Tag Archives: soup

Loafe Cafe

Loafe Café Menu, Reviews, Photos, Location and Info - ZomatoMy friend and I were attending free lectures at UBC, celebrating their centennial year. For lunch, we went to Loafe Cafe which was conveniently located in the same building as the lecture hall. It’s a modern, slick cafe with a touch of hipsterish feel from the blackboard/chalk menu.

idearabbit_loafe_ubc1 idearabbit_loafe_ubc3I had a bowl of soup $4.95 and a side order of salad $4.95 of Coconut Quinoa. I wasn’t expecting such a large portion, so my friend and I were quite surprised. The quinoa salad had a hint of sweetness from the coconut, but a refreshing zesty flavour from the squeezed lime. It was so delcious. I loved it. Felt healthy too.

idearabbit_loafe_ubc4 idearabbit_loafe_ubc6The soup was nice and hot of tomato. There weren’t much chunks of ingredients in it, but I didn’t mind. It was also good.

idearabbit_loafe_ubc8 idearabbit_loafe_ubc7My friend had the Smashed Avo Toast $7.95 with avocado, garlic oil, alfalfa sprouts, cranberry, all on top of walnut loaves. It was beautifully presented, and also looked healthy too. Though she couldn’t resist the loaf breads, and she had a slice.

idearabbit_loafe_ubc5

Service was satisfactory. The food was great. Prices are fair. I wished we had these kinds of cafes when I went to university! (not UBC)

Taste: carrotcarrotcarrotcarrot    Price for Value: carrotcarrotcarrot

Atmosphere:  carrotcarrotcarrotcarrot   Service:  carrotcarrotcarrot
Location: carrotcarrotcarrot

Burgoo on Main

Burgoo on UrbanspoonAfter my guitar lessons through VSB, I met up with Sheepie for dinner at Burgoo on Main. I had been to the one in North Van, so it wasn’t the first time going to a Burgoo, but first time to the one on Main. Like the one in North Van, it was packed and busy, even at 9:30pm on a weeknight. It was loud, hip, grungy and mostly filled with young 20s to late 30s. Sheepie wasn’t fond of the noise level as he is super sensitive to sound. He wasn’t really into the grungy, rustic look either. It’s just not his thing :P .

I walked in and waited. Nobody came to greet me for a while until a friendly young guy came up and asked if I had been helped. When I said no, he apologized for the wait.

Our server on the other hand was a cold girl, though we did get our orders taken and food brought as expected. She was also a bit rough with refilling our cups with water, almost spilling on our phones on the table.

idearabbit-burgoo-main idearabbit-burgoo-main2

We ordered the After School Special $16.50 which allows you to pick a sandwich and soup of your choice. We chose the Tastiest Chicken sandwich $15 (roasted free run chicken, bacon, Brie and diced apple with onion jam and Dijon mayonnaise, served open faced on toasted house baguette) and Sunset Corn and Chicken soup $8.50 (corn, free run chicken and light cream spiked with Chipotle and cumin, finished with crema fresca and cilantro).

idearabbit-burgoo-main3Tastiest Chicken sandwich $15 and Sunset Corn and Chicken soup $8.50 idearabbit-burgoo-main4 idearabbit-burgoo-main5
The soup was whole hearty, flavourful and filling. Very yummy! The sandwich was pretty big and although tasted really good, it was a bit difficult to eat. The crust was super hard to cut even with the knife that was provided. It had way too much mayo for my liking. The $3 flatbread was nothing special.

Overall, the dining experience was ok. Service wasn’t all that great, but the food was quite tasty. I suggest getting the combo deals. If you’re into hipster-ish places, you’ll enjoy the atmosphere and their comfort food.

 Taste: carrotcarrotcarrot    Price for Value: carrotcarrotcarrot

Atmosphere:  carrotcarrotcarrot   Service:  carrotcarrot
Location: carrotcarrotcarrot

Roasty Jack

Roasty Jack on Urbanspoon
Located in Brentwood Mall food court, another fast food chain that survives because of the business workers that all storm to the mall during lunch hour. Their main dish or ingredient is the turkey.

I’ve only had the their hearty turkey soup $ 3.99 (small) and potatoes with gravy. (gravy alone is $0.60). It’s run by Chinese whom my friend says they don’t know how to cook the turkey properly.

When I went to order my soup that day, the guy at the cashier was crouched below the counter eating his meal. It didn’t seem professional, nor appetizing. The lady that helped me couldn’t find the ladle and just grabs one from the open window to the kitchen. It was used. I hope it was used to cook the soup. I hope it was recent. I hope it’s not dirty. Gross.

Well, all I can say, is that the soup was pretty salty, but good. Lots of turkey chunks, and went well with my Greek rice. Also, I didn’t have any bad stomachs afterwards.

idearabbit-roastjack

idearabbit-roastjack2

 Taste:      Price for Value:

Atmosphere:      Service:
Location: