Welcome to the 8th Annual Vancouver Foodster Sundae Challenge. Cafes from all over the city were invited to enter their Sundae creations into this challenge. Each cafe will be featuring their Sundae creations on their menu from August 3-28, 2022. How…
Enjoyed a wonderful dinner tasting many of the new summer dishes. Just love the Afghan dishes and the flavours using as much local ingredients as they can at this Mount Pleasant gem. 1st dish: Roasted Brussels Sprouts, Char Masala; this…
A great new addition to the Commercial Drive neighbourhood, this Italian sports cafe features Italian snacks, pizza, panini, desserts, coffees, wine, cocktails and more. This new eatery is owned by Dom and Frank Morra, the same family that also owns…
The Vancouver Foodster Mojito Challenge was a great success featuring unique creations at restaurants around Metro Vancouver. Each restaurant featured their creation on their menu from July 8-31, 2022 and their customers voted for their favourites daily throughout the challenge for their…
The Vancouver Foodster Iced Summer Drink Challenge was a success featuring creations from cafes and restaurants around Vancouver. Each spot featured their creation from July 7 – 31, 2022. Our media judging panel determined the ultimate winners of the challenge, and…
Chef and Owner Parinya Lopston hosted the Thai Select event for dignitaries from the Thai Consulate Vancouver that included Consul General Mr. Rutch Soratana as well as others from the local office. I took part in making one of the…
The 45th Annual Vancouver Folk Music Festival gets underway the weekend of July 15-17, 2022, starting off on Friday afternoon. This is a wonderful festival that features musicians performing from all over the world through Sunday night. This is one…
Welcome to the next Vancouver Foodster Mojito Challenge. I have invited restaurants and bars from all over the city to enter their Mojito creations into this challenge, some have entered their most popular creation from their menu and others created a special…
It’s all about delicious Napoletana pizza at this recently opened spot in the Fairview neighbourhood of Vancouver. Owned by Chef Ahmet Duman Turunc, this is the first of hopefully a few locations for this passionate entrepreneur. In addition to pizza,…
Welcome to the next Vancouver Foodster Iced Summer Drink Challenge. I have invited cafes from all over the city to enter their Iced Summer Drink creations into this challenge, some have entered their most popular creation from their menu and others created…
“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…
Enjoyed a delicious dinner a restaurant that I hadn’t dined at in many years. They have just launched their summer menu which gave us a chance to return and try several dishes. 1st dish: Summer Berry & Beets, this was…
Located on the 2nd floor, upstairs of the new Robba da Matti in Kitsilano, they recently launched their wine and burrata bar that features a selection of salads and other dishes with burrata as the highlight. They also offer several…
It’s all about tasty tapas, wine and more where Chef Addy Gowe leads the kitchen at this new spot in central Lonsdale. To play on the name of the restaurant they are offering 16 wines by the glass which is…
“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…
This new cookbook by Alice Zaslavsky is the ultimate cookbook for vegetable lovers and it features more than 150 recipes within its 450 pages, innovative recipes for meals of all kinds. In Praise of Veg book was just released by…
“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…
The Vancouver Foodster Cheesecake Challenge was a success featuring unique cheesecake creations at restaurants around greater Vancouver. Each establishment featured their creation on their menu from June 10 – July 3, 2022 and their customers voted for their favourites daily throughout the…
The Vancouver Foodster Chicken Wings Challenge was another success featuring chicken wings creations from restaurants around Vancouver. Each restaurant featured their chicken wings creation from June 8 – July 3, 2022. Our media judging panel determined the ultimate winners of the challenge,…
Earls just released their Anniversary Edition of their popular cookbook that celebrates 40 Years since the company launched their restaurant chain. In this updated edition they have add 16 more recipes for all to enjoy. The book was published by…
Enjoyed a delicious brunch with both Lawrence Ferber and Lawrence Lee on a Saturday recently at one of my favourite restaurants in Richmond. Every weekend this restaurant offers a Seafood Brunch where they serve it all to your table for…
I visited one of my favourite restaurants in the Okanagan region recently for more of Chef Derek Ingram’s delicious elevated Turkish dishes. Here he uses as many local ingredients as possible in his cooking. If you are heading to Penticton…