| When you come to Vancouver on your Canada | | | | the restaurant's fame also means lineups out the |
| vacation a highlight will be sampling the city's best | | | | door (they don't take reservations) and a higher price |
| restaurants. The problem is that the most well-known | | | | tag. Rangoli, while more modest with decidedly |
| of these - usually the ones taking up all the space in | | | | smaller tables, features the same recipes and |
| your guidebook - can break the bank. | | | | incredibly inventive cuisine for a fraction of the price. |
| Here are my picks for the best Vancouver | | | | Best Dessert: For a special night out in the luxury of |
| restaurants where you can have your cake and eat | | | | a fine Vancouver hotel's gourmet restaurant, you |
| it too. | | | | can't beat the desert buffet at Griffins at Hotel |
| Best Summer Seafood: Go Fish! (1505 w. 1st ave, | | | | Vancouver (900 W. Georgia). A delicious assortment |
| across from Granville Island) is a ramshackle shack on | | | | of as many freshly made pastries, cakes, and |
| Fisherman's Wharf serving up the freshest, tastiest | | | | chocolate confections as you can eat for only $13 |
| seafood of any Vancouver restaurant. Work up an | | | | ($8 when accompanied by a meal). |
| appetite with a stroll along the seawall or a tour of | | | | Best Asian: Guu (838 Thurlow St) is not for the |
| Granville Island before ordering a salmon tacone, | | | | faint-of-heart. A Japanese BBQ chain serving up |
| beer-battered halibut and chips, or any of the daily | | | | unique cooked small plates (or tapas) to Japanese |
| specials. Take your fare to a sea-side bench with | | | | exchange students and locals in the know. This is not |
| views of Granville Island and the mountains. This is a | | | | the place to go for generic yakisoba or California rolls, |
| fair-weather summertime treat as there is no indoor | | | | but a great, loud place to try something new. |
| seating. | | | | Wherever you choose to dine, be sure to choose |
| Best Gourmet Indian: Rangoli (1488 w. 11th ave) is | | | | something a little different. Vancouver has some of |
| the sister shop to Vij's, a well-known Vancouver | | | | the best restaurants in the world, in every type of |
| restaurant often featured in international guidebooks, | | | | cuisine you can imagine. |
| magazines, and TV shows. Vij's food is superb, but | | | | |