I make it a point to always get some street food whenever I’m travelling, and Vancouver’s signature street food is the Japadog, a hot dog done Japanese-style. Here’s my coworker David smiling in anticipation of a delicious east-meets-west organ-meats-in-casings lunch on Friday:
Part of Japadog’s charm is their delightful Engrish signage. It’s so very charmingly quirky that I wouldn’t be surprised if their misspellings and malapropisms were intentional. After all, they did get me to take this photo and post it online:
Click the photo to see it at full size.
I had the “Spicy Cheese Terimayo Dog”, their biggest seller in 2010, pictured below:
I’d never describe it as spicy, nor would I call the sauce spread over it “cheese”. The shredded nori gives the dog a “Japanese” flavour, but in the end, it wasn’t the “Western food through the Japanese funhouse mirror” kind of good that a number of other places have mastered (MOS Burger are particularly good at this).
I think I would’ve preferred the Oroshi dog: bratwurst with green onions and soy sauce. Maybe I’ll grab one before taking the train to the airport tomorrow.
Here’s a collection of interesting memes, pictures, an cartoons floating around the internet that I…
Tap to see the source. This is yesterday’s daily New Yorker cartoon, created by Brendan…
C’mon, let it not be Asians this time. Last time was pretty bad. Here’s the…
Jon Stewart’s right, and we’ve been here before. Where we are now, I’ve been before…
Poppies thrive in overturned soil, which is why they bloom in battlefields. I’m in the…
In times of high dudgeon, there’s a tendency to throw integrity out the window. One…
View Comments
The Food Network food truck show did a segment about this. I thought the soba noodle hotdog looked particularly tasty.
Did you find a Tacofino truck? They're originally from Tofino, but apparently they have a truck in Vancouver now.
It reminds me of the Papaya King in Manhattan with all the celebrity endorsements. Back in the 60's a hot dog with papaya juice was considered exotic. President Kennedy (JFK) was supposedly one of the pleased customers. (It's a cult thing now.)
That looks pretty good, but if you're ever in Calgary, you *have* to check out Tubby Dog:
http://www.tubbydog.com/
I spent three days in Calgary once and I'm pretty sure I went there four times. It's a completely new definition of hotdog.
Have a safe trip back!