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Waves on Lonsdale

This location seems to be quite empty, though in the summer time, you can see a few indoors and the rest sitting out on their patio. This summer, I have fallen in love with their Rooibos Frappe $3.95 with whip cream!!! Yay! No caffeine! Not overly sweet either. Just love it! The staff are pretty friendly here and the place is pretty clean. Close to the Lonsdale Quay, great to relax and chitchat with friends after some shopping or nice walk around the charming neighbourhood.

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Aoyama Cafe – CLOSED

*This restaurant has since closed.

Aoyama Cafe is located on the first floor of Aberdeen Mall in Richmond. It’s a modern, clean and slick restaurant. I have been here twice and both times, it has been pretty bare on a weekend night.

Most of the dishes are Japanese cuisine. The staff were friendly and helpful. We ordered:

Beef Hayashi Curry Rice $11.95 - a bit weak. Needed a little more punch in flavour.

Seafood Rice Pizza $9.50 – interesting new dish! The pizza is made from compressed sticky rice. Crispy on the outside, with cheese and seafood on top. I like!

Coffee Frappe: $4.95: really bland and weak. A disappointment…:( Way too expensive for what it’s worth…more like $1.50 I’d rather get a Tim Horton’s Ice Cap…

I feel it’s a bit pricey for a restaurant in Richmond, especially for the quality…I’d like to go back again, but wont be ordering the Hayashi or Frappe again.