5 Vancouver Restaurant Favorites
Posted by Natalie in Vancouver Restaurants
I rarely write about Vancouver restaurants here on The Hunger Struck, so I thought it was time to make a quick list of my current favorites. We do eat out at least once a week and over the past few months have been going back to these places frequently. They are all in the moderate price range and I think all of them are pretty great.
1. Nuba – If you like Lebanese food you’ll love Nuba. Not exactly a new Vancouver staple but their newish Hastings location across from their previous location has me going there more often. I just love this place. I have a tendency to always order the same thing : the vegetarian platter for two.
Nuba Restaurant
207 Hastings Street West
Vancouver, BC
(604) 688-1655
http://nuba.ca/
2. Acme Cafe – This place is great for breakfast and lunch. We have a tendency to come here for lunch lately because they make a great tomato vegetable soup, which is probably the best side of soup I’ve had in a long time from a diner style restaurant. Also any place that offers mac and cheese as a side is alright by me.
Acme Café
51 Hastings Street West
Vancouver, BC
(604) 569-1022
http://www.acmecafe.ca/
3. Bao Bei – A Chinatown favorite Bao Bei is Chinese tapas done right. I love that they’ve made it casual. It’s the perfect place to stay for a few drinks and linger over some food but at the same time a place where you can be in and out in under an hour should you have to. I think I’ve pretty much tried everything on the menu by now and I can definitely say I’ve really enjoyed it all. The Shao Bing a sesame flat bread sandwich with braised pork butt, Asian pear, pickled onion and mustard greens would be my favorite if I had to pick, but I’m a sucker for sandwich type fare.
Bao Bei Chinese Brasserie
163 Keefer Street
Vancouver, BC
(604) 688-0876
http://bao-bei.ca/
4. Au Petit Chavignol – Brought to you by the owners of Les Amis du Fromage, this little wine and cheese bar is definitely something special. They offer a wide variety of both international and local cheeses and meats as well as croque monsieur, fondu and other cheese based dishes should you fancy something warm. It’s all fantastic.
Au Petit Chavignol
843 East Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC
(604) 255-4218
http://www.aupetitchavignol.com/
5. Northern Delicacies – Ok this place isn’t exactly in Vancouver, its in Richmond in the Aberdeen Mall. But Richmond is much more accessible now that the new sky train line goes there and I really think everyone should be going out there to try the amazing varieties of Chinese food that city has to offer. It’s actually pretty fast, I think it takes maybe 20 minutes from Waterfront station. Anyway it’s a Shanghainese restaurant and has became a favorite of ours over the years because of two dishes they serve first the Xiao Long Bao dumplings and second the Dan Dan Noodles. I’m sure there are many other amazing things on their menu but we just can’t seem to get by these two. I know those soup dumpling aficionados in the Vancouver area are going to say that there are way better places for these and I don’t doubt that there are but I do really like the ones at Northern Delicacies so maybe my dumpling plate is not refined enough yet. I’m ok with that.
Nothern Delicacies – Aberdeen Mall
2nd floor (I think!) they have terracotta warriors out front
4151 Hazelbridge Way
Richmond, BC
(604) 233-7050
