Some favourite places in Greater Victoria for an inexpensive meal. More details in future posts.
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Fujiya
3624 Shelbourne Street, Victoria, B.C.
You go in and you pick pre-packaged items out of their cooler or from warming trays. A huge selection, much of it under $6. Donburi is $3.95 to $4.95 and is enough for a meal. (Donburi is this and that atop rice 鈥� barbecued eel, breaded pork cutlet, chicken pieces, vegetable tempura.) There's also an astonishing array of sushi, starting at around $3 for an eight-piece salmon or tuna roll, up to $9.95 for a seven-piece tray of assorted nigiri sushi. You can also pick up ingredients to make your own sushi, including frozen chunks of tuna, salmon, eel and octopus.
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Italian Food Import
1114 Blanshard Street, Victoria, B.C.
Terrific sandwiches and baguettes. I really like the roast beef, with tomato, lettuce, cheese and eggplant. Under $10 for a generously-filled 12-incher. Lineup goes out the door at lunch time.
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Pig BBQ Joint
Two locations now. The original, a hole-in-the-wall at 749 View Street and a place with seating and tables at #304 1913 Sooke Rd. (Colwood Corners, near London Drugs)
Their claim to fame is delicious $5 sandwiches 鈥� pulled pork, BBQ beef brisket and smoked chicken on a crusty bun. I especially like the beef sandwich. Some people say the chicken is a little dry, but I think it's fine. The Colwood Corners outlet has a more extensive menu, with pork ribs and fried chicken.
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Tim Hortons
All over the place, including Victoria airport.
I like their chicken salad sandwich, which is made with a crusty bun 鈥� $3.09 last time I looked. You get a leaf of lettuce and a slice of tomato as part of the package. There's also the egg salad sandwich for the same price. They make them to order. The buns taste as if they've been recently baked.听 These places are astonishiingly busy and their counters can get mobbed. I get a little confused about where I'm supposed to stand and wait after I order; not sure about the etiquette.
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Barb's Place
Floating fish-and-chip spot at Victoria's Fisherman's Wharf, 310 St. Lawrence St.
Deep fried, battered oysters (grilled too, but I've never had them that way) for $1.95 each; I get three and, if I'm feeling especially cheap, bring along my own tap water. I skip the french fries and just go for the seafood. You order at one window and pick up at another; last time I was there, they handed me a pager, which alerted me when the order was ready. Plenty of tourists, which makes eavesdropping interesting. Because seating can be at a premium, you might be forced to share a table and be sociable.
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Hernande'z
Dave wrote about this busy spot, in a downtown Victoria office building food court.听
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