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One of Vancouver's delicious little secrets. Tucked unassumingly on Commercial St (not Commercial Drive) is Casa Verde, a family run Portuguese restaurant. If you're lucky enough to order the Piri BBQ Chicken (it's often sold out) do it. The sauce was lightly spiced and chicken tender. The salad and fries were average, but I didn't order this dish for the sides - the chicken was the main attraction here.

Had this just today at Sonomama Japanese Restaurant at 980 Granville St. Due to lack of foot traffic, sadly they will be closing next week after only being open for 1-2 years which is tragic cuz its one of the better Japanese restaurants in downtown Vancouver!

Delicious and hearty Japanese ramen served at new authentic ramen house called Motomachi Shokudo. Had this with bff last week and it was one of the best noodles I have ever had. The room was modern and a nice ambiance and service was good. I cannot wait to return to check out their other ramen variety.

Fujiya is a take-out Sushi place. Every morning, sushi is prepared somewhere in the city and distributed over a number of stores. Might not sound appealing, but for a quick takeout lunch it's perfect and it tastes pretty good.

Very similar to the cheese one. But in this case, the bread was filled with refried beans. Maybe what's missing is a little seasoning.

A traditional Venezuelan/Colombian cornmeal bread. It was different, but didn't rock my world. Banano's cafe is a deli style cafe.

We haven't been here in over two years. We loved it (only one gripe and that was small-ish portion sizes) but then my wife got pregnant, we moved out of the neighbourhood and, well, our taste buds have been suffering ever since. Last weekend we in the area so... "Let's go to Seb's!" I settled in to the smoked salmon scrambled eggs with onions and cream cheese. Delicious. Great coffee, great food, comfortable atmosphere, and an accommodating staff - all the ingredients for a good meal. My only complaint is the portions are still on the small side. The plate in the picture looks big, but credit good presentation for that.

Homemade Italian gelato, it's popping up everywhere it seems; I'm surprised 7-11 hasn't jumped on the bandwagon. But no matter how many places are serving, I like coming here. Well thought out flavours and generous scoops (one scoop here is like two scoops at other places) make this a favourite of mine. Tonight I had green tea flavour, rich, creamy and, well, full of green tea flavour.

In my previous post, I mentioned the bottomless Americanos. Here's one of the three I enjoyed over brunch.

I would usually avoid patronizing any establishment that is decorated in some sort of Hobbit theme, complete with tree trunks and cavern-like bathrooms. But I make an exception for Locus, one of my favourite spots in Vancouver. Cool vibe, excellent food and the owner is more than gracious, not to mention a total hoot to talk to. Eggs over easy, bourbon-molasses baked beans and rosemary chicken sausage, served with hot bread and flavoured butters. Delicious! Bottomless Americanos too. You heard me right, bottomless Americanos.