Asian Eclectic

Santé

I knew Santé Restaurant had been around a while, but was astonished to learn it’s well into its third decade. Despite its longevity, its connection to the Holtz spa, its primo upper perch on the corner of Rideau and Sussex, [read more]

Bambu

Bambú is the 200-plus seat Asian restaurant on the T & T Supermarket campus deep in Ottawa South. Housed in one of the hangar-like buildings that surrounds the giant Asian grocery store, and affiliated with the Yangtze restaurant in Chinatown. [read more]

La Cuisine Pacific Rim: CLOSED

This Bells Corners restaurant space was, for many years, the West End Station Bistro. It is now La Cuisine Pacific Rim, open since September. Its chef-owner is La Lim, who (along with his brother Thi Lim) is also connected with [read more]

Restaurant Joy

You see more and more of them lately – on Somerset Street, on Rideau, even on Preston Street. Yes indeed, Korean restaurants are sprouting in this city, giving established places like Restaurant Joy some healthy competition in the kimchi arena. [read more]

Fuschian

You may have felt gloomy, as I did, to learn that the Cam Kong restaurant was no more. But there’s good news. A new couple has taken over this plain-Jane Somerset Street West restaurant and there are three reasons to [read more]

Pho Thi Fusion

So you live in Barrhaven but loathe the chain eateries that litter its big box malls? There’s a solution. Standing tall beside a nail salon, conveniently close to a newish megaplex movie theatre, Pho Thi Fusion is a one-year-old restaurant [read more]