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The open section of Kingyo's kitchen. |
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Specials menu at Kingyo. |
Thanks to being Canada's Pacific Gateway, Vancouver has strong Asian communities and a dining scene that matches. Japanese cuisine is no exception, and unlike in Toronto, izakayas have been established in Vancouver for a longer period of time. I definitely enjoyed my
first izakaya experience, and I was hoping my experience in Vancouver would be just as well. I knew from my parents' and sister's prior experience last year that the place we wanted to go was more subtle, but it was in the end for my parents' benefit as it was less raucous than most izakayas would typically be. Kingyo, Japanese for "goldfish", is located in one of several dining hubs, Denman Street in Vancouver's West Side, and there are actually several izakayas on Denman. Unlike Guu in Toronto, reservations are allowed at Kingyo and highly recommended; I fortunately did manage to reserve the last available table of the evening.