I ran across this article today, which deals with Kylie Kwong and the methods she uses to lighten up traditional Chinese dishes.

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Target 10: Vietnamese Restaurant
Address: 4136 Main St (map)
Phone: 604-872-3455
Menu: Page 1; Page 2; Page 3; Page 4
Price: $5.99 one-size-fits-all large
Condiments Photo

Visit date: February 15th, 2007
Visit time: 6:00 PM

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The Fish House in Stanley Park

Address: 8901 Stanley Park Drive (map)
Tel: 1-877-681-7275 or 604-681-7275
Homepage

Hours:
Lunch - Monday to Saturday from 11:30am
Dinner - Seven days a week from 5:00pm
Sunday Brunch - from 11:00am
Afternoon Tea - Seven days a week from 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Fresh Catch from the Forest

By Desmond Cheung
Eat Vancouver Columnist Emeritus
Sunday February, 18th 2007

*** 1/2 (of four stars)

An English friend from college days was visiting Vancouver for the first time ever. Recently relocated to New York from Beijing, he asked to go somewhere ‘quintessentially Vancouver’ for dinner. There is, of course, no such singularity here; many places could offer fine flavours that make up our city’s distinguished and varied palate. Considering his expatriate and cosmopolitan experiences, plus the fact that I hadn’t seen him for a few years, I decided to treat us both to one of Vancouver’s most noted restaurants that had long been recommended to me but I had not yet had the opportunity to try out: The Fish House in Stanley Park.

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Target 9: Pho Hung
Address: 3980 Fraser St (map)
Phone: 778-558-2595
Menu: Page 1; Page 2
Price: $6.99 large
Condiments Photo

Visit date: January 22nd, 2007
Visit time: 5:00 PM

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Target 8: Pho Thai Hoa
Address: 1625 Kingsway (map)
Phone: 604-873-2348
Menu: Page 1; Page 2; Page 3
Price: $5.50 small; $5.95 large
Condiments Photo

Visit date: February 7th, 2007
Visit time: 7:15 PM

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I stumbled across this interesting article the other day on the origins of General Tso’s Chicken, a classic in Americanized Chinese food. It’s a good read.

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Eat Vancouver in Memphis

By Jason Chin
Eat Vancouver staff
Jan 24th - Jan 28th 2007
Memphis, TN

The hardest part about writing a quick recap of my recent culinary adventures in Memphis is not titling it something along the lines of Eatin’ in Memphis. Not humming the tune to Walking in Memphis during my four days in this historic city also proved a challenge. But seriously, I can’t think of a popular song that has more successfully promoted a city than Marc Cohn’s version of Walking in Memphis. It’s had such significant airplay and creates such a mystique about the city that I could barely get it out of my head for the entirety of the trip.

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