Anybody here had a Japadog?

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LittleAsianGuy

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I walk by the japadog stand everyday and often wonder how it taste. Just curious anybody here try it and is it really that good? or is it just a gimmick?

Seen it sell for 5.00
 
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My first reaction to reading this was "Do they chase cars?" but after researching them, they sound great. LAG, thanks for posting this, I need to go downtown for lunch soon!

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Big Dog Striker

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Worth trying. A Vancouver success story. Hopefully not a fad. Surprisingly, Japadog has overcome the urge of branching out and expanding throughout the years. Maintaining its quality in return as in the Berkshire Pork they used as well. Pretty good but not super. :)
 
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Had one while walking downtown during the Olympics. I love my hot dogs and know a good one from a bad one and his were good...no better or worse than the few other guys near him, but that's just my personal opinion. Not worth going out of your way to get one, but worth bypassing some of the fly by night operations to go his if there is no line up ;)
 
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They're great!

Primary - Different toppings, but they make a huge difference. I don't remember the names off the top of my head, but I always have the Ooroshi dog. It's grated daikon (a chinese radish), on top of a ... brautwurst? not so up on my sausage names...with some green onions and a slightly sweet sauce...awesome.

Secondary - Because they are so busy, the sausages are fresher than the slower places where the meat sits and gets overcooked/dry.
 
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They're worth a try..great condiments..but meh, it's still just a weiner & fluffy white buns. I'm waiting for taco stands!

The City of Vancouver will hatch a pilot project this summer that will allow mobile kitchens on wheels to join the few dozen cart vendors selling street food.

The move will likely expand the menu available on city sidewalks from pre-cooked packaged foods such as hotdogs to more freshly prepared fare. The city soon will issue a call for expressions of interest seeking vendors who want to offer streetside food service, according to the acting manager of streets administration.

Grant Woff said the city is starting to implement the pilot project and looking for street locations where catering trucks or trailers can set up. The city already has 60 locations for cart-based vendors and is identifying new spaces to accommodate larger carts, Woff said.

"There a huge amount of interest in this," said Coun. Heather Deal, who first proposed allowing fresh food and food preparation in a motion to council two years ago. "I get more e-mail about this than any other topic."

A 1978 bylaw limits street food in Vancouver to hotdogs, popcorn and chestnuts.

The pilot project will launch in July with bylaw changes to follow, she said. "Once we get a report back on that we can look at making permanent changes later in the year."

"Refrigeration and running water were always the sticky issues, but if every other city in the world can do it why can't we?" asked Deal. "We got some great examples of street food during the Olympics and some of those were in tents but others were mobile catering trucks and we are looking at those options."

Portland, Ore., has a vibrant street food scene driven mainly by truck- and trailer-based kitchens, more than 400 of them with diverse ethnic menus. Deal would like to see Vancouver emulate Portland's example.

Vancouver is hoping to avoid the debacle created by Toronto, when the city insisted on designing the carts that vendors would use. The result was expensive, unwieldy and boring, Deal said. "We want to set some minimum standards and a maximum size, and let the city's entrepreneurs show us what they can do."

Vending trucks are governed by national standards, the same standards that apply to mobile catering, according to health protection manager Angelo Kouris of Vancouver Coastal Health.

"You are very limited in what you can do with a hotdog cart," he said. Safe food handling requires adequate refrigeration, hot holding capabilities and a water supply, he said.

"We are going to go with a new cart definition that is going to be an enclosed unit, like a kiosk, or it can be small kitchen on wheels," Kouris explained.

Outfitting a catering truck costs upwards of $200,000, according to Paul Fenton, co-owner of Feastro, a gourmet truck-based food service that operates on the Sunshine Coast.

He said Metro Vancouver municipalities have been very difficult to penetrate. His application to locate in West Vancouver was recently rebuffed by council there and attempts to gain a foothold in Vancouver have been frustrated to this point.

Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Ci...et+food+menu/3074760/story.html#ixzz0ppIFMdWE
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I love 'em! :D Whenever I go watch movies at the Scotiabank theatre, I end up waiting for half an hour in line to get my hands on them. They're so damn tasty. Best Asian weiners I've ever had the chance of popping in my mouth.
 
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They're worth trying once. But I'm not sure if it's worth waiting 25 minutes to get one (10 minutes in line, 15 waiting for your order).

They opened a (brick & mortar) store on Robson (between Seymour and Richards). They have flavors (?) that the corner hot dog stands don't have. Like a Yakiniku Rice dog, where instead of bread-bun, it's a "wrapper" of sushi rice, a weiner, and sauted teriyaki beef over the top.

And they have a deepfryer for french fries, with japanese seasonings
 
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sweetcherry

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Ahahahahahaha!!! I just sprayed soda all over my screen!! ( ^__^ )

I wanna try one of these now. I think I've seen them before. Never tried it, though. :eek:
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XD heehee. As good as they are though, lining up for one in cold or rainy weather is no fun. Usually if you go when it's not mealtime, you only have to wait 10-15 minutes. Around lunch, it's going to be at least 30min+.
 
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curmudgeon said:
They opened a (brick & mortar) store on Robson (between Seymour and Richards). They have flavors (?) that the corner hot dog stands don't have. Like a Yakiniku Rice dog, where instead of bread-bun, it's a "wrapper" of sushi rice, a weiner, and sauted teriyaki beef over the top.

And they have a deepfryer for french fries, with japanese seasonings
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It's finally open now? It's been under construction forever...since January or earlier.
 
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LittleAsianGuy

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Had my 2nd japadog and this one taste alot better with the seaweed,japanese mayo, and some other sauce. Only reason i had it cause they cost virtually the same as the other hot dog vendors nearby. The meat seems a tiny bit fresher than the other vendors probably cause the heavy volume they have everyday.
 
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LittleAsianGuy said:
Looks like onions ...but a bunch of white stuff and some sauce for my first japadog. Guess my fav one is the sweaweed beef dog they have there
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It was probably di qua not onions.... Well worth the wait, but it can seem a little crazy to be standing in a line of ten for more then 20 minutes for a hot dog.
 
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sweetcherry said:
I love 'em! :D Whenever I go watch movies at the Scotiabank theatre, I end up waiting for half an hour in line to get my hands on them. They're so damn tasty. Best Asian weiners I've ever had the chance of popping in my mouth.
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Care to rephrase that? lol
 
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