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First Visit: Frannie's Cafe

Posted by Roland Tanglao on 8/21/03; 11:34:20 PM From the Restaurants dept. This is not your typical first visit report. I have been saving this one for my forthcoming article on where to lunch in Gastown, but I couldn't wait! Frannie's Cafe (325 Cambie, 604 685-2928) is run by some nice Korean folks. Although they serve Korean food, they downplay it (gotta serve your market!) in favour of Western style sandwiches and lunch specials. Every time I go there, I watch others eat their sandwiches with gusto and chat with the proprietors. Everybody seems to be a regular but me! I try to force myself to order a sandwich or soup like everybody else but I can't. Instead I order the Jap Chae (Korean noodles with beef and vegetables) for $5.25 with kimchi on the side. For some reason, they give you rice, but if you gently ask for no rice and just noodles, they are only too happy to comply. It's not fancy food and the place isn't full of happy Koreans munching away and giving that implicit ethnic thumbs up that every foodie's always looking for, but it's fast, tasty and convenient. Check it out! Link: # | Discuss | |

Nice compliment from Phil Wolff of a klog apart
Posted by Roland Tanglao on 8/21/03; 11:11:36 PM From the LinkThanks! dept. Phil Wolff wrote this today: QUOTE btw, some of the first and best foodie bloggers: Barb Wong and Roland Tanglao's VanEats. ENDQUOTE *blush* ! Thanks Phil! By the way, if you want to figure what blogging is, where it's going and how to profit from it, read Phil's blog, a klog apart, it's a MUST. Link: # | Discuss | |

DrinkBoy - Adventures in Cocktails

Posted by Roland Tanglao on 8/21/03; 10:42:58 PM From the Features dept. Althought it's not frequently updated, Drinkboy (the blog, the message boards and the website are all worth following). Since I subscribe to the blog, it doesn't matter how often it updates and I don't have to manually surf to it. Anyways, the cocktail recipes are the best part of the site. Check it out! Link: # | Discuss | |