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Nadri: Korean Cuisine & Fried Chicken (나드리) in Burnaby

March 14, 2020

Nadri is another new restaurant open in Korea Town in the same plaza as Han Nam Supermarket. It is located right beside Maison Mori, a new Korean Bakery.

There are a lot of Korean fried chicken restaurants in the area, so we wanted to check it out to see how it compares.

Interior

The restaurant is located in a newer food court style area. So, there is only communal seating for the shops and restaurants in the area.

Kids

There are high chairs and changing tables for toddlers if you need it.

Banchan

I love complimentary side dishes at Korean restaurants. There are bean sprouts, potatoes, mushrooms, and kimchi radish. Love it.

Steamed Half/Half Dumplings 반반만두

We wanted to get a good taste of their dumplings, so we got the dumplings in 2 favours – pork and kimchi. A good option and you get 4 pieces each. Both flavours were good and comes with a light soy sauce for dipping.

Gal Bi Tang 갈비탕

Gal Bi Tang is beef rib soup and it’s a very comforting dish. It has big chunks of beef on beef bones and a good amount of glass noodles. It even comes with a side of rice. It’s a very filling dish if you eat everything plus the banchan.

Half/Half Fried Chicken 반반

You can choose two different types of fried chicken on the menu. We went with bone-in original fried chicken (후라이드) and their snowing fried chicken. The snowing fried chicken (스노잉) is really a honey butter seasoning that they generously sprinkle over the fried chicken.

It also comes with pickled onion and pickled radish. This was nice as the pickles would help cut the oiliness of the chicken. Both were very crispy but I wasn’t a fan of the sweet and savoury flavours of the snowing fried chicken. The original fried chicken needed some more salt and pepper to it as I tasted more of the oil it was fried in.

Final Thoughts

Overall, I like the variety on the menu and the prices are very fair. Right now, there are a lot of grand opening sales for Nadri, so check those out especially on Tuesday to get a nice discount.

It seems to a hidden gem in the area as there were a decent amount of people dining here on a weekday. I thought the food was average and the fried chicken was a touch oily.

Address:
4501 North Rd Unit 111F, Burnaby, BC

Website:
https://nadri-korean-restaurant.business.site/

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Maison Mori: Korean Bakery in Burnaby

March 12, 2020

Maison Mori is the newest Korean-style Bakery to open on North Road in between Burnaby and Coquitlam. They are located on the bottom floor of the Han Nam Supermarket Plaza.

A lot of excellent cafes and restaurants have been opening up in Korea Town, so it’s definitely worth a visit to this area as you could spend a whole day eating.

Chef Kim and Chef Jeon always dreamed of having a bakery in Canada where their knowledge of French and Japanese baking techniques can blend with traditional Korean pastries.

Our family loves Korean Bakeries, so we had to check this place out.

Interior

The bakery is located in a newer food court style area. So, there is only communal seating for the shops and restaurants in the area.

Kids

There are high chairs and changing tables for toddlers if you need it.

Milk Cream Bun

The milk cream bun was really good. It was filled with a nice sweet vanilla cream and the bun was so soft. Highly recommended. This was definitely my favourite item of the items we bought.

Marble Bread

The marble bread is beautiful with the two colours swirled together. It isn’t sweet, so this taste like a regular slice of bread with very subtle hints of cocoa.

Sweet Potato Cube

Another one of my favourites that I highly recommend. The sweet potato is delicious and it’s a great item to pair for baked goods.

Chocolate Ganache Cube

The chocolate ganache cube is also nice. It’s half way between a cake and bread. It’s not too sweet either and it’s great for those who love chocolate.

Honey Toast

The honey toast was hard and sticks to your teeth. I wasn’t a fan of this.

Injeolmi Cream Bun

This bun is filled with cream and red bean and the outside of the bun has a coating of Injeolmi powder. I didn’t like it because there was so much Injeolmi powder that it got really messy to eat and my mouth got dry from all the powder. It wasn’t very sweet on the inside either.

Mochi Mochi Bread

This bread sounds really good. How can you say no to a bread named mochi mochi? It was just like a regular loaf of bread but I guess made out of rice flour.

Final Thoughts

They have a wide range of baked goods and it’s been very popular since they opened. My favourite items were the ones that were more on the sweet side instead of bread. I would get the Milk Cream Bun. Sweet Potato Cube, and the Chocolate Ganache Cube again.

It’s a great addition to the neighbourhood and they seem to be selling out of everything quickly. I would highly recommend calling ahead of time to reserve you pastries so you don’t leave disappointed.

It is also cash only if you order $10 or under. If it’s over $10, you can use card.

Address:
4501 North Rd #111G, Burnaby, BC

Website:
https://maison-mori.business.site/

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Standing Egg Cafe: Coffee in Korea Town

November 11, 2016

Standing Egg Cafe is located in Korean Town between Burnaby and Coquitlam on North Road. There are a few good cafe on North Road that has popped up recently, but none of them are as hip as Standing Egg.

Interior

The interior is really nice with a lot of metal and wood accents. There are a good amount of seating inside, which is great since a lot of cafes have very little seating.

They have a lot of cute glassware on display in the centre of the room and it just works so well with the decor.

Ordering

You go up to the counter first, put in your order and pay. Then, you will get this electronic device that will start buzzing and blinding when it’s ready.

I like this because you can just take a seat and chill with a friend so you aren’t standing around.

Coffee

After waiting a while, our order was ready. I got a latte and it was beautiful with a heart on top. The latte was nice and strong just the way I like it.

Desserts

They get their desserts from Chez Christophe, which is also located in Burnaby. I ordered the Chocolate Eclair and it was delicious. A good amount of fluffy chocolate filling with the choux pastry.

Overall, great new cafe with strong coffee and delicious desserts. They could be a little be quicker with orders.

We Rate Standing Egg Cafe:

Address:
4501 North Rd, Unit 109, Burnaby,BC

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/standingeggcoffee/

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Angie’s Malaysian Eatery: Hainanese Chicken near Edmonds

August 15, 2015

Angie’s Malaysian Eatery just opened up last May and they sell a fusion Hawker-style food from Brunei. I am on the search for the best Hainanese Chicken in the Lower Mainland, so I had to make a stop here. They are a family-run business, so its quite cool to see how they work together.

I came here around 6pm on a Friday and it was packed. Word must have spread about this little restaurant really quickly. It’s great that they were doing so well. We noticed there were a lot of large groups that took up most the tables.

Roti Canai comes with a small bowl of curry sauce for dipping. The roti itself was a bit disappointing as it was not very crispy. Quite doughy. I would of like it if they cooked it for longer.

Despite the texture of the roti, my friend still enjoyed it. I think it was mostly because of the curry sauce.

Curry Chicken Rice needed more meat in it. We mostly got vegetables in ours. It was good, but the curry was quite watery too. The portion is meant for one person, but I think you may need something extra to get full.

Seria Kolomee it has fish cake, BBQ Pork, minced meat sauce, fried shallots, veggies on top of dry noodles. It also came with a calamansi lime and some pickled peppers on the side.

I thought it was pretty good.

Hainanese Chicken is the personal sized dish and probably their most popular item. The chicken is cut up into very think pieces and comes with rice and a chilli vinegar sauce. The portion is definitely a bit on the small side. The chicken was small, so we wanted more.

We got their entree version that has double the amount of chicken.

Buttermilk Tiger Prawn comes with the shells intact with the delicious sauce and sprinkled with fried shallots. It got quite messy trying to remove the shells as the sauce would go everywhere.

Overall,the food was pretty good but I wish the portions were a bit bigger. The prices are reasonable as everything is mostly under $10.

We Rate Angie’s Malaysian Eatery:

Address:
7355 Edmonds Street, Burnaby

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Midam Rice Cake House: Cocktails, Drinks and Dessert

November 17, 2014

Midam Rice Cake House is hidden in the Hannam Plaza on North Road right beside the grocery store. I have come here before during the day but never at night. I hear the atmosphere is much more lively and different. They specialize in Korean Rice Cakes, so you can find it in a majority of the menu items on the menu.

A lot of young Koreans come here at night for dessert or have dinner with beer or soju.

The owner also seems to have an obsession with NBA. There are pictures of a few great NBA players.

In the display cases, there are figurines and memorabilia.

Blueberry Soju Cocktail comes in a small and large size and obviously we got the large size. It was very fizzy and tasted like blueberry vinegar, spirit and a bit of soju.

We knocked back shot after shot and we felt nothing. I am usually a good indicator if there is alcohol in a drink and there seems to be very little.

Makkoli is a korean rice wine cocktail. It’s milky sweet and is about 6-8% alcohol content.

It’s served in these weird tin cup things. Weirdly enough, this did not get us drunk either. We are really cheap drunks and usually a beer is enough for me. I feel like the skimped on the alcohol.

Fried chicken in creamy sauce with rice cake ($20) was a large portion and easily sharable among a table of 4. The chicken was crunchy and it went well with the cream sauce. There are also onions and cabbage that you mix into it.

Our other friend got a dessert and a drink. A good combination for a late night out.

Overall, Midam has an interesting vibe at night and it’s mostly for the younger crowd. Good place to drink, but they skimp on the alcohol for cocktail drinks. Stick with shots or beer.

They also have a large menu for food, drinks and desserts. Prices are decent. Service is ok as the table has a bell to let servers know you need something.

We Rate Midam Rice Cake House:

Address:
110-4501 North Road
Burnaby, BC

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Jong Ga Korean Restaurant: More Restaurants in Korea Town

May 8, 2013

Jong Ga Korean Restaurant is another newer restaurant that has popped up in North Road AKA Korea Town in the past year. It’s a small restaurant, but its packed during peak hours. We went around 1pm as a group of 6 and there was still a decent amount of people inside.

Its located a few shops away from the Steve Nash Gym on North Road. Also steps away from the Lougheed Skytrain. Parking can be quite annoying during peak hours, but you’ll find parking close by.

Banchan are complimentary side dishes that arrive before the meal. It’s normal to see this at Korean restaurant and is expected. Jong Ga has 6 that comes and may vary from visit to visit.

Seafood Pancake ($13.99) was massive and quite thick. There is definitely lots of seafood and ingredients inside, but it was so thick that the center is mushy and falls apart. The exterior is still crisp, but could be done a bit better.

Beef Bone Broth with Noodles ($8.99) comes with rice in a stone bowl. This dish has always confused me. It tastes quite bland when you don’t add salt into it. We asked the waitress for salt but she gave us mustard and vinegar instead. It still made the soup bland. This is one time where we wished we had MSG. My sister said this dish tasted like water and noodles.

Buckwheat noodle in chilled broth ($8.99) was what my other sister ordered. It’s quite a big bowl and put together nicely.

Pork Bone Soup in Hot Pot ($8.99) is probably one of the better items to order here. It also comes with rice. The meat is delicious and tender and the soup was good. Not the best I’ve ever had, but good.

Overall, the food is good, but the service was quite sparse. They didn’t give us tea or water till we bugged them. They didn’t give us condiments for our dishes, so we also had to ask. The condiment jars were not filled up and only had a few drips left.

We Rate Jong Ga Korean Restaurant:

Address:
4333 North Road
Burnaby, BC

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Mui Garden: Curry Beef Brisket

March 29, 2012

Mui Garden has 4 locations in the Lower Mainland and serve up Chinese food. M and I come here once in a while when we want to just get some cheap eats without traveling far. We like to be lazy like that.

From past experiences, they have some decent food here and we’ve had some bad foor here. It’s always good to know what are the better items to avoid the horrible ones.

Sauces at your table. Its kinda gross how all the amounts in these jars are quite low.

Tea! Gotta love tea and gotta have tea everywhere I go.

Curry Beef Brisket ($10.50) is something that M always orders. It’s more Hong Kong Cafe – Style rather than what you would find in an Indian restaurant.

It has a good taste and it’s quite large! This is off the regular menu, but there is also a lunch set that you can get too.

Wonton Noodle Soup ($5.50) was very disgusting. It was quite salty or had lots of MSG. The wontons seemed pre-made or something that you can get frozen at T&T. Definitely avoid from here.

Overall, I would still say the dishes are a hit and miss. You can’t go wrong with the curry beef brisket.

Words of Wisdom:

Baked Spaghetti with Meat Sauce and Curry Beef Brisket
Great for large groups
Cash or Debt
Hit or miss food
Free parking
Decent prices

We Rate Mui Garden:

Address:
4327 North Rd
Burnaby, BC V3N

Website:
http://www.muigarden.com/

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Red Robins: It’s Burger Time

February 5, 2012

I finally let M choose a place to eat and he takes me to Red Robins. Very original isn’t it? Can you hear my sarcasm? Red Robins is a chain restaurant that specializes in burgers.

We walk inside and find the hostess area empty and it takes them a while for them to come and lead us to a table. The host really didn’t seem like he enjoyed his job or wanted to be there. The server at our table was much happier and cheerier to serve us.

The interior has lots of space!

Freckled Lemonade ($4.29) has lemonade and sweet strawberries. It’s bottomless, so you can switch between different flavours if you decide you don’t like a certain one.

Very Berry Raspberry Limeade ($4.29) is also bottomless. It wasn’t as good as the freckled lemonade, so M switched back to the Freckled Lemonade. He didn’t need to pay anything extra.

One Great Ham-Bacon-Cheese n’ Chicken Burger ($11.69) has grilled chicken breast, black forest ham, bacon, cheddar cheese, tomatoes, pickles, and mayo.

I thought it was alright, it filled me up, but it wasn’t super amazing or anything.

5 Alarm Burger ($11.29) has pepper jack cheese, jalapenos salsa, lettuce, tomatoes, chipotle mayo sauce and of course the beef patty. M thought it was an OK burger, but it did have a nice kick of heat.

Bottomless fries comes with every burger unless you substitute them for something else. They are ok fries. Its good if you put the Red Robins Seasoning on it.

Overall, I would say its good for getting burgers here. They aren’t the fanciest burgers, but they do the trick to get you full.

Words of Wisdom:

Large amount of seating, good for b-day parties ( reservation is recommended)
Burgers are best
Lots of parking
Free dessert for Birthday and they sing you songs!

We Rate Red Robin:

Address:

9628 Cameron St
Burnaby, BC

Website: www.canadarobin.com

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Yan’s Garden Chinese Restaurant: Dim Sum in the Suburbs

January 24, 2012

Yan’s Garden serves up Chinese food and is popular in the suburbs for their dim sum on the weekends. They have been here for a while and doing fairly well in the neighbourhood. They even cater to the Koreans nearby by having a Korean menu too.

M and I came here since we haven’t had dim sum in a few months, so it was time to try this place out.

There are 2 dining areas in Yan’s Garden. One is very nice and then this side is very dull and super cold. I kept my coat on the entire time since this side was quite chilly. If you can, try to get a table on the other side.

Sui Mai ($2.95) comes with 4 pieces and tasted quite normal and average. It consists of mostly ground pork with some shrimp.

I wish I knew what this was. It tasted like a Steamed Prawn Dumpling, but it looks nothing like it. This had the same wrapping as the sui mai. Clearly I was very very confused.

Pot Stickers came with a vinegar dipping sauce. The inside has some pork and vegetables wrapped in a thin wrapper and pan-fried. This also tasted quite average.

Deep Fried Wontons were crispy on the outside and shrimpy on the inside. I didn’t take a liking to this either. It’s probably because I didn’t like the sweet sauce the went along with this.

Steamed Beef Meatballs ($2.95) comes in 3 large pieces. You can get them to cut it if you wanted them into smaller pieces. This is probably one of my favorite dishes since it has a good mixture of ingredients and its nothing like an Italian meatball. It’s a bit springy and has good flavour.

Deep Fried Meat Dumplings ($2.95) has a very glutenous layer surrounding minced meat and mushrooms. It’s one of those usual items in dim sum.

I personally never liked this since it’s so chewy that it takes so much effort to eat this. In a way, it reminds me of mochi.

Overall, food was pretty average. I don’t think there was any dish that we ordered was amazing. The service was alright, but at times I felt the servers were being way too pushy with selling us the food on the carts.

Nonetheless, it’s still popular in this area for their affordable prices and decent food. I think this time around, I didn’t order the good stuff.

Words of Wisdom:

Pretty average Dim sum
Request to sit at the nicer dining area
Fried squid, egg tarts, eggplant and shrimp is so good
Busy parking lot in the front, you may need to fight for parking spots
Closest Skytrain: Lougheed Town Center
Traditional pushing dim sum carts

We Rate Yan’s Garden Chinese Restaurant:

Address:
9948 Lougheed Hwy
Burnaby, BC
Website:
http://www.yansgardenrestaurant.ca/

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Anducci´s Italian Kitchen: Something About Their Walls…

June 29, 2011

It was TaxMan’s Graduation Day, so we celebrated at Anducci’s. It’s one of his go to places near Lougheed Mall when he can’t think of anywhere else to eat.

M and I were the first to arrive and we really could not help but touch the wall. It’s like they had extra plaster, so they decided to smear it all on to the wall into the weird blobs. I think I spent a large portion of the dinner poking and touching it.

There are a lot of choices on their menu, ranging from pastas to salads to pizza. Here are a few shots of their menu.

As we waited for our meal to arrive, the amazing bread with balsamic and oil arrived. I LOVE this bread!

CatGirl got the Laverne & Shirley Pasta ($17), which has tiger prawns and roasted chicken sautéed with onions, garlic, and lemon juice in white wine sauce. She also thought it was all right and a bit salty.

M ordered the Carbonara Pasta ($16), it has capicola (Cold Cuts), garlic, cracked pepper, cream and parmesan cheese. He really liked the pasta and was happy with the amount of capicola.

ScarFace ordered the Mixed Seafood Pasta ($17), it comes with prawns, scallops, clams and smoked salmon sautéed with garlic in dill cream sauce. He thought the pasta was alright, but a bit on the expensive side when you can go to Anton’s to get a HUGE plate for a cheaper price.

You can choose between the spicy tomato sauce or the dill cream sauce.

I thought I would be a bit different and order the Chicken Avocado Wrap ($11). It has roasted chicken, avocado, tomatoes, lettuce and Italian dressing. You can also choose between soup, salads or fries.

I really liked it! It was quite big for the price and definitely worth the price. Avocados were nice and ripe, greens were quite fresh, but the chicken seemed a bit on the dry side. Nonetheless, still pretty good.

Overall, it was not a bad dinner. We were all full by the end.

Words of Wisdom:

Expensive for pasta dishes
Well priced sandwiches and wraps
Free parking in the front

We Rate Anducci’s:

Address:

9604 Cameron St
Burnaby, BC

Website:
www.anduccisitaliankitchen.com

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Midam Rice Cake Cafe

March 20, 2011

BusanGirl was feeling super hungry, so we headed to Midam Rice Cake Cafe. I’ve never heard of this place because its hidden in Korean Town. It is mostly known to the Korean community.If you are not Korean, you should find a Korean person to help you order and suggest items for you to eat.

Any Korean restaurant that I go to, I always bring one of my Korean friends to help me…or else I would be so lost.

Midam Rice Cake Cafe is located right beside Han Nam Mart (NOT H Mart).

They specialize in food with Korean Rice Cakes. From desserts to main dishes.

The inside of this place is very comfortable and has a traditional Korean feel to it. The music of this cafe changes 3 times during the day. In the afternoon, they play traditional Korean music with Gayagum. Near 5pm, they play kpop and then at night it basically becomes a bar and has louder music.

Most tables fit 4 people and its a great place to study or have chats with friends. Not too many people know about this place so it’s really good to study at.

We got tea in this super cool looking cup.

This is comprised of ice, milk, peanut rice cake, red beans and vanilla ice cream. Imagine this as the Korean version of Chinese Shaved Ice.

The best way to eat this is to try to get a bit of everything on your spoon, or you could mix it all together.

My main thing that I wanted to do was drink tea, so I ordered kukwahcha (chrysanthemum) tea ($4.99). The chrysanthemum tea has a very strange taste to it but I really could not pin point what this flavour is.

The tea cups are SO cute, they are double layered so it keeps you tea hot for longer. The design prevents the loss of heat and lowers that rate.

BusanGirl ordered the Bulgogi vegetable in hot pot . The hot pot has a very nice savory broth. The quality of their bulgogi was very poor and you know it’s not the best quality.

The rice that comes with the hot pot is a mixture of wild rice and white rice, thus the light purple appearance.

BusanGirl’s meal also came with 3 side dishes – kimchi, pickled chives and black beans.

I found ordering here was super hard because the different types of desserts are not always available. I was so confused that I just let BusanGirl do all the ordering. Even though there is english on the menu, it is still very confusing. I still look back at the menu and I really have no idea how to navigate it.

Midam Rice Cake Cafe is the place to go when you want drink and snacks. There is really no pressure and you can basically spend hours here without being shooed away.

Words of Wisdom:

Free Parking in the front
Servers may not be very fluent in english (best to bring a Korean friend)
Not all desserts are available…you must ask server
Most items under $10
Quality food is so-so

We Rate Midam Rice Cake Cafe:

Address:

110-4501 North Road
Burnaby, BC

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Hakuya Japanese Restaurant

March 5, 2011

Hukuya Sushi is this little Japanese Restaurant located beside Red Robins in the Lougheed Mall area. They offer all you can eat as well as reasonably priced Ala carte for lunch and dinner.

On the inside, it has a decent interior. It is never super full when I come here. The people who run Hukuya Sushi, like other sushi places are Korean. It’s not bad or anything, I just wanted to point that out. There are a lot of repeat customers that come to Hukuya…my friend told us that he would come here quite often when he was in High School.

Everyone got their tea and M as usual got a coke.

Everyone was given complementary miso soup. I find that with most customers, they usually give something complementary with the meal. I think once it was a basket of tempura.

TaiwaneseGirl ordered Nigiri to start, there was tako (octopus), unagi (eel)and ebi (Shrimp). She also had a toro (tuna belly), but the waitress accidentally gave her the ebi. Once TaiwaneseGirl told the waitress, she gave her another toro. I don’t think TaiwaneseGirl really minded about the mishap of the order, I think she was more happy she got more food.

I ordered one of their chef specials, Takoyaki ($3.99), it comes with 5 takoyaki balls. Takoyaki is a ball shapped Japanese dumpling…kinda like a savory pancake made out of batter. the takoyaki is filled with octopus, pickled ginger, green onions and topped off with bonito flakes, mayo and teriyaki sauce.

This is a very popular Japanese street food item.

I got the other chef special, which was the okonomikyaki ($8). It is essentially very similar to Takoyaki but without the tako and in a pancake form. It was ok, but there was too much batter compared to the amount of ingredients inside. On top, therer is tobiko and the bonito flakes. They preslice this for you in the shape of a pizza, so you are killing it with your chopsticks.

I know if it wasn’t cut, I would try putting the whole thing in my mouth…or even just massacring the look of this dish.

I hold high regards for people who serve okonomiyaki because for Japanese class in high school, we were required to make this dish. My group did an ok job, but another group almost set the classroom on fire. I tried remaking it at home and wanted to die because I didn’t know how to flip it over.

Since I thought I would still be hungry, I ordered the california roll. Pretty simple, nothing too elaborate and cheap!

M and TaiwaneseGirl ordered the Chicken Teriyaki Don. Underneath the egg, chicken, broccoli and onion lies white rice.

It was a lot to eat since rice does fill you up. Neither of them could finish their own bowls, so they packed it.

InsecureGirl ordere the Chicken Yaki Udon. It is udon, vegetables and chicken served on a super hot black grill plate.

M ordered some shrimp tempura as well, I think it had 7 pieces. I really didn’t mind helping him eat this because as you know…I have an obsession for prawns ….no like actually! As a kid, I would eat shrimp even though I was allergic, I even developed hives but I still ate it. Many years of being scolded by my parents not to each shrimp…I still ate it any ways. If you see me at a buffet, my entire table will have remnants of shrimp shells pilled up on several plates ( true story).

The taste of this shrimp tempura is quite average, nothing special, but it the usual stuff you would expect from any other japanese restaurant.

Words of Wisdom:

Free parking in front
Lots of specials
Specialty rolls
decent prices

We Rate Hukuya Sushi:

Address:

9626 Cameron Street
Burnaby, BC

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Jugo Juice

February 23, 2011

NailPolishFanatic and I were at Lougheed Mall and were just walking around catching up and saw Jugo Juice, so we decided to get some instead of going to Starbucks for coffee. Trying to be healthy you know?

Jugo Juice has a new location in at Lougheed Mall. They have chains all over the Lower Mainland…and at almost every mall.

Don’t get this place confused with Booster Juice because I always make the same mistake. They sell very similar things – smoothies, juices and some snacks.

Like all the Jugo Juices, they have drinks with the most weirdest names like – Mango Magic, Berry Binge, Banana Buzz….etc…etc. You kinda get the idea what your drink will taste like assuming you can read their menu with their small font.

I ordered the Watermelon Wiggle, I thought it had a cool name that almost made me giggle. I really did not take a liking to the Watermelon Wiggle. Even though it does have Watermelon in it, the taste was very sweet and almost tasted like candy because of the nectar in the smoothie. I really don’t prefer drinks here because I never liked the taste of the smoothies I have gotten.

When I was watching them make it, they put in prepackaged frozen fruits, nectar and ice to make the drink.

NailPolishFanatic had the Mango Magic, it was way better than the watermelon wiggle but it was not the best tasting drink, but still decent. I think it was the nectar that made this drink more sweet than it needed to be.

Yes, Jugo Juice does have cool sounding drinks, but most of the flavours are hit and miss. Do you have a favorite? If you do, let me know so I can give them another chance. For the time being, I think I will stick with Booster Juice…or I can settle with Orange Julius.

We Rate Jugo Juice:

Address:

9855 Austin Rd. (upstairs mall)
Burnaby, BC

Website:
www.jugojuice.com

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Red Robins

February 15, 2011

This is what happens when you have night classes and are left with little choices of restaurants past 10pm. M, InsecureGirl and I headed over to Red Robins to grab a bite before more studying!

The closest Red Robins is located at Lougheed Mall Plaza. We’ve been here several times and its just regular food.

We all started off with the tower of onion rings. This is probably that one appetizer that everyone oogles at since it’s so tall. I just think it looks kinda pornographic. Anyways, the onion rings are pretty good, crunchy on the outside and savory onion in the center. It also comes with 2 sauces but the onion ring was too large to dip into the sauces, so you would need to rip the onion ring in half first.

InsecureGirl ordered the Creamy Classic Mac & Cheese ($11.49). It comes with a salad with choice of dressing and bread.

M and I both got the ensalada chicken platter ($13.49). There are 2 chicken breasts as well, but they were rather flat and not very pump. Comes with salad, salsa and a creamy lime sauce on the side.