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Kokoro Mazesoba Hokkaido Ice Cream
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Kokoro Mazesoba

My love for Japanese noodles, whether it be ramen or udon has been well documented. So Kokoro Mazesoba grabbed my attention with their soupless noodles. Soupless noodles? I can’t slurp down our noodles with hearty broth? Will it be even good? However, it felt like everyone and their mom had been to Kokoro Mazesoba and […]

Japan, Restaurant Review

Rakeru in Tokyo

Ever heard of Rakeru in Tokyo? One of the things I really like to eat in Japan is hamburger steak. It might look counter intuitive to go and eat western food while it Japan but it’s not odd. Westernized Japanese food is called yoshoku and it is very popular. You will find many different Italian […]

Restaurant Review

Tacomio

We were invited to the soft opening of the new Tacomio location in North Vancouver (1300 Lonsdale Ave, North Vancouver, BC). We love our Mexican food but we find there’s not a lot of great locations for the authentic stuff locally. So when we got the invite, we zoomed right over to their new restaurant […]

Restaurant Review

Ramen Gojiro

We love our ramen noodles. That’s a fact! We rarely go to downtown Vancouver but on a Friday night, we found ourselves with an hour to kill before a friend’s birthday party. I had been to Ramen Gojiro two years before and I didn’t have strong feelings about it either way. I was down to […]

Japan, Restaurant Review

Nigiri no Tokube in Takayama

Due to my (small) addiction to UFO catchers, I was very happy to find out that there was a SEGA Game Centre in Takayama. Spoiler alert: we spent a lot of yen and walked away with nothing. However, we when we left it was nearly dinner time and when we looked across the parking lot, […]

Japan, Restaurant Review

Sant-AnGelo in Osaka

We went to Sant-AnGelo (サンタアンジェロ) for our last meal in Osaka before we headed off to Takayama. The address is: 5-1-60 Nanba, Chuo Ward, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture 542-0076. It can be tricky to find because it’s located in a mall called Namba City. Just walk past all the shops on the first floor to an […]