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- Condé Nast Traveler
Good Thief — Bar Review
When the space next to Mount Pleasant's Anh and Chi became available, the brother-sister duo behind the contemporary Vietnamese restaurant in Vancouver decided to take it over themselves. The result is Good Thief: a scrappier, bolder, and more experimental bar with a Vietnamese soul and a global sensibility. With seafoam-green walls and caramel-brown accents, the room feels tropical and light, but not overdone. The cocktail list is creative and intriguing—take the Six Inch Yellow, for instance, which is made with Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye, Yellow Chartreuse, honey, starfruit, pineapple, galangal (similar to ginger), and guanabana (a tropical fruit). Many of the cocktails can be made non-alcoholic, as well; the Six Inch Yellow zero-proof version uses Seedlip, rectified starfruit and guanabana, galangal, pineapple, and salted honey, and is topped with spicy foam. When it comes to food, the pommes frites are easy to fall for, with thick-cut potatoes topped by crispy curry leaves and dipped in a fragrant Thai green chili aioli. The frog legs, too, are not to be missed: reminiscent of crispy chicken wings, they're smothered in an addicting fish sauce glaze. One thing is for certain here: the only thing Good Thief will be stealing is each guest's happy little heart.
