Santouka Ramen (Revisited)

They are still the best ramen in Vancouver! 

Sliced Pork Loin - very tender!

Gyoza

Miso Ramen

Add on: Corn

Shoyu Ramen

Santouka Ramen

1690 Robson Street

Vancouver, BC

604-681-8121

Red Star at Radisson Hotel

This has been one of my favourite dimsum places in Richmond.  Good food, pleasant staff and nice ambience for a Chinese Restaurant.

Rice Roll w/ Chinese Donut

Rice Roll w/ Shrimp

Hakaw

Century Egg & Pork Congee

Siomai

Chinese Donut

Pea Tips

Spring Roll

Bean Curd Skin w/ Mushrooms

Red Star 

8181 Cambie Road

Richmond, BC

604-270-3003

Ciao Bella Ristorante Italiano

Ciao Bella is an authentic Italian restaurant conveniently located by Denman and Robson.  The romantic setting and live piano entertainment makes it a great place for date nights.  

Complimentary Bread

Appetizer: Eggplant Parmesan

Penne Putanesca

Meatball Bolognese

One of the best places to go to for authentic Italian food. The place, food and service was excellent! :)

Ciao Bella

703 Denman Street

Vancouver, BC

604-688-5771

Miso Kitchen

I love ramen! Especially authentic ones like the ones we had at Japan's airport :)

Chicken Terriyaki

Deep Fried Chicken w/ Miso Sauce

Shoyu Ramen

Miso Ramen

Speedy service and awesome food.  This must have been one of the best meals I've had in an airport :)

Miso Kitchen

Narita Japan Airport

Hotel Georgia's Bel Cafe

Macaron has become one of Vancouver's latest craze. More and more shops are selling different types of macarons. I was going for a stroll one afternoon and passed by Hotel Georgia's Bel Cafe. They are known for their coffees, sandwiches and macarons. I stopped by and got two macarons - dark chocolate and cookies and cream. The staff said cookies and cream is one of their best sellers.

Of all the macarons I've had, these were by far my favorite! The cookies were just the right texture. They were chewy and not too sweet. Delicious!!! :)

Bel Cafe @ Hotel Georgia

801 West Georgia Street

Vancouver, BC

Dragon Ball Bubble Tea

Dragon Ball used to be my favorite bubble tea place. They load up their fresh fruit drinks with lots of fruits. It was so good that we would drive all the way to Vancouver just for a drink.

Yesterday, since we were in the neighborhood we decided to give ourselves a treat. However, this time it was very disappointing. I had my usual fresh taro with half sweet but it didnt taste the same. It was sooo watery and bland :( J had the taro milk tea which I find too sweet and not cold enough. My brother said it's because they changed owners so the drinks aren't what they used to be. I am never going back again :(

Dragon Ball Tea House

1007 King Edward Ave West

Vancouver, BC

Memphis Blues Barbeque House

Memphis Blues is perfect for meat lovers like J. They have big portions and a lot of meat options to choose from. Being more of a seafood and chicken type of person, I chose the roasted chicken while J had the combo platter with beef brisket and smoked sausages. Each order came with seasoned fries, beans, slaw and corn bread.  They also provide each table with condiments to season the meat to your liking. :)

Pulled pork nachos: It was average. I would have liked it with more melted cheese.

Chicken platter: I enjoyed the seasoning of the fries - very tasty. But it wasn't crispy enough.  The chicken was a bit on the dry side so I had to season it with their condiments.

Combo platter: J really enjoyed his meaty dish. His beef brisket was tender with just the right amount of seasoning. He also liked the burnt smoky flavour of the meat. He was very satisfied with the generous portion of his platter and will definitely be back with his boys next time.

Memphis Blues Barbeque House

http://www.memphisbluesbbq.com/

Yavis Club Cheesecake

Yavis Club is a cheesecake cafe in Richmond that serves different types of cakes, teas and lattes. Yavis stands for Young, Attractive, Verbal, Intelligent and Successful.

They had a minimum charge for each person so we all had to order something even though we wanted to share.

Green Tea Parfait : a must try!

Chocolate Paradise Cheesecake: A very moist and light mousse type cheesecake. 

Rainbow After the Dark Cheesecake: It's frozen and hard like ice cream in a cheesecake form.

Garden of Paradise Flower/Hebral Tea:  A perfect complement to their cakes.

Yavis Club

1231 Union Square

8338 Capstan Way

Richmond, BC

604-247-0499

Torarenbo Japanese Restaurant

We celebrated Valentine's on the weekend to avoid the busy crowd. So we opted for something more casual during the actual day. I've been wanting to try Torarenbo and J was finally able to make a reservation after several tries. When we got there it was so busy and still had to wait for a table even with our reservation. We ended up sitting by the bar. The food also took about half an hour to come out.

We ordered a variety of food from their menu.

Grilled Black Cod

Salmon Sashimi

House roll

Beef ribs

Torarenbo roll

Complementary ice cream

Overall, the food was pretty good and staff were very nice and friendly. The wait for the food just took longer since it was one of their busiest day of the year. It might not be so bad on a regular day.

Torarenbo Japanese Restaurant

8191 Park Road

Richmond, BC

604-214-1402