Food Fight
Lotus is the pride of East Richmond
February 15, 2016Bon appetit everyone, it’s Bartosz, the new meat correspondent for Food Fight! Previous meat expert Jess Whitesel has moved onto taking the newspaper editor world by storm, so I have been given the impossible task of taking her place. However, my Polish ancestry gives me an automatic expertise on all things alcoholic, pickled, and meat-related, so I do feel right at home. The first meat-venture I’ll take you on is into my ‘hood, the hinterlands of East Richmond. You might think that East Richmond is not known for having a wide array of luxury eateries, and you’d be correct. But what this…
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FOOD FIGHT: Brunch at The Templeton falls flat
January 25, 2016The Templeton is a nostalgic diner that functions as a novelty museum exhibit for the ‘50s and ‘60s. Their motto is “Quality Food, Snappy Service,” and they’re known for serving up organic comfort food with lots of vegan and vegetarian…
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FOOD FIGHT: Paradise Vegetarian Noodle House embraces fresh flavours
January 18, 2016Paradise Vegetarian Noodle House in Burnaby lives up to its name — behold, vegans, here is your Vietnamese food paradise. The extensive 100 per cent vegan, no MSG menu won’t break your bank any more than a typical Vietnamese restaurant…
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Food Fight: Original’s offers authentic Mexican cuisine
November 23, 2015To celebrate Dia de los Muertos, my friend and I decided to try the newly opened Mexican restaurant in New Westminster Station, Original’s Cafe Mexicano. We were not disappointed. As soon as you walk inside, you notice how refreshingly spacious…
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Food Fight: tantalize your taste buds at Salt Tasting Room
November 16, 2015Tucked away in the alley just across from Blood Alley Square is a gem of a restaurant, Salt Tasting Room. While not new on the Vancouver restaurant scene, this hidden location makes it feel like a new discovery when you…
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Food Fight: Cafe Deux Soleils is the ultimate veggie hipster eatery
November 2, 2015The ambiance of Café Deux Soleils explodes out the doors onto their large, scenically painted entrance wall. It is easy to see that their goal is to make a healthy and trendy home-away-from-home aimed to be a hub for casual…
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Food Fight: IKEA makes for a surprisingly good restaurant
October 19, 2015IKEA is amazing. It is filled to the rafters with enough affordable flat-pack furniture to keep marriage counselors in business until the sun swallows the planets whole, and a showroom that can keep even those with the shortest attention span…
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Food Fight: homemade vegan feast
September 28, 2015Welcome to our brand new foodie corner of The Peak! This column is a collaboration between two friends with opposing diets: a meat-eater (Jess) and a vegan (Gems). This serves as a way of critiquing food from opposite lifestyles, and…
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