Tag Archives | Southeast Asian

Tum Nak Thai Restaurant Review (Mesa, Arizona)

on June 9, 2012 in South East Asian

Tum Nak Thai is a little family-run Thai food restaurant tucked away between Starbucks and Weight Watchers in a shopping complex on Power Road in Mesa, AZ. We’d been to that particular Starbucks location a few times previously and had never even noticed the Thai restaurant right next door! Menus are very intricate with fabric […]

Banana Leaf Malaysian Cuisine Fairview Review

on November 30, 2011 in Fairview, Malaysian, South East Asian

The award-winning Banana Leaf (and Tropika) restaurants pretty much have a monopoly on Vancouver when it comes to Malaysian food. Banana Leaf Malaysian Cuisine has four locations in Vancouver, and their colourful decor and good prices attract many customers. The restaurants are so popular that they have been voted “Best Malaysian/ Best South East Asian” […]

The Noodle Box Kitsilano Review

on November 18, 2011 in Kitsilano, South East Asian

The Noodle Box, like Benny’s Bagels, is another popular establishment that began in downtown Victoria, BC. The company first started as a little refurbished hot dog cart in 2001 and soon expanded to a brick and mortar shop in Victoria’s Chinatown. When I used to work in downtown Victoria, The Noodle Box was often a […]

Phnom Penh Review – Vancouver’s Famous Cambodian & Vietnamese Restaurant

on November 9, 2011 in South East Asian, Vietnamese

Phnom Penh (or “Gum Bean” as it is referred to in Cantonese) is a legendary Vietnamese/Cambodian restaurant in Vancouver. We’ve been eating here for what seems like over ten years, so I’m not sure how we haven’t reviewed it yet! Since the days when Gary and I would visit his brother and sister here on […]

Balilicious Modern Indonesian Restaurant Review

on November 7, 2011 in Cambie Street, South East Asian

Formerly called Saté Satu — meaning ‘one satay’ — Balilicious Modern Indonesian restaurant is located on Cambie & West 19th Avenue in Vancouver. Batik and other Indonesian handicrafts are displayed throughout the small restaurant. A couple of pairs of colourful wooden clogs adorn the wall – a glimpse of Indonesia’s Dutch colonial past. Indonesia and […]

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