Flavourful Student Budget Eats

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Students, you know what I'm talking about. There's a limit to the amount of ramen and KD that a person can consume. Just because you're poor doesn't mean you need to sacrifice flavour. Here's my list of affordable eats that don't sacrifice quality.

 1. East Is East

3243 Broadway W
Vancouver, BC V6K 2H5
(604) 734-5881

Categories: Coffee & Tea, Indian, Afghan

Neighbourhood: Kitsilano

4.0 star rating
  4/26/2010

I've been here twice. First time I just picked up a smoothie. It was super delicious! Ice cream with frozen yoghurt or organic milk or something, pistachios, rosewater and cardamom. The idea of it sounds wonderful, and it was quite good but the…More »

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 2. Panoli's Pizza and Rotisserie

3132 W Broadway
Vancouver, BC V6K
(604) 738-3132

Category: Pizza

Neighbourhood: Kitsilano

4.0 star rating
  Update - 8/16/2010

After my 3-star review, the owner contacted me asking me to give them another chance with a pizza on the house. It's hard to say no to offers like that! ;o)

I ordered the pizza that initially made me give them a 4-star because I liked that one more.…More »

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  • 3.0 star rating
    7/30/2010

    I ordered from Panoli's again and I was somewhat disappointed. The crust was soggy and not the way… Read more »

 3. Jackson's Meat Deli

2214 4th Ave W
Vancouver, BC V6K 1N8
(604) 738-6328

Category: Meat Shops

Neighbourhood: Kitsilano

4.0 star rating
  3/14/2010

I like this place for affordable chicken. I like how they try to source naturally. The steak still doesn't get me though, it's not really natural tasting. I go for the chicken because it's affordable and not bad. They also give free fat with…More »

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 4. Freshslice Pizza

2823 Broadway W
Vancouver, BC V6K 2G6
(604) 733-1561

Category: Pizza

Neighbourhood: Kitsilano

2.0 star rating
  4/11/2010 First to Review

At first i liked them because they were giving out free pizza. One night after doing a lot of work they were open and I grabbed 2 slices and they were pretty yummy (I think mainly because of their garlic sauce). I ordered from them and they were…More »

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 5. Indian Oven Restaurant

2006 4th Ave W
Vancouver, BC V6J 1M9
(604) 730-5069

Category: Indian

Neighbourhood: Kitsilano

3.0 star rating
  3/17/2010

Vancouver is not the place for good Indian food, I've found. It's not bad, but it's not as good as Toronto. I'm still on the search for the perfect Indian restaurant in Vancouver and am having much difficulty.

The red flag should've went up when the…More »

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 6. The Naam

2724 4th Ave W
Vancouver, BC V6K 1R1
(604) 738-7151

Category: Vegetarian

Neighbourhood: Kitsilano

3.0 star rating
  3/14/2010

Slow service but pretty good food. Big servings and filling, just don't get a boiled egg on the side, it's grey on the inside and disgusting.

Pretty good overall for vegetarian food. Pretty affordable.

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 7. Finch's Tea & Coffee House

353 W Pender St
Vancouver, BC V6B 1T3
(604) 899-4040

Categories: Coffee & Tea, Sandwiches

Neighbourhood: Downtown

3.0 star rating
  3/14/2010

Gorgeous, homey atmosphere but the service is slow and unfriendly. The jasmine dragon pearl tea was somewhat cold and they didn't put enough dragon-pearls in. The food is quite good, but the slow and unfriendly service and cold tea bring this down…More »

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 8. Wired Monk

2610 W 4th Ave
Vancouver, BC V6K 1P7
(604) 742-1752

Category: Coffee & Tea

Neighbourhood: Kitsilano

5.0 star rating
  12/25/2009 ROTD 4/30/2010

I really like this place. The people are usually quite friendly. The London fog is good (especially when this one chick makes it whose name starts with an E, I forget). They have free Wifi. They have a coffee/tea/latte/etc. card so if you buy a…More »

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"foodgasm, food baby, food coma, repeat."

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Toronto, ON

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August 2009

Things I Love

fancy cocktails, steak frites, burgers, beef (moo), duck (quack), buttery stuff, pepper sauce, high quality chocolate, prix fix, scotch, bourbon, high quality wine, Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz, oaky Chardonnay, New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc.

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Steak frites, full oaky red wine, rich chocolate.