Sunway Restaurant- Dead Man's Coffin

One of my very first posts was on Sunway Restaurant, a local Taiwanese restaurant that specializes in a very unique dish called 'Dead Man's Coffin'. I couldn't find it on the menu last time (how dumb right? I could've asked the waitress...) but this time around I was taking no prisoners! I looked long and hard to find this Dead Man's Coffin dish on the menu and in the end I succeeded! A lot of people get take out from here because the space...

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Shanghai House Restaurant - Won't Be Coming Back

I wouldn't say I have very high standards when it comes to food. Sure, I like to eat... but it's pretty apparent that I can enjoy a 4 dollar meal as much as a 40 dollar one.  I think for me the most important quality is whether the food was worth the price. I'd gladly pay top dollars for amazingly fresh seafood. However, I get super cranky when I have to pay average to expensive prices for low quality food. Which is the case of this restaurant...

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EAT! Vancouver Food + Cooking Festival

EAT! Vancouver is back again at BC Place bringing together foodies all around Vancouver to try the newest and coolest food products around. Tickets are $14 if you buy online and $16 at the door. Not bad for a full day of food-filled fun. FYI- this post will be like going to the festival through the eyes of Kirby... a frugal, sample loving Asian chick. Click here for my previous post on EAT! Vancouver 2012.  They have about 250 exhibitors...

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Summer Night Market- It's That Time of Year Again

The Richmond Night Market (near Riverrock Casino) and Summer Night Market (near Ikea) is in full swing once again so you know what that means... Meat-on-a-stick, bubble tea, and takoyaki balls are back. I chose the 'Summer Night Market' over the 'Richmond Night Market' because I felt cheap and didn't want to pay the $2 entrance fee. I went on a Friday and it was pretty empty. At first I thought maybe the night market started to lose its hype,...

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