Beyond the Rhetoric

Would you say that you have a wireless mobile cellular phone? Would you say that a car audio sound system? No, of course not, because both of those terms would be redundant. Why is it, then, that many people still have the habit of asking for a cup of chai tea? In Hindi (and possibly [...]

There are a lot of great Japanese restaurants in Vancouver where you don’t have to spend an arm and a leg. You can go to Sushi Nanaimo, for example, or you can even head out to the suburbs to a place like Sushi California. They may try to be a little creative with some specialty [...]

Unofficially, there is a stretch of North Road, mostly just south of Lougheed Highway, that can be considered the “Korea Town” of Metro Vancouver. Right along this border between Burnaby and Coquitlam are a number of Korean restaurants, bakeries, and supermarkets. It is here that you’ll find the Korean BBQ of Insadong, the hot pots [...]

The Bourne Legacy (2012) What do you get when you want to continue a franchise, but your main actor (and main character) are off limits and you start off with a new main character that isn’t even in the source material? It’s under these somewhat strange circumstances that The Bourne Legacy came into being. Despite [...]

Earlier this summer, the Dot Com Pho crew made our way over to Japolo Sushi on North Road, near Lougheed Town Centre. It was there that we tried the “sushi burger,” among other dishes. Just down the street from there happens to be another Japanese restaurant that Susanne thought was worth checking out and it’s [...]