Trendy - Vancouver Restaurants

 

Cactus Club Cafe in West Vancouver

Cactus Club (web site) is a chain of really trendy, energetic and fun restaurants with outstanding food.

Their location in West Vancouver (at Park Royal Village, 855 Main Street, West Vancouver, BC, phone, 604-922-1707) also features live jazz by the Geoff Peters Trio on selected Tuesday nights. Please call the restaurant to confirm about the live music.

Prices for dinner entrees are in the $15-$25 range. I really enjoyed the Steelhead Salmon Entree (pictured below) as well as my favorite snacking items, the Westcoast pockets (also pictured below). The Chicken Jambalaya rice bowl (also pictured below) was tasty as well.

Steelhead salmon at Cactus Club
Cactus Club’s Steelhead salmon Entree – grilled to perfection!

West coast pockets at Cactus Club
Westcoast pockets – like sushi, but bigger and better.

Chicken Jambalaya rice bowl
Chicken Jambalaya rice bowl. A colorful melange of ingredients combine for a yummy taste experience.

84,612 views - Posted Friday, November 16th, 2007

 

Kadoya Japanese Restaurant

Kadoya Japanese Restaurant (1063 Davie St., Vancouver, 604-608-1115) is a tiny Japanese restaurant on Davie Street downtown, across from the Celebrities gay night club. Kadoya is usually packed with people around 7pm on a weekday, and reservations are recommended. Enjoy some of their colorful, inventive sushi creations such as the specialty rolls pictured below (approx. $7.95 per roll). A very large dinner for two came to approximately $40.

Fancy sushi rolls

Fancy sushi rolls

Japanese sushi

178,308 views - Posted Thursday, October 18th, 2007

 

Milestones in Yaletown (Part 2)

Milestones (more info, 1109 Hamilton Street, 604-684-9111) is a trendy chain restaurant which offers a selection of westcoast and American cuisine. The downtown Vancouver Yaletown location has been recently renovated in a post-modern/minimalist style with exposed wooden ceiling beams, halogen spot lighting, comfortable cushion booth seating, a brand new sound system and wide screen televisions. Price for entrees lies in the $15 to 20 range, and the restaurant also has an extensive drink menu. Service is generally excellent: the staff are personable and attentive. I ordered the Portobello Mushroom Chicken which was an inventive dish (pictured below, $16.95) that featured chopped portobello mushrooms with chicken cooked in olive oil served over a capellini pasta.

Portobello Mushroom Chicken at Milestones in Yaletown, downtown Vancouver

13,353 views - Posted Saturday, October 13th, 2007