mindless ramblings

As a North American city, Vancouver is really lucky to have several izakayas to choose from, like Hapa Izakaya and the 3 Guu restaurants (Guu, Kitanoya Guu with Otokamae, Guu with Garlic). Feeling adventurous, we took a drive downtown to enjoy some izakaya. Despite being a Sunday night, it was pretty crowded and we had [...]

Esther and I were having trouble thinking of a place for dinner, so when we drove by this place that Yen told us about a few days back, we did the impulse thing and went for it! If you don’t know where this place is, it might be hard to find it. Thankfully I’ve done [...]

Ever since our first visit to Commercial Drive a couple of months ago, we’ve been wanting to return and explore the area for more food. Our destination this time was Frenchies (1018 Commercial Drive), a 50′s style diner which serves French Canadian food like Montreal smoked meat sandwiches and poutines. Looking over the menu, I [...]