8636 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC
604-266-0066
After dropping MomJ off at Top Gun J&C Restaurant 尖東新派食館 for dim sum, Buddha Boy and I drove back into Vancouver to try this little Japanese owned/operated cafe on Granville Street.
Parking is extremely limited. The restaurant is small, but it has a spacious dining area. That being said, keep in mind that it is a cafe so seats are limited (approximately twenty seats in the house).
We started with Chicken Nanban. The good? The meat was moist and was deep-fried nicely with a crispy coat. The bad? The house special tarter sauce was sweet and tangy. The meat was sweet and tangy. The whole package was overly sweet and overly tangy. A full order (with rice and salad) was $9.50, but since we only wanted the meat, we were charged $6. Was it worth it? Nope.
For $10, my weekly special, Pork Saute with Onion Ponzu Sauce (served with Rice & Salad leaf) only came with four thinly-cut pork slices. While it's visible, the onion fragrance was lost in that tart and salty ponzu. The rice helped at first, but as I progressed, the sharpness was quite tiring.
Buddha Boy had the $12.50 Chef's Special, which was Napolitan Pasta + Hamburger. Portion was good. Noodles were al-dente. The sauce? Well, imagine Chef Boyardee + ketchup + canned tomato sauce. Enough said.
Commonly, a Japanese hamburger has a meatloaf-like texture which can, sometimes, be quite soft. The burger here went beyond that. Not only it's too soft, but it's also mushy. The overuse of fillers really bothered Buddha Boy.
With a high rating and many positive reviews on Urbanspoon, we really wanted to like this place...unfortunately, it's not a return for us.
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