Pepper Lunch - Vancouver

“Pepper Lunch” is a fast food franchise, popularized within Japan with over 200 locations. They host several restaurants out of Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, etc; and more recently, Canada. BC is home to three, two of which are within Richmond, but today I was at the third, in Vancouver. Invited to help celebrating their second year anniversary on Cambie Street.

Grilling meats on the hot plate is fun and keeps your food warm throughout your meal!<br/ <br/ Portions are on the small side but justifiable considering its food quality and the fact prices ranging between $10 and $20.

Our experience at Pepper Lunch was decent. We thought the food was mediocre and that it could be improved in quantity and price. Prices for food ranged from $10-$15 and soft drinks are $1.50 with free refills. Three of us ordered the beef pepper rice, and our other two friends ordered the salmon steak and the beef pepper pasta. The food was served quickly and we were impressed by how it was served on the sizzling hot plate. The atmosphere was very bright and light, the environment was clean and we were seated quickly after ordering our food at the front. We arrived around lunch and it was quite busy but the staff was very efficient in seating us. We would have greatly appreciated it if the workers checked up on us after we received our food.

When I go to a place where I have to 'cook ' my food, I 'd expect the spices and sauce to be really good. As it is quite bland without sauce, I expected the sauce to be the selling point of this restaurant, but I didn 't find them special. It seemed like it was simply raw beef and rice thrown together with some corn, which is something I can throw together easily at home.

First time trying this place i ordered the Kobe Burger Sliced Angus Steak for $13.95 got seated immediately got my order,it comes sizzling on an extremely hot cast iron pan the beef was sooo melt in yo mouth tender and very delicious i would definitely come back for future meals