Wasabi Salmon Waffle Sandwich, Miura Waffle Milk Bar, Vancouver

I've been back to Miura a few times since I first visited last summer. They have daily specials, which is just a price decrease from regular menu items, rather their special blue plate specials that only exist on that given day. Either way, I have still yet to try them all off of this menu, but I'm getting close and starting to wonder if they will invent new options.

This here wasabi salmon waffle is a great idea in concept. Crispy tantalizing salmon between soft fresh made waffles?! Yes, please. But in execution, the wasabi flavour was hardly detectable, and there was just too much romaine, that in the end, it felt more like a salmon salad, with a side of waffles, which still, while tasty, wasn't a great sandwich. Like its brother from another mother, the popular fried chicken and waffles combo, the crispy salmon and waffles would be a great thing on its own, maybe with a poached egg, and hi, we have brunch.

Also to note, their tomato soup didn't cut the mustard. Too salty, and I detected paste. Given their downtown location, if they got a good soup going, they'd have it made.

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