The Vancouver Foodster 3rd Pizza Challenge was a great success featuring unique creations at restaurants around Vancouver, Burnaby, Port Moody, Fort Langley, West Vancouver and North Vancouver. Each restaurant featured their creation on their menu from March 3-26, 2017. and…
I visited for brunch recently with my friend Nick to enjoy some delicious Filipino fusion dishes with a twist. 1st dish: Longanise Corn Dogs, old school with banana ketchup & mustard. 2nd dish: Longanisa Grilled Cheese in a pandesal, with…
The 2nd Vancouver Foodster Grilled Cheese Challenge was a huge success featuring creations from restaurants around greater Vancouver. Each restaurant and foodtruck featured their Grilled Cheese creation from February 24 – March 19. 2017. Our media judging panel determined the ultimate winners…
Local catering company Cocktails & Canapés has created some special lunch boxes to enjoy during this years cherry blossom festival. As spring begins this week, the blossoming of the cherry blossoms will take place over the next few weeks. The…
Vancouver is home to some of the best chefs in the world, many have worked for the top chefs and restaurants around the world as well as around the city. Dishing with the Chefs is a series of Interviews with some…
As a part of the Vancouver International Wine Festival, on February 17, I attended this 14th annual awards lunch with a Canadian theme, that was full of restaurateurs, sommeliers, wine makers, and other industry peers. Guests enjoyed a meal prepared…
In early September 2016, I launched the Food Glorious Food podcast at CKNW.com which was then co-hosted by my friend Drex and myself, it was the first podcast of this kind that CKNW has hosted at CKNW.com. This new show…
On Wednesday March 8, we presented our 5th Anniversary tour of our Tasting Plates series of tasting tours that began in the downtown Vancouver area. For this tasting tour we returned to where Tasting Plates 1st ever tour was held,…
Welcome to the Vancouver Foodster Pie Challenge. Bakeries and Cafes from all over the city were invited to enter their Pie creations into this challenge. Each bakery and cafe will be featuring their pie on their menu from March 9 –…
It’s been a few years since my last Dim Sum visit, since the restaurant was about to celebrate 10 years in business, this was a terrific time to revisit and have a few friends (Louisa, Lawrence and David) join to…
Welcome to the 3rd 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…
Vancouver is home to some of the best chefs in the world, many have worked for the top chefs and restaurants around the world as well as around the city. Dishing with the Chefs is a series of Interviews with some…
A selection of my favourite foodie treats in no particular order that I have tasted recently and where to find them. 1)Tiramisu Snow Mountain “bingsoo” with milk shaved ice topped with their homemade Tiramisu, with cheesecake layered through out the…
On February 28, I attended the opening party for the new Hendricks Restaurant in The Westin Grand Hotel in downtown Vancouver. Overlooking the hustle and bustle of Vancouver’s Library Square, Hendricks Resto-Lounge is a 98-seat, contemporary twist on classic West…
The Vancouver Foodster 6th annual Poutine Challenge was a great success featuring unique creations at restaurants around Vancouver. Each restaurant featured their creation on their menu from February 7-28, 2017. and their customers voted for their favourites daily throughout the…
I recently had the opportunity to taste some of the fine Whiskey’s from the Bowmore collection in a guided food and whisky pairing tasting. Bowmore is a distillery that produces scotch whisky on the isle of Islay, an island of…
When writing about food and drink is the job, if it tastes good and it’s unique enough then our readers should know about it. Pineapple Bun The star of the show is the Pineapple Bun with Butter ($2.75) at this…
Welcome to the 2nd Vancouver Foodster Grilled Cheese Challenge. Restaurants from all over the city were invited to enter their grilled cheese creations into this challenge. Each restaurant and food truck will be featuring their Grilled Cheese creations on their menu…
With it’s focus on exquisite French pastries with a contemporary twist, Parisian-trained Chef Elena Krasnova has recently opened her first standalone shop in Burnaby’s Metrotown neighborhood. Complete with a 600 square foot open-concept kitchen, the clean and simple design of…
On Wednesday February 22, Vancouver Foodster presented our 2nd tasting tour of pizza held all over downtown and East Van. The evening event started off at Dogwood Brewing where guests had a chance to taste some organic beer along with…
I recently embarked on a tour around a few restaurants in Richmond that specialize in a variety of house-made dumplings. If you didn’t already know, there are over 20 different types of Asian dumplings that come in all shapes and…
As one who appreciates a great tasting pizza, I was happy to lend my palate to taste some of Chef Carmine’s new pizza creations at Novo Pizzeria in Kitsilano, here is the run down. 1st dish: Novo Filetti Pizza with…