Ethnic Eats – Sampling the World’s Cuisine Without Leaving Vancouver

Raviolino’s (short for Raviolino Gourmet Pasta & Foods) is known about town for their delicious handmade pastas and sauces. When you walk into the Italian food shop there are cases and freezers full of different fresh pastas, sauces, entrees and pizza dough that you can purchase to take home for an easy dinner or most are available to eat in store as well. A family at the table next to us was having a spaghetti lunch that looked simple and hearty, but we were there for the sandwiches. 

Depending on who you talk to, the eggplant sandwich may or may not be on the menu. If you order “A Sandwich” from just the right person, you’ll get this eggplant deliciousness pictured above, replete with eggplant in a spiced tomato sauce, lettuce, tomato and cheese. Our particular sandwich-maker had just started so there was a bit of explaining but persistance paid off and soon enough we were tucking into our sandwiches.

I wrote recently about taking La Grotta del Formaggio’s sandwiches on a road trip and while it’s not really fair to compare such completely different sandwiches, I will say that the ones from Raviolino’s should definitely be eaten in. They’re messy with all that tomato sauce, but definitely worth it.

Our intrepid sandwich maker, making The Sandwich for her first time:

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Raviolino Gourmet Pasta and Foods
2822 West 4th Avenue, Vancouver