Richmond Night Market- I Only Go For The Food.

With the weather finally starting to look like summer (finally!!), its the perfect time to go check out the Richmond Night Market. Hey, we need to utilize the extra hours of sunshine we get at night somehow right? There are two night markets going on in Richmond right now, one is called Summer Night Market (my post on it here), and this one is called Richmond Night Market. This one is A LOT larger than the other one (not to mention double the...

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Rumpus Room - Calling All Waffle Addicts!

If you subscribe to The Food Network, you've most likely watched the show 'You've Gotta Eat Here!' which features John Catucci eating his way around Canada. When he was here in Vancouver, he visited a bunch of restaurants like Via Tevere Pizzeria, The American Cheesesteak Co, Miura Waffle Milk Bar, and among the comprehensive list was The Rumpus Room. You can watch their segment here.  The Rumpus Room is located on Main Street and is hard...

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Marutama Ramen - The Perfect Egg

Everyone has an opinion on what their 'perfect egg' is. Some like it hard, some like it soft (that's what she said), some like it half cooked, and some like it slow boiled. My perfect egg you ask? Just take a look at the picture below. That is MY definition of 'the perfect egg'. Marutama Ramen opened in May and if it were not for word-of-mouth and the buzz within the twittersphere, I would've never known it existed. They didn't do much advertising...

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Cattle Hot Pot Restaurant- Art of Sharing

When my guest blogger Peter visited me from the Netherlands, I promised to take him around to try the coolest and weirdest food offered in Vancouver/ Richmond. He has never really had Hong Kong Style hot pot before so I brought him to Cattle Hot Pot Restaurant on Alexandra Road. In the Netherlands, he barely eats seafood or anything really that is not the basic cow, pork, and chicken meat. No innards, no organs, no weird stuff. Heh heh heh....

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Mosaic Bar and Grille - A Feast For The Eyes

To celebrate the first day of summer, I got a chance to try out Chef Thomas Heinrich's new Chef Tasting Menu inspired by the delightful light flavours of summer season. Bring out those shorts, its gonna get toasty! As I was browsing the menu, it is apparent that Chef Thomas created each course with the purpose of utilizing the freshest in-season ingredients while incorporating the radiant flavours of summer. The courses were light, refreshing,...

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