Finding Beauty in Everyday Life: June 2013

Sunday, June 30, 2013

Crab Pot Restaurant

1301 Alaskan Way
Seattle, WA 98101, United States
http://www.thecrabpotseattle.com/

Awesome delicious seafood all on the table - called the Seafest. We ordered the "Westport" for $29.50 per person which includesdungeness crab, snow crab, shrimp in the shell, steamed clams & Pacific mussels, andouille sausage, corn on the cob & red potatoes in their jackets

Popeye's

Popeye's is an American fast food joint specializing in Louisiana style deep fried chicken. Their fried chicken comes in two flavours mild and spicy. Sides comes with fries and biscuit. We also ordered popcorn shrimp combo.

Saturday, June 29, 2013

Hokkaido Ramen Santouka

1690 Robson Street,

Vancouver, BC V6G 1C7

http://www.santouka.co.jp/

Santouka serves Ramen from the Hokkaido region. Compared to Kintaro, I personally liked Kintaro's version more. But I liked how Santouka is more like a restaurant where you can sit more comfortably. Santouka also have neat combo sets, summer features and drinks.

Japanese cream soda with ice cream

Shoyu ramen with ikura rice don combo

Cold salad ramen

Japadog

530 Robson St
Vancouver, BC
http://www.japadog.com/

Okonomi - Okonomi transformed into a hot dog! Juicy Kurobuta sausage topped with bonito flakes.

Love Meat - Our home made meat sauce is fused together with melted cheese, making it popular to all ages.

Friday, June 28, 2013

Excellent Tofu & Snack (好好豆品專門店)

Excellent Tofu & Snack (好好豆品專門店)
160-4231 Hazelbridge Way
Richmond, BC
V6X3L7

Black seasame with tofu fa

Kintaro Ramen

788 Denman Street,

Vancouver, BC V6G 2L5

http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/14/181002/restaurant/Robson-Street-West-End/Kintaro-Ramen-Vancouver

Traditional Japanese style Ramen joint! Come early or at odd times as the store is tiny. For each ramen type (shoyu, shio, miso), you can pick your broth (light, medium, or rich) and the BBQ pork (fat or lean)

Miso ramen with light broth and lean BBQ pork ($8.75)

Miso ramen with rich broth and fatty BBQ pork ($8.75) - notice the oil in the broth

Cheese Ramen ($9.95) - miso sauce and two kinds of cheese

Wu Fung (甜甜車仔麵 Aberdeen Centre)

3220 - 4151 Hazelbridge Way
Richmond, BC
V6X 4J7

Wind Sand Chicken Wings

Thomas Haas

2539 Broadway W, Vancouver, BC V6K 2E9

(604) 736-1848

http://www.thomashaas.com/

Decor:

Counter of macaron display

Chocolate display

First Visit @ June 2013

Pear Almond Tart ($5.80) and Pistachio Apricot Cake ($5.80)
Shortbread crust, tender poached pears, almond cream and a hint of cinnamon.
Pistachio and white chocolate mousse, fresh apricot, orange almond cake and vanilla shortbread

Double Baked Almond Croissant ($4.70)

Assorted macarons (12 pc, $20)

Second Visit @ December 2013

Caffe Latte ($3.60)

Pain au Chocolat ($3.20)

Hazelnut Praline ($5.80)
Hazelnut mousseline with layers of vanilla cake, crispy wafers, hazelnut dacquoise, think dark chocolate ganache and a hint of rum.

Lido (麗都餐廳)

4231 Hazelbridge Way
Richmond, BC

V6X 3L7

Lo Po Beng

Pineapple Bun with Butter

Egg Tart

Thursday, June 27, 2013

House of Tofu Soup

1110 - 4651 Garden City Road

Richmond, BC
V6X 2G8

This is the second time coming to House of Tofu Soup. First time was with Kaiser and Hazel and Anne. Ordered pretty much similar food, and loved it. Also had the spicy cold noodles.

On the trip to Vancouver, that day we were supposed to go to a Taiwanese bubble tea place to have deep fried chicken. That place was shut down, unfortunately, and we didn't know where to go. In the same mall, I noticed House of Tofu Soup is just around the corner. So I suggested going here instead. Loved how Haley loved the place =D

Highly recommend this place for some hearty Korean food at a good price.

Pumpkin Soup appetizer

Side dishes including Kimchi, seaweed, bamboo shoot, mashed potatoes

We ordered two soup combinations ($14.99 each)

Soup Combination = An item from the Soup Menu + an item from the Bulgogi Menu

Soup Menu = Pick a meat (Beef, Pork, Seafood, or Mixed) or veggie (Kimchi, Dumpling, or Mushroom). Then you pick the spicy-ness level from white, mild, regular, hot, and extra hot.

Bulgogi Menu = Beef, Chicken, or Pork

For this meal we picked, mild pork and mushroom for our tofu soup, and then pork and chicken bulgogi

The soup combination includes rice and side dishes. After the server scoop the rice for you, she will add tea to the stone bowl. She said to eat this at the end of the meal to cleanse your palette.