Thrifty Tuesday - Ebisu Richmond

Ebisu Richmond is within walking distance of the Lansdowne Skytrain Station on the Canada Line.  I've been to Ebisu Vancouver on Robson Street.  This was my first time to Ebisu Richmond.  

Ebisu Richmond is where my brother likes to go for lunch when he is in town and now I understand why.   Lunch at Ebisu Richmond is a real bargain.  We arrived at 1:30pm and were told we had 25 minutes until the last call and only 50 minutes to eat since they close at 2:30pm.  That was not a problem for us.  The benefit of arriving late is that we didn't have to wait for a table.  

Since this was my brother's favourite lunch place in Vancouver, he knew exactly what to order.  We ordered a BBQ Eel sushi boat, Sashimi bento box and an assortment of 3 items from the lunch special which included a dynamite roll, tuna tataki salad, and spicy salmon don.  Each order was less than $15 which included a miso soup.  All of the dishes were elegantly displayed and tasted delicious.  Now I'm a big fan of Ebisu Richmond and hopefully my brother's trips will fall on a weekend when I can go out and enjoy this fabulous lunch menu with him.  

Ebisu Richmond - Tuna Tataki Salad

Ebisu Richmond - Sashimi Bento Box

Ebisu Richmond - BBQ Eel Boat

Check out Ebisu Richmond Lunch Menu - http://www.ebisu.ca/richmond/menu.html

Vancouver Restaurant: Sushi Town Burnaby Restaurant

Sometimes it is great to get outside of downtown Vancouver and head out into the suburbs.  I'm not sure if you call Burnaby the suburbs but there are some great restaurants in North Burnaby on Hastings Street.

Sushi Town is one of them located at 5935 Hastings Street in Burnaby.  It has generous portions and I was completely full after lunch.  Likely I need to remember this next time so my eyes aren't bigger than my stomach.

The spicy salmon sashi serving if probably enough for four people.  It is a place where you can share your rolls and the special rolls are larger.  I ordered a house roll and a mangodise roll.  I really loved the mangodise roll, maybe the presentation made it more appealing.  It was too much food and I couldn't finish the house roll.  In hindsight I should have ordered a smaller roll like a california roll.  I'd definitely share a salmon sashimi.  It was refreshing.  

If you are in the neighbourhood and are looking for an affordable sushi joint in Burnaby, check out Sushi Town.  

Spicy Salmon Sashimi

Mangodise Roll

Hon Sushi - Korean Japanese Restaurant in Burnaby

Dear Vancity Girlfriends,

So we have discovered a wonderful Korean Japanese Restaurant in Burnaby called "Hon Sushi".  It is where "Fish on Rice" used to be and above "Earls" on Kingsway.  It may not have a Japanese buffet but instead they have wonderful lunch specials which I will be able to explore on my days off work.

When my husband brought me there the first time, it was a nice looking Japanese style restaurant and when I saw the menu, they had a Japanese menu and another Korean menu.  We ordered Japanese sushi and I was pleasantly surprised at the high quality of each dish including the plating.  The decorative garnish are elaborate and each dish comes out exactly the way it shows on the menu.  

Needless to say we've been back a few times to each Japanese food.  One day we'll go back to try the Korean menu but this time all the photos are of the Japanese menu.  Just posting these photos make my mouth water.  

Tuna Tataki Salad

Calimary and Chopped Scallop Roll

Popcorn Sushi Roll

Volcano Sushi Roll

Hon Sushi - #201-4361 Kingsway, Burnaby BC

Japanese All You Can Eat (AYCE) Restaurant - Kawawa Japanese Restaurant

Dear Vancity Girlfriends,

If you like Japanese food, there is an "All You Can Eat" at Kawawa Japanese Restaurant at Metrotown.  

My experience at Kawawa was during the Christmas rush so it was super busy at the mall.  When we walked in the servers were madly seating the people who had been waiting and I knew that if I waited we would be seated next.  I stood patiently until they were done and when I told them how many were in the party, we were seated right away.  Kawawa is a comfortable sit down restaurant where you go if you want a meal and time to catch up with friends.  The service is poor, obviously the servers were run off their feet, so I don't hold that against them.  They did their job well and got our orders in and brought the food out.  Even better is that they didn't rush us at all and let us stay and chat.  We didn't really order well with our first round of ordering, but did better with our second.  With all you can eat, you can try a lot of different food.  We enjoyed the sushi rolls, sashimi, yakitori and my only advice is to order a LOT of food (the portion sizes are small).  Just go crazy and order lots of different things to try.  At $25 per person that is a reasonable price for all you can eat.  

First order of sushi and sashimi (one sashimi each is not enough)

My favourite:  Yakitori

Chicken Udon with Teriyaki (Veggie, Chicken, Beef)

BC Roll and Alaska Roll

More Sashimi

Kawawa Japanese Restaurant Menu:  http://www.kawawa.ca/menu5.html#dinner