Oh My Calico!

[...] disappointment of the dishes, we still decided to give dessert a chance; we shared the Thai tea ice cream ($4). Unlike the other dishes, this dessert had awful presentation. A scoop of ice cream in a [...]

[...] bowl, is not the best deal. The restaurant also boasts quite an unusual dessert: maple bacon ice cream sandwich. It's served between two thin waffle wafers. It was quite good, though not mind-blowing. [...]

[...] and some (quite uncomfortable) stools. The butcher art is quite a nice touch. Here's the porchetta sandwich ($9), with a Boylan Black Cherry soda, which Brigid ordered. The sandwiches came [...]

[...] menu, with limited choices, which is a really good thing (they do have two staples: the porchetta sandwich and the grilled cheese). The whole restaurant has a modern / retro feel that makes one feel [...]

[...] a late lunch, and I had been craving Asian food for a while, so we decided to go to Joya, a Thai restaurant near the hotel. There were a lot of good reviews on the Internet, so I was pretty excited. I [...]

[...] is posh, plush, with red walls and booths, and gold accents. It's pretty refreshing to see a Thai restaurant that had a contemporary feel without the usual Thai kitsch. However, with the music and the [...]

[...] ' ($13), which was eggs scrambled with peppers, cilantro and topped with tortilla strips and a salsa verde. The scramble came with pan-fried red potatoes, toast, and homemade jam and ketchup. This was [...]

[...] of fatty skin. Can I confess that I would like to munch on a bag of those cracklings? The salsa verde didn't do much for me, however, and it made the bun a little soggy at times.  The sandwich  is [...]

[...] make for a better restaurant? While it's true that I'm probably quite a lot tougher on Thai restaurants than other cuisines, it's because I seriously want these restaurants to be good, and I go [...]

[...] excited. I was surprised at how modern and hip the place looked - when you go to Thai restaurants in Vancouver, you nearly always get that functional space filled with Thai knick- [...]

[...] Our Korean friends, Ana and Kay, took us to a new Korean restaurant called South Castle that had recently opened up on Austin  Avenue in Coquitlam. The original [...]

[...] . Amanda got the Bulgogi chicken ($9), which didn't look like what you would find in a Korean restaurant. However, Amanda reported that this was pretty tasty, although she wasn't fond of the [...]

[...] that new location for two weeks. The decor was full of personality and cool, from the chalkboard menu, to the multi-layered wooden pig, down to the blue water spout above shelves of mason [...]

[...] small. The interiors were a delight, with a fancy black chandelier, dark framed mirrors, a chalkboard menu, and tasteful wooden tables and black leathery banquette and chairs. The lunch started out [...]

[...] Pork. On the days that we went, there were huge lineups of about 50 people. This is the roast pork sandwich with provolone and broccoli rabe. The pork, while a little mild in flavour, was tender and [...]

[...] , as I had expected. it was less flaky than it looked, and was a bit chewy. Another roast pork sandwich from Dinic's, this time without cheese and with roasted peppers. Delicious - perhaps [...]

[...] , a long strip of cheese. I wasn't bowled over by the sausages, to be honest. It was a tad salty and plain tasting. I am not a fan of sweet salad dressings, so did not like their house dressing [...]

[...] 'melty', and should have had more of a squeak when you bit into them. Lastly, the gravy was a tad salty. However, we were really glad we tried this. Finally, the Fried Chicken meal ($12), consisting [...]