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Ramen Koika – K-Pocha Menu at Robson location

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.

Triple Black Garlic Ramen

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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.

Soonsal Chicken

Next, the Gogi Tteok-bok-ki was spicy rice cake with pork belly. (more…)

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Midam Rice Cake House – Moffles at a Tucked Away Cafe

Posted in Burnaby, Coffee, Coquitlam, Dessert, Dinner, Joyce, Korean, Lunch, Pasta, Restaurants, Snacks, Tea, tagged Burquitlam, coffee, Korean rice cake, Koreano, Midam Rice Cake House, Mochi, Mochi Waffle, Moffle, Rice cake, Rose Tea, Tomato Meat Sauce, waffle on October 22, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Tucked away in a hidden corner of a strip mall in Burquitlam (i.e. the North Road area between Burnaby and Coquitlam), there is a restaurant specialized in an ingredient favoured by many Asians — rice cakes. With a recommendation from friends, we went and checked it out.

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And yes, their menu is indeed full of various interpretations of rice cakes. Korean rice cakes. You can have it savoury, spicy, or even sweet. First, we were quite excited when we saw the Rice Cake Pasta with Tomato Meat Sauce. It was still bubbling when it got to our table. At first glance, I thought of those baked pasta dishes that you can get at HK cafes. Then we dug in, it’s a spicy tomato meat sauce! It tasted different from Gochujang — the Korean chili paste — and it wasn’t overly spicy; but the level of heat was just enough to whet our appetite. The rice cakes were of great texture — chewy, good elasticity, but didn’t require you to chew a hundred times to break it down. This is like spaghetti bolognese with a Korean twist. A hearty dish.

If you can’t eat spicy food, you can order the Royal Court Rice Pasta with Soy Sauce. It’s a simple stir fry of sliced beef, onion, bell peppers and mushrooms, and of course rice cakes, in a soy sauce. There’s a slight sweetness in the sauce, and the dish reminded me of a Chinese stir fry.

Lastly, the highlight of this meal. (more…)

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Vesta Grill – Hidden Gem in Coquitlam

Posted in Coquitlam, Dinner, Grill, Joyce, Korean, Meat, Noodles, Restaurants, tagged Fried Chicken, Hidden Gem, instant noodles, Korean Fried Chicken, Korean rice cake, Rice cake, Shin Ramyun, skewers, Vesta Grill on May 8, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Even though I live in Coquitlam, quite honestly I don’t eat out in the area a lot. If I had to pick a restaurant, it will likely be somewhere in Vancouver. One, I’m more familiar with what’s in town; two, there aren’t many to choose from (or I’m just being picky). We heard that there’s a new Korean grill restaurant near Henderson Place in Coquitlam, so my parents and I decided to give it a try.

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The menu isn’t very big. A few items each in categories such as grill, appetizer, skewer and mini hotpot. It’s only until recently that I realized Korean restaurants make great fried chicken — I had to order some here. The Vesta Fried Chicken comes with 3 options: mild, Korean spicy sauce or soy sauce. And you can order 1/2 chicken or whole chicken. We ordered 1/2 chicken with the spicy sauce, but only medium spicy. It was some great fried chicken! The meat was moist (even the white meat), the skin was crispy while each piece was covered/well-tossed in the spicy, garlicky sauce. For me, the spice level at medium was just right. It had a good amount of heat without killing your taste buds or burning your lips.