Restaurant review: La Pentola

On a Sunday evening, we had dinner at La Pentola in the Opus Hotel to celebrate a birthday. La Pentola is a northern Italian restaurant located one the ground floor, in the Opus Hotel in Yaletown. We arrived a few minutes early for our 6:45 reservations, and were seated immediately. The reservations appeared to be…

Restaurant review: Happy Noodle House

While downtown, we decided to stop for lunch at one of the newer Chinese restaurants in Yaletown. The original plan was to go to Grand Chinese on Hamilton street, but at the last minute we switched and went to the Happy Noodle House on Davie. The small (seemingly family operated) restaurant is between Granville and…

Restaurant review: Fanny Bay Oyster Bar & Shellfish Market

On a cool October Sunday, we went downtown for lunch/brunch at the Fanny Bay Oyster Bar & Shellfish market on Cambie street, just south-west of the CBC studios. It’s the same company that farms oysters in Baynes Sound on Vancouver Island, and a seafood market near the Buckley Bay Ferry Terminal.  This location is both…