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Steve Burgess

A Short Course On Our City’s Incredible Variety of Japanese Cuisine

In a city with the greatest variety of Japanese food outside of Japan, we separate the hamachi from the chawanmushi to offer a delicious adventure beyond California rolls. Yosh!

By published Sep 2, 2012

Five Amazing Sushi Rolls to Check Out

The house roll has evolved into a signature showcase for sushi restaurants (despite their rather un-Japanese propensity for excess). Here are a few inventive sushi rolls to look out for (from top to bottom):

By published Sep 1, 2012

Seven Unexpected Ways to Enjoy Japanese Shiso Leaves

This aromatic mint is so ubiquitous in Japan that it has its own Pepsi flavour, but its true place is in the kitchen, where green (and sometimes red) leaves have a way of turning up in unexpected dishes (and cocktails)

By published Sep 1, 2012

The Tattoo Removal Business

Your Khao San Road-acquired tattoo isn't looking as cool as it did at that Full Moon Party; now what? A Vancouver ear, nose, and throat doctor has turned a quarter of his clinic workload into the business of removing people's inky regrets.

By published Feb 2, 2012

Hangover Cures

What we need for this post-Olympics winter is a good old-fashioned crisis.

By published Nov 30, 2010