Roof Garten (old Ceili's).

Trying too hard to be some ritzy glowbal-eque joint. overpriced food. weak drink selection. staff was friendly, but very clear that they were new to serving. would not recommend.

Bridges for a social / environmental setting - yes.
Bridges for food / drink - absolutely not.

Considering the places your company has been going to, Bridges would be a complete insult. You'd lose your job.

STFU Armind

Are there any good real outdoor patios in Burnaby? Seems line it's impossible to find anything half decent

Try the Riverway Golf Course in South Burnaby, near Market Crossing.

Bridges was my boss's idea not mine.

STFU Bcrdukes

Extra seatings will prob add extra $$ to their prices

I'll re rate it and give it a 9/10:drunk:

But seriously I love fried oysters and the last place I had that was happy hour at Joe Fortes and I was thoroughly disappointed.

Not sure what you mean by real patios but I've had a few at both Cactus and Joeys on Lougheed.. good enough for me lol

real as in, like actually outside lol

Joeys is all glassed in no? and most pubs around seem to have either a roof on the patio, or windowed in etc.

Come to think of it ya, it's pretty sheltered but you still get sun on ya.

Earls has a decent sized open air patio as well.

Any restaurants you guys recommend for visitors from Toronto? Thinking places that are more uniquely 'Vancouver' that you can't commonly find in Toronto.

Something mid-range. I was thinking Pidgin but that's on the high side.

So far I have: Phnom Penh, Guu on Thurlow, Maenam, Chewie's Oyster House, maybe Kingyo or Zakkushi?

Any other 'uniquely-Vancouver' restaurant experiences or food?

^ I prefer the gastown guu.

unique Vancouver.... is Gorilla Food still open? :lol

Guu is opening up in Toronto soon lol

Yeah I figured as much. But like I said, I went the night of opening day so the wait/line was expected. :)

For my next trip there, I'll definitely try to go during a weeknight.

I think they have both Guu and Zakkushi in Toronto

^and Kingyo..

Not sure if they're uniquely Vancouver but out of your choices the best seems to be Pidgin or Maenam.

If MSG is a delicacy and doesn't exist in TO then take your friend Phnom Penh. One meal there will have a year's worth of MSG for him to indulge in

Doesn't have to be within my choices, outside choices totally welcome.

Bambuddha?

I think Pidgin and Maenam are decent choices to take guests out to town, especially they're not something that could found everywhere else (french/jap fusion, non traditional thai). I'm not very up to date on new restaurants so I can't think of any of top of my head.

Bao bei

Anyone been to masayoshi, heard it's the young chef from Tojos. Heading there Friday for the variety hot and sushi omakase. Will let you guys know how it is.

1)Maenam
2)mackenzie room (I'll have everything set menu)
3)pick 2 of the top Ramen places. Danbo or food court on upstairs of Robson square and cold noodles of Motomachi
4)jap food (Sushi Bar Maumi & then one that's normal sushi bella)
5)olympic village (bow down; get their chicken wings), craft for beer and food on patio at tap and barrel with their deep fried pickles
6) ice cream at famous ice cream places; earnest, bella, nitrogen ice cream (forgot the real name), soft peaks honeycomb
7) scotch tasting at Irish Heather and then end with dinner at L'Abattoir etc

gave bai bua thai a 2nd chance and it did so much better
everything was good, only prob i had is that their pad thai is way too sweet, other than that, their curry, peanut curry, coconut rice, and mango/coconut sticky rice was good
def better to go when its more dead lol

8/10

Will look forward to your review. For nigiris with an average of $5-7/piece it better tastes like rainbows and sunshine.
No

Agreed.
Masayoshi better be delivering something sublime for those prices.

As for ramen (Robson Public Market), the place is called Hida Takayama.
I tried a few of the ramen there. Most were really just meh.
The noodles were good (I think they do them in house?). I asked for them firm and thought that was spot on.
I liked their white sesame ramen, it's really good, however, since it's just that with few condiments, it's a very 1-dimensional bowl of noodle soup.
If I could do a half bowl portion, or split it with a friend, that would be perfect. But it's just heavy, and rich with no acid or textural difference to provide contrast. My palate got super bored after 5 bites.
Also added the pork jowl which isn't super soft like Santouka, it still has some bounce. Not quite my preference, but good too.

Homer St Cafe and Bar
$12 Happy Hour Only Burger and Bud promo
I have no idea how long the promo will last


https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ZM...w1420-h1065-no


It's not a fancy-pants burger with exotic ingredients.
It's a classic burger with good ingredients done properly. I have a strong preference to the classic lettuce and tomatoes approach.
Best burger I've had in quite a while.

Stupidly juicy. Literally a small waterfall happening in the first few bites.
Can actually taste the sesame on the bun.
Balanced.

Chips great, could go for just a few more?
Coleslaw even better.

Pepperoncini as an addition was nice to cut the richness.

The only thing I'm sorta iffy on is the bun. It's a good bun, however I found it a touch too chewy for my liking.
I found it a bit too distracting from letting the patty shine as the star.
My style choice is on the opposite end of the spectrum.


Like I said, best burger in quite a while.
Totally recommend.

great review.! you seem like a burger guy. where else in your opinion is a good burger joint to eat at?