Fairchild Restaurant Group invited Eating in Vancouver to attend their grand opening/media tasting event for Saboten Japanese Tonkatsu this past weekend at Richmond’s Aberdeen Centre. Saboten’s Canadian grand opening marked not only the company’s first outlet in all of North America, but also the first Saboten restaurant outside of Asia: Saboten was founded in 1966 [...]
H-Mart Richmond Grand Opening
on January 25, 2012 in Grocery Store, Korean, Richmond
H-Mart (Hanahreum Mart) is a Korean specialty food chain that began thirty years ago in Queens, New York. The company has since expanded around North America and even opened a shop in London, England last year. Currently, you can find H-Mart in Coquitlam, Langley, and on Robson Street in downtown Vancouver. On January 20, 2012, [...]
Dim Sum At Shi-Art Chinese Cuisine
on January 6, 2012 in Chinese, Richmond
Richmond Central is a Chinese food enclave offering multiple kinds of restaurants to choose from. From Szechuan to Hong Kong style cafes to Shanghai cuisine to dim sum, the list goes on. Shi-Art Chinese Cuisine is one such restaurant offering Cantonese dishes, and is located inside Richmond Centre, facing No. 3 Road. It is a [...]
White Spot Christmas Lunch For Charity
on December 23, 2011 in Burgers, East Vancouver, Family, Richmond
Two local White Spots will open their doors on Christmas Day to raise money for charity! The long-standing tradition of holiday giving and eating continues this year as the Richmond Centre and Kingsway Vancouver White Spot restaurants serve up delicious White Spot favourites on December 25th and donate all tips, time and net proceeds to [...]
Peanut’s Bubble Tea Review
on November 12, 2011 in Richmond
Located inside the Richmond Public Market, Peanut’s Bubble Tea sells two main offerings: Multiple varieties of bubble tea drinks, and Taiwanese cookie-like pastries called che lung bing – created using crepes, the treats are stuffed with a choice of ingredients like red bean paste, coconut, custard, etc. We’ve been Peanut’s Bubble Tea customers for over [...]
Maruwa Sushi Japanese Restaurant Review
on November 10, 2011 in Japanese, Richmond, Sushi
Maruwa Sushi Japanese Restaurant is located right beside Tim Hortons in the strip-mall along Steveston Highway, between No. 5 Road and Shell Road. Unlike most places in Vancouver proper, ample complimentary parking is conveniently available right out front of this Richmond restaurant. We’ve eaten at Maruwa plenty of occasions over the years, as my sister-in-law [...]
Hog Shack Cook House Review – BBQ In Steveston
on November 2, 2011 in BBQ, Richmond
It has taken us a while to try Hog Shack Cook House in Steveston — but we’re glad we finally did. Restaurants with big “Twitter” hype surrounding them often leave us wanting more, or regretting ever visiting in the first place. This was not the case at all with the Hog Shack. Located on Baysview [...]
La Chocolaterie Review – “The First Ganache Shop In Vancouver”
on October 31, 2011 in Richmond
Japanese confectioners, Taka & Kayoko, opened La Chocolaterie less than a year ago (December, 2010) with the passionate goal of inviting people to discover and enjoy chocolate in a whole new way. “The first ganache shop in Vancouver”, La Chocolaterie is located inside Izumi-ya Japanese Marketplace on Alderbridge Way in Richmond. They are also occasionally [...]
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