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Showing 22 results for the author: gigi.
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Copyright © 2010 hoyummy.com. Visit the original article at http://www.hoyummy.com/2010/03/08/review-ogenki-sushi-update-2/.Jenkins and I used to be frequent visitors to Ogenki Sushi. We really enjoyed their cheap and tasty rolls and we always happened to be in the neighborhood. We noticed that they renovated sometime during the winter and since it had been quite some time since our last visit, we decided to see if anything had changed other than the restaurant interior.
Jenkins and I always resort to ordering the roll combos at ...
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Copyright © 2010 hoyummy.com. Visit the original article at http://www.hoyummy.com/2010/03/02/review-viet-sub/.There are several places that are my go-to lunch or dinner places whenever I’m looking for a stand by or am in a rush and since I go to them so often, it doesn’t even occur to me to blog about it. One such place is Viet Sub, which opened last summer on Robson Street and is very close tow here I work. I was thrilled that I no longer needed to hike over to Chinatown to satisfy my Vietnamese sub craving.
Although ...
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Copyright © 2010 hoyummy.com. Visit the original article at http://www.hoyummy.com/2010/02/25/review-hapa-izakaya-yaletown/.When Jenkins and I found out that Hapa Izakaya was going to open up at Shiru Bay’s old location in Yaletown, we were both quite happy. Finally, another tasty izakaya opening up in Yaletown and filling in the void left when Shiru Bay vacated. Even though it was a Friday night, Jenkins and I arrived relatively early at about 6:30PM so we were seated after a short 10 minute wait. I’m chalking it up to the fact that this location ...
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Copyright © 2010 hoyummy.com. Visit the original article at http://www.hoyummy.com/2010/02/24/review-nuba-west-hastings/.Nuba is another place that has been on my must-eat list for quite a while. The opportunity finally presented itself one day when Louis, Jae, and I had more time than usual for lunch. We took a nice stroll on a sunny day down to what I think is the first Nuba location tucked away in a corner of the historic Dominion building by West Hastings and Cambie.
I had done my research before going ...
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Copyright © 2010 hoyummy.com. Visit the original article at http://www.hoyummy.com/2010/02/21/review-house-of-dosas/.I drive past the House of Dosas at the corner of Kingsway and Boundary a lot on my way to work and it always looked pretty busy inside, regardless of the time of day. After hearing from Chris that the dosas were pretty tasty, Keith and I found some time to drive over to the House of Dosas with Chris for a weekday lunch. It seems that Chris goes there quite a bit so he has tried several things on the menu and was able to ...
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Copyright © 2010 hoyummy.com. Visit the original article at http://www.hoyummy.com/2010/02/17/review-urban-thai/.Jenkins and I received some coupons in the mail from the Thai House group of restaurants so when it came time for us to pick a restaurant for our upcoming date night, the decision was more or less made for us. We used to frequent Urban Thai in Yaletown quite a bit but for some reason, we had stopped going. We decided to give it a visit and order some of our old favourites....
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Copyright © 2010 hoyummy.com. Visit the original article at http://www.hoyummy.com/2010/02/16/review-kushi-box/.There have been quite a few interesting restaurants opening up near where I work downtown, which has been tempting me to neglect my packed lunch so I can try all the goodies around me. Louis and Jae alerted me to the opening of Kushi Box one day and since I had only brought a small lunch, I decided to supplement it with something from Kushi Box. Once we arrived inside, I discovered that it was actually the fast-food version of Zakkushi, my favourite place ...
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Copyright © 2010 hoyummy.com. Visit the original article at http://www.hoyummy.com/2010/02/14/olympics-atlantic-canada-house/.On the second day of the Olympics, Jenkins and I ventured to Granville Island with Mike and Victoria to check out the sights. In particular, we wanted to check out the tastings at Atlantic Canada House, which were available at 11:30AM, 2PM, and 5PM daily during the course of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games. After bumping into a friend of ours who told Victoria that it was best to get to the tastings early, we lined up just after 4PM for the 5PM tasting. It turned ...
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Copyright © 2010 hoyummy.com. Visit the original article at http://www.hoyummy.com/2010/02/11/review-phnom-penh/.Phnom Penh has been on my list of places to check out for the longest time but I never went due to my aversion to waiting in lines. Every time I walk by Phnom Penh, even if it’s at 2 in the afternoon, there is a crowd of people waiting outside! Finally, I decided to bite the bullet and went with Louis for a weekday lunch. We went at around 12:30PM and even though there was a crowd of people as usual, we left our name with a ...
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Copyright © 2010 hoyummy.com. Visit the original article at http://www.hoyummy.com/2010/02/08/review-joyeaux-cafe-restaurant/.I needed to buy lunch one weekday and luckily for me, both Craig and Edith were in the same boat. Since it was a cold and rainy day, we decided to go for pho and Edith mentioned that she found a pretty good place downtown called Joyeux Cafe and we wouldn’t have to walk very far.
From the outside, you would never guess that there was pho or Vietnamese food instead. I have actually walked ...
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Copyright © 2010 hoyummy.com. Visit the original article at http://www.hoyummy.com/2010/02/03/review-la-terrazza/.It was Lucy’s birthday recently and to celebrate, we all congregated at La Terrazza in Yaletown. Even though La Terazza has been a Yaletown fixture for quite a while, I have never been there although I have heard a lot of good things about their tasty Italian food.
After our group was seated, we were served some olive oil and bread. The olive oil was very flavourful and speckled with some pieces of roasted garlic....
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Copyright © 2010 hoyummy.com. Visit the original article at http://www.hoyummy.com/2010/01/31/review-charm-modern-thai/.Chris was back for the holidays so Thu and I met up with him at Charm Modern Thai for lunch. I wasn’t aware that Charm was actually owned by the Thai House chain but I found out when I went to their website to make the reservations.
The lunch specials seemed to be the best value since they also came with Tom Yum soup and fried wontons so the three of us all chose a ...
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Copyright © 2010 hoyummy.com. Visit the original article at http://www.hoyummy.com/2010/01/27/review-miku-restaurant-2/.I hadn’t seen Juanita in a while so when she suggested meeting up for lunch one day, I readily agreed. I didn’t feel like making a decision on where to eat so Juanita gave me a couple of choices. I don’t remember what all the choices were but one of them was Miku and since it had been quite a while since my last visit, I chose Miku. The restaurant itself is located at the bottom of an office building in the financial district of downtown ...
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Copyright © 2010 hoyummy.com. Visit the original article at http://www.hoyummy.com/2010/01/25/review-brunch-at-provence-marinaside/.I just realised that I have been going out to brunch quite a lot lately, but what can I say, it is one of my favourite meals! Karen and I hadn’t met up in quite a few months and brunch always seems to work out well for us as that’s when we usually have our catch up sessions. Karen left the location choice to me and I decided on Provence Marinaside because I had heard that their French toasted baguettes were on the 2009 Vancouver list ...
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Copyright © 2010 hoyummy.com. Visit the original article at http://www.hoyummy.com/2010/01/21/review-cucumber-cafe/.It had been quite a while since I last met up with Miguel. We were always busy and since we were trying to coordinate a lunch or dinner with several other people at the same time, it was difficult to find a time that worked for all of us. Finally, we found a brunch time that worked for us and Miguel suggested going to Cucumber Cafe in Richmond.
I decided to start with some tea since it was a cold and rainy morning. The receptacle that my ...
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Copyright © 2010 hoyummy.com. Visit the original article at http://www.hoyummy.com/2010/01/19/review-stellas-tap-and-tapas-bar-on-commercial/.A bunch of us from work gathered at Stella’s Tap and Tapas Bar on Commercial to celebrate the holiday season. I had never been to Stella’s before even though I drive by the one on Cambie all the time. I actually did not even know they served Belgian food until someone told me.
While we waited for everyone to arrive, Ned ordered a ...
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Copyright © 2010 hoyummy.com. Visit the original article at http://www.hoyummy.com/2010/01/13/review-brunch-at-the-cannery-seafood-house/.For the holiday season, my parents decided to treat our family to brunch at the Cannery. Since the Cannery will be closing at the end of March due to increased security restrictions at the Port of Vancouver, we figured we should pay at least one more visit before this Vancouver institution closes its doors.
Getting to the Cannery is always an adventure in and of itself because you need to buzz in at the Port of Vancouver’s security check point before you can turn onto the road ...
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Copyright © 2010 hoyummy.com. Visit the original article at http://www.hoyummy.com/2010/01/11/review-long-table-series-at-the-irish-heather/.This post is a bit late in the making but Jenkins and I snuck in a dinner at the Irish Heather just before we headed off to Peru in October. Victoria had been trying to get me to try a dinner at the Long Table Series all summer but the timing just never worked out. Jenkins and I were able to find one that sounded interesting to us just before we went on our trip and luckily, we were able to score seats.
Our night ...
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Copyright © 2010 hoyummy.com. Visit the original article at http://www.hoyummy.com/2010/01/07/whistler-fairmont-mallard-lounge/.What bachelorette party would not be complete without a stop for afternoon tea? As I’ve mentioned previously, I’m a big fan of afternoon tea and luckily for me, so were my fellow bachelorette partiers. I did some research on what type of tea options were available in Whistler and the place of choice for most seemed to be the Mallard Lounge at the Fairmont Hotel.
The Mallard Lounge has quite an extensive selection of teas to choose from. There were quite a few blends that I had ...
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Copyright © 2010 hoyummy.com. Visit the original article at http://www.hoyummy.com/2010/01/06/whistler-dubh-linn-gate/.On our second day in Whistler for Samantha’s bachelorette party, we wanted to have a quick brunch before spending the rest of our morning at the spa. Similar to what we experienced at La Bocca, a lot of our original brunch choices do not take reservations. We could have woken up a bit earlier to ensure we didn’t have to line up but since we were up late the night before, this option didn’t really appeal to us. We decided to have brunch at the Dubh ...
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Copyright © 2010 hoyummy.com. Visit the original article at http://www.hoyummy.com/2010/01/03/whistler-la-bocca/.Happy new year, everyone! I’m catching up on a lot of blogging that fell by the wayside during the holiday season. This week, I’m going to focus on some Whistler restaurants I visited in the early fall for Samantha’s bachelorette party.
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Just before Samantha got married, Lucy and I had the honours of planning her bachelorette party. After some brainstorming on where we should go and what we should do, we finally decided on Whistler. Due to my Ho Yummy background, I was in charge of deciding where we ...
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Copyright © 2010 hoyummy.com. Visit the original article at http://www.hoyummy.com/2009/12/23/review-glowbal/.For Jenkins’ mom’s birthday, we decided to go to Glowbal. I had never been there before and it was one of the few places that could accommodate our group on short notice. Even though it was a weeknight, it was quite busy so it was good we had made reservations in advance.
Shortly after we made our selections, we were presented with some sliced baguette pieces along with balsamic vinegar, olive oil, and hummus. The bread itself was a bit lacklustre but I thought the hummus was ...
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