Chicken Souvlaki @ LA Grill

quick snap of the chicken souvlaki at LA Grill

LA Grill and Bistro

8100 No 2 Rd

Richmond, BC V7E1J5

(604) 277-8355

-after 8:30pm all appetizer and entrées 50% off, there was a long linup when coming out at 8:45pm but don't know when this deal will last till
-it's the place to go if you want cheap and filling dinner

Style: West Coast, Grill Food, American

Visited on: May 24, 2012

Lunch @ Parklane Chinese Restaurant 百樂潮州酒家

Update Apr 2014: Now one of the regular places i go for dim sum

short summary is whole table of 3 got minor food poisoning (stomach ache) after eating there. likely the deep fried fish was not fresh. the fried noodle was good but likely may not visit for a period of time even though they just opened

the suspicious fried fish which might have caused the food poisoning

 

fried noodle

Parklane Chinese Restaurant 百樂潮州酒家

200 London Plaza, 7997 Westminster Hwy

Richmond, BC

(604) 273-0888

Style: chiu chow (潮州菜), seafood (海鮮)

Visited on: May 23, 2012

Afternoon Tea @ LuvCravings

saw this place putting an ad and article in a local chinese magazine and was attracted by it. a friend heard that the owner had a passion to start a cafe for a long time

  

filled with sets for 3 people

velvet cupcake, chocolate mousse, chocolate coated strawberry

the mousse was too heavy to finish

strawberries were huge and sweet even though not in the season, the best out of the 3

scones (cheese and earl gray) and quiches

prefer the earl gray one as it was lighter than the cheese

sandwiches

nothing too special

tray of tea samples but there were a ton more to choose from

the menu we chose, the other one has more items for more $

tea set area

LuvCravings

4018 Cambie St 

Vancouver, BC V5Y2H5

(604) 563-1818

-the atmosphere was modern and cozy, especially since the afternoon tea sets were served in a different area
-everything was pre-made so reservation is necessary, they dropped one of the quiches and had to replace with another scone, if you want specific items from the menu you have to mention in reservation
-hard to say if i want to revisit just for the tea set as the food was average and nothing surprising
-can see that the owner (assuming) is really interested in tea as one of us wanted coffee instead of tea but she replied that coffee's taste would be too strong and defeat the purpose of the tea set, but she said she would still offer it to us if we really wanted it
-server was superb, offered us a ton of teas to smell before finally settling done on one, she really knows her teas
-instant 10% discount if you like their facebook page, also got free scratch and wins at the end for next visit
-free parking in back and close to King Edward Station

Style: tea, sandwiches 

Visited on: Mar 6, 2013

Coming Soon - Five Guys

seems like it will open in a month or so. gotta love their free peanuts

Five Guys

605 Robson Street 

Vancouver, BC V6B 5J3

for the time being, can visit the one in Bellingham

Five Guys Burgers and Fries

Moleskine - Lego + Peanuts

moleskine have been collaborating with other brands for quite a while and the lego one really caught me. bought the peanuts one as well as the price was reasonable. like the hard cover and quality of paper

brick sticking out makes cover uneven and harder to write