Japadog was featured twice Monday night on the Travel Channel. On Samantha Brown's Vancouver show and also on No Reservations.

PacManDreaming: The Mao dog? Does that come with a Great Leap Forward and 50 million dead peasants?

-Don't forget the cadre of adoring college students. As to the hot dog itself, I'm slightly interested in how decent beef affects the flavor.

State_College_Arsonist: I'm slightly interested in how decent beef affects the flavor.

Immensely. There's a few small meat packing/smoke houses local to me, and if i have the extra money to spend, i'll buy their product any day before someone else, even before hummel, grote-wiegle, etc. Whether it's because it's "fresher" or just the process/spice, i dunno, but it's definitely better with better beef. I can only imagine a Kobe-dog...

Japadog getting a greenlight? in the sports section?
OK then.

Japadog is the best hot dog vendor in the world. Period. Ever.

What about a poutine dog? That'd be truely awesome for the olympics, there's already poutines with hot dog & hot dog toppings on it but not an actual hot dog with poutine as a topping. weird but it would probably become a hit

Goddammit it. I wanted a Japadog the other day but you can't park anywhere downtown because of the stupid Olympics even though they haven't started yet.

Japadog is delicious. I love me some Omiyaki - all pork sausage with teriyaki, mayo, fried cabbage, and bonito flakes.

Kobe beef dog

The first 8 inches are consensual...

Flavivirus: Japadog is the best hot dog vendor in the world. Period. Ever.

Maybe the best street vendor, but for sausages you cannot get any better than Hot Doug's (new window)

Ah bloody hell, it tossed the link. Trying again:

Hot Doug's (new window)

Eh, he should have made it in honor of Miki Ando. Asada's had a craptastic season and has about a snowball's chance in Atlanta of winning the gold medal. But that hasn't stopped the Japanese skating federation from lobbying hard for their skaters to get the top medals.

Then again, Ando looks like she should eat a Mao-dog or three... Bony knees, etc.


/Hope Kim Yu-Na kicks both their butts!

Anyone who grinds up Kobe beef is doing it wrong.

Or they've found exactly what adjectives are needed to get yuppies to buy them, so maybe they're doing it right?

BackAssward: Who? I've lived here for 11 years, never seen the guy, or head of him.

Ishkur: I live here, and I've never heard of the guy.

Then again, I don't buy food off street vendours -- they don't wash their hands.

Wow, that seems hard to believe. I live in the city and you cant miss the dude. The line runs down the front of the Sutton Place hotel. Really good street meat.

Ironclad2: Anyone who grinds up Kobe beef is doing it wrong.

Or they've found exactly what adjectives are needed to get yuppies to buy them, so maybe they're doing it right?

Pretty much the latter, and it isn't just yuppies, it's an adjective that can get everyone to buy them. It's never actually Kobe beef at those lower prices, it's always a hybrid of wagyu cattle (the type of cow that is used for Kobe beef) with some other breed, often angus here in the US. A real Kobe sausage would probably cost at least 25 bucks, and I have no idea why you'd turn real Kobe into a sausage or burger. You see "Kobe" burgers freaking everywhere now, and considering they're never absurdly expensive, those aren't real Kobe either.

Isuldirs: BackAssward: Who? I've lived here for 11 years, never seen the guy, or head of him.

Ishkur: I live here, and I've never heard of the guy.

Then again, I don't buy food off street vendours -- they don't wash their hands.

Wow, that seems hard to believe. I live in the city and you cant miss the dude. The line runs down the front of the Sutton Place hotel. Really good street meat.

I'm a born and bred Vancouverite (the actual city, not the suburbs), I even work downtown and have done the majority of my drinking there since '93 and I've never heard of them either.

I finally got around to downloading and watching the No Reservations episode on Vancouver and the only thing they covered that I've never heard of was Japadog. I guess I'll have to keep an eye out for it.

/I'm sure I can safely assume it's better than Mr. Tubesteak

Highway: I'm a born and bred Vancouverite (the actual city, not the suburbs),

Hey, me too!

/not many of us around!

Highway:

/I'm sure I can safely assume it's better than Mr. Tubesteak

'I once knew a girl, she lived on a hill...she wouldn't do it but her sister will...'

Ishkur: I live here, and I've never heard of the guy.

Then again, I don't buy food off street vendours -- they don't wash their hands.

By "here", you probably live in Whalley and wish you lived in Vancouver.

/Japadog FTW

Ironclad2: Anyone who grinds up Kobe beef is doing it wrong.

Or they've found exactly what adjectives are needed to get yuppies to buy them, so maybe they're doing it right?

What do you do with Wagyu plate, shanks, and chuck, let alone the usual non-kosher dog TT&A? Do you think these are magic cows that only have upper backs for steak cuts?

NotThatGirl: Eh, he should have made it in honor of Miki Ando. Asada's had a craptastic season and has about a snowball's chance in Atlanta Vancouver of winning the gold medal. But that hasn't stopped the Japanese skating federation from lobbying hard for their skaters to get the top medals.

FTFY.

And for the people who can't seem to find Japadog, they're right across the street from the Paramount, a.k.a Scotiabank Theatre. They have photos of all the celebrities like Bourdain who've eaten there (Ice Cube really likes their turkey dogs), and they make a fantastic dog.

Ishkur: Rootbzzr: By "here", you probably live in Whalley and wish you lived in Vancouver.

I live in English Bay, dickhead.

And I thought all Canadians were supposed to be polite.

/Loves Japadogs
//They have gotten kind of pricey in the last couple of years