Restaurants

From the following photo, it appears that the Gastown Curry and Grill (which is supposed to open today according to an ad in the Georgia Straight) is replacing Matsu at the foot of Cambie in Gastown.

Top writes:

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Hi,

I'll be visiting Vancouver from Portland, Oregon end of this month. Onething I've been dying to find is a decent Teochew porridge place, ala whatyou find in Singapore or Malaysia.

Does anyone have a recommendation for such a place?

Thank

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Please leave a comment if you know of such a place.

It appears that Yo! Sushi, the fun British sushi chain, is coming to Vancouver. Bring it on! Be interesting to see if their fun formula is is successful here. I bet it will be!

Our Templeton (1087 Granville, 604 685-4612) Mini Review is coming soon. In the meantime, my summary would be: eat there! Breakfast and dinner are great. I am sure lunch is too, but I've never tried it.

In the meantime, here are some photos and check out Adam's Templeton Review.

Farmer's Breakfast:

Whether you need just a coffee or lunch or a snack or a place to hang downtown, we recommend Take 5 Cafe. For the full scoop, check out our Take 5 Cafe Mini-Review.

Here's a picture of the wonderful beef panini and duck soup that I enjoyed recently:

David Akin, CTV and Globe and Mail journalist, is attending the national conference of the Canadian Association of Journalists.

David asked for some Vancouver recommendations and has a list of some very good Vancouver restaurants on his blog. Here's my two cents.

I enjoyed the delicious burgers ($4.50) and fries ($3.50 for a large) that I tried last week at Vera's Burger Shack (1935 Cornwall Avenue, 604 228-8732). As befits its Kits Beach location, Vera's is open, loud and boisterous in a good way.

Vij's Rangoli is definitely one of the best places at the moment for lunch with a small group. Check out our Mini-Review: Vij's Rangoli for more details.

I will write a mini-review soon, but to tide you over, here are some pictures of Vij's Ranjoli's awesome food at our lunch there last week. In the meantime, check out our Vij's Rangoli first visit report.

Lamb in Saag

Spinach, Cauliflower and Potato Fritters

Good luck to the recently opened Vintropolis (check out Tim Pawsey's Vintropolis Courier writeup) at 1809 West 1st ( 604 738-2727) on the site of the former Bombay Cafe (I'll miss their chicken frankie!) and before that Sienna. This location seems to be a tough one on restaurants.