Five Loaves

Hue Cafe is one of my favorite pho and sub joints. I visit Hue for lunch almost once a week. Hue will be my first food review.  I have been eating at Hue for more than two years. The food is always delicious, very fresh and consistent.  The owner is very talkative and friendly!

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I recently found out that you can get a free meal at Pajos Fish & Chips down in Steveston by simply filling out a basic form on their page.

1. Go to their homepage: http://www.pajos.com/home.shtml
2. Click on the link on the left hand side under the ‘free meal’ heading
3. Fill out the form in the pop up window and you’ll get a coupon for a free meal on your birthday in your email!
**Note: By filling out the form, you will be placed on the Pajos mailing list, however, you can remove yourself at any time!

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I was about to go to EAT! Vancouver on Saturday to check it out, but instead decided to take up some friends on a dinner invitation to CHOP, a newer steakhouse in Richmond.

CHOP’s location isn’t exactly ideal, it’s located on a small street next to the highway between Cambie and Bridgeport, and sits right underneath the Sandman hotel.

Where CHOP does shine though, is in the decor and ambiance. CHOP looks good, it simply just looks really good. It has clean, yet fancy decor that is sure to please the eyes (and your date). Even the washrooms are extremely nice, equipped with large plasma TVs, leather sofas, and even a stone fountain in the middle. The washroom is probably the same size as the office at my workplace!

Unfortunately, the decor is where the good feelings end. Chop has a reasonable menu a number of appetizers, salads, numerous cuts of steak, and big Prime Rib portions (their ‘petite’ Prime Rib is a 9oz). It’s too bad that ‘big’ doesn’t also translate to tasty.

I thought I would try their Beef Tartare to start. It came in a decent portion for a ‘fancy’ place, but tasted like solid air. I could barely taste the beef, or anything really for that matter! CHOP was not making a good impression as I reached for the salt..

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