Hungry Girl’s Guide: Japadog with Shaked Fries

It was a longer than long day today! The kind that makes you crave comfort food but it has to be fast though because you still have to get back at it. Yes the glamorous life of an entrepreneur. I knew good ol’ hot dog and some fries will lift my spirit – grease and carbohydrates together tend to do that for me. Although today, I needed a different on my comfort food just to kick it up a notch or maybe confuses me a bit to distract me from my stress.

Japadog Sitdown Place - Vancouver

Thank goodness for Vancouver and its eclectic variety of fusion food. I remembered Japadog is now open near Waterfront, literally 2 blocks from the office BUT I also wanted fries so I settled on walking 6-7 blocks down to Robson and Seymour to the sit down place. That’s right, Japadog also does fries and dessert too! I took a few pictures of the menu of the Japadog variety but also their Shaked Fries.

Japadog Sitdown Place - Exterior

Japadog Sitdown Place - Menu

Japadog Sitdown Place - Shaked Fries

Japadog Sitdown Place - Butter & Shoyu Shaked Fries

Butter & Shoyu Shaked Fries was very interesting, it had a really strong butter taste but yet you can still taste the Shoyu – which is a Japanese soy sauce. It was definitely an experience, you have to try it because there is no way for me to describe what it is like.

Japadog Sitdown Place - Love Meat

The main feature – Love Meat Japadog was amazing! Imagine a generous heaping of spaghetti meat sauce on your hot dog and then three kind of cheese melted on top. It was deeelicious and you bet I am coming back for more!

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Hungry Girl’s Guide: Roaming Dragon Truck

Roaming Dragon is or will be, if City Hall’s mobile food truck pilot program goes through this month, the first restaurant quality food on the streets, according to the buzz in Vancouver. I am intrigued by the buzz, we have had Japadog for a long time now and their food is definitely restaurant quality if not better than some of the restaurants I have eaten in, in terms of innovation and creativity. I was on my way to Richmond Night Market so it was a great time to seek out the Roaming Dragon truck and sample its creation.

Roaming Dragon - Truck

Roaming Dragon - Truck

Roaming Dragon - Examples of dishes

Roaming Dragon truck is a pretty majestic looking truck, reminds me of a high-end modified adult ice cream truck. Instead of dishing out ice cream it was delicately prepared pan-Asian food by really well-dressed staff. The menu looks really interesting, the description of the food made my mouth water and the pricing well, it’s not Richmond Night Market pricing that I am used to. To be fair, if the truck was downtown then it is priced competitively but because it was Richmond Night Market where standard is $2.50 fish balls, it looks a bit too pricey against its surrounding neighbours.

Roaming Dragon - Menu

We ordered Korean short rib tacos and Asian duck confit salad with Lychee & Basil Lemonade. The food came out 5 minutes after we ordered. For the price, I appreciate the fine ingredients used in the food and the care it took to prepare the food. It was definitely fusion food, borrowing the best of different cultures to incorporate into one dish. The food was innovative, it took some risks and I appreciated it.

Roaming Dragon - Duck Confit Salad

Roaming Dragon - Korean short rib tacos

Roaming Dragon - Lychee + Basil Lemonade

Follow Roaming Dragon (@dragontruck) on twitter to find out where the truck will be next.

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