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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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Suika Snackbar – #SupaSUIKA and More

Posted in Casual, Dinner, Food Bloggers, Group Dinner, Japanese, Joyce, Meat, Restaurants, Seafood, Tapas, Vancouver, tagged Battera Sushi, Beef Short Rib, Ebimayo, Hellz Chicken, Izakaya, mojito, Rice cake, sashimi, Suika Snackbar, supaSUIKA, VANEATS.ca on May 13, 2013| 1 Comment »

Once again, we received an invite from the VANEATS team to check out its latest dining package, SupaSUIKA by Suika Snackbar. Because I have a visitor in town, and I remember how much I enjoyed the food at Suika, I decided to take him there for some izakaya experience.

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The SupaSUIKA package includes 4 items. First of all, a pitcher of their refreshing mojito, which comes in three interesting flavours: watermelon, pomegranate and aloe vera. We chose the Watermelon Mojito Pitcher because well, it’s pink 🙂

Watermelon Mojito Pitcher

Watermelon Mojito

The watermelon flavour was quite subtle, but I could taste all other mojito components: rum, mint and lime. The pitcher pours roughly 6 little glasses, which I thought was a decent amount. Next, the Steak Salad. The beef steak cubes were cooked to about medium so it’s still pink inside, but they were sooo tender and marinated well! (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.