It's been forever since my last review post! I'm so busy now that I wish I had time to sit down with friends and while the afternoon away. That reminds me of the last time I went to high tea with friends. Anata, another friend, and myself went out to Capstone for their afternoon tea special. Since we used a groupon, they gave us servings for four ( Read more... )

Anata and I were in the mood for some Japanese food, so I picked out Kingyo as our dinner venue for the night. We managed to score free street parking, and when I called in to make a reservation the lady on the phone said that they were full for the tables, but would still be taking walk ins during the night and we could try our luck. When we ( Read more... )

Anata wanted a treat for a special date night so he booked reservations at Joe Fortes for us. We've been before, and I remember having their seafood trio and being very impressed by their handling of sablefish. Anata always enjoys their steaks as well ( Read more... )

My friend's coworker had told her about a good experience at a Korean place downtown along Robson that was "near Gyoza King". We headed out as a group of friends for some Korean and decided to try out Blue Bella, since we weren't sure about which restaurant had been recommended. They used to be a seafood bar or something according to urbanspoon, ( Read more... )

The other week, Anata and I decided to get some ramen for dinner. I said I wanted to go to Motomachi Shokudo, as I haven't had their dark miso ramen for a while. The store is located on Denman between Robson and Georgia. I think that of the triumvirate of ramen shops in that area of town (Motomachi, Santouka, and Kintaro), Motomachi is the smallest ( Read more... )

The other night Anata wanted to get some late night noms since he didn't get off work until past 9 pm :( We wanted something Asian so we headed down to the Robson area and decided to visit Guu Garlic. The place was lively and bustling as usual, with the employees yelling greetings, dishes, thank yous, and all sorts of phrases in Japanese. We were ( Read more... )