Street Food

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Originally Posted by jlousa

That said I can't beleive people are stating the rest of the food scene in Vancouver in Bleh. Keep away from the chains and you should fair pretty well in this city.

I avoid the chains like the plague unless it is unavoidable, but I also think that stuff that is not bad is way over priced for what you actually are getting and most definitely there are a few gems out there.

Originally Posted by WarrenC12

Have you been elsewhere in North American for sushi? It's hard to find, more expensive, and lower quality.

I find the overall quality at most of the sushi joints in town to be average at best, nothing outstanding. There are a few good spots. I think octopus garden is not bad. I have never been to Tojo and don't think I will ever go there. Tojo charges DOUBLE or more what Morimoto charges for rolls in NYC, i'm sorry that is ridiculous. Even sushi yasuda in NYC is considerably cheaper, or Soto which has TWO MICHELIN STARS!!!!. In North America I found the Sushi in SFO, Chicago and New York to be superior, more expensive than most places here for good quality but nothing more than an evening at cactus or earls. Vancouver doesn't have a middle ground really in this department. You have all the little places (which there are a few that aren't bad and primarily those are the ones owned by people of Japanese origin) that are pretty cheap and then you have Tojo which is a ripoff IMO. We have lots of quantity when it comes to sushi and very little quality.