Yummy (Sushi) Restaurant

Another Sunday is upon us and you know what that means... another breakfast! Today we decided to continue with last blog's thme of being cheap. As we were drinking at Cam's place last night, his roomie mentioned a cheap place just off of Burrard. He said the name "Yummy Sushi" and I was instantly revolted.

"No no, they have a Western Breakfast! Don't order the sushi," he said.

And so it was decided, in a drunken haze, that Yummy Sushi was our destination. Located just off of West 4th Avenue on Pine Street (1980 Pine Street), this place is literally a hole in the wall. You can welcome back Sarah, Vienna and Victoria while saying hello to Hilary (or Hilbot, if you like) for the first time.

So, as I was saying, Yummy Sushi is literally a hole in the wall. The simple sign outside proclaimed "$2.99! 5 bacons (yes, plural), 2 eggs, hash browns, toast." How could we go wrong with this place? It seriously felt like we were walking into someone's kitchen. An extremely friendly and enthusiastic, older Asian lady greeted us and sat us down. (It should be noted that Sarah was still sleeping, and thus, hadn't joined us yet.) Cam, Hilbot and I ordered coffees ($1 each, sign said 30 cents per refill, but we got them for free), while Vienna ordered an orange juice and Vicky was lame and didn't order anything. (Yes, just like at Deacon's, Vicky simply sat with us for this breakfast.) So, the server fetched us our drinks as we looked at the menu. I was set on getting 5 bacons, as were Cam, Vienna and Hilbot. We held off an order of French toast (Also $2.99, four whole slices, no side) for Sarah, since we weren't sure how long she would take to arrive. Each of us put our orders in and took to waiting for our food. I had a feeling that it wouldn't be too long, and that was a good thing today, since I was starving. As we waited, I took stock of the interior of the place. Plain walls with a few old pictures and posters hanging about, a fridge and deep-freeze out in plain sight, about six run-down tables with chairs and a radio tuned into a "hit music station". I must admit, it was kind of relaxing, what with it being such a casual setting.

Within a couple of minutes our food began arriving. The first thing that I noticed was that the potatoes were shredded as opposed to chunked. That's a minus-5 for Cam and I right off the bat. The server did have the ingenious idea of just piling about 9 slices of toast on one plate for all of us. It reminded me of breakfast at my grandparent's place when I was young. Anywho, yes, our plates were all in front of us and it was what I expected. I'm not complaining though, since it's what I was expecting. 5 small-ish pieces of bacon, some eggs and the shredded potatoes. As I dug into the food, I found that the bacon and hash browns were a bit cold. The taste overall was pretty good, on the other hand. The opinion was pretty unanimous that the food was acceptable, especially for the price. It was also at this point that Sarah finally arrived, so they brought out her French toast. She thought that it was quite awesome, so she got the good plate this week, apparently.

In terms of affordability, I'd give Yummy Sushi FIVE BACONS. As for the quality, it was probably about 2 bacons. Yes, I'm rating things in "bacons" now. Deal with it.

Stay sharp, kids
Jesse