604 Just Eat: Vietnamese Cuisine @ Pho Ten

Aug 22nd, 2015 

Pho Ten @ Richmond

Food:  3/5   Service:  3.5/5   Atmosphere:  3.5/5   Price:  Avg. $10 person

 Pho Ten, a Vietnamese Pho joint located in Sands Plaza on No. 5 road and Steveston Highway, near Ironwood Mall.  We haven't visited here quite a while.  The environment is clean and tidy with comfortable booth seating.  The restaurant was not busy around 8ish.  We were seated right away and ordered quickly.

604 Just Eat: Dessert Cafe @ PappaRoti

Aug 20th, 2015 

PappaRoti @ West End

Food:  4/5   Service:  3.5/5   Atmosphere:  4/5   Price:  Avg. $10 person

We wanted to pick a café for desserts after dinner near home.  Hubby suggested to go PappaRoti on Robson street.  I was delighted by the relaxing environment and the sweet aroma of the baked coffee buns in the air!   We came here for the bun and they did not disappoint me.  The sweet bun was hot, fresh and delicious! 

604 Just Eat: Vietnamese Cuisine @ Phnom Penh

Aug 20th, 2015 

Phnom Penh @ Chinatown

Food:  4/5   Service:  3/5   Atmosphere:  3/5   Price:  Avg. $20 person

Phnom Penh, a super popular Vietnamese/Cambodian cuisine restaurant on East Georgia Street in Chinatown.  Phnom Penh is one of the smoking HOT and BUSY restaurants in town.  It is a "must go" place if you are a Vietnamese food lover!  You have to go Phnom Penh because you cannot go wrong.  The menu has wide selections of Vietnamese and Cambodian dishes which you cannot find in other Vietnamese joints.  We would not mind facing line up for delicious dishes so my friends went there first around 6pm.  Hubby and I rushed to Chinatown after pick up Hubby from work.  They did not let us to have the table until all 6 of us arrived to the restaurant.  At last the waiting time was around 45 minutes but we were told we only got 40 minutes to eat.    We placed our order while waiting so the food came really fast after seated.
MUST EAT:  Butter Beef & Beef Luc Lac

604 Just Eat: Taiwanese Cusine @ Wei Dao Cafe

Aug 15th, 2015 

Wei Dao Cafe @ Burnaby

Food:  3.5/5   Service:  3.5/5   Atmosphere:  3.5/5   Price:  Avg. $20 person

We were on Kingsway and passed by Wei Dao Café, a new Taiwanese Restaurant in Burnaby.  We ended up decided to give it a try.  Wei Dao has a wide selections and varieties of dishes other than Taiwanese.  Wei Dao also serves dishes and desserts in Chinese styles (Canton or Hong Kong).

604 Just Eat: Japanese Style Italian Cuisine @ Kinemi's Kitchen

Aug 7th/26th/28th & Sept 11th, 2015 

Kinemi's Kitchen @ South Burnaby

Food:  4.5/5   Service:  4/5   Atmosphere:  3.5/5   Price:  Avg. $15 person

Kinemi's Kitchen is definitely a hidden gem located in a small arcade near the Champlain residential area.  It is a home-cooked style Japanese café operated by a Japanese couple.  Kinemi runs by like a typical small restaurant in Japan that the chef is doing for all the preparing and cooking in the kitchen and the lady is doing everything else like taking orders and serving.  Kinemi's Kitchen specializes in Japanese-style Western Cuisine; absolutely delicious especially their signature pasta.  I really like the neighborhood environment too; so quiet and peaceful.  It is a very hidden spot; not easy to find or even notice it at all if my colleagues did not bring me there!  Their quality is absolutely outstanding and impressive among the Japanese-style Western Cuisine restaurants in Vancouver.  It has become one of my all time favorite restaurants now and I just realize I have visited Kinemi 4 times for lunch already since August.  Here were the dishes that I had during the visits: 
 MUST EAT:  Seafood Pasta, Pizza

604 Just Eat: Japanese Cuisine @ Guu Garden

Jul 25th, 2015 

Guu Garden @ Downtown

Food:  4/5   Service:  4/5   Atmosphere:  4/5   Price:  Avg. $24 person

Guu Garden is one of my favorite restaurants especially summer time.  The patio is so lovely to sit out on a warm summer and you definitely cannot miss out the Kirin frozen beer here!  The environment/table is less crowd compared with other Izakaya places.
 MUST EAT:  Saba Shima Sushi

604 Just Eat: Chinese Cusine @ Zhao's Soup House

Aug 9th, 2015 

Zhao's Soup House @ Central Richmond

Food:  3.5/5   Service:  3.5/5   Atmosphere:  3.5/5   Price:  Avg. $20 person

Zhao's Soup House is an authentic Chinese Restaurant located on ground floor in the same building with the Jade Chinese Restaurant on Alexandra Road.  It is a heaven place if you are a big fan of Chinese soup.  At first I thought their dishes toward to the Northern side which are more rich in flavors with seasoning, sauces and greasy kinds.  I was totally wrong; the dishes were not salty and greasy at all.  It is a good alternative option of Chinese food other than Canton style.  We enjoyed our family dinner a lot here on Sunday night.

Very authentic Chinese decorations with the red wooden furniture.

604 Just Eat: Canadian Cuisine (Pub Food) @ Cats Socialhouse

Aug 7th, 2015 

Cats Socialhouse @ Granville Island

Food:  3.5/5   Service:  4/5   Atmosphere:  4.5/5   Price:  Avg. $24 person

Burger night!  I was craving for burger and fries so Hubby decided to check out Cats Socialhouse at Granville on Friday night.  We read about it many times from the Vancouver Arts Club program when we watch plays at Arts Club Theatre.  Cats Socialhouse is located around the corner besides the Toy Store.  The burger quality is definitely caught me by surprise!  Cats Socialhouse has a wide selections of their unique two handed burgers.

604 Just Eat: Canadian Cuisine @ Cactus Club Cafe

Aug 3rd, 2015 

Cactus Club Cafe @ West End

Food:  4/5   Service:  4/5   Atmosphere:  4.5/5   Price:  Avg. $25 person

We decided to check out Cactus at English Bay location to enjoy our lunch in the sunny afternoon.  Luckily there was no line up for upstairs; we were seated very quickly.  The view of English Bay is absolutely amazing ; no wonder why this place is always packed and expected long line up for the patio seats downstairs as usual.     

604 Just Eat: Japanese Ramen @ Marutama Ra-men

Jul 30th, 2015 

Marutama Ra-men @ West End

Food:  3.5/5   Service:  2.5/5   Atmosphere:  3.5/5   Price:  Avg. $17 person

Ramen craving time!  Marutama Ra-men is a Ramen place located on Bidwell Street near Robson.  It is a chained Ramen Bar not only in Japan but also some places in Asia. We were there around 8pm so there was no line up and actually some tables were empty and available.  However, we still got to wait quite a while to be seated because the servers looked very busy and kept walking in front of us.  Literally, we were waiting the server not table.

604 Just Eat: Afternoon Tea @ Adorabelle Tea Room

Jul 23rd, 2015 

Adorabelle Tea Room @ Steveston Village

Food:  4/5   Service:  4/5   Atmosphere:  4.5/5   Price:  Avg. $13 person

 Adorabelle Tea Room is a little cute yellow house, the Old Courthouse previously built in 1925 located in Steveston Village.  It is a sweet and wonderful tea place to enjoy some quality time with friends and family.  Very warm and lovely atmosphere with classy and elegant décor.  Their tea sandwiches, scones, petite sweets are all made in house.
Thank you so much our good friend, Rhonda to arrange the date and made the booking for all of us.  It was a wonderful high tea with the Steveston girls! 
Must Eat:  Scones with Devonshire cream and jam