Tasting Plates YVR: Gastown Edition

Having lived in Vancouver all my life, I was surprised that I've never been thought of going on a food tour here before. Curtis (foodobyte) recently started bringing me along to Tasting Plates YVR which is a food tour put on my Vanfoodster and it literally is like a pub crawl, but for food! The tasting plate adventure this time around was in the Gastown area. Yay! Our registration check-in was at Catch 122. I previously visited this place...

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Kawawa Restaurant - Standard AYCE

For some reason, Meta Knight and I decided one day to try out a restaurant we never dare enter... Kawawa Restaurant in Metropolis at Metrotown.  If you go on Urbanspoon, you know their ratings aren't very positive, but we decided to give it a shot anyways. We often go to their sister restaurant, Kawawa Ramen and they have really improved over the years! Their AYCE menu is $21.95 which isn't cheap. However, they do offer sashimi on...

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Double Double Restaurant - Legit Housemade Rice Rolls

My mom recently introduced me to this new restaurant called "Double Double Restaurant & Wonton" in Richmond. They specialize in congee, chinese donuts, wontons, noodles and comfort HK food.  Their parking lot is free and slightly difficult to manoeuvre around. If you can't find parking, there's additional multi-level parking in the building right next to it. Chinese Donut wrapped in Rice Roll ($4.75) is one of their specialities...

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