Comments on: Allen, the Dog Hunter

By: Blender Benefits

Blender Benefits — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:38:27 +0000

Man, I missed this when I was in Canada.

There is a place called Walters by me in New Rochelle that makes the best dogs I’ve ever had. Check them out when you are in the area.

By: _ts of [eatingclub] vancouver

_ts of [eatingclub] vancouver — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 22:02:25 +0000

Nice to have a backlog of posts from you coming home from our trip!

Anyway, I havn’t been to Japadog, but I don’t think I’ll make a special trip for it. It has to be when I’m in the area. So I guess that means I’ll get to have one… eventually. =)

By: Joy

Joy — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:25:35 +0000

Yum! I’m going to look for this when I go back in April!

By: Arundathi

Arundathi — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 05:31:18 +0000

When you like mayo on your fries, you know you’ve moved out of the US, huh? :-)
Reminds me of Pulp Fiction – how in Amsterdam, they drown the Fries in Mayo! lol!

By: Edward

Edward — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:36:11 +0000

Welcome to Vancouver Allen !!
I’m also moving to Vancouver from CA, even though I was from there originally. Good to see you are back to the blog ….
For the best Bahn Mi in your area, Ba Le in chinatown. There is another location on Kingsway but this is much better. Just ask for a sandwich and they’ll know. I usually ask for extra cilantro and jalapenos as they kinda skimp on them.
If you haven’t already, go to Richmond for some really great chinese food !!

Bon appetit !

By: Bellini Valli

Bellini Valli — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:55:55 +0000

Yes investing in a good raincoat will be an excellent idea living in Vancouver. But when the sun shines, it really does shine!!!I live 5 hours from you in the Okanagan so am out of the loop. Check out Eat magazine (http://www.eatmagazine.ca/)on line for suggestions of foodie haunts in your area.

By: Allen

Allen — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:49:23 +0000

Thanks for everyone’s comments and sorry for my delay in responding. The weekend turned out sunny so I had to take advantage of it!

Erin: Agreed — ketchup and mustard :-)

Culinary Cory: It’s possible (just possible) that I also hyped them up in my mind … shame on me!

My Taste Heaven: I’ll have to take a look at your post. I love food stands :-)

Christina@DeglazeMe: Just whip out some mayo and wasabi and you can make them at home!

Lori: So very true — but I still fall for it every time.

Astra: Thank you!

Gera: A terimayo dog is on its way to you :-)

Kat: My complaining about the rain seemed to make it go away for this past weekend (hooray!).

Cynthia: Now I can move on to exploring more of the local food!

Helen: Oh, Helen … I like the way you think (i.e. noodles next)! I’ve been enjoying all of Vancouver … even the weather. The consistency of California weather can be boring. Although it wasn’t quite warm enough for shorts, I was harvesting meyer lemons and oranges from the trees in our yard right up until the day we drove away ;-)

By: helen

helen — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 19:00:12 +0000

Welcome to Vancouver! How’s all the rain and cold treating ya? I hear that people are harvesting citrus in California these days…, in their short sleeves and sandals…

I second the banh mi recommendation on Kingsway near Knight. For a really good sandwich, there is the Social Butcher Shop and Deli in Gastown and La Grotta del Formaggio on Commercial Drive. For a true Westcoast experience, visit Go Fish at Fisherman’s Wharf on a rainy day and order some fish n chips and/or salmon tacones.

We’ll talk noodles next…

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 17:47:50 +0000

Wasabi mayo, I like that idea.

Glad you can mark the Japadog off your list.

By: kat

kat — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:55:10 +0000

I always worry that things I hear are so good aren’t going to live up to the hype. Buy a raincoat & the sun will come out! I bought one to take London & it was sunny everyday. Glad to have you back!