Popina Canteen - Vancouver

Yowza Yowza Yowza! From the brains of some of the brightest culinary collections in the city comes this amazing supergroup quick serve spot! The Broken

Popina Canteen "popped" up on my radar earlier this year when I saw pictures of lobster rolls and seafood trays show up in my social media feeds.

I wanted to get a few items but I ate somewhere else before coming so I only got the puff cream this time around.

Great location outside the market. Plenty of outdoor seating for you to enjoy any of their handheld or puffcream. Even got a nice covered area by the water if you prefer indoor . Worth a try if you are visiting.

This place is a 'grammers dream; colourful and great marketing, and the food all looks amazing, but actually eating it was another story. I got the Nashville hot chicken sandwich, another person in my group got the regular fried chicken sandwich, and another got the falafel sandwich. The hot chicken sandwich had grease soaking through the bottom bun before it even got to the table, delivered by an indifferent server. It was impossible to eat and was VERY greasy. It came in 3 spice levels and when ordering, the staff advised me that the mild is quite spicy and they weren 't wrong. I can handle heat and this definitely had a pretty heavy kick, so keep that in mind when ordering. The piece of chicken is enormous, so it 's good bang for your buck I suppose, but it was also extremely salty. I had to eat it with a knife and fork and ended up picking a lot of the skin/breading off because it was so greasy.The regular chicken sandwich was similar but without the heat, and the person eating it also picked most of the skin off. The other person in our group enjoyed their falafel sandwich, and the fries were ok.