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Friend's BBQ Restaurant

Friend’s BBQ Restaurant: Just Stay Away

Friend’s BBQ Restaurant is a new restaurant in the former location of Mui Garden on North Road. We came here thinking it would be a BBQ place where we could grill our own meats. Unfortunately, that’s not the case. They [...]

April 12, 2013 BBQ, Chinese, Coquitlam, One Beaker
Kishu River Japanese

Kishu River Japanese: Just Stay Away

I was in the area and my coworkers wanted to grab some lunch close by. We tried going to Congee Noodle King, but they were packed! All the tables were taken, so we settle on Kishu River Japanese. No one [...]

February 24, 2013 Japanese, One Beaker, Victoria-Fraserview/Killarney
bb-meal

Pork Belly Beer House: Korean BBQ without the Grill

The Pork Belly Beer House is a Korean restaurant just off of Robson Street close to Safeway. It looks shady on the inside and outside, but it quite popular with Koreans. It gets quite packed in the evening since you [...]

November 5, 2012 All You Can Eat, BBQ, Korean, One Beaker, Robson Street/West End
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Miss Lee Cafe: Featured on ‘We Got Married’

Miss Lee Cafe has several locations around Korea. Kirby and I were in Myeong-Dong and stumbled upon this location. I was a very rainy day, so we decided to chill out here before finding more food. Miss Lee Cafe specializes [...]

August 15, 2012 Dessert, Jung-Gu, Korean, Myeong-Dong, One Beaker
ap-congee

Ocean Empire: Congee at Hong Kong Airport

Heading to the airport for a red-eye flight to Korea makes a person skip dinner. We headed off to Ocean Empire at the airport for a quick dinner before our flight. We didn’t know what to choose since there were [...]

July 29, 2012 Chek Lap Kok, Chinese, Fast Food, One Beaker
relish-oyster

Relish Gastropub and Bar: Happy Hour Oysters of Disappointment

Relish Gastropub and Bar has buck-a-shuck oysters from 3 -6PM everyday, plus $3 beer specials. This really enticed KoreanGirl, Mandu and I to dine here. I’ve been here several years ago and it has changed a lot! It use to [...]

July 8, 2012 Bar and Grill, Downtown, One Beaker
ebi-meal

Ebi Ten Japanese Fast Food: Cheap but Not Good

Yet again, I had no idea where to eat lunch, so I headed down and randomly found Ebi Ten. They have Japanese fast food, which I don’t know what that means…but they are known for their decent dons. They are [...]

December 9, 2011 Downtown, Japanese, One Beaker
ms-burger

The Mac Shack: McDonalds is better

The Mac Shack is a brand new restaurant that opened up in Kerrisdale. They specialize in none other than Mac & Cheese! I love comfort food, so I got my friends to drive 40 mins from Coquitlam to try this [...]

October 22, 2011 Kerrisdale, One Beaker
nuba-sign

Nuba Waldorf: Worst Dining Experience Ever

Nuba Cafe opened up at the renovated Waldorf Hotel on Hastings. They serve up delicious Lebanese food. When we arrived, the place was packed. The hostess greeted us and we had to wait a 5 minutes for a table, so [...]

September 25, 2011 Commercial Drive / Grandview, Lebanese, One Beaker
celine-assorted

Celine’s Fish and Chips: Worst Fish & Chips On Granville Island

I’ve been on a Fish & Chips hunt this Summer whenever I happen to pass by a place. While I was on Granville Island, I decided to try out Celine’s Fish & Chips. Its been here for a long long [...]

August 27, 2011 Granville Island, One Beaker, Seafood
cap-cheesee

Capstone Tea House: How a Menu Change Ruined a Good Night

I was hanging out with a bunch of people downtown and we were craving dessert. Since it was late at night, only a handful of places could seat tables of 10+. We called up a few places and Capstone Tea [...]

July 9, 2011 Dessert, One Beaker, Robson Street/West End
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Junsei River Japanese Restaurant: Horrible Bento Boxes

I went to Junsei River Japanese Restaurant for lunch since it was on Robson St. and I was craving a good ol’ bento box. The restaurant is a bit narrow but it still has enough room. Junsei River Japanese restaurant [...]

June 6, 2011 Downtown, Japanese, One Beaker
dimsum-cart

Dim Sum Express Food Truck

All the way near Waterfront Station lies a street cart specializing in Dim Sum. No need to wait for a table and fight with others to get the last egg tart or buns. Have Dim Sum anytime, in your office, [...]

April 22, 2011 Chinese, Downtown, Food Carts, One Beaker, Streetcart
Fumi-house

Fumiyoshi: Japanese Restaurant with Pho

Mandu and I met up during our lunch breaks. I had a “foodie block” and had no idea where to go for lunch. I really didn’t want to revisit a restaurant nor did I want to spend over $10. Eating [...]

April 10, 2011 Downtown, Japanese, One Beaker, Vietnamese
MP-outer

MegaBite Pizza (Production Skytrain): The Case of the Burnt Food

A new Megabite Pizza location opened up on at Production Skytrain. M and I felt like a pizza craving, so we went online to order what we wanted. We could of had them deliver to where we were, but it [...]

March 23, 2011 North Burnaby, One Beaker
fumiyoshi-bento

Fumiyoshi Seafood & Sushi

On my way to lunch, I could feel the showers beginning again, it was that weird day were there were “140km” winds (It totally wasn’t…darn those weather people). There were random periods of heavy rains and then BAM it was sunny and then it [...]

March 5, 2011 Downtown, Japanese, One Beaker, Seafood, Vietnamese
HP-burger

Highland Pub (SFU)

Grabbing a bite with my good pal – ScienceNerd, we went to SFU Highland Pub because it’s close and it was the only decent food on campus, which is cheap. Even though the Highland pub was under renovations, there were [...]

September 18, 2010 One Beaker, SFU
NC-burger

Nando’s Flame Grill Chicken

Hey all, M here with my first review on foodology.ca! The restaurant DesignGirl went to this fateful day was Nando’s on Kingsway near Metrotown. Now I met Nando’s for the first time while living in London, England for a year [...]

August 28, 2010 One Beaker, South Burnaby