r/richmondbc • u/ill_diddy • 3d ago
Discussion Missing a place that no longer exist
Sorry. Just feeling nostalgic. Used to come here alot with a relative that passed away some time ago. Remember when you can order a chicken teri don for $7. The crew was great. Chinese owned but the sushi chef at the bar was Japanese had great memory of remembering customers names.
Went to sushi lovers on same area last night and it was ok. Just reminded me what this whole area used to look like. That great one supermarket next door was packed all the time.
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u/Little_Machinez 3d ago
Another place I miss is Bob's Sub. Me and my friends used to go there all the time in high school for cheap as hell food after school.
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u/pilotharrison 3d ago
Yes! The owners were always so nice.
I went to high school in Vancouver but had some friends that we all lived along #2, we'd go home together but every time we missed the Canada Line to 402 connection (back when the stop was on Cook by the Staples) we'd stop in at Bob's.
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u/jobin_segan 3d ago
Is Bob’s the one that was just beside the staples? The entrance was just hidden from view due to a little sheltered area right?
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u/pilotharrison 3d ago
Yea Bob's was facing the the parking lot and was next to that sheltered pathway
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u/pilotharrison 3d ago
Man I haven't been on Park Rd in years especially since I live in Toronto now, but I went to this strip mall many times growing up. Doesn't help that Park is now all bland condos so no point to swing by every time I'm back.
My mom and I used to go to Happy Day Cafe (they're at Walmart now) every Saturday morning. One of my elementary school classmates' mom used to work at Great One...
The Szechuan restaurant in this mall was really good too and a few times I've been to the noodle/congee place...
I've never been to Toraenbo though, they always had their kitchen back door open to Buswell and the grease smell gave me an ick...
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u/ill_diddy 3d ago
Happy Day is great too. Love their beef brisket on rice. I only went few times when they were on park road but love the Walmart location.
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u/pilotharrison 3d ago
I'm married to Mui Garden's curry beef brisket on rice and I would never cheat on it lol.
Salted fish and chicken fried rice is my usual go to at Happy Day, and they don't skimp out on the salted fish
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u/ill_diddy 3d ago
yoo mui garden is the bomb. yes to their curry beef brisket. That sauce is something else. Its so good and soo rich, i usually have one to go so i can eat it with more rice at home
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u/pilotharrison 3d ago
Yeah I'll get it in the afternoon tea set and get an extra bowl of rice with it. Love Mui Garden, it's on my must stop by list every single time I'm back in BC.
I think they have an East Van location on Victoria (?) but the Minoru one is the OG and tastes better there.
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u/BeyondTheVault 3d ago edited 3d ago
We frequently visited that mall when I was a kid. The grocery shop, the original Kam Ho fam restaurant, the congee place, happy date, good times.
And that video rental place
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u/boipinoi604 3d ago
Just going to butt in... Tai Hing Congee House in the same block for affordable congee combo
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u/acergum 3d ago
They were cheap and good but then they raised prices and decreased portion size. But they were really good back in the day. Full congee breakfast for $5.
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u/boipinoi604 3d ago
Alternatively, Bobs sandwich around the same price for quick and greasy breakfast
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u/verifqueen 3d ago
Loved that place and (not much) their original sticky carpet.
Tai Hing was my family’s goto breakfast place. I am so welled up now missing my parents and their favorite orders.
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u/jwongathon 3d ago
i think the successor of this place is Ajishou which also recently closed at Central at Garden City
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u/TheBarcaShow 3d ago
Random question but similar vein of question. There used to be an ayce hot pot place either on park or cook that I enjoyed but can't remember the name. I remember it was on an upper floor and not ground level. Does anyone remember the name?
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u/Caspartius 3d ago
You might be thinking of the original Ninkazu? It was on Browngate and Hazelbridge, upper floor. Goated ayce place, now merged with Richmond Sushi and quality plummeted.
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u/TheBarcaShow 3d ago
Nope, not ninkazu, I do remember that place. And Richmond Sushi, it was a place that did hot pot
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u/Lanky_Bag_2096 2d ago
I don't know if anyone remember before this place it used to be a pho place, great pho. Unfortunately closed down in the 2000s
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u/Initialyee 2d ago
It's was my friends pho restaurant....I believe it was called Saigon Star.... One of the only pho places without a number attached to the name.
On a side quest. If anyone can explain why so many pho places contain numbers....that would be great!
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u/Lanky_Bag_2096 2d ago edited 2d ago
Omg you know Wah Gor??? How is he doing? we used to go there all the time 🥺 we go there soon sooo sooo often, we chatted all the time. I missed them and I believe there was a lady there too, they were such the nicest people, I still remember my fav pho there is, quail egg pho there. Please tell them I remembered them and I said hello. Wishing them the best 🙏🏻
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u/Initialyee 2d ago
Haven't been in touch for a while. I wish I could tell you how they're doing. I remember them talking about how their noodles were freshly made.
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u/No_Donkey_4710 3d ago
Used to go there all the time growing up. Staff were so friendly and welcoming. Always think of this place when I go out for cheap sushi 😂
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u/Xbomdaranox 3d ago
Grew up going to Great1Supermarket and Torarenbo. Heard from the servers there that the owners opened Ajishou at the Walmart mall when this strip mall was getting demo'd.
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u/ill_diddy 3d ago
What seriously? I never got a chance to check Ajishou. They closed down earlier this year.
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u/Xbomdaranox 3d ago
I would say they pivoted to a slightly higher class of sushi. Toranenbo was more family style and I used to go every week or every other week. Ajishou was never busy and as the prices continued to creep up I figured they were on the way out.
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u/ill_diddy 3d ago
Yes, i remember looking inside Ajishou and was like this is too posh for me but had no idea it was same owners. I figured They have too many competition at that Walmart area. Off topic but Nandos there is the best in terms of vibe and atmosphere of all Nandos
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u/FrequentMinute1197 3d ago
I remember there being a meat store and grocery store that my family would go to when I was young. Tom Lee used to be at the front where I had piano lessons. Honestly missing old Richmond with the original layout of RC too.
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u/JauntyGiraffe 3d ago edited 3d ago
great place. My friends and I loved this restaurant. The supermarket is also a classic. One of the OG Chinese grocery in town before all the T&T, 88s and 2000s were in town
this mall is was Richmond as it gets. I miss the Richmond that was
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u/barbrawr 3d ago
Man Torarenbo was sooo good back then! The new place Ajishou is a definite step down unfortunately
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u/cravingnoodles 3d ago
There used to be a AYCE sushi place across from lansdowne. It was in a small plaza which got torn down and replaced with a condo building on Cooney road. Gosh, i wish I remembered the name...
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u/guitar_pic 3d ago
Man.....before that, it was a Taiwanese restaurant there. I used to go and eat $4 meatsauce on rice during my breaktime.
Miss Happy Date as well when they had their $3.99 afternoon menu specials.
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u/nameless_me 3d ago
Wasn't this on the corner of the original cantonese place Happy Date? Fantastic memories of the late 1980s here.
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u/ReallySpeakingFacts 2d ago
Missing bobs and newtown in Richmond…also missing the fried chicken they had in happy day 😭
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u/LarryLeLamJam 3d ago
I miss that complex, I used to go to that Happy Date all the time with my fam and that old guy would always sit by the bathroom. There was that small hole in the hole, I forget the name, had the best xiao long bao…
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u/benz05tsx 3d ago
Funny thing is, I grew up here and never went to that restaurant before. Maybe because it looked expensive. My friends and I just go to Richmond Sushi instead, or koto or Matsuyama back then.
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u/Edjes 3d ago
Ahh, back when Happy Day was good and cheap.