Posted in Breakfast, Brunch, Casual, Egg, Joyce, Lunch, Port Moody, Pub, Restaurants, tagged Brunch, Eggs Benedict, Omelette, Port Moody, Tri-Cities, Weekday Brunch on March 13, 2023| Leave a Comment »
It was Papa Lam’s birthday earlier this month, and I took Mama and Papa Lam out for a day of, surprise, eating and drinking. The first stop was brunch at The Hard Bean Brunch Co. in Port Moody. It was only a Friday, but they have an everyday brunch menu plus other casual eats like burgers, finger appies, and bowls, and oh, an attractive sweets menu.
Posted in Egg, Home Cooking, Joyce, Noodles, ramen, Recipe, tagged Ajitsuke Tamago, Ramen Egg, recipe, 味付け玉子, 日式溏心蛋 on May 5, 2020| 5 Comments »
In Vancouver, there’s no shortage of ramen restaurants. Two of my favourite places are Marutama (for its creamy chicken broth) and Ramen Danbo (for its tasty ramen at a surprisingly reasonable price). While the focus is often on the noodles (especially house made fresh noodles) and chasu, the ramen egg (Ajitsuke Tamago 味付け玉子) is equally important in a bowl of ramen. The marinated egg has this jammy, custard-like yolk that should go on everything. I can’t believe it took a pandemic for me to discover the home-made version. And it’s sooo easy to make, too. Most recipes online call for Japanese sake but we made it with Chinese cooking wine and I thought it worked very well.
Posted in Egg, Fried, Japanese, Joyce, Lunch, Restaurants, Seafood, Vancouver, tagged Fried Fish, Kaneko Hannosuke, Kaneko Hannosuke Vancouver, Rice Bowl, Robson Street, Tempura, Tempura Bowl, Tendon on February 28, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Recently, a famous Japanese tendon franchise — Kaneko Hannosuke — opened its first Canadian location in Vancouver. Tendon is the Japanese name for tempura rice bowl.
Their menu is simple: Premium, Special or Regular Tempura Bowl. All three bowls come with the following tempura — shrimp, kakiage (mixed seafood), soft boiled egg, seaweed and green bean. Premium includes a big piece of conger eel; Special with white fish; and Regular has mushroom. They have a Kid size for good measure, with tempura shrimp, pumpkin, soft boiled egg, seaweed and green bean.
I took Mama Lam and Papa Lam there on a Monday morning. (more…)
Posted in Asian, Casual, Comfort Food, Dinner, Egg, Hang-Out with Friends, Japanese, Joyce, Korean, Late night, Noodles, Restaurants, Vancouver, tagged Egg Hot Pot, Fried Chicken, K-Pocha, Korean Fried Chicken, Korean rice cake, ramen, Ramen Koika, Robson Street, Takoyaki on October 30, 2019| Leave a Comment »
We’ve been to Ramen Koika a few times over the years, to both locations on Davie and Robson. We always ended up ordering a ramen. The black garlic one was my favourite and Mr. fell in love with the beef ribs one. Little did we know the Robson location actually has a K-Pocha Menu, serving up their version of many Korean favourites. We were invited to sample a few items off that menu.
We love KFC! As in Korean Fried Chicken!! Their crust is always lighter and when they fry the chicken it’s always less greasy. And moist chicken breast.
It’s no difference here at Koika. The Soonsal Chicken can be either in sweet chilli or soy garlic, and we went for the sweet chilli as it’s our favourite sauce for KFC. There was a decent amount of boneless chicken pieces. The meat was moist, the exterior still held its crispiness and the sweet chilli sauce definitely packed some heat.
Next, the Gogi Tteok-bok-ki was spicy rice cake with pork belly. (more…)
Posted in Brunch, Burnaby, Cafe, Casual, Coffee, Egg, Hang-Out with Friends, Joyce, Restaurants, tagged Brunch, cafe, Cafe La Forêt, chicken and waffle, coffee, Fried Chicken, La Forêt, Squid Ink, waffle on March 4, 2019| Leave a Comment »
It’s always been on my list to try La Foret but for whatever reason I never did. When I took Mama Lam out shopping at Metrotown one weekend, I decided to take her there first.
The entrance could be deceiving because it seems like a small space, but it’s narrow and long with lots of seating available. You will find numerous 2-tops that can be turned into 4-tops, but also a few long communal tables for big groups.
For Mama Lam, she ordered Chicken + Waffle, with buttermilk fried chicken and squid ink waffle. I’ve never squid ink waffles before. The texture of the waffle was quite interesting; it’s denser than typical Belgian waffle yet it’s spongy and lighter than expected. There’s a hint of fishiness from the squid ink. Chicken was boneless thigh meat; batter was thin, crispy, and meat was juicy. It’s a good portion size, quite filling for brunch.
The Sausage Platter was marked as a new item on the menu. (more…)
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