Yeah, I had a place near the corona station (that jasperoneleven condo complex) but for some reason the application messed up so now I have a place near campus (110 st and 82 ave).

But holy crap rent near the university is bad!

wow thanks for, as the kids say these days, "keeping it real" lol

it seems like there is a buttload of places to try! I'm going to try to cook for myself (I live right by the safeway on whyte ave) to save money and be healthier but for sure I'll report back on the food I've had.

I also ate at phobolous as I've reported earlier in this thread and it was clean and nice place. taste wise however, not that great...but due to convenience I'll probably frequent that spot

I guess what I meant by western food was more like cafe/up scale diner food. I don't think I can afford to eat steak out heh. I guess someone suggested high level diner and that should probably fit the bill?

I actaully had phobolous recently! I kinda feel self conscious putting in my order (because of the weird/embarrassing names lol) but I wasn't a huge fan of the actual pho itself. The temperature was too hot and it remained too hot throughout the meal. Also i'm not sure if its just me or not, but the noodles weren't too good either as it was too sticky and tasted over cooked (probably from the overly hot broth). Also the broth was sweeter than I usually like but this is more a personal thing.

With all of that said, I would probably go here lots! I'm sure if I ask them to reduce the temperature I would have liked it a lot more. I absolutely loved the artwork and a clean vietnamese resto is a rare thing (at least where I'm from).

I also had the pho in the west edmonton mall (attached to T n T) and loved it. noodles were right on and the broth was more to my liking. But then again, that pho resteraunt is a huge chain for a reason lol

Yeah this is more what I"m looking for. I would LOVE if I found a place that did baked rice

Wow thanks everyone for all the help! I can't wait to try all the new food heh. I'm from calgary so we pretty much do viet food and surprisingly sushi pretty well. I hope to try new stuff while in edmonton!

Also, quick question...where is chinatown ?

Hi,

I am a new grad student at U of A and need some food recs! I'm staying at a place near Corona station so anywhere near a c-train line or near the university would be awesome. I also don't have a car and I'm not a huge fan of bussing it just for a resto (unless its very worth it!)

some things I'm looking for is price (under 20 would be nice) and location

other than that i'm open to it all! I love all ethnic food but I also love some good western restos as well. i've browsed the forums and I got overwhelmed with it all lol.

One thing I couldn't find is if there is any hong kong style cafes that are relatively easy to get to?

Thanks for your help!

oh yeah, just found their website!

http://www.thai-bistro.ca/

Hey first post here but long time reader.

I just came home from an awesome dinner at Thai Bistro and was compelled to write a review. Normally I wouldn't do this but since the place was empty I felt something had to be done.

Overall the resto was very nice looking and is located in china town on center street (next to U and Me). I can guess that the main downside to this location is lack of good parking and is somewhat hidden in the corner and restos in this location usually don't last very long (the last one resto here was a viet joint that lasted maybe half a year).

In general, the food was very authentic and had a flavouring/spices that were stronger than the other thai restos in calgary. Also, the presentation was very well done and you can tell a lot of effort was put into the dishes. I feel that a problem with the other Thai resteraunts in calgary is that it seems that the food is just slapped on the plate in a pile while thai bistro sorta layered it on. Taste wise, thai bistro is way too good and way too authentic to be this empty! dishes were 10-15 dollars.

the highlight of my meal was the dessert which was a sticky rice with coconut milk and mangos. Although most thai restos have this, I found that this was the best because this is the first time the sticky rice was at a warm temperature (other places are either too cold or piping hot). Also, they had these mung beans (i think they were mung beans lol) that were toasted and sprinkled on.

the only knock on the meal was that we started off with these fish cakes that came with a plum sauce with peanuts and i think had fish sauce in it. the fish cakes were pretty meh as i'd have better. The rest of the meal was awesome however and they gave us a LOT of seafood for one our dishes.

overall, an excellent resteraunt with a poor location but hopefully it can live to see many years!