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Suika Snackbar: SupaSUIKA Dining Package

I’ve been to Suika Snackbar several times in the past few years and it’s always been a great experience. They have sister restaurants located around town – Kingyo and Rajio. Suika means watermelon, Kingyo means goldfish and Rajio means radio. [...]

May 13, 2013 Fairview, Izakaya, Japanese, Sushi, Three Beakers
Guu Garlic

Guu Garlic: Lunch Time

Guu Garlic is open for lunch from Tuesday to Sunday 11:30am till 2:30pm. It’s a nice place to go for lunch if you want to spend about $10 and have a good Japanese meal. I was never able to make [...]

April 7, 2013 Downtown, Izakaya, Japanese, Three Beakers
Akari Japanese Restaurant

Akari Japanese Restaurant: Sushi In Delta

Akari Japanese Restaurant is located in Delta at Strawberry Hill. I would have never thought to have Japanese food in this area. Plus, I never frequent this area anyways. The restaurant has been around for 15 years and is operated [...]

March 10, 2013 Delta, Izakaya, Japanese, Seafood, Three Beakers
Rajio

Rajio Japanese Public House: Japanese Izakaya Near UBC

Rajio is owned by the same people who have brought us Suika Izakaya and Kingyo Izakaya. It is located close to the UBC campus. Rajio is Japanese for Radio, so you will notice their logo is a radio. I came [...]

February 19, 2013 Izakaya, Japanese, Kitsilano, Three Beakers
sm-tataki

Sushimoto: Mouthwatering Aburi Sushi in Burnaby

Sushimoto is a Japanese restaurant located at Holdom Station in Burnaby. It is just steps away and is a hit in the neighbourhood. They have the usual good stuff you can find at a Japanese restaurant – sushi, sashimi, and [...]

December 8, 2012 Izakaya, Japanese, North Burnaby, Seafood, Three Beakers
sushik-oceanwiser

Sushi K Kamizato: A Hidden Gem in Coquitlam

Sushi K Kamizato is run by Chef Keith and his wife Chika in Port Coquitlam. It is Japanese owned and they serve awesome sushi and its very different from Sushi Town or California Sushi. The owners stay true to their [...]

November 28, 2012 Coquitlam, Four Beakers, Izakaya, Japanese
guu-ice

Guu Otokomae: Guutine, so Canadian Eh?

Guu Otokomae is located in Gastown and is very close to Waterfront Skytrain. M and I came here very late at night, so we were able to get a table effortlessly. It’s usually best to have reservations, but we just [...]

November 19, 2012 Four Beakers, Gastown, Izakaya, Japanese, Late Night
kingyo-stone

Kingyo: ‘Simply Kingyo’ Dining Package Review

Kingyo is a Japanese Izakaya restaurant that is located on Denman Street. It’s a great place to chill at night over some drinks and dishes. The environment is lively and they have a variety of different of dishes. Vaneats is [...]

November 17, 2012 Four Beakers, Izakaya, Japanese, Robson Street/West End
minami-outer

Minami: Yummy Aburi Beef in Yaletown

When I came back from vacation, I headed out to Minami with @Lensflaaare and @Floyvr to see what all the hype was about Minami. Minami is the sister restaurant of Miku. They are popular for their aburi sushi. It’s located [...]

October 22, 2012 Izakaya, Japanese, Seafood, Three Beakers, Yaletown
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Miku Restaurant: Aburi Sushi Gourmet Cuisine

Miku has been around since 2008 serving delicious Japanese food. They are best known for their aburi style sushi. It’s sear-flamed sushi. You won’t need any soy sauce or wasabi with any of their items.I’ve heard much about it, but [...]

October 4, 2012 Downtown, Four Beakers, Izakaya, Japanese, Seafood
suika-chicken

Suika Japanese Snackbar: Stingray, Pig Foot, and Other Odd Dishes

Suika Japanese Snackbar is owned by the same people who created Kingyo Izakaya. It is located on Broadway near Fir St. I’ve been to Suika Snackbar a few times and it’s a great place to dine with friends over yummy Japanese [...]

July 17, 2012 Fairview, Four Beakers, Izakaya, Japanese, Seafood
gk-food

Gyu Kaku Japanese BBQ: Happy Hour Makes Us Happy

Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ is a Japanese restaurant in Downtown. It’s located beside Relish Gastopub and below Guu Garden. They have a lot of good lunch combos and even a wicked Happy Hour special. They sell Japanese BBQ grill dishes, noodles, [...]

July 7, 2012 BBQ, Downtown, Izakaya, Japanese, Three Beakers
ky-tuna

Suika Snackbar: Suika Punch Dining Package Review

Foodology Disclaimer: VANEATS.ca approached me to try out their “Suika Punch” dining package and write a review about it. I got a complementary dining package for myself and I brought along M and CandiedZen to keep the review as unbiased [...]

June 21, 2012 Fairview, Izakaya, Japanese, Three Beakers
kr-fire

Kamei Royale: Kamei Kiss Dining Package Review

Foodology Disclaimer: VANEATS.ca approached me to try out their “Kamei Kiss” dining package and write a review about it. I got a complementary dining package for myself and I brought along M to keep the review as unbiased as I [...]

May 31, 2012 Downtown, Izakaya, Japanese, Seafood, Three Beakers
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Guu Izakaya (Toronto): Still got it Guu’d

Guu Izakaya is the first Guu location in Toronto. It is much smaller than its other location – Guu SakaBar, but it is very very popular. BaguetteGirl, CanuckGirl and I waited 1.5 hours for a table of 3. That’s quite [...]

May 23, 2012 Downtown/University of Toronto, Four Beakers, Izakaya, Japanese, Seafood
guusaka-sign

Guu SakaBar: Still Guu’d in Toronto, ON

Guu SakaBar is another restaurant part of the Guu restaurants. They sell Japanese Izakaya items like tapas dishes. Guu currently has 6 restaurants in Vancouver and 2 in Toronto. Since I have already been to all the ones in Vancouver, [...]

May 19, 2012 Izakaya, Japanese, The Annex
alpha-carpaccio

Alpha Sushi & Japanese Tapas: A Good Alternative

Alpha Sushi and Japanese Tapas is located in Yaletown and is quite popular even on weekday nights. It was empty at 5pm, but by 6pm it started to get quite packed. As you can gather by their name….they do have [...]

May 5, 2012 Four Beakers, Izakaya, Japanese, Seafood, Yaletown
guu-tatak

Guu Garlic: Garlic Chips are Addictive

Guu Garlic is one of my favorite Guu locations as they serve tapas with a theme of garlic. Since there are so many Guus in Vancouver now, there are only 2 that I adore going to … Guu Garden and [...]

April 29, 2012 Four Beakers, Izakaya, Japanese, Robson Street/West End