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There's a small ceremony to eating here that most Vancouver hot pot rooms skip: the cloisonné copper pots, the charcoal glowing underneath, the sense that dinner is an event rather than a transaction.

GOYO sits on Lonsdale Avenue in North Vancouver doing something the North Shore has historically undersupplied: a Korean café that treats dessert as the main event rather than an afterthought to a rice bowl.

The Davie Street flagship of House of Dosas is the West End's answer to a very specific craving: authentic South Indian, and it's open 24/7, which means the paneer masala dosa is yours at 3 a.m.

Skewers Souvlaki Pita Bar operates on a philosophy Vancouver's Greek restaurant scene has largely forgotten: that souvlaki is street food, not a sit-down occasion, and that keeping things honest and fast doesn't mean sacrificing flavour.

Let's clear one thing up: at 620 Davie, Manoush'eh sits closer to Davie Village than the West End proper, but nobody's checking your GPS when there's a fire oven going.