Obsession, Exhibition, Exposition - Vancouver
I’m a big fan of Kingsway as a foodist’s destination. The scruffiness of this diagonal slash of a street seems to impose a level of gastronomic authenticity that you will not see in other parts of this city. Embedded into the various strip malls along this drag are some true gems – mostly of the [...]
The last time we tried to go to Hai Phong was during a mini-heat wave last August. Their AC had failed and it was too hot, so we left. Fast forward to March, when I realized I’d yet to try their thit kho to, caramelized braised pork or porc au caramel, which another Monkey had [...]
We go to Green Lemon Grass on Kingsway near Glen quite frequently. I am enamoured of the bot chien there. Though I’ve tried it at a number of other places, even one in Oakland, this is the best version I’ve come across, and I always order it. The rice cakes (or big noodles as my [...]
Mount Pleasant residents are enlisted by a property development company to help move gentrification forward.
The family run Kim Chau has been a fixture in Vietnamese convenience food in Vancouver for over two decades. Starting off as a small home-based operation, they were first place to sell their own brand of prepackaged Vietnamese meat balls, meat loaf, and charcuterie. Now a successful and established business, they anchor Vancouver’s own version [...]
Crimestoppers surveillance poster of a young graffiti artist using a fire extinguisher as a giant spray can, Broadway & Kingsway.
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