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Pho Japolo Vietnamese Restaurant

Sheepie’s friend suggested going to this place and he was a bit concerned that the restaurant was bare with only one customer. There were a few flies circling in the middle of the restaurant which wasn’t so pleasant to look at but the restaurant overall was kept clean.

I ordered the #8 Rice noodle soup with chicken meat and quail eggs. I ordered the small bowl $8.35. The large would have been $9.45 but the small was pretty decent size – perfect for me! I was happy that the soup wasn’t too salty as some other pho places can be. I was pretty happy with this pho – veggies, chicken, egg, and noddles! The veggies could be cut a little smaller but overall very good.

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Rice noodle soup with chicken meat and quail eggs. Small bowl $8.35

Sheepie ordered something with rice as he hates Pho. It looked pretty delicious. I’m tempted to order it for next time, but if I’m at a Pho restaurant, I must order pho…I love pho…The staff was alright. Nothing extraordinary, but not bad. I would like to return again if it weren’t so far…I would love to try their other location since their rating is significantly higher than this one.

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McDonald’s in Richmond

While lining up to order, I found a coupon flyer and saw a 50% off coupon for their salads $6.99. Yes! I ordered the Grilled Mediterranean Chicken Salad. It’s a good portion and the chicken is really soft and yummy. I only used about an eighth of the salad dressing since the chicken is well seasoned and I like things fresh and not drowning in sauce.

This location is super busy. Some parts are a bit run down, like our booth’s seats were ripped. Be prepared to sit with strangers, as they will come up to your table and sit with you if you’re single at a booth. Although this isn’t unheard of in Japan, or I had it once at a well establish restaurant in France. But it’s not a sit down and relax kind of place. You want to get in, (long line ups too) and get out asap.

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Freeing Canada

I had a Groupon to take 4 people on a discount at $59. 2 others joined at the last minute for the regular admission of $22 per person. These kinds of mystery games are popping up in Vancouver (or rather Richmond to be more specific), and this is the first time that I was going to such an experience. There is plenty of parking space. The staff members were friendly. The place is a bit hard to find, but look for their flag outside which you can see from the road.

We challenged the ‘Black Swan’ mystery. I thought it would be a lot more scary, but it wasn’t. I did enjoy trying to figure out the clues and mysteries – I just love trying to figure out puzzles.

This game is not the one where you go through different rooms to find more clues. This one is where you are locked up in one room with your group to gather as many clues to solve the mystery – in Black Swan – to figure out the murderer. Of course, I wont go on in talking about it cuz that’ll ruin the fun.

Anyways, it was interesting, even though a bit stressful with the clock counting down out 45 minutes to solve the mystery. I would have to say that the regular $22 is way too expensive though. I’m not sure why it’s so expensive. With all of us doing the work, (ok, so the staff needs to set the room up again afterward- but that’s really not that hard, nor time consuming), I’d say $10 is more reasonable.

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