Vitamin Daily

Lunches getting lonesome (just you and the desk)?

Splurge for a lunch-on-the-town in honour of the Cherry Blossom Festival at new downtown Japanese restaurant Miku.

Specializing in Aburi-style sushi that is seared with a blowtorch (and all the rage among young Tokyo hipsters,) the tasting plates and Japanese-style tapas make for an upmarket lunchbreak in a big, bright room. 

Do try the chocolate, coffee and green tea macaroons with ice cream from the resto’s famed pastry chef. 

Then back to your (crumb-free) desk it is.

Sukura-Zen (Cherry Blossom) menu ($25) available now through April 24 at Miku, 1055 W. Hasting St., Vancouver, 604-568-3900, www.mikurestaurant.com