Vancouver Sun Easter Weekend

[Coop]

Mia Standsby did a pretty good article on the kind of places I tend to favour for lunch. This will be a weekly series starting this Thursday I believe. It may be worthwile. She has listed Au Petit Cafe, Duffin's Torta's (across the street fron Au Petit Cafe) and the House of Tofu Soup, amongst others. So she seems to have a feel for this.

[mot juste]

Yah, it's a good idea. Good for Mia. Maybe if the restaurants start getting more notice for their lunch menus, more of them will make the effort to stay open for lunch.

[Jeffy Boy]

I saw that piece in the Sun too, and I'm looking forward to more installments. There have got to be hundreds of really good, undiscovered gems out there.

[Coop]

Shall we start our own list. My suggestions are Kim Phung, Pho Thy and Le Do for Vietnameese.

[Jeffy Boy]

Great idea. Need general location info too, though. Otherwise I won't know which hole in which wall.

My nominee:

Prata Man. Malaysian, in Richmond (Garden City & Capstan)

[Coop]

Kim Phung-Victoria and 43rd Vancouver

Pho Thy-Victoria and 39th

Le Do- Hastings near Nanaimo

What about Kintaro for Ramen? it may be too famous already.

[Coop]

What a disappointment! It's a little box in the Queue restaurant listing with almost no information. This week's choice Hawker's Delight on Main street. I see a definite Main street bias here.

[Jeffy Boy]

You're right. The series has degenerated into a tiny piece of crap. I wait all week for this?? Why don't they just run a picture with the caption "Small. Cheap. Good."

[Jeffy Boy]

Kim Phung-Victoria and 43rd Vancouver

Pho Thy-Victoria and 39th

Le Do- Hastings near Nanaimo

What about Kintaro for Ramen? it may be too famous already.

Coop,

With your suggestions, I've been to both Kim Phung and Pho Thy, and they are head & shoulders (and tendon and tripe ) above my previous, limited pho experience at Pho Hoa in Richmond. Pho Hoa is mass-produced mediocrity by comparison.

I was at Pho Thy just today for lunch - got a small #2 soup (terrific) and an order of the deep fried spring rolls. I think the spring rolls were the best I've ever had - crispy, tasty, delicious. 8 bucks total.

[Coop]

Jeffy Boy I'm glad you liked both places. The people who own them deserve the support they get especially from the Asian community. The job the Sun has done on this subject is so lacklustre.