15 Cuisines to Try in Vancouver

"A brother-and-sister team has crafted a clean, cool space with midcentury modern furnishings and a blue neon sign salvaged from their parents’ restaurant that occupied this spot for more than thirty years, now welcoming a new generation to this Bib Gourmand charmer. The menu is a love letter to Vietnam—gỏi bắp chuối cua lột (a salad of chopped softshell crab piled atop banana blossom) bursts with flavor; chạo tôm bánh hỏi is prepared in classic fashion with grilled prawn mousse and fresh herbs; and there is pho, of course, before a changing dessert lineup where the house-made coffee mousse is a standout." - Michael He