Street Food review: C’est Si Bon food truck

I currently work in industrial/tech park in the middle of nowhere (at least it feels like the middle of nowhere).  Fortunately the food trucks occasionally visit the area. On this day, I checked out C’est si bon Food truck, which features french cuisine such as beouf bourguignon, croissants, and variety of pastries like tarts and mille feuilles….

Restaurant review: Mo:rak Korean Fusion Restaurant

On a weeknight, a friend and I met for dinner at the Mo:rak Korean Fusion Restaurant.  This is a small, modern place on Nelson Avenue, just off Kingsway, near Metrotown. We started with mandu. These are dumplings filled with seasoned minced pork and cabbage, deep fried and served.  Mandu are the korean cousins of japanese…

Restaurant review: Victoria Chinese Restaurant

Family dinner at the Victoria Chinese Restaurant on Melville street in downtown Vancouver. This restaurant had been closed for years, and finally reopened in the August 2015. It’s a welcome return, since there are so few high-end chinese restaurants in the downtown peninsula these days.. We started with Mushu Pork with mandarin pancakes. This is stir…

Take out review: Longtail Kitchen

I met a friend for lunch, and we went to the LongTail Kitchen in the River Market. It’s been years since I last visited the New Westminster River Market (most recently in the late 1990s or early 2000s). It’s changed alot since then, and undergone a bit of an redesign in the process. The Longtail…

Restaurant review: Earl’s Kitchen and Bar (Burnaby Bridge Park)

I went for a business lunch at the Earls on Lougheed Highway in Burnaby. Arriving shortly before noon, I was seated immediately at table. Earls is an established chain of “upscale casual” restaurants in western Canada, southern Ontario, Colorado and Washington State. The menu features an eclectic menu that includes burgers, grilled chicken, grilled salmon,…