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In Downtown

Eli’s Serious Sausage

January 31, 2011

After hearing much about Eli’s Serious Sausage, I wondered, why are the sausages so good? What makes people coming back for more? Since it was a nice day outside, I decided to walk all the way to the cart with the help of the Vancouver Street Food App.

They sell premium sausages in either on a dish or on a bun. The cart may look like a usual hot dog cart, but its not.

They are quite famous for their sausages because they are made from a 5th generation sausage maker. You can really taste the difference.

I got a chance to meet Eli. Yes, Eli’s Serious Sausage does indeed have an Eli. I chose the Currywurst on a dish ($6). I didn’t feel like a bun, so I had it the authentic German way. For $6, having it on a dish, really doesn’t do the sausage justice because without the bun, it looks small.

The sausage may seem a bit expensive, but their prices are pretty on par with JapaDog prices and other food carts.

The Currywurst is a bratwurst with curry powder and ketchup. It tasted good with it, but what if one day…there was real curry? That would be exciting.

I don’t think I ate enough to really rate Eli’s Serious Sausage, so I will probably be back to try another type of sausage with their pretzel bun.

Twitter:

@EatEli

Address:

110 Dunsmuir St
Vancouver, BC

In Four Beakers

Shoryumen, Fumisen and Bakudanyaki Foodcarts

December 12, 2010

SFUPretender highly recommended we visit the 3 foodcarts in Richmond near River Rock Casino, so we decided to take a trip! I’ve heard people talk about the foodcarts, but never really had an urge to go until now.

The famous 3 foodcarts – Shoryumen, Fumisen and Bakudanyaki sell sushi cones, ramen, and giant takoyaki.

We drove and there was tons of parking! If you don’t have a car, they are located right across the street from the Canada Line.

Bakudanyaki sells giant Takoyaki the size of baseballs. Their filling the the takoyaki does vary once in a while, but today they had the Seafood Bakudan for $5.

You can choose what type of mayo you would like your bakudanyaki.

For my Bakudanyaki, I chose the wasabi mayo.

When you begin eating the bakudanyaki, you are greeted with the various ingredients – egg, shrimp, calamari, corn, onion, carrot and potatoes. You might be wondering when you have so many ingredients packed inside, but if the ball was just made like a normal takoyaki, it would be fragile and fall apart easily.

The bakudanyaki was well made and it really did taste like a big takoyaki.

Clearly a great idea and I would get this again.

We rate Tenku Bakudanyaki:

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Shoryumen is the ramen food cart. You can choose from ramen noodles or udon noodles. you can choose miso, curry or shoyu (Soy sause) soup stock. You can add extra toppings for 50 cents.

For my ramen, I got the curry ramen with corn and garlic chips ($7.75). The egg was cooked perfectly and was not over or under cooked. The garlic chips were not a crunchy as I would have liked. They ended up just sticking to my teeth.

FinanceGirl got the Miso Udon ($6.75).

SFUPretender got the Shoyu Udon ($6.75).

In the end we finished it right up. Instead of just disposing the bowl with soup in the trash, you can give it back to them to properly dispose of the soup.

We rate Shoryumen:

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Fumisen sells sushi cones in 3 sizes – small ($3.75), medium ($5) and JUMBO ($8.50).

There are 4 steps into making your sushi cone:

pick a type of rice
pick a protein filling
pick 2 vegetable fillings
pick a sauce

I got a medium cone with salmon rice, scallop chop chop, salmon sashimi, avacado, tobiko, and wasabi mayo. I wanted to try both the scallop chop chop and salmon sashimi, so they were nice enough to give me both! What I LOVE about the cones was how fresh the seafood is.

If you don’t know what toppings to add into your cone, you can always ask the staff because they are the experts.

Apparently, they buy their sashimi and seafood in small batches to ensure quality and freshness.

FinanceGirl got the Medium cone with salmon sashimi, lettuce, tobiko and mayo.

SFUPretender got a small cone with chicken teriyaki, mango…and I am not 100% what else was in there. It looks good and it tasted good so I guess whats what matters!

We rate Fumisen:

All the carts are located at:

8740 Charles St
Richmond, BC

In Dessert

Kimono Koi Crepes

November 8, 2010

Kimono Koi Crepes is not hard to find at all. It is the bright pink street cart located outside of City Centre Skytrain. They serve up savory and sweet crepes.

Here is their menu separated by cold, savory, and sweet. The prices range from $5 – $6.75.

Look at them make crepes.

I ordered the strawberry delight ($5.75), which is categorized as a sweet crepe. It contains strawberry, nutella, strawberry syrup, whipped cream and almond flakes. The presentation of the crepe was well executed and looked m.ore appealing than the other crepe places. It was kinda hard to eat without some of the whipped cream ending up on my face. Since I didn’t have a mirror with me, I had to reply on the reflections of buildings to make sure I didn’t end up sporting a whipped creme mustache for Movember.

The almond flakes really worked well for this crepe. I didn’t really think much of it, but as I kept eating, I wanted more of the almond flakes. It added more texture to the crepe.

Words of Wisdom:

Follow the on twitter @kimonokoicrepes if there are changes to menu or times
You can’t go wrong with a sweet crepe

We rate Kimono Koi Crepes:

Check out their website: http://www.kimonokoicrepes.com/

In Downtown

Fresh Local Wild

November 7, 2010

Fresh Local Wild is a new food cart that opened up a few months ago in Downtown on Granville and Robson. I am a big fan of seafood and if it is Ocean Wise, that is a big plus! Their name basically sums up the types of seafood that they serve….fresh….local…and wild.

The men of Fresh Local Wild are really amazing guys and very approachable. Since it was raining, I didn’t want to walk elsewhere to eat, so I stood there like a loner eating, but these guys were very talkative and kept me company!

Their menu is simple and has the freshest and sustainable ingredients in their menu items. The items are quite expensive, but that the price you pay for sustainable ingredients…it doesn’t come cheap.

I ordered the Fried Oyster Po Boy ($10) sandwich with a soda ($2) and poutine ($3). They have a small selection of soda at the store, Lemon Lime and another flavour that changes daily. I decided to have the Lemon Lime soda and it was very flavorful and reminded me of sprite but with more lime flavour. This is something you should try.

The fried oyster Po Boy was very fresh and the oysters had so much flavour! One thing I really didn’t like about the sandwich was how it fell apart very easily. The tartar sauce and coleslaw filling inside was spewing out every time I took a bite. Maybe next time they should have less sauce. I really really enjoyed the taste of the fried oysters…perhaps one day they will make skewers of fried oysters (drools…)

The Quadra Isle Chanterelle Mushroom Poutine was overall pretty well executed. The fries were firm and slightly crunchy. Topped off with the Chanterelle mushrooms, cheese, green onions, and gravy.

To get customers to leave a mark at Fresh Local Wild, they have several markers for you to draw all over their cart. I was looking around for a spot to leave my mark and I found fellow blogger and SFU alumni Nicolb! It seemed right to leave my mark beside hers.

My experience at Fresh Local Wild was positive. After looking at a few other blogs, there seems to be a few negative reviews when they first started up their business. It seems like Josh, Andy and their crew have made improvements to their menu to keep their customers satisfied. It can only get better from here.

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