Restaurant review: Curry King

Went for lunch with a group from work, and opted for Curry King on Kingsway in Burnaby (they also have a small stall in the food court at Crystal Mall).  It’s a Hong Kong cafe style restaurant, offering both chinese dishes and It was pretty busy during the lunch hour, and we had to wait…

Restaurant review: Han Ju Tofu Hot Pot restaurant

I went for lunch at Han Ju Tofu Hot Pot restaurant at the Crystal Mall in Burnaby. It’s a small hole-in-the-wall kind of place, accessed from the outside of the shopping plaza (it might seat 30 or so patrons). I ordered the korean bbq beef on rice bowl. This is a serving of bulgogi (marinated…

Restaurant review: Sushi Garden

This was a “let’s get out of the office and go for lunch” kind of day, so we went to Sushi Garden on Kingsway in Burnaby. The place was extremely busy (lunch rush) and we scored the last empty table, just as a few more groups of customers arrived right behind us. I started with…

Restaurant review: The Fish Shack

It was the weekend, and I decided to go for brunch at The Fish Shack. Fish Shack is a casual seafood restaurant on Granville street, owned by the Glowbal Group.  It  replaced Sanafir which closed in summer 2012. My brunch companion ordered the dungeness crab eggs benny. It looked good.  I had a small fork…