Food Daddy Persian Cuisine at Thank Granville It's Food trucks (TGIF)

The South Granville Business Improvement Association (SGBIA) organized Thank Granville It's Food Trucks (TGIF). Every Friday and Saturday from 11 in the morning until 8 in the evening from June through Labour Day, there will be a rotating lineup of food trucks located along West 10th Avenue at Fir Street in front of the Vancouver School Board building.

Happy Saturday! I am going to let you in on a little secret. I started dieting again, and do you have any idea how hard it is to diet when you love good, delicious food? That's why the number of posts has slowed down this August because preparing meals at home would allow me to control portions and ingredients.

That said, it's my goal to try as many food trucks as I could that's part of TGIF. Yesterday, they announced on Instagram that a new food truck is going to be participating today. Hence, we had lunch from Food Daddy Persian Cuisine.

Food Daddy Persian Cuisine

We ordered Food Daddy Plate, which means we get to try all meat on top of fluffy, soft, perfectly cooked rice and a Falafel Plate.

Food Daddy Plate

Hubby and I shared the Food Daddy Plate. The portions are perfect for sharing. If I wasn't on a diet, I would eat the Food Daddy Plate all by myself, even though there's a lot of it. 😂 I highly recommend the beef out of all the three meat, but they're all delicious.

Falafel Plate

The Falafel is a bit dry but perfect with rice. I weighed everything, and the most surprising thing is there's half a kilogram of white rice in the Food Daddy Plate. It's essentially close to two cups of rice, and on a normal day, we only eat a half cup of rice.

Overall, the food is delicious.

We went to TGIF last night too, but it was at 7:00 PM, and Cazba already left. 😞 Oh well, it was good for the diet, though, since we end up having oatmeal and banana for dinner instead.

Dinner with former colleagues at The Wicklow

It's been 2 years, 5 months, and 5 days since I last saw my former colleagues in the office because we started working from home at the start of the pandemic. We had dinner today because one of them is also leaving the company.

As an immigrant, my first friends in Canada are my former colleagues turned friends and I couldn't be happier to see them again after more than two years and catch up.

For dinner, I had my absolute favourite from The Wicklow Pub: Yorkshire Pudding Bowl. It's so delicious. I am already planning on when to come back with hubby to try their other items.

Yorkshire Pudding Bowl
Certified roast angus beef, house gravy, garlic mash potatoes, and horseradish aioli

Before dinner view at around 5:30 PM

After dinner view of the sunset at around 8:30 PM

I can't wait to plan a reunion with them around Christmas time.

Lunch at Japadog

Happy Saturday! Hubby and I went shopping today at McArthurGlen Designer Outlet Vancouver Airport, then for lunch, we decided to enjoy a meal at Japadog.

We ordered two Japadog.

Ebi Tempura

Shrimp tempura, seasoned rice, and seaweed

It's so unusual to see rice between hotdog buns. The only reason we ordered this is because we're going through their menu and this is the next one on the list.

Love Meat Japadog

Arabiki pork, torched cheese, special meat sauce (beef) 

The Love Meat Japadog is perfect for those who wants a more familiar American hotdog. It's not as "out of this world" like other flavours.

Plain Takoyaki
Japanese octopus dumplings

Butter & Shoyu (Soy Sauce) Shaked Fries

The takoyaki and fries is pretty standard. If you crave for takoyaki or fries, this will hit the spot.

Omatcha Parfait

We ended our delicious meal with Omatcha Parfait. It has green tea ice cream, red beans paste, Japanese mochi, corn flakes, vanilla ice cream, and Japanese matcha jelly. It's perfect after walking around the outlet mall during a hot summer day, just like today.

For future me, here's a list of Japadog based on the menu in the McArthurGlen location with a link to which ones you've tried.

1. Kurobuta Terimayo
2. Okonomi
3. Oroshi
4. Love Meat (today)
5. Spicy Cheese Terimayo
6. Yakisoba
7. Ebi Tempura (today)
8. Tonkatsu
9. Hot Spicy
10. Yakiniku Rice
11. Croquiette
12. Karaage
13. Wagyu Terimayo
14. Avocado
15. Cilantro

• Goma Miso Turkey Hotdog (not in the McArthurGlen menu)

Lunch at RedBeef Noodle Kitchen

Once a quarter, hubby and I do a Costco grocery run with my parent's membership card. We usually buy hand soap, paper towels, toilet paper, tissue boxes, detergents, and other things that usually don't expire quickly.

After the trip, we treat them to lunch as our way of saying thank you. My dad loves Redbeef Noodle Kitchen, and we do too. So hence, we had lunch here today.

Redbeef is my second favourite restaurant in Vancouver, right after Suika. I also have a dish that I consistently order: Chicken Cutlet Rice and Salt & Pepper Popcorn Chicken. 

Steamed Pork Soup Dumplings

I prefer the ones from Lin Chinese Cuisine in West Broadway.

Fried Spareribs with Rice

Well-seasoned and tender. I enjoyed the pieces hubby shared with me.

Malay Sponge Cake - if you want not sweet and extremely soft sponge cake, this is it!

Chicken Cutlet Rice

Salt & Pepper Popcorn Chicken

I will always get the chicken cutlet rice and salt & pepper popcorn chicken - so good! Happy Saturday!

Mama's Fish and Chips at Thank Granville It's Food trucks (TGIF)

The South Granville Business Improvement Association (SGBIA) organized Thank Granville It's Food Trucks (TGIF). Every Friday and Saturday from 11 in the morning until 8 in the evening from June through Labour Day, there will be a rotating lineup of food trucks located along West 10th Avenue at Fir Street in front of the Vancouver School Board building.

After breakfast from Crack On, we decided to take a 30-minute walk and grab two items from Mama's Fish and Chips: 2-pc fish and chips and a fresh wild salmon burger and yam fries. Then, we brought it home to enjoy while watching our Korean drama for the week: Hotel de Luna.

Two pieces of fish and chips

Fresh Wild Salmon Burger and Yam Fries

The batter they have for the fish looks like what you will use for fried chicken. It looks different than the usual beer batter. However, I would order the Fresh Wild Salmon Burger again, or maybe I'll try their prawns next time.

This meal made me miss Go Fish.

Crack On at Thank Granville It's Food trucks (TGIF)

The South Granville Business Improvement Association (SGBIA) organized Thank Granville It's Food Trucks (TGIF). Every Friday and Saturday from 11 in the morning until 8 in the evening from June through Labour Day, there will be a rotating lineup of food trucks located along West 10th Avenue at Fir Street in front of the Vancouver School Board building.

It's a long weekend! We started our Saturday morning by waking up way later than usual, and we headed to West 10th Avenue and Fir Street for breakfast sandwiches from Crack On.

Top sandwich: Crack Sandwich (Two Rivers Maple Sausage, Havarti, candied jalapeno, tomato relish, lemon, garlic and thyme aioli)
Bottom sandwich: Take It Easy (One Arrow Thick Cut Bacon, cheddar, bacon jam, candied jalapeno, and tomato relish)

Crack On Food Truck

The service was friendly, and the food was good. I love the candied jalapeno - sweet and spicy, so good. The thick-cut bacon on my sandwich is huge, and it was a couple slab which made me happy.  I also got fresh orange juice while hubby order Agro drip coffee.

Overall, it's worth it waking up to Crack On.