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I’ve been training myself to eat spicy food. It all started around a year ago when I was on vacation in China. While looking for restaurants to dine at, I found that spice (chili) was an important player in many of the dishes favored by the locals. Most of the spicy dishes had heat beyond [...]
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Tags: burns you twice, chili, Chinese, Richmond, si chuan first, sichuan, spicy, szechuan
It’s that time of year again…
The Richmond Summer Night Market opened its doors tonight for yet another iteration of the popular summer festival. It’s open every weekend until October 4th, 2009.
Same venue: 12631 Vulcan Way, Richmond, B.C. (behind the Home Depot)
Same hours: 7PM – 12AM on Fridays & Saturdays, 7PM – 11PM on Sundays
Same crappy [...]
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Tags: night market, paul cheung, raymond cheung, richmond night market, summer night market
Tenku Bakudanyaki brings to Richmond a very innovative offering from Japan. Super sized takoyaki. Or literally translated from the name, grilled bombs.
Served hot off of the back of a mobile kitchen, these tennis ball sized spheres contain almost a dozen different ingredients (squid, cabbage, shrimp, mochi, shrimp, …), and are covered in okonomiyaki sauce, Japanese [...]
Filed under: Japanese, Richmond, Vancouver | 16 Comments
Tags: bakudanyaki, Japanese, Richmond, takoyaki, tenku
The Aberdeen Center foodcourt in Richmond is best known for greasy chicken wings and Beard Papa cream puffs, but those are just the tips of the iceberg.
As Dan said, there are many hidden treasures. The best part about all this tasty food is that it’s super affordable: something you’d expect when eating at a foodcourt. [...]
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Tags: Hainanese Chicken
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 [...]
Filed under: All You Can Eat Sushi, Japanese, Random Thoughts, Richmond, Takada Sushi | 11 Comments