Food and photography in Vancouver, BC
Sometimes, thinking about places to eat requires some planning. What are your plans for the day, which neighbourhood are you going to be in, do you have any time constraints? All this must be considered and then some research has to be done, be it on Urbanspoon, Yelp, Dinehere or other bloggers. Then on the [...]
I’ve been eagerly awaiting La Taqueria, aka “Pinche Taco Shop”, ever since ScoutMagazine posted about it. If you want to know what “pinche taco shop” means, then read my tweet from a while back. So since I’m now going to school in the Gastown area, it’s a given that I would drop by for lunch [...]
Dona Cata – http://www.donacata.com/ Voted numerous times to be the most authentic tacos in Vancouver. Not an easy feat, considering you can find food from all over the world in Vancouver, with many Mexican/Latin restaurants along Victoria/Commercial drive. I’ve been to Dona Cata 3 times, and I’ve left each time satisfied and happy with the [...]
El Caracol Cafe – http://www.elcaracol.vancouvertravelonline.com/index.htm Located at Victoria and 36th, El Caracol is one of my favorite Latin-American restaurants. The owner is El Salvadorean, and so therefore she makes Pupusas! I don’t know how to explain why I love pupusas so much. It might be because I was introduced to them as a kid. I [...]
Mexicali was first introduced to me two summers ago by a friend. We had just come from skimboarding at Spanish Banks and were super hungry from spending an entire morning/afternoon out on the beach. Ever since then, eating at Mexicali has always been associated with skimboarding and summer. There are 4 specials in this cheap [...]
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