Posts from Vancouver, Canada on The Joy of Food blog.
Vancouver, Canada (The Joy of Food) — My only real ambition in life is to eat as much pizza as possible. Once I read a book called Where to Eat Pizza and took copious notes, like I was prepping for a dissertation. I keep a Google map tagged with pizza […]
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Vancouver, Canada (The Joy of Food) — I’m not exactly what you’d call a breakfast girl, and I usually say “brunch” is just an excuse to shove down a stack of 25 red velvet pancakes and day drink. If you build it, they will brunch, or something like that. But […]
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Vancouver, Canada (The Joy of Food) — The older I get, the more I lean toward dark chocolate, and melted bitter dark chocolate can be something like poetry in a cup. At Thierry, an order of ‘liquid chocolate’ is decadent and indulgent, swirled with ribbons of hazelnut, caramel, or coconut […]
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Vancouver, Canada (The Joy of Food) — The first thing that you should know about Guu with Garlic is that it is the kind of place where you can get anything you want, as long as what you want is garlic. Guu with Garlic is an izakaya experience to be […]
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Vancouver, Canada (The Joy of Food) — Everything at Le Doux Ciel is an explosion of pink: it’s in the seat cushions, in the lamps, and in the giant spherical things that hang from the ceiling. If you’ve ever wondered what the inside of Barbie’s Dollhouse looks like, this is […]
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Vancouver, Canada (The Joy of Food) — Ramen Danbo is that place that makes you question life and determine that, until now, all the other ramen you’ve been eating is swill. Here, it is a special kind of ramen that exists perfectly in the moment, and then it disappears. The […]
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Vancouver, Canada (The Joy of Food) — In the great melting pot of Vancouver ramen joints, Marutama stands apart from the pack by focusing on the chicken instead of the pig, not to mention a divinely superb egg. Cutting into this egg, you get a slow trail of perfect bright […]
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Vancouver, Canada (The Joy of Food) — Vancouver has its fair share of excellent seafood and that includes Go Fish, a shipping container turned outdoor seafood shack serving fried and grilled fish within a short walk of the Granville Island Public Market. Everyone knows the best food comes out of […]
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Vancouver, Canada (The Joy of Food) — I always judge a bakery by the quality of its croissants. They’re ubiquitous, and I can’t say no to a stick of butter first thing in the morning. Walking in to Purebread, you’re immediately witness to a mile-high pile of carb-laden goodies that […]
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