Restaurants

It looks like Casa Dolce in Kerrisdale is out of business or has moved. Too bad; I was looking forward to eating there again. As always, please leave a comment if you know the scoop.

If you like spicy food, we highly recommend the Hot Capicollo and Spicy Mushroom Pizza at Nat's New York Pizzeria. At $16 for the large pizza, this is a great tasty and spicy treat; spicy but not overly so and very flavourful. We tried this for the first time on Thursday and it is definitely going to become one of our regularly ordered pizzas.

[ROLAND's NOTE:- Thanks, Dave! I look forward to trying this place out someday but I'll pass on the Liver Cleanser!]

Replacing the former Roti bistro on 4th ave. in Kits, Se-Juiced is a new vegetarian cafe and juice bar. The juice bar takes the focus, and with one of the more creative juice menus in town, rightly so. There's no line between vegetable and fruit juice here, since a good deal of the drinks combine both.

We ordered a pair of veggie burgers and a 'Liver Cleanser'. The former were large, loaded with extras, and satisfying.

Bombay Bhel, an offshoot of the Toronto Bombay Bhel restaurant mini-chain, is scheduled to open in the 3rd week of July and it will be serving Bombay food in Burnaby just a few doors from Anton's Pasta at 4266 Hastings, 604 299-2500! Can hardly wait!

Here are my photos from our first visit to Dan on Broadway.

My favourite dish was the fatty pork with egg:

And the fresh Stella Bay Oysters (2 for $3.50) were a hit too:

Check out Ken's (not Saab Ken but another Ken) Mini-Malaysia mini review.

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We have been meaning for months to check out Dan (2511 West Broadway, 604-730-0306.) on Broadway. We finally tried it out Tuesday night.

The ambiance is low key and soothing with plenty of room for our baby stroller too.

More later (including photos) but suffice to say that the food is delicious and inexpensive. The fresh Stella Bay oysters and the numerous squid dishes that we tried (most of which were specials) were all excellent.

More unsubstantiated rumors from an anonymous commenter. "What I learned from the restaurant manager Jose was that they will be open for business actually from Wednesday ie the 16th. It's the Rubina team."

If true, this is great news because both the Rubina Grill at Granville Island and Rubina Tandoori on Kingsway serve wonderful food.