The Eatery (3431 W Broadway, Vancouver, phone: 604-738-5298) is a funky Japanese restaurant that has a candle-lit night-club atmosphere and is a popular hangout for UBC students. The primary attraction here is the inventive fusion sushi rolls, with off-the-wall names such as “Andy Warhol Roll”, the “Erotica Roll”, and the “Viva Las Vegas Roll”. The specialty rolls are in the $5 to $8.50 range for a roll, and there are different specials depending on the day of the week. Pictured below is the “Assembly Line” sushi platter which has a large selection of specialty rolls ($47.50) – this enough food for four people with average appetites, or will surely satisfy two people who are very hungry.

Euro Pastry House (#114 – 1058 Mainland Street, Vancouver, phone: 604-602-0003) is a great place to stop and have a sandwich in the downtown Yaletown shopping / restaurant district. But these are not your ordinary sandwiches. Imagine a breaded chicken schnitzel with cheese and ham, cozy with fresh vegetables between two gigantic slices of marble rye bread (pictured below, $7.69 including tax). I have to say it was one of the heartiest and most satisfying sandwiches I have had in a long time. This tiny restaurant is not to be missed!

 

My Sushi World Bento Express (1258 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC, phone: 604-681-1150) is a small take-out oriented sushi restaurant located on Robson Street across from the Shenanigans lounge/bar. Prices are very reasonable (everything is under $10, and a regular chicken teriyaki is $4.50). I really enjoyed my Seafood Don (a bowl of rice with assorted seafood on top, served with miso soup) which was $8.95 (pictured below). At this restaurant you place your order at the cashier before sitting down. Service was friendly and the music playing was a combination of 90’s hits and Japanese pop.