Japadog is a popular hot dog joint located in Vancouver Canada. It started with just a hot dog stand back in 2005 and has since expanded with multiple hot dog stands and even sit in restaurants. Japadog is unique compared to regular hot dog. It offers a variety of unique flavors that originate from Japan. Then it has also expanded into selling other type of fast food such as fries and Takoyaki. Nevertheless, Japadog is a place that people will definitely try when visiting Vancouver.
During the beautiful Memorial Day long weekend, we decided to visit Vancouver. We got to Vancouver and checked in to the hotel at around 3:30PM. We were hungry and found a Japadog sit in restaurant near by. The restaurant was only 10 minutes walk from the hotel and the cloud was clearing up, so we started walking over.
The Japadog restaurant was not big. There was probably around 20 stools with few tiny tables. Before we sat down, we placed our orders first. We ordered a classic Okonomi Japadog with mayonnaise and bonito flake, a Kobe beef Japadog that was made from the famous Kobe beef, and lastly a serving of poutine.
We waited for about 5 minutes to get our Japadog, which was quite fast. The Okonomi Japadog had a lot of flavors, especially with the bonito flakes. However, it still tasted very similar to regular hotdog, so it did not feel that special for some reason.
The Kobe beef Japadog was very aromatic. It smelled so good with Kobe beef smell and the seaweed on top of the hot dog was really amazing. We loved the combination of seaweed and hotdog. It was just awesome.
The reason we got the poutine was because we were in Canada and must order a poutine. However, as we expected, the poutine was not good here. We were told that the tossed fries at Japadog is very good, but we did not order it.
As we were about to finish, a horde of tourist just came in an pretty much occupied the entire restaurant. We were glad that we came 10 minutes early.
Overall, Japadog was an exciting place to try and the hot dog was quite good. We probably will not try again though, but if you have not tried it before, we recommend people to try it. In terms of price, Japadog was at least $7 or more, compared to $5 regular hot dog.
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