Gyo-O is an unique Japanese restaurant located in Richmond. I say that because of the interior decoration and the specialty items on the menu. We decided to visit Gyo-O on a weekday after work. The restaurant seemed a bit empty around 6:30pm but it quickly filled up as the night went on. By the time we were leaving, the restaurant was jammed packed and there were people waiting at the door.
What a find this Japanese restaurant was! I suggested to my friends that we go to Steveston, but didn’t really have a restaurant in mind. On the way there, a couple ideas were shot down because things were closed on Monday. Luckily, we found Ichiro.
Ninkazu is our friend’s favourite place for AYCE sushi. He told us about it a long time ago, but it took us a while to want AYCE sushi, and a while to make it out to this area. Ninkazu is also owned by the same group that owns Tomakazu on Broadway. We went on a Friday night and it was very busy and packed with people waiting for the late night menu. They weren’t very organized at the front as people were putting their names down, so we were placed lower on the list and had to wait until past 10pm to be seated.
I am on this awesome roll with finding authentic Japanese restaurants. After Tokyo Thyme and Kishimoto, my new favorite Japanese spot in Richmond is now Kiriri Japanese Cuisine.
First time I visited, I went for lunch with my sister. I ordered their chef’s lunch special at $24. The lunch set came with 10 components including the so very awesome black sesame creme brûlée dessert. This was definitely worth the price if you feel like spoiling yourself.
Me and some friends decided to go to Richmond for some random izakaya. Our first choice, Manzo on Alexandra was closed, we already been to Nan Chuu, so we kept driving down, and my friend spotted Koto Izakaya (Sushi & Robata). We went in, and looked at the menu, it wasn’t very izakaya-ish at least what I’m used to. It was more of a mix of sushi and robata as those sections were larger than the menu items I’d typically see in the more popular izakayas.
I usually stay away from Richmond’s “food-street” aka Alexandra Road because all I remember is that it’s very busy and hard to find parking around that area. This past week I went, and there was actually no one there. Kind of shocked me, but maybe I was only used to going there on weekend nights. I’ll have to go during weekdays more often, because theres a bunch of places there that I want to eat at. I finally got my chance to try out Nan Chuu, which is owned by the same people that brought us Gyoza King and G-Men Ramen (both really good restaurants as well).
I’ll admit that I’m not much of a ramen lover. I usually find it way to salty for my liking. I’ve only had ramen a couple times at a couple of the Benkei locations, and it was only okay. I don’t know if I’ve ever craved ramen. G-men Ramen is run by the people who also do Gyoza King on Robson (which I also really need to try). The tables were all busy at dinner time so we sat at the front counter.
I’ve been hearing about these mobile trucks that sells Japanese food in Richmond, so on a fairly nice day, my friends and I went on a hunt for these mobile trucks. I say hunt, because it was really quite a journey for us to find them.
There are two Manzo Japanese Restaurants in Richmond. One on “Food Street” aka Alexandra Rd, and the other on Garden City and Capstan. Today, I went to the one on Capstan which Urban Spoon lists as an Itamae (the other is Izakaya). Can someone tell me what the difference is?
Torarenbo had been one of the couple places I go get sushi in Richmond for the past year or so. The food in there are pretty good, and you can find a couple items on their menu that are usually not available in other Japanese restaurants.
