Such a wonderful first time attending this food and wine festival in Miami, this was the 22nd Annual South Beach Wine and Food Festival held February 23-26. The festival is made up of several signature events that run through this…
Welcome to the next Vancouver Foodster Martini Challenge. Restaurants and bars from all over Metro Vancouver were invited to enter their Martini creations into this challenge. Each restaurant and bar will be featuring their Martini creations on their menu from April…
Welcome to the 9th Vancouver Foodster Pizza Challenge. Restaurants from all over the city were invited to enter their pizza into this challenge, some of the restaurants have created a special pizza just for this challenge and others have entered their…
It’s all about delicious Napoletana pizza and other Italian dishes with a twist at this recently opened spot in the Gastown neighbourhood of Vancouver. Owned by business partners, Sahand Bigloo and Kiarash Tarikhi. In addition to pizza, the rest of…
Take yourself on a culinary journey to Nepal and the Himalayas in the Westend neighbourhood of downtown Vancouver. I had the pleasure to taste my way through a selection of dishes on the menu at this established restaurant on Davie…
The 3rd Vancouver Foodster Croissant Challenge featured unique creations at bakeries and cafes around Metro Vancouver. Each bakery featured their creation on their menu from March 8 – April 2, 2023 and their customers voted for their favourites daily throughout the challenge for…
It’s time for the second annual Filipino Restaurant Month and I had a chance to taste some of these Filipino foods at this tasty media launch of Canada’s Filipino Restaurant Month which is a joint project of the Philippine Embassy…
I recently spent some time in one of my favourite American cities, New York City exploring some of their cafes for delicious baked goods and coffees. Ole and Steen is a Danish bakery cafe chain from Denmark and I loved…
It’s all about Westcoast cuisine and inventive cocktails and zero-proof drinks inside a room inspired by nature and the area around UBC. A celebration of West Coast culture and cuisine, Wildlight Kitchen + Bar opened in February 2023 and is…
Such a fun idea for Spring where Owner/Chef Jean-Francis Quaglia is featuring the Quelle Surprise from now through to April 15, $49 for two courses. Each morning Chef Jean-Francis, and his Chef Team, will make a limited number of dishes…
Specializing in house-made tamales and other Mexican eats and drinks, this wonderful eatery recently opened in the Mount Pleasant neighbourhood. Serving freshly made savoury and sweet tamales, tacos, tortas, and other Mexican specialties. Their business was born during the pandemic…
Welcome to the 3rd Vancouver Foodster Croissant Challenge. Bakeries and cafes from all over the city were invited to enter their Croissant creations into this challenge. Each bakery and cafe will be featuring their croissant creations on their menu from March…
Experienced Miami Culinary Tours food and art deco tour in the South Beach area of Miami recently which took me to places I haven’t been to before. Our guide Mirka talked about how she had lived in the area for…
As I was travelling and visiting New York recently, one restaurant that I wanted to visit was Chef Eyal Shani’s newest that is in the West Village area of Manhattan. Lawrence joined me for this wonderful meal and this is…
Sunil Ghai is the creator and founder Chai Ghai that started two years ago as an online business during the pandemic where people ordered their different chai tea blends for home delivery. Fast track to now, with an established and…
I recently spent a week test driving the Honda HR-V 2023 car around Vancouver while visiting some new restaurants, bakeries and cafes around Metro Vancouver. One restaurant that I had been wanting to visit for quite sometime is one that…
I recently spent a week test driving the Honda Passport 2023 car around Vancouver while visiting some new and not so new restaurants around Metro Vancouver. Spent in afternoon in Burnaby and had dinner at Yugo Roll and Bowl inside…
I recently took part in the art of Neapolitan pizza making with master chef Giuseppe Cortinovis based on the official style of AVPN (Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana). The newly launched Pizza Lab is located in Port Coquitlam at Jan K. Overweel…