Restaurant review: Chinatown BBQ

After reading the Vancouver Sun article about a new chinese barbeque shop in Chinatown, I figured to give it a try. I wanted to buy some bbq pork anyways. Ordinarily, a new chinese bbq shop opening is not a news story. But in Chinatown, it is. Chinatown has been shedding chinese merchants at a steady…

Takeout review: Stretch Roman Pizza Co

On a cool weekend we stopped in Gastown to visit Stretch Roman Pizza Company on Abbott Street. They have a fairly extensive menu of pizza toppings and combinations. They also have salads and paninis on the menu. But we were here for the pizza. As a roman pizza place, the front counter features about a dozen…

Restaurant Review: Sugarholic Cafe

On a weekday lunch break, my lunch companion lead me to Aberdeen Center in Richmond to try the Sugarholic Cafe.  This is a Hong Kong style cafe on the ground floor of the shopping center. Like many other HK style cafes, they have a collection of menus is excessive.  From what I understand, the cafe…