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