Yet another first time in Vancouver thread

My significant other is taking me to Vancouver for my birthday next weekend. I have no idea what to see/do/eat. We'll probably be staying downtown. I have a lot of questions!

I really want to go to Vij's, even though we'll be there on a Friday and Saturday night. Doable, do you think? How does Rangoli compare?

I'd also like to have a lot of Chinese, but I'm more into Sichuan and Hunan than dim dum and cantonese. Any recommendations there?

Guu, Hapa, or something else for izakaya?

Any underrepresented Asian cuisines I should try, like Malaysian or Laotian or ?

Aside from eating, what do you recommend visitors do? We're looking for things that are physically active or culturally intriguing.

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Vij's Restaurant
1480 11th Ave W, Vancouver, BC V6H1L1, CA

Guu
838 Thurlow St, Vancouver, BC V6E1W2, CA