A fresh Sunday could start from a fresh brunch at 35th Street Bistro.

Knowing that Fremont is always a good neighborhood to explore, I picked 35th Street Bistro, attracted by its intensive menu and positive reviews.

Being a French bistro, it’s very reasonably priced with good portion. So no worries about leaving hungry:)

An insider tip is that all the entrees either come or could substitute with fresh salad, which is only slighted dressed with olive oil. So be sure to ask for fresh salad or fruits, it will delight your whole day!

Kozue is a good Japanese spot in Wallingford area. Whenever thinking of Japanese cuisine, I either associate it with old-style like Kiku or modern-style like Ginza. The other two in the neighborhood just look off—Rain sounds too modern, while Musashi was too casual, more like a teriyaki place, besides not neat enough for dine-in.

At Kozue, food is homey and price is reasonable. It’s hard to get prompt seat since the space is so limited, but they will always accommodate you as soon as they can. Once seated, tea is always filled up and order is fast taken.

So if u a up to Wallingford and Japanese food, come kozue only, it wont disappoint you.

I never tried Caribbean before, so I accepted this cool idea soon after my friend made this proposal.

Located off the corner in vine and western, it’s very easy to find and park. It looks small from outside, but has quite a lot of space inside. The table was slightly dimmed and decoration was warm and hospitable.

Food was spiced up with some chilly pepper, much stronger than I imagined. Not sure from where the Caribbean food was originated, but I had a feeling that they have some Asian and Indian influence. This might help explain why I enjoyed it more than other exotic cuisine. Portion is generous, sharing entrée could be a good choice if want to try more.

The only complain I would have is the noise from bar as getting late. I wish they could have separated the bar area from dinning or maybe played more background music.

LUPA was known for specializing at Italian cuisine in SOHO area of NYC. Obviously, as a metropolitan city, NY deserves to have all the best quality food. While impressed with variety food during my short NYC trip, I still have my favorite – LUPA, in terms of quality, ambience and neighborhood.

Thanks to competition in the neighborhood, LUPA is reasonably priced but no skim at all on quality. I was very pleased with their nice presentation of food and attentive service. Portion might be a little small for dinner but perfect for brunch.

LUPA is a alway popular spot and packed all the time. So, Keep this in mind, always make reservation 2 weeks in advance if decide to go dinner; otherwise, you can only squeeze in brunch or bar table.

My “tempura lover” and “sushi lover” frnds highly recommended Maneki to me, and they come here almost once a week. I see it a big commitment, considering the hassle of parking in Chinatown area.

In kanji, Maneki means “to invite”, so I am kind of curious to find out how this place invites customers in. Not surprisingly, the whole place decors with “Maneki Neko (invitation cat), which stands for luck and asks for business prosperity.

Overall, Maneki feels like a homey restaurant with a lot of sushi choice. Food is not fancy goodlooking and simply tastes like mom’s meal at home. It could be a good choice for authentic Japanese food hunters.

I am so surprised to find this place for its Asian Catch-All menu.

Being a modern Asian cafe, Chinoise has both a sushi bar and spacious table seating.

Chinoise is probably more known for Japanese food from look, but menu tells all: From walnut shrimp, pad Thai, to Vietnamese curry and sushi roll.

Obviously, it’s hard to get authentic Asian food here, but u will be very satisfied with its Asian catch-all food within a single dinner~

We happened to step into this place when walking in downtown vancouver hunting for food. Kitto means “for sure” in Japanese, so we assume that it’s good for sure

Except a sushi bar, there are only a few tables, so it feels like an Izakaya in Japan. Tables are all taken by reservation, so obviously ppl like us came unprepared got to sit in the sushi bar.

Food came very fast, almost rit after we ordered, and the whole dinner only took 40 mins. It’s not quite quality meal but tastes all right; or it might just because we didn’t order sushi roll but only hot food instead.

It’s kind of funny that we didn’t know sushi Chefs are Chinese until we hear them talk in Chinese at the end, which made us wonder—what’s “for sure” here?

Even though i’ve been used to bubble tea in Seattle and Vancouver, Fantasia still surprised me by being more unique and professional, which led me check it out twice in 3-day short stay~

Come gossip for value bubble tea—with $2.75, u get a huge bottle of bubble tea and can drink all day.

Their huge selection is another reason I never get bored coming here.

Their Taiwanese owner and tea tenders are very attentive. They even re-make the tea for me once, just to cater my sweetness tolerance.

My follow-up review for this restaurant. Read my previous review for this restaurant here

Dinner atmosphere is hip, very similar to Joey’s. Come chill out for dinner here if u want to savor trendy dinning experience!