to make yummy in her tummy courtesy of Stepho’s for a few days ...
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Lunching @ Mazuya Sushi - Nabs' favourite
 I finally had the opportunity to pay Mazuya Sushi a visit after probably a year of not being able to and finding it closed on 3 separate occasions during my vacation from here. Yea, its like it just was not meant to be. But today I set out to set my own fate, and with the company of Peanut Butter, there was not much that could have gotten in the way of us eating here. Mazuya is my favourite sushi restaurant in Vancouver and has been for about 2 years now. I first came across this place in the summer of 2009 when I was working full time in the area and I used to eat here at least 3 days a week. It got to the point where they would know who was calling and I would just say that I’ll be there in 15 minutes and they would have my favourite order ready by the time I arrived on my lunch break! Man, those were the days! But in those days, I was a student and I was only able to enjoy the standard rolls. On this visit, I dared to spend more and try some of their specialty rolls. |
Friday, 24 February 2012
Stephos – Inexpensive Staple of Downtown
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| It had been a long time coming. Ying had been wanting to make yummy in her tummy courtesy of Stepho’s for a few days now and we finally went there a few Mondays ago. Located in downtown Vancouver, Stepho’s is characterized by budget friendly prices, long line-ups, and calamari dinners. It is also one of the few unexpected places that serve halal meat so Nabs can eat meat here. In fact, Nabs can even have the calamari here! We know what you’re thinking and we were thinking the same thing too. With all that Stepho’s has going for it, how could we not have been here already?? As a matter of fact, the last time any of us visited here was probably 1.5-2 years ago and a lot can have changed in that time. So Nabs, being unsure whether they still had halal meat, was hesitant to go. In the end, we convinced him to tag along, promising that we would find out if it’s halal once we got there. Stepho’s is located on Davie street and if you’ve ever driven down this street, you know parking can be a headache and costly before 10 pm. Fortunately we were headed here after 9:30 pm so we managed to find parking just 2 minutes walk down from the restaurant. Beware, don’t try to be clever and park at the shoppers across the street, walk around in shoppers, then exit and go to Stepho’s. Nabs’ friend got ticketed like that. |
New Spicy Chili Restaurant (小四川)
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| Uncle Tom is a long time friend of mine from back in pharmacy school. Since his birthday is coming up, we used this as an excuse to bring together all the old time buddy old pals from pharmacy school and have dinner. Now I have no idea why Uncle Tom is our uncle.. as he is only a year older than me and a few months older than Rich, but oh well~ We had originally planned to meet up for karaoke before dinner, but I was informed the previous night that Uncle Tom actually had to work that day. Typical! Since we wanted to try something new, we opted for New Spicy Chili Restaurant (小四川 - literally translated as Little Szechuan). This place has been around for a few years. My mother and I started coming here when it first opened. For a fact, the owner is from Szechuan because she spoke to us in Szechuan dialect before. When it was first opened, this place is known as Golden Spring Szechuan Restaurant. I suppose to distinguish itself from Golden Szechuan Restaurant (老四川), which is on the same No. 3 Rd, this new name is better. Finding a parking spot here is an absolute nuisance! The parking lot is small to begin with. To make matter worse, they are mostly reserved parking spots with orange cones on them if they are empty. One side of the parking lot is a narrow dead end. When you discovered that there is no parking, you have to turn your car around in a very small space. In short, the parking experience is absolutely horrid. I'd rather eat my hair than to park there again. |
Monday, 13 February 2012
All You Can Eat Sushi–Ninkazu Japanese Restaurant
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It had been a weird day ever since I woke up at 12 noon (I have no shame in saying that, and I bet you woke up +/- 1 hour of my waking time too) because I went through at least 3 different food cravings over 8 hours. First, I craved the beef fried rice from Green Leaf. Then I craved fast food and fries. Third, I wanted to eat cake. At the end of it all, I got none of those and settled on sushi. Which totally makes sense if you think about it. Anyways, back in school days I organized many an ayce outing to Tomokazu on W. Broadway near Oak when I had grown used to sushi.
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Then Ninkazu opened up. Owned by the same people and considered a higher end sister store of Tomokazu, Ninkazu makes its home in prime real estate in downtown Richmond just across from Aberdeen mall. Since then, my sushi tastes had broadened and I discovered better sushi, so I hadn’t come here for a while. Ninkazu remains one of my favourite places for ayce sushi and reminiscing those days, I was headed here tonight.
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Sunday, 12 February 2012
Bubble World (大頭仔) – Richmond
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| Bubble World or (大頭仔) is probably one of the most recognized bubble tea places in the lower mainland, with multiple locations in Vancouver, Richmond, Burnaby, New Westminster and Coquitlam. We’ve been to quite a number of their locations as well, but the Richmond branch seems to be most commonly visited one for us. This place is SUPER busy at night, often packed with teenagers hanging out with their friends. In fact, it’s turned us away several times with quotes of 30-45 minute waits. Anyhow, the Yummy crew met up with Turtle, Wei-Gor and Chank for some late night snacks and bubble tea. Turtle and Wei-Gor showed up first and managed to secure us a table within 10 minutes or so. Mr. Chank was working late, so they were showing up later. Bubble World is basically a typical Taiwanese place, serving various bubble tea and other beverages as well as set meals. Thus, there are two menus: the drink menu (see right picture) and the food menu (see above picture). They offer a variety of snacks, rice and noodle dishes as well as sandwiches and hotpots. With regards to drinks, there’s the typical flavoured red/green teas and milk teas as well as fresh fruit, ice cream as well as shaved ice. |
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