Food and photography in Vancouver, BC
Really hungry after skimboarding a couple weeks ago, I remembered that I still haven’t had a viet sub from Ba Le. Every time I meant to go and get one, they were closed already! Their hours are 9am-6pm everyday, so it’s best to go early. Also, there can be a lot of people waiting for [...]
So after finishing our banh cuon at Thahn Xuan, I drove a couple blocks West along Kingsway to Truong Thanh (Foodosophy post here), where V’s mom regularly gets it from. Look, banh cuon is proudly advertised on their sandwich board, and underneath, xoi, is what I later found out was sticky rice.
In Vancouver, it’s ridiculously easy to find Pho, especially along the Kingsway stretch from Nanaimo to Fraser. It is however a challenge to find a Vietnamese restaurant that isn’t focused on Pho, which has bullied other types of delicious food from Vietnam into submission here. Sure there is also bun and banh mi, but one [...]
Thanks goes out to Jeff for introducing me to this place. Located just one block south from Rupert and Grandview, you probably wouldn’t think much of it due to its location. Hu Tieu Kho. Help me out here, I don’t remember what’s in this completely, but it’s dry rice noodles with pork, squid, prawn and [...]
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