It was one of those rare nights where we both finished work early and found ourselves in downtown Vancouver. The question we asked was where we should go for dinner. The two options: happy hour or Phnom Penh. We chose Phnom Penh because we don’t ever get to stop by at non-peak lunch or dinner […]
It’s a Vancouver rule: you have to visit the Richmond night market at least one time every summer. There’s something about eating food off skewers, looking through vendor stalls (always haggle!) and playing carnival games that makes the night market so fun. We were lucky to be invited by a few food stalls at the […]
We don’t know a lot of the restaurants in East Vancouver so we were excited to try Riz Sushi! Upon entering the store, you place your order at the counter and they will bring you your food. Note that you can dine-in or take-out at Riz. They also have an extensive catering menu that’s available […]
I have a friend who is notoriously picky about her Italian food. She’s Italian and has very specific requirements for what qualifies as authentic and delicious Italian food. The one restaurant she always raves about is Marcello’s on Commercial Drive. So when Marcello’s invited us for a tasting, we were very excited as we’ve heard […]
I know you’re thinking, “Another dim sum post??” Friends, we weren’t kidding when we said we love dim sum. We take our dim sum very seriously. So seriously that we were lined up outside Empire Seafood at 9am on a Saturday so we could get our dim sum fix. Ok and also because if you […]
We’re used to going to dim sum just the two of us so it was nice to be able to sit down with my parents at Dynasty in Vancouver for a meal. Since we had gone during a long weekend, we made sure to make reservations. Still, we had to wait about 10 minutes before […]