Sad News

You’ve probably noticed that we haven’t been posting much lately. No, this isn’t because we’ve been lazy or anything. It’s because we’ve been going through some personal stuff, to say the least.

A couple weeks ago, one of our bloggers (esr is was a 2 person team) visited a restaurant in the Metro Vancouver area and enjoyed a nice meal with friends. When he got home, he started feeling ill.

Fast forward a couple days and he was still feeling “off”. He went for a checkup and it was discovered that he had gotten botulism from his meal that night. Botulism is a rare but serious paralytic illness caused by botulin toxin. Sadly, it turned out to be deadly in this case.

Due to legal reasons, we can’t mention the name of the restaurant yet. Rest assured though, that once the legal restrictions are lifted we’ll post our review; it’ll be less than glowing.

Although we’ve lost a key member of the ESR team, we’ll soldier on. Stay tuned to our blog. We have some killer restaurant reviews coming!

Eat safe friends.

    • Ha Gau
    • April 1st, 2009

    RIP dude.

    • Clara
    • April 1st, 2009

    Sorry to hear :(

    RIP.

    • April Fool’s!
    • April 1st, 2009

    Very funny.

    • yo
    • April 1st, 2009

    People dont joke about death, this can’t be April fools. If so, this is a messed up joke.

    However, “we have some KILLER restaurant reviews does make me think”

    • Jamie
    • April 2nd, 2009

    I’m really sorry to hear about this. My thoughts go out to you guys.

    But if this is a joke, then I agree with the poster above. Please don’t joke about death, it’s never appropriate to do so.

  1. Everyone’s safe.
    Sorry if you were offended and thanks for your concern :)

    • Foodie
    • April 2nd, 2009

    I need to know the restaurant!

  2. Was it Takada Sushi?

    • holly
    • April 2nd, 2009

    Ok you guys. That was soooo not funny.

    With the recession and people feeling down these days, plus all the recent gang activity, talk of death is very real, so I would appreciate some restraint, even if it’s April Fools.

    I love you guys, but I think you went overboard this time. It really turned me off food when I read this, and that ususally never happens.

    I hope you recover your usual good sense and manners.

    • Jonnek
    • April 4th, 2009

    I suggest that this post be removed or post a follow-up post debunking this post.

    • Joel
    • April 6th, 2009

    get a grip. it was just a joke…

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