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Vietnam and its neighbours suffered terribly under French colonial rule for nearly 100 years, finally ending in the 1950s. But one of the few benefits of this period was the influence French cuisine, with Vietnamese cooks…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, May 10th, 2006
Categories: Worship | Tags: banh mi, restaurant, review, sandwich, vancouver, Vietnamese | 5 Comments »
On Easter Sunday night, I found myself hunting the near-barren streets of Ljubljana (pronounced loob-lee-anna), the pretty capital city of former Yugoslavian State, Slovenia. I wandered across most of the city center,…
Posted by: Jer Thorp on Tuesday, April 18th, 2006
Categories: Worship | Tags: Ljublana, review, Slovenia, Travel, Yugoslavia | 2 Comments »
You know how it happens. You get in a rut going to the same old lunch places, and then someone suggests a place you all know about, should go to more often, but don’t for some reason. It was like that earlier this…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, March 17th, 2006
Categories: Worship | Tags: Chutney Villa, indian, lunch, restaurant, review, vancouver | No Comments »
If you’ve ever seen the Japanese film Tampopo, you no doubt recall the scene where the elder character teaches his sidekick the fine art of truly appreciating and devouring a good bowl of ramen. Another favourite…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, February 4th, 2006
Categories: Worship | Tags: Japanese, Kintaro, ramen, restaurant, review, Tampopo, vancouver | No Comments »
These days when new friends or visitors come to town and I want to show Vancouver off, I take them to Hapa Izakaya. Owned and operated by Justin Ault, it is a traditional izakaya, a sort of action-packed Japanese…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, February 3rd, 2006
Categories: Worship | Tags: hapa, izakaya, Japanese, restaurant, review, vancouver | 1 Comment »
It’s over, but that doesn’t mean we can’t talk about it – holiday eating that is. Just before New Year’s we had the opportunity to meet our clients from Singapore for the first time over…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006
Categories: Worship | Tags: Kerrisdale, restaurant, review, senova, Singapore | No Comments »