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Comment on Sexy Feast: The Coterie Room Promotes Spooning in Exclusive Small Groups (of Two) by Sexy Feast: Nell’s Serves Supper That Will Pump You Up for Sex

Sexy Feast: Nell’s Serves Supper That Will Pump You Up for Sex — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:02:43 +0000

[...] Week gave me the opportunity to try an “upscale” eatery at a discounted price (see last week’s Sexy Feast write-up of The Coterie Room, which showed how a quenelle of anise hyssop ice cream taught a lesson about spooning), it also let [...]

Comment on The Mein Man: Hue Ky Mi Gia’s Perfectly Fowl Play by The Mein Man Sub Sand Has Good Duck and Bad Utens

The Mein Man Sub Sand Has Good Duck and Bad Utens — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:04:59 +0000

[...] that includes soy sauce, with the duck fried and in the bowl. I realized that this is basically the same dish I had at Hue Ky Mi Gia at the end of last year, which is why I instead opted for the equally typo-ed “bamboo shot duck noodle [...]

Comment on The Mein Man: Regent Bakery and Cafe’s Chow Fun is Fun Chow by LotusRapper

LotusRapper — Thu, 03 May 2012 16:53:08 +0000

Hmm, gotta keep these guys on my backpocket list (we don’t go into downtown area much). Spelling errors ….. LOL. That’s what make the Asian menus so fun ! Recently I was at a HK-style cafe here in Vancouver and noticed they offered “Satan Beef with Fried Rice Noodles” ……. I’m sure it’s wickedly good :-)

Comment on My Challenge to Din Tai Fung by LotusRapper

LotusRapper — Thu, 03 May 2012 15:24:53 +0000

Yup, XLBs at SR are also very good. I do find that most restos can be slightly inconsistent from day-to-day when it comes to these items, so my personal comparisons are only made based on the times when I ate there, it’s near impossible to do a representative AB tests. Although I suspect Long’s and The Place are more consistent due to their Mom & Pop nature and they’re made-to-order by the same people everyday.

Bon appetit.

Comment on My Challenge to Din Tai Fung by Jay

Jay — Thu, 03 May 2012 15:02:38 +0000

Hey LotusRapper…Thanks for the comment and the nice words. I agree that we do some cuisines better down here in Seattle. That’s partly why I don’t explore much beyond Chinese food and Japanese food when I go to Vancouver!

I love “The Place” restaurant! Nice people and good, cheap, food. A few weeks back, I realized that I forgot to blog about some Vancouver/Richmond restaurants I’ve hit recently, so I’m overdue in posting about them. My favorite xlb are at Shanghai River, Long’s, and The Place. Those would be my top three. Dinesty and Top Shanghai are pretty good, too, though for me a notch below my top three.

Comment on My Challenge to Din Tai Fung by LotusRapper

LotusRapper — Thu, 03 May 2012 05:43:21 +0000

Hi there Jay, I’ve been lurking on your blog for a few months now, and this is my first post. We’re frequent visitors to SEA area and Bellingham and Skagit Valley. You’re right in that SEA Chinese and Japanese restos aren’t quite up to the competition here in Greater Vancouver. Having said that there are *lots* of cuisines that you have that I personally feel are superior to ours (Southern, Thai, latin/Mexican, Midwestern, Italian, etc) and for legit reasons. So maybe it’s one of those “grass is always greener on the other side” depending on what cuisines you are comparing.

Back to XLBs …… I’ve not been to the new DTF in Bellevue. But have tasted plenty XLBs here in Vancouver/Richmond. At the moment, “The Place” on Granville St. in Marpole neighbourhood of Vancouver has my vote, tied with Top Shanghai (Richm), Dinesty (Richm) and Long’s (Vanc). At The Place and at Long’s, you can see them make the XLBs to order, up close and personal as it were. The Place is also quite cheap by comparison to the other local Shanghai/Northern Chinese restos here. Check out its reviews on Urbanspoon Vancouver and you’ll see the evidence.

Thanks for keeping such a great blog.

Comment on Mutsuko Soma Serves Up Soba as Part of a Pop-Up by Jay

Jay — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:49:33 +0000

Great “raw materials” make for a great product!

Comment on Mutsuko Soma Serves Up Soba as Part of a Pop-Up by Darrel "The Buckwheat Guy"

Darrel "The Buckwheat Guy" — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 01:32:21 +0000

Wow, Somasan will soon make Seattle the SOBA city of the Pacific Northwest! Good luck to all!

Comment on The Mein Man: Nook “Pops Up” a Superb Soba Dinner by Mutsuko Soma Serves Up Soba as Part of a Pop-Up

Mutsuko Soma Serves Up Soba as Part of a Pop-Up — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:53:26 +0000

[...] over a month ago, I enjoyed a terrific soba dinner that popped up at Nook, a place better known for biscuits. There, the soba was served warm, in broth with duck or [...]

Comment on The Mein Man: OK Noodles Misses the Boat by The Mein Man: Araya’s Vegetarian Place Gets Me Drunk on Mushrooms, But Not on Spice

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:02:50 +0000

[...] a closed restaurant recently, but it’s reopened with new owners, and I featured it in last week’s Mein Man.) So, for those wondering, this is how I found myself in a vegetarian restaurant. I was skeptical [...]