hahaha Hi Sean! how awesome would it be if we won

Vancouver has a great selection of top end cuisine from all around the world. the possibilities are endless. I’ve lived here for 10 years and i’m no where near getting to all the good restaurants in this city. There’s a price range for everyone. You dont have to blow your wallet for a decent meal. 

Simply put, Vancouver is the ULTIMATE FOODIE city because of the variety of cultures that are represented. Dining in all the different restaurants in the city is like taking a culinary trip around the world. In a city where ingredients are abundant and cultures are so diverse; Vancouver opens up a cornucopia of opportunity for chefs to work their magic. Speaking of chefs, the talents of the chefs in this city alone makes it the ultimate foodie city. From pioneer masters like John Bishop, Bruno Marti and Tojo to Canada’s first Iron Chef Rob Feenie and most recently crowned Canada’s Top Chef Dale Mackay, Vancouverites are spoiled by the talents that are in the kitchens of Vancouver restaurants.  It is not only the restaurants with high notoriety, but also the proverbial “whole in the wall” types that offer fantastic fare on any given day. There is so much to discover and taste in this culinary city.

What more can a foodie ask for besides great food? Obviously great drink – and how can Vancouver not be considered an ultimate foodie city when you consider the vineyard and brewhouses that are right in her backyard! Wines, spirits and beers of all types are available and many are locally produced. So given the variety of both food and drink to choose from, Vancouver is most definitely THE ULTIMATE FOODIE CITY!!

Where the fertile river estuary meets the wooded mountains; where the ocean splendour hugs the city streets; where the liquid sunshine grows the gooseberries plump beneath the birch trees filled with sap; where the forests hide morels and sunchokes mere minutes from the cranberry plains; Vancouver was a foodie’s heaven long before foodies were invented, but what makes Vancouver  the ULTIMATE FOODIE city is the creativity that all of these pieces naturally inspires within the chefs who call this city home.

I’ve traved Europe for 5 weeks, eaten my way across China for two months and lived in Los Angeles for a year and a half and eaten my way across the world on my other various travels and I can contest that Vancouver can competee with world class restaurants internationally in all cuisines be it from the simple diner offering cozy home cooked meals at the Elbow Room Cafe to gourmet offerings at CinCin to decadent dessert at Thomas Haas or Bella Gelateria.  And we have areas of the Lower Mainland where we certain ethniticies reign supreme and I swear I was back in China when I nosh down on dim sim in Kirin’s in Richmond or in Roma when I have pizza at Lombardos on the Drive.  And celebrity chefs such Top Chef Dale MacKay have chosen their homes in Vancouver.  We are so fortunate to be living in a city where foodies can indulge and each week unearth new culinary treasure.  And even if youeat your way through the restaurants starting with the alphabet from A-Z, you’d never reach the end of Z before you die.

Born and raised in Vancouver, my foodie experience started when I was a kid. Hot summer days spent picking blueberries, although at times I ate more than I picked. In the neighbourhood, everyone had a garden and shared their harvest. I’d walk the few blocks to the farmers’ gate to get what we didn’t grow ourselves. And, young as I was,  I enjoyed cooking – taking what I found and, in a MacGyver way, creating meals shared by the family. Take that and multiple it by the number of chefs, restaurants,food producers, farmers and fishers, and that’s Vancouver – the ultimate foodie city.

What makes Vancouver the perfect place to be an Ultimate Foodie? Well…I will say because of the variety of culture background and progressive creativity for cuisine. Vancouver has so many immigrants come from all over the world and they bring their best food experience with them when they are moving. Many people say we have the best dim-sum out of HK in the world, and our sushi restaurants are more than Starbucks.
For creative, our chefs and restaurateurs are always looking for new and exciting ways to dealing with foods. Recent example, just one year, our street vendors are become one of the street cart tour destination in the world. Our street carts are so creative and keep the excitment for foods. 

I love Vancouver! haha

Vancouver is the best place to be a foodie because of all the other foodies.  People are passionate about great food and it shows.  It’s fun to get suggestions and share stories about our experiences!

Vancouver is the ULTIMATE FOODIE city
because we are able to experience a large assortment of cultures simply through
the food we eat. Vancouver is known as a multi cultural city that embraces and
welcomes all nationalities. Restaurants are able to take advantage of a number
of local producers for the freshest ingredients that create some of the most
delicious and uniquely tasting food I have experienced. Each corner in
Vancouver, be it China Town, the West End, Gastown, Kitsalano and beyond,
offers to the diner a wide variety of choices. We In Vancouver are lucky to be
able to experience a journey through cuisines that introduce us to a new and
exciting array of rare tastes, sounds, and ambience. Vancouver is known for its
colourful images of landscape, people and industries. The same goes for the
beautiful images of colourful food waiting for us to experience and indulge in.
We in Vancouver do not have to travel far to be able to experience a world of
foods. Thus, Vancouver is the ULTIMATE FOODIE city because we are able to
indulge in and experience a world of food in one city.

Vancouver is the perfect place to be an Ultimate Foodie because there are so many different types of restaurants from different cultures around the world. Most of the restaurants ive tried, reccommended by friends were really delicious! Ranging from thai, greek, chinese, vietnamese, indian foods and more, ive tried them all all in this culturally diverse city of vancouver. Not to mention the fine dining restaurants in vancouver is simply exquisite. Vancouver has it all in terms of good restaurant food and anybody who wants to try some of the best food in the world from some of the best chefs can just come right here in vancouver!

Where to start? No matter what neighbourhood you may be luckily stuck in at the moment, a great new adventure for your taste buds is sure to be a few steps away. Never mind all the world renowned chefs and restaurants (though, do you know anyone who would be complaining while at Tojo’s or Joe Fortes) – we have everything from a quirky little cafe to your hole in the wall restaurants to the most intriguing hot dog stands (“Why’s there a line up over there” – tourist). And while we’re on the case of variety – ever try taking a Vancouver n00b on a food tour? First thing they would say (other than an exclamation of “MMMM!”) is either they’ve only seen or heard of such delicacies on television or books or that they’re amazed by the variety of cultures presented by the food Vancouver has to offer. So why is Vancouver the ultimate foodie experience? World class adventure for your taste buds, my friends.  

Vancouver is the ultimate place to be a foodie because it is so densely populated with people who LOVE food!  It seems every couple of days a new and exciting edible venture will pop up out of nowhere and blow your socks off.  Vancouverites also really enjoy being the first to know about a new spot, and love hidden gems (Salt & Judas Goat, anyone?).  We have Canada’s first Iron Chef creating succulent dishes at a mid-range Vancouver food chain…if that doesn’t scream average Vancouverite palate, I don’t know what does!

Vancouver is sthe Ultimate Foodie location because of its diversity in restaurants and the people..who needs to leave Vancouver to get the taste of the world….there are new dinning experiences on every corner, whether its a restaurant or food cart. Best city in the world for dinning experiences and great service

Vancouver is the Ultimate Foodie City for so many reasons. It has incredibly diverse cultures, fertile land which allows for a plethora of fresh produce and live stock, beautiful landscape and scenery, an environmentally and health conscious population, and one of the fastest growing quality wine regions near by. But the number one reason why Vancouver is the ultimate foodie city is becase we have a lively community of like-minded foodies who are passionate about sharing the epicurean delights our city has to offer.

Vancouver and Greater Vancouver is a foodie paradise.  It has no pretense of how food should be.  It can have great French, German, Indian, Chinese and other restaurants all in the same block.  This also brings together cross polinization of foods and flavours between different cultures.  We are also blessed with wonderful seafood here.  Salmon, halibut, spot prawns, and many oysters to slurp with wonderful BC Okanagan wines.  We shouldn’t forget about the wines too that are from here and are a wondeful compliment to our fresh food in Vancouver.

Variety of culture, proximity to both ocean and forest!