Food and Drink

As Guu V opened up a little while back on Hornby & Nelson, Hapa Izakaya opened up their 3rd joint following their Robson and Kits locations. Its in the old Shiru Bay/Chopstick Cafe location next to the Cactus Club on Hamilton & Davie.

In case you haven't seen em around town yet I wanted to let you know that Stay Local Maps' first Vancouver City Guide is out! They're distributing 30,000 copies in over 100 hotels, coffee shops, community centres, record shops and all of their partne

I happily stumbled across this on the weekend, a new Benkei! I love my noodles , and ramen isn't an easy thing to find outside of downtown, so I'm excited to see the new location just west of Main on 5th.

Having lived in Los Angeles for a few years and having access to some of the best tacos in the world, I came to be a bit of a taco snob.

The Vegan Project is a collaboration between Bridget Burns and Jessica Grajczyk and is an investigation into being vegan in Vancouver and as the girls descibe it: "we are passionate about our health, the environment, and the treatment of animals.

Last summer I blew up my favourite Japanese fish shop in Angel Seafood , now I bring to you the meat equivalent. For those of you who are not familiar with Sukiyaki is, it's a Japanese style hotpot, more hot, less pot though.

How have we never made a post about Benny's Market? If you live in Strathcona or you know people who do then you are more than likely familiar with this institution of Vancouver.

Being the jock I am, one-upmanship is something I partake in regularly. Though it's never been official, Boon and I have been having an ongoing feud to see who has the edge in the battle of VIA noodle supremacy.

A huge thanks to everyone who commented on last weeks, East is East post, it's great to see how passionate Vancouverites are about this restaurant.

Some time ago Qbit wrote this comprehensive review of East is East . Since then, I have gone a few times over, enjoying it more each time.