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By shokutsu on May 24, 2009 - 7:52pm
Stepping inside, I could see not much had visibly changed since my last visit. Widely spaced at the main entrance way, brightly lit near the front where the cashier station was set up, along with the sushi bar counter. There were a few groups of customers already seated and eating, lined up towards the far end of the floor near the windows looking out towards False Creek.
Every time I’ve eaten here, it seemed there were some regulars at the sushi bar conversing casually with the main man behind the counter, and it was the same on this night as well. That’s always a good sign for me to see at a sushi bar. Often I’ll be one of them and try to learn more about their restaurant and what’s fresh, but on this evening dining alone, I was seated in one of the partitioned booths. A small serving of edamae (baby soybeans) was brought to me right after receiving the menu, along with some hot barley tea.
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http://foodosophy.wordpress.com/2009/03/30/toyo-sushi-vancouver-bc/
By shokutsu on November 9, 2008 - 1:42am
On my recent visit to the neighboring city of Coquitlam when I dined at the satisfying Blue Sea, I spotted Insadong at the intersection of North Road and Lougheed Highway, as I was making the return drive home. If you’ve ever been to Coquitlam, perhaps you’ll feel as I did and think that a large part of this reported Korean population in the Vancouver CMA is all based here, given the prevalence of so many Korean businesses and signs in Hangul. Frankly, it could easily rival the likes of the Wilshire/Hancock Park neighborhoods of Los Angeles, and the Shin-Okubo area in Tokyo, for having a densely concentrated Korean community that manages to exist in its own little bubble all within another country’s society. A bit surprising, considering the small percentage of the population that are Korean.
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http://foodosophy.wordpress.com/2008/11/09/insadong-coquitlam-bc/
By shokutsu on October 17, 2008 - 11:15pm
Seated in one of the partitioned booths with a ready-to-use grill cook top, my attention turned right away to the booth to my left. On their table was this large round stone hotplate, with nice thick circular shaped cuts of beef short ribs that was covered in a thick looking sauce. I knew I had to have this. But after reading the menu, I had no idea what it would be called. This was where my fortune turned, as my dining companion could read the Korean writing on a handwritten piece of paper that was hanging by the cash register bar. Maun Kalbijim, was a new menu item that could be ordered on this night (and not yet in the proper booklet). “Maun” means spicy, “kalbi” means “beef ribs”, and “jim” means braised.
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http://foodosophy.wordpress.com/2008/10/18/cho-sun-bbq-korean-restaurant...
