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Listen to the Mewsic of the night (and day)
Decades ago, when I first went backpacking through China, I visited a “foreigners’ hotel”. I had tired of munching on rice, dumplings and garlic mixed veggies. There were no such things as fast food restaurants, and I wanted a burger or something. It was next to Xiwu (West Lake) in Hangzhou. A drab beige building that ...
Good bye to roof top urban farm in Chinatown
The following article, reposted with permission from CityCaucus.com : Cancelled urban farm project bred bad relations in Chinatown 6 May 2010 Post by Mike Klassen The rooftop of 211 East Georgia in Chinatown ain’t the DTES – and won’t house a garden A cover story in the Vancouver Courier a few weeks back by respected writer Sandra Thomas announced ...
Fortune Cookies… born in the U.S.A. (and Canada)
Foo’s Ho Ho is still one of few Chinese restaurants in Vancouver and its metro region that still offers fortune cookies as the last course of the meal. Years back, all the old Chinese food eateries offered the fortune cookie as part of the dining experience. Something novel, especially for the “Lo fans” (ie. Gweilo)… the ...
1849: first Chinese restaurant in America
Macao and Woosung, founded by Chinese immigrant Norman Asing in 1849 is the first recorded Chinese restaurant in the U.S. Where was the first Chinese buffet served & when? “Chinese” food first stalked American appetites around the time of the San Francisco Gold Rush when, according to the Smithsonian Institution, the first recorded Chinese restaurant on U.S. ...
Authentic village food relives at Foo’s Ho Ho
Foo’s Ho Ho Restaurant is a landmark in Vancouver Chinatown… and open again! by Jim Wong-Chu Where can you get good old village -style Cantonese food in historical Vancouver Chinatown? Today, there are many styles of Chinese food from Hong Kong, Beijing, Hunan, Shanghai, even Vietnamese, Cambodian, Korean and Japanese. The new immigrants that speak mandarin now out-number ...
celebrating life at Foo’s Ho Ho
A few months back, it seemed that a last surviving piece of Vancouver history was gone forever. Here is our earlier story on it, “end of an Era“ The landmark restaurant known as “Foo’s Ho Ho”, was on it’s last legs. The proprietor, James Sam, had passed away. However, friends of Sam’s restaurant wanted to save this last ...
2010 Olympics, Chinese New Year 4707… and 2 iceholes!
With all this gorgeous weather we’ve had of late, the UGLY Chinese Canadian thought he’d rub it in… and share some interesting photos taken over this past week. Here are some photos, brag photos of why Vancouver is such an interesting place: Chinatown and 2010, the Year of the Tiger In the Chinese lunar calendar, it is the ...
Vancouver’s Chinatown: insider’s guide- Part I
Many are familiar with Vancouver’s historic Chinatown – as one of North America’s oldest Chinatowns. It is a living museum of many city blocks, and should be at the top of every tourist’s destination list. With so many new visitors to our city for the 2010 Winter Olympics, our blog, the UGLY Chinese Canadian will attempt to ...
Foo’s Ho Ho is Back
Our thanks to our old bud, Larry Wong, for the following piece. We wish we could have joined in the big dining soirée a few weeks back … but alas, the UGLY Chinese Canadian was out of town. Foo’s Ho Ho is Back By Larry Wong For many years, the executive and directors of the museum meet every second ...
End of an Era
The Ho Ho restaurant. Located at the corner of Vancouver’s Columbia and East Pender Street resides one of North America’s oldest restaurants, and the only one remaining that still serves authentic and original “village” styled Cantonese cuisine. But it’s era is coming to an end. At one time, the Ho Ho graced one of the city’s most familiar ...
Does Chinese food suck in America?
At a Board meeting the other week, a fellow Director mentioned the importance of Food. “Food. We’ve got to make food as one of the celebration items for the event…” He was right. Food is how many cultures share joy during celebratory events. So, check out this “Stirring the Pot” discussion from last January (2008), where our American ...
Go bananas… in a fair way
I love bananas. Afterall, it is the official fruit of this Blog. And even better, some of our global citizens are making an effort for fair trade products awareness. More banana power to them, and let’s all join in the effort of fair trade. This from the BBC News site: Thousands in ‘go bananas’ pledge Hundreds of thousands of people ...
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