Sunway Restaurant 三味

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Wendy

It’s been a while huh.  Not gonna lie it’s been a busy busy summer for sure.  Hopefully I’ll get back to the groove of blogging again~  Here goes!

My good good friend Jon and I were trying to decide on a place for dinner.  At first we were going to go back to West Lake but once we got to Empire Centre, I remembered Sunway, and I’ve always wanted to try their Salt & Pepper chicken, so there we went!

They have probably the cheapest Salt & Pepper Chicken around, at only $4.50.  It was hella good.  Fresh, large gobs of juicy, moist, succulent white meat.  The deep-fried basil leaves were really really good too.  It was absolutely delicious.  Again I must emphasize, these were LARGE PIECES of actual meat, not skin or batter.  A must try/order/eat!!!

Another this we ordered was the Beef Roll.  It seems like it was deep-fried which meant it was really really good also.  The pastry part was flaky, and there was a lot of meat in it.  It could’ve been wrapped a bit better though.  But again, a must order.

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陽光屋 Sunshine Cafe

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Wendy

L and I really felt like have bubble tea after work one weekend.  She really wanted to go to Crystal Mall.  However, I was scared.  It was the weekend.  At Crystal Mall.  But I sucked it up and drove there.  However after walking around the food court a few times, we still couldn’t pick anything, so L suggested this one restaurant on the ground floor.  And that’s Sunshine Cafe, a Taiwanese restaurant.

I think most of their meals come with either a drink or soup.  Since I’m already having noodle with soup, I picked the drink.  They’re supposed to have a daily drink, but I suspect it’s actually the same everyday.  Today it’s a Wintermelon drink.  It was nice a refreshing.

I picked the Deep-fried drumstick.  It was sliced in an interesting way in that it became a “T” shape!  It kind of tasted like salt & pepper chicken but it was fried like KFC.  It tasted great!  Not too salty, very crispy.  I only wish it were bigger.

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Bubble Queen’s 7 Flavor Mochi

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Wendy

EDIT: Just so anyone’s interested, the hours for Bubble Queen are as follows: M-Thu 2-8pm, F-Sat 2-12am, Sun 2-6pm.

If you can’t tell already, my favorite BBT place is Bubble Queen.  Honestly, I’ve had an assortment of drinks from them and I’ve NOT had a miss yet.

But it may not be obvious but they actually serve an assortment of non-beverage items too.  Recently they’ve come out with some stuffed mochi/rice ball things.

I think they’re more like tong yuen 湯圓.  There are a total of 7 flavors: Chocolate, Matcha, Strawberry, Mango, Taro, Sesame, and Coconut.

And each are stuffed with a flavor.  Chocolate with chocolate, Matcha with red bean, Strawberry with white choco, Mango with mango, Taro with black sesame, Sesame with black sesame, and Coconut with black sesame.

So I ordered one for Boyfriend’s Mom.  That being said, I didn’t actually get to taste them.  They are interesting though and I will for sure try them myself another time.  Boyfriend’s Mom and Dad seemed to enjoy them though.

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Peanuts 花生米

Posted on January 24, 2010 by Wendy

On the topic of Richmond Public Market (RPM), it’s also home to one of the earliest and original bubble tea places in Richmond/Lower Mainland.

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Beef Noodle @ Well Tea

Posted on January 20, 2010 by Wendy

Wendy and I have been crazing Taiwanese food for some time.  We really wanted to go back to Well Tea for their Beef Noodle and hot pots!  Recently, Wendy tried the Hot Pot seafood with Soy Milk from Pearl Castle but she reported that it was rather bland.  We thought that perhaps Well Tea can make a version of that.

The Beef Noodle (Spicy version) arrives!  It smelled so darn good….

Here’s a close up! I quickly snatched my spoon to have a taste of the soup base.  I was blown away at how rich the flavor was.  It was the BEST soup base I have had for a Beef Noodle.  It had a really strong flavor and yet not too salty and also with a tinge of spiciness.  The noodle quality was good as usual and the Beef Briskets were tender and easy to chew.  Thumbs up!  WAY UP!!

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Pearl Castle Richmond Centre Snacks

Posted on December 14, 2009 by Wendy

I believe Pearl Castle to be one of the most major brands in offerings Taiwanese Foods / Pearl Drinks in the GVRD.  They went from a single unit in Continental Centre and expanded next door to accommodate their traffic.  Now, they have expanded inside Richmond to its busiest mall:  Richmond Centre.  It is located right across from McDonald’s and can’t be missed.

Everybody loves fried calamari.  I never tried it before here so Wendy ordered it.  The batter layer was not too thick and the flavor was alright.  The calamari itself did not have much taste though.  It was rather bland and doesn’t compare similar offers from other locations (ex.  Cactus Cafe, Earls, etc)

We ordered the Honey Yolk Thick Toast.  The spread was pretty good and quite sweet – the way I like it.  However, I was left disappointed because the rest of the thick toast had little taste.  I admired the top bit, but the rest was best left forgotten.   Because I was so dissatisfied, I ordered another thick toast!

We’re not actually sure what’s on it.  It seems like a thin egg thing with honey on top.

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Beefy Beef Noodle & Bubble Tea House

Posted on December 8, 2009 by Wendy

We usually do tend to bypass Vancouver itself and straight for downtown for meals.  However, we infrequently step foot inside Vancouver to enjoy its restaurants.  In an effort to try as many Taiwanese beef noodle places as possible, we pulled ourselves together, dusted ourselves off and ventured in Vancouver.

This is one big reason why we don’t come to Vancouver often -  the parking.  As terrible as driving conditions (or its drivers) are in Richmond, Vancouver retail shops offer a very meager parking availability for its customers.  I do understand the predicament regarding space, however, the situation exists.  It seems like because they’re owned by the same people that opened No. 1 Beef Noodle, they needed to find a place with the same poor parking arrangements.

The inside of the place was a bit different than the other Taiwanese places in Richmond.  In comparison to the modern look of Pearl Castle and Tri-ty, Beefy Beef went for the traditional look using mainly wood and other dark-colored materials as the central theme.  It felt more ‘at home’ than the modern places.

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