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by Lauren Mote Faster Food July: Phnom Penh 244 Georgia Street East Vancouver, BC V6A 1Z7 734-8898 I think there’s a trend forming here, people. Is it a bright coincidence that all of the best faster food places serve Asian food? Guess what – for value, quality, and variety – Vancouver’s Asian food scene wins [...]

by Lauren Mote Although meeting friends to catch-up is a great reason to have a cheap and cheerful lunch, I am always excited to: try places I haven’t tried before, and eat food I wouldn’t normally eat before an afternoon of “meetings” …if you know what I mean… but today especially, I was summoned by [...]

by Jessica Grajczyk Blondy’s Coffee: I never thought there would be such thing as too many bento boxes, but you kind of lose inspiration to look for new places to have lunch around your office building and thus often resort to the same old.  Today I decided to wander to a different area to see [...]

by Lauren Mote Japanese Noodle: It’s not everyday you can have a satisfying and flavourful lunch for under $10 a person, let alone being treated by Chef David Hawksworth to this vary cheap and cheerful afternoon. I suspect the Japanese Noodle (located on the north-west corner of Yukon and Broadway) is the place to be [...]

by Lauren Mote Kim Penh Xe Lua: The best Vietnamese food that I’ve had in a long time… especially at 3:30 in the morning. I haven’t had good Pho or really Pho at all since Pho Hung at the corner of Spadina and Nassau in Toronto’s Chinatown. Similar to the reviews that I have read [...]

by Jessica Grajczyk Vancouver has no shortage of little Lebanese take out joints, but none quite match the quality, consistency, and variety available at Nuba.  Featuring recipes passed down from co-owner Victor Bouzide’s grandmother (credited for introducing Lebanese cuisine at the 1893 Chicago World Fair), the Nuba menu consists of snacks, light meals, and generous [...]

by Lauren Mote His website may be under construction, but the food and space definitely is not – let me introduce you to a good friend of mine, Kenneth Cho, loosely known in this city as “Kenny”. Having been a prominent part of Vancouver’s hottest restaurants including West, Lumiere and Chow, holding a Sommelier’s certificate [...]

by Lauren Mote Vancouver’s “fast-er food” scene has started to really take shape – and this couldn’t have happened at a better time. The recent economic crisis has hit disposable income hard, and because we restaurant folk are at the mere bottom of the “food chain” and rely heavily on tips for “life” it was [...]