Favorite Food Places

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Some places that I will make an effort just to get here for the food they serve, where no substitute will do!

 1. Wang's Shanghai Cuisine - CLOSED

4500 Kingsway
Burnaby, BC V5H
(604) 909-6688

Category: Chinese

Neighbourhood: Metrotown

5.0 star rating
  5/31/2010

This is one of the main reasons why I repeatedly come out to Crystal Mall. I remember coming back from Shanghai one year, and everything tasted bland, and I needed some good chinese food.

Coming back from Shanghai, I had some of the best tasting…More »

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 2. Excellent Tofu & Snacks

4231 Hazelbridge Way
Richmond, BC V6X 3L7
(604) 232-0268

Categories: Desserts, Chinese

Neighbourhood: Golden Village

5.0 star rating
  8/25/2011

As for the name of this place, it is what it exactly is! I come here occasionally to just get a nice small container of take out sweet tofu. You probably only need a straw, as it is so smooth and soft out of the bucket. When you come in here, there…More »

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 3. Lao Shan Dong Homemade Noodle House

4887 Kingsway
Burnaby, BC V5H 4T6
(604) 439-9588

Category: Chinese

Neighbourhood: Metrotown

5.0 star rating
  7/8/2010

This is one of the best places in the GVR for Beef Noodle Soup, a small little restaurant located close to Metrotown, just around the Bestbuy building, this little gem of a spot serves some of the tastier servings of Beef Noodle that I have come to…More »

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 4. Motomachi Shokudo

740 Denman St
Vancouver, BC V6G 2L5
(604) 609-0310

Category: Japanese

Neighbourhood: West End

5.0 star rating
  9/13/2010

It is the war of the ramen down here at the end of Denman and Robson. So many choices of where to go to spend your hard earned 'bling' for that perfect bowl of ramen delight. Right along Denman, going toward Georgia Street, this little restaurant…More »

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 5. Marulilu Cafe

451 W Broadway
Vancouver, BC V5Y
(604) 568-4211

Categories: Japanese, Breakfast & Brunch

Neighbourhood: Mount Pleasant

5.0 star rating
  5/18/2010

I've noticed this place out of the corner of my eye, and always wanted to go try it out, and I was surprised. With what you ask, the decor of this small place on Broadway and Cambie. A nice little breakfast house with nothing over $9.

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 6. GMen Ramen Shop - CLOSED

3778 Sexsmith Rd
Richmond, BC V6X
(778) 296-3779

Category: Japanese

Neighbourhood: Golden Village

5.0 star rating
  2/3/2011

When I think of eating "ramen" I usually think of heading out to the depths of Robson and Denman, not to Richmond, but my mind must change, as there is a place that has definitely dragged my tastebud senses away of just thinking about going to…More »

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 7. Bo Laksa King Bubbles & Bits

2546 E Hastings St
Vancouver, BC V5K 1Z3
(604) 568-4593

Categories: Tea Rooms, Burmese, Malaysian

Neighbourhood: Hastings-Sunrise

5.0 star rating
  Update - 9/22/2010

Going in late at night with a couple of friends to have our late night meal after the game, I decided to come back after I've had their food on the weekend for takeout, and my star rating has gone up for this place. Why, you ask has my opinion…More »

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  • 4.0 star rating
    9/16/2010

    Everytime I pull up on my Yelp application, what shows around my area, is this place. I'm always… Read more »

 8. The One Restaurant

5908 Kingsway
Burnaby, BC V5J 1H2
(604) 569-1866

Category: Taiwanese

4.0 star rating
  7/26/2010

This restaurant is located right in the plaza where there is a Blockbuster Video right on Kingsway, past Metrotown. Opened by one of my favorite restaurants (Lao Shan Dong), I had to give this place a try. I did not hear about this place, and somehow…More »

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 9. Red Persimmon Taiwanese Cuisine

4500 Kingsway
Burnaby, BC V5H 2A9
(604) 433-2690

Category: Taiwanese

Neighbourhood: Metrotown

4.0 star rating
  8/17/2010

Another good food joint located in the Crystal Mall food court. This is actually one of the first places that made me love coming to this food court to devour food of my liking. As you know, if you have come to this food court, the prices are cheap,…More »

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 10. Red Ginger Asian Cuisine

967 West Broadway
Vancouver, BC V5Z 1K3
(604) 558-0888

Category: Asian Fusion

Neighbourhood: Fairview Slopes

5.0 star rating
  1/12/2012

An eating 'entertaining' experience, the triple E's is what you are getting here. I got to know Kam way back when he opened his restaurant on Davie called's 'Kam's Place'. Even back then, which I remember taking a coupon from the Georgia Straight,…More »

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 11. Chen's Shanghai Restaurant

8095 Park Rd
Richmond, BC V6Y 1A1
(604) 304-8288

Category: Chinese

4.0 star rating
  1/30/2012

You have come back onto my list as a place I will come back to eat Xiao Long Bao, which is saying alot as there has been an abundance of places in Richmond that serve the infamous XLB! Chen's has always been a place where the family used to take me…More »

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 12. Wo Fung Dessert

4151 Hazelbridge Way
Richmond, BC V6X 4J7
(604) 233-1132

Categories: Chinese, Chicken Wings

Neighbourhood: Golden Village

4.0 star rating
  2/2/2012

I actually come here for the honey-lemon tea drink! They make one of the best, in a nice tall plastic cup with a few slices of lemon, and a good hint of honey mixed in with the ice and tea, this is always a treat to quench my thirst! The busiest…More »

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 13. Penang Delight Cafe

3885 Rupert
Vancouver, BC V5M 3W2
(604) 566-9898

Category: Malaysian

Neighbourhood: Renfrew-Collingwood

5.0 star rating
  5/10/2012

I still remember coming here the very first time, and being asked how the heck did you find this place, all by luck, as always using the eyes on the side of my head to spot new restaurants, and to always try to figure out the next place to go and…More »

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