V-Nam

175 East 3rd Street
North Vancouver
604.985.5477

Meal
Lunch

Cost
$

Entree
Rare Beef Slice and Beef Ball Pho

The Low-Down
Delicious

Review
True to my words, I came back to this place once again. This time though, it was take out to eat in the comfort of home. As you can see from the picture, there was so much food that I didn't have a big enough bowl and instead used a pot! Once again, it hit the spot and was delicious!

 

Rare Beef Slice and Beef Ball Pho

Toe Dam

#250-329 North Road
Coquitlam
604.939.5515

Meal
Dinner

Cost
$$$

Entree
Kalbi

The Low-Down
Average

Review
Kalbi is always a big treat when going for Korean food because it's usually pretty expensive. It's comparable to going out for a steak dinner. I don't have too much to complain about for this dinner, but neither do I have too much to rave about. The pieces were pretty large and the price is decent. However, the side dishes weren't as fresh as other places. All in all, I believe there are better places to go to.

 

Kalbi and Side Dishes

Kypriaki's Taverna

1356 Marine Drive
North Vancouver
604.985.7955

Meal
Dinner

Cost
$$

Entree
Chicken Souvlaki
Roast Lamb

The Low-Down
Disappointing

Review
This meal was disappointing from the start. The good Greek places I've gone to usually start off with an offering of some sort of bread. Unfortunately, this place did not come with any. Both dishes were mediocre at best. The chicken souvlaki was a little dry and the roast lamb had a lot of inedible pieces (fat). On top of all that, the service was really not that good. I've definitely written this place off my list.

 

Chicken Souvlaki

 

Roast Lamb

Sun Yee

5728 Victoria Drive
Vancouver
604.323.1918

Meal
Dinner

Cost
$$

Entree
Hot pot - All you can eat

The Low-Down
Deal

Review
Sun Yee is a regular Chinese restaurant that I visit, but I always order the regular dinner dishes. This time, I thought I would try something that they were marketing: hot pot. I've seen other people have this at the restaurant before and was itching to give it a shot. Was I ever surprised! I knew that the food there was usually good, but this was a deal. It was all you can eat priced at $14. There were the usual meats, balls, tofu, noodles, and vegetables. However, this all you can eat deal included seafood as well! The fresh fish slices were amazing and the quality of the rest of the food was awesome. I'm definitely coming back!

Assorted Hot Pot

 

The Hot Pot

Ddoo Gau Bee

website
#203 - 4501 North Road
Burnaby
604.422.0500

Meal
Dinner

Cost
$

Entree
Jam Ja Bok: Jajang Mein, Jam Pong, and Fried Rice

The Low-Down
Deal

Review
I've been to Ddoo Gau Bee several times. I must say that it is nothing to rave about and it isn't necessarily spectacular. However, they do have some pretty good deals. This is one of them. The combo includes Jajang Mein, Jam Pong, and Fried Rice. It will definitely fill you up with minimal hit to the wallet!

Side Dishes

Jajang Mein and Jam Pong

Fried Rice

Memphis Blues

website
1629 Lonsdale Avenue
North Vancouver
604.929.3699
Mon-Thurs: 11:00am-10:00pm
Fri: 11:00am-11:00pm
Sat: 12:00pm-11:00pm
Sun: 12:00pm-10:00pm

Meal
Dinner

Cost
$$

Entree
Combo Plate: BBQ Chicken + Ribs

The Low-Down
Disappointing

Review
I've been to Memphis Blues one other time and I had remembered it as being one large awesome plate of BBQ meat. I haven't been back for a few years and had been craving it as I saw it along Lonsdale taking the bus. I finally got some time to hit it up and was super excited. Unfortunately, this visit fell pretty flat on its face. The BBQ Chicken was pretty dry and tasteless. The ribs were also not fall-off-the-bone good. They were actually pretty tough. Without the extra BBQ sauce, I don't think I would have made it through the dinner. I'm not sure if I'll be back.

Combo Plate: BBQ Chicken + Ribs

Boston Pizza

website
88 Chesterfield Ave
North Vancouver
778.340.1514
Mon-Sun: 11:00am-1:00am

Meal
Dinner

Cost
$

Entree
Oven-roasted Quesadilla
Boston's Smokey Mountain Spaghetti and Meatballs

The Low-Down
Deal

Review
The Oven-roasted Quesadilla was nothing to rave about. It was fairly average as expected. However, the Spaghetti and Meatballs were pretty tasty. It happened to be their special that day, so it was definitely a good deal. It was a fairly large portion, but the best part was the taste of home-made! I also really liked the garlic bread, which was toasted just right. For the price, this was a no-brainer.

Oven-roasted Quesadilla

 Boston's Smokey Mountain Spaghetti and Meatballs