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Proteins and Scallions: Chui

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Great tasting food is the primary reason that influences my decision on whether or not to revisit a restaurant. I am willing to overlook A LOT of other unpleasant factors about a restaurant if it serves me delicious food. On … Continue reading

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WTF Did We Just Eat? Ebi-Ten

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I’ve always found so-called “fast food” places in Japan to be reliable because most of the quick-service chains in Japan have clearly-detailed standard operating procedures (SOP) as to how each menu item is to be prepared and assembled (much like … Continue reading

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Chirashi Attack + ! Gyo-O

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My wife and I are so committed to our chirashi-prioritized diet that we chose to have raw fish over rice for our dinner even when we were in Richmond – the land of amazingly tasty Chinese food. There seemed to … Continue reading

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Osaka: Imai Honten, Tripadvisor’s No. 3 rated restaurant in Osaka

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Imai Honten – Contrary to the title I gave to this post, I did not look up Imai Honten on tripadvisor before visiting it. If it wasn’t for my travel agent majorly screwing up my family’s plane reservations -resulting in … Continue reading

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Trying To Come Up With A Better Picture Of The Food

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Applause Japanese Restaurant- After reviewing the pictures that I took of my family’s lunch at Applause Japanese Restaurant today, I have to say that they are truly awful. There were so many items on our table that I couldn’t take … Continue reading

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Never Let Pop Serve You Raw Fish

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Makoto Japanese Restaurant – Today, for my family’s weekly Saturday lunch at a place fairly close to my daughter’s Mandarin school in Burnaby, I planned on taking them to New Age Chinese Cuisine. I chose New Age because I really … Continue reading

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As Fate Would Have It

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Aki – It’s funny sometimes how otherwise meaningless disjoint events can turn out to be seemingly meaningful and interconnected. To any other person, the fact that Aki moved from their original location on Thurlow to their new location on West … Continue reading

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Japanese Dim Sum / No Outside Food Allowed

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Guu – Guu is one of those popular and highly-regarded chains that my wife and I just can’t seem to find a good meal at. Our first visit was to Guu Garlic and our experience was abysmal. We had poor … Continue reading

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Heartburn (not heartbreak) From an Old Folk’s Home

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Hi Genki – I have known about Hi Genki, a cafeteria for a Japanese retirement home that doubles as a Japanese restaraurant, for several months now. But I’ve never really had any motivation to try it. Frankly, I don’t think … Continue reading

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If it tastes like (Mac)chicken…

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Day 4 – Ebisu… The Golden Arches.Some can’t live without it’s food and others blame it for all of the world’s current problems. But I assume most people feel rather neutral about it’s existence. It’s everywhere and it is inexpensive. … Continue reading

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