La Villetta - New York

La Villetta – New York

This is Part 1 of our New York Food Adventures!  Check out the rest here! Recently AngryRussian and I headed to New York to attend the wedding of one his best friends.  Needless to say to were pretty excited for this trip and promptly researched places to eat when we’re there.  AngryRussian received a recommendation […]

Parallel 49 Brewing Street Kitchen

Parallel 49 Brewing Street Kitchen

PrettySis was in town to visit with the kiddos and she had been cycling around my parent’s part of town for cool places to eat.  One of these places was the Parallel 49 Brewing Street Kitchen, and she quickly made a date with me and the rest of the family to have lunch there. The Parallel 49 […]

Old Xian's Food - Braised Lamb Noodle in soup

Old Xian’s Food 老西安厨娘子

We had passed by Old Xian’s Food many times when AngryRussian has softball and every time I had wanted to go.  I finally got the chance when I had a huge noodle craving one night and we made the out-of-the-way drive to the Kingsway location. Old Xian shares a small parking lot with a few other shops and […]

Parallel 49 Brewing Company - Triple Berry Smoothie

Vancouver Craft Beer Week 2018 Festival Weekend

This past weekend was Vancouver Craft Beer Week‘s annual festival at the PNE.  AngryRussian and I had the opportunity to go and it was a joy as always to go and see both old and new local craft breweries do their thing! What I absolutely enjoy about these types of events is that you get to […]

Amay's House - Laksa

Amay’s House Burmese and Asian Cuisine

Fannypack is such a good dinner partner because she is mostly up for anything.  When I said I wanted to try out Amay’s House, a burmese restaurant, she immediately says “Ok let’s go!” We tried a bunch of staples.  First we both really wanted Amay’s House’s version of Myanmar Tea Leaf Salad “Laphet Thoke” ($8).  Last time […]

808 Street Grindz Food Truck – Kihei, Maui

This is Part 12 of our Maui Food Adventures!  Check out the rest! AngryRussian and I knew that Maui has a great food truck scene so when we saw 808 Street Grindz during our visit to Maui Brewing Company we knew what we were having for dinner that night. It was around 4pm when we […]

Trattoria Burnaby - Linguine Vongole

Trattoria Burnaby

Trattoria is one of many of Glowbal group’s ventures.  The original location is in Vancouver but they’ve expanded to a second location in Burnaby for a few years now.  AngryRussian and I decided to go for their “Tratt Tuesday” which means any of their pastas for $13! We made it in time for Trattoria’s “cocktail […]

Ululani's Shave Ice - Melona, Vanilla, Pina Colada with mochi

Ululani’s Hawaiian Shave Ice – Maui, HI

This is Part 10 of our Maui Food Adventures!  Check out the rest! Having Hawaiian shave ice was definitely one of the highlights of our trip.  Aside from Local Boys, we also gave Ululani’s Hawaiian Shave Ice a try.  Which one fared better?  Read on to find out! Ululani’s is probably one of the more […]