Flying Tiger + Maenam

I went to Flying tiger a couple weeks ago. It is further along West 4th near Milestones and past Topanga Cafe. They specialize in asian street food such as roti canai, satays, duck crepe, noodles,etc. I was real excited to try this place since I've always wanted to come and it definitely met all my expectations.

The room is rather small with only three (?) tables out on the patio. So we sat on the side next to the open kitchen, where only three people cooked all night long. It was cool because I got to see all the dishes that were coming out :)

We ordered the roti, satay, and chaat masala. The roti canai was different from the usual, it was flakier and sweet I believe.. (this is what happens when you blog about a place you tried 2-3 weeks ago, you briefly remember the taste.. but I am so lazy to post it right after i try =[ ) but anyways it was still good, especially with the curry dipping sauce.

Next was Chicken Satay. They were okay. We didn't rave about it but it wasn't disgusting. they were just okay. Finally was the Chaat Masala which I really liked. You take the bread and then you fill it up with all the fillings on the plate. There were raisin chutney (my fave), yogurt cucumber, dhaal, vegetables, and mint chutney (?). It was a little hard to fill everything into it but it was pretty delicious. The various flavors at once. Although, I personally didn't like the mint and vegetables, I loaded it up mostly with dhaal and raisin :) crap I am drooling thinking about it.

Then we ordered the sticky rice dessert that comes with mango jackfruit and ice cream. ewww it was so not good. We couldn't even finish it :(

The prices were a little high (12 for satay, 14 for chaat, and 7 for roti) but the food was very tasty and delicoius that I think van foodies should try it out if they haven't done so yet =) (cept the dessert. blech).


I also went to Maenam last week for a quick dinner. and it sure was quick, because I think we at in record time (because we were thinking we were gonna get ticketed for where we parked. bleh).
Maenam used to be Gastropod, but now has become a thai restaurant. Right when I walked in, I was welcomed by two flies flying in the middle of the restaurant. gross. I know I comment on this a lot,but damn I can't STAND it!!!

We ordered the 3 flavor fish (sweet sour and salty, 17 dollars) and pad thai (13 dollars). I didn't feel like rice but it would most likely have made the meal better. The flavors were overpowering. The fish was quite tasty and it was cooked perfectly but there was almost too much taste.. and the pad thai was just SUPER flavorful. wayy too sweet. If they dialled down the spices and stuff, I think the meal would have been excellent.

Las Margaritas + Sophie's

After Salsa & Agave, I had been craving mexican food and really wanted to go to Las Margaritas. Most of my friends rave about it and decided I shall try it out as well. We sat on the patio and started looking at their extensiveee menu of food. We wanted to share a nachos and decided to share the cheapest one, without bothering to look at the description. I ordered the enchilada and friend had the vegetarian enchilada and a pina colada.

The nachos come and it was this dinky 8 pieces nachos. For 6 bucks, this isn't worth it. Damn, lesson learned. read the description (I always just scan it and see a word I like like cranberry or duck or apple, and I am sold. yes, it's horrible because I sometimes end up getting something completely not what I had in mind... aka last year- beso- chicken with a ball of cheese on top. ewww). Even though it was small, it was sooo filling since it was loaded with cheese adn guacamole. delicious fatty goodness.

Our food arrived and I was pretty full at this point. Upon scanning the whole patio and my food, it seems like every dish looked just the same. rice, beans, and some sort of tortilla filled thing loaded with cheese guac and sour cream. Maybe this is what Mexican food is? I don't know authentic mexican food, I didn't even like mexican food until 2 years ago.
The rice was really good, I hated the beans. It was weird texture for me and I was too full from the nachos that I got the enchilada packed up. The next day I ate it.. it was a little dry inside (maybe from microwaved). The place has a nice patio to people watch. and if you love cheese, this is a great place to go haha

Then we headed over to Sophie's for apple pie, because I heard it was pretty good. For around 6 dollars, it's hugeee. but umm lets just say we prefer regular apple pie. the crust is not the normal doughy pie crust, it's like pastry like I guess. Gosh I don't know my terms, forgive me. Just look at the picture haha

Cafe Medina + others

I went for brunch at Cafe Medina awhile ago. This place sure is busy and crowded on the weekends. The room isn't very big but it was cozy. I ordered the tortilla and friend had the tagine. I wanted to try everything on the menu, they all sounded delicious!

The food was nicely presented and sure was filling. My tortilla didn't look that big, but it was filled with a bunch of delicious ingredients.. I can't remember much of it anymore but I vaguely remember eating sausage, shrimp, other vegetables, etc.. The Tagine looked great as well. I saw someone with hard boiled egg and some bread etc, and it looked sooo good. Then the people right next to us saw our food and said they wanted what we ordered. maybe that's why they want everyone to be so close together :P so everyone can order everything :P:)
Afterwards, we ordered a couple waffles. They were around 3 dollars and you can choose from a list of toppings. We chose lavender chocolate and fruit compote. Both were very delicious!
I think I found a new fave brunch place. Although they hurried us out at the end, we were taking our sweet ass time. sorry.

We ventured over to Salsa & Agave hoping to have a margarita before our biking adventures (hey, why not. it'll make it more exciting). They weren't licensed but the owner offered some juices instead. I didn't know which one to choose (between a milky flavored one and a fruity one) so she gave us some samples. Both were delicious so we ordered one of each. We also got free chips and salsa. I really wanted to order food but damn I was full. We had to stall because we were waiting for our country friend to figure her way from stadium skytrain to salsa. which took her about 45 minutes. oi. Even though we didn't really order anything and took up one of their tables, they never once rushed us and was always extremely kind and happy towards us. :D If only I had enough time for repeat restaurants (2 months left..)
Biking was fun, except I ended up with a lot of bruises because I don't know how to start a bike (what the hell is wrong with me).

So we had a crazy big foodie event at our house few weeks ago, a couple pics to show the food =)