“FieldTrips” is either a day trip or a few days where I visit food areas of interest which may include farm visits, producers, wineries, restaurants and/or other places that people can visit. This is about offering Vancouver Foodster readers a…
4125 Main Street, Vancouver Tel: 604-879-6052 Web: http://www.mainstreethoney.com/ Twitter: @mainstreethoney Advice: Order at the counter. It’s a honey shoppe and it’s a café which features a variety of house-baked goods that are made with their own local honey. There is…
2278 W 4th Ave, Vancouver Tel: (604) 569-2278 Web: http://www.aucomptoir.ca/ Twitter: @Au_Comptoir Advice: No reservations, open 8am-10pm Wednesday – Monday. Closed Tuesdays. Bonjour! Walking into this classic Parisian café with it’s well dressed good looking servers who for the most part…
Welcome to the Vancouver Foodster Curry Challenge. Restaurants from all over the city were invited to enter their curry creations into this challenge, most have created a special currycreation just for this challenge. Each restaurant will be featuring their curry on…
Last week we attended a launch party at Guilt & Co in Gastown where 4 mixologists competed for top spot mixing the Seraph Gin or Vodka into their own cocktail. Winning mixologist is Mike Shum from Fairmont Pacific Rim. His…
5911 Minoru Blvd, Richmond Tel: 604-232-5001 Web: http://www.cavukitchenbar.com/ Twitter: @CAVUKitchenBar Advice: Reservations suggested. With a playful element, Chef Alex Hancock and his team has created an exciting menu filled with dishes that are married with wonderful flavours. I started…
It’s been a few years since I had attended one of the RIPE harvest celebrations. On October 19 I attended the annual fundraiser for Vancouver Farmers Markets. RIPE is a casual, family-style meal that includes a feast of delicious and…
Trick or Treat, why trick yourself into a treat you don’t want and treat yourself or your kids to something fun and unique that says Halloween! Here are some treats that caught my eye to help you celebrate this holiday….
I was invited back to taste some of their new dishes and pizzas which were recently added to the menu for the fall season. 1st dish: Korean Bbq Pork Pizza – slow roasted bbq pork, Korean bbq sauce, fior di…
Canada’s award-winning inflight magazine, Air Canada’senRoute, is pleased to announce the Top 10 list of Canada’s Best New Restaurants 2014, as well as the winner of the Air Canada enRoute Canada’s Best New Restaurants 2014 People’s Choice Award. On a…
On October 15, 2014 we presented our Tasting Plates Yaletown event that showcased 7 establishments throughout the area. Bella Gelateria MENU Our Tasting Plate: 1) Bruschetta (Bruschetta – Local Cherry tomatoes, fior di latte, basil, black olive tapenade, & honey…
Last night I dined at a communal table with several people that I didn’t know at first, along with my friend Jordan Rogers who joined me, there was Ed Lau whom I knew from my blogging circles. As people were…
Snacking takes on a different meaning at different times of the year, one thing that I found after trying the Coco-Roons is that asides from tasting good, they are also gluten-free, dairy-free and low glycemic. Starting out with a passion…
On October 7, 2014 we returned to West 4th Avenue presenting our 2nd edition of Tasting Plates West 4th that showcased 7 establishments throughout the area. The August Jack MENU Our Tasting Plate: Smoked Salmon Duo Las Margaritas MENU Our…
Last night I ate my way through each course of the 3 course optioned Taste of Yaletown menu. Their offering is broken down into 3 courses where diners choose 1 of the 3 dishes in that course. My friend Jonathan…
Visited The Abbey last week to taste some of their new dishes, I was joined by my friend Alyssa Dawson to share these dishes. 1st dish: Crudo of sustainable seafood, spicy ponzu 2nd dish: Duck Rillettes 3rd dish: Grilled Chicken,…
Local chocolatier, Gem Chocolates just launched their new “Lost & Found” chocolate bar made from the world’s rarest cocoa beans, Pure Nacional, Fortunato No. 4. I was fortunate to try a piece of this wonderful chocolate weeks ago, I then…
Last week I attended a media tasting of the new dishes on the fall menu that were developed by their chefs collective, David Wong, Dawn Doucette and Hamid Salimian. Asides from my favourite dishes below, Dawn showed off some of…