Holiday Lunch Buffets
Last week I was invited in to dine at Fleuri Restaurant for their annual Yuletide Luncheon Buffet. This is one of my favourite lunch buffets during the holiday season, my friend Shar Levine joined me to indulge! They have…
Category: Holiday Fare
Events and special meals and drinks happening in restaurants for the holidays.
Holiday Baking at Whole Foods
Get ready for all your holiday gatherings with delicious baking from Whole Foods Market. The bakery is in full swing this holiday season running 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Most of the items in the bakery are…
Festive Holiday Cocktails
The holiday season is in full swing and with that many of the city’s bartenders have created there holiday list of celebratory cocktails. I met up with three bartenders from restaurants around Vancouver that include Colin Turner at CinCin; Ben…
Pan Pacific Christmas Wish Breakfast Dec 7
The 24th Annual Pan Pacific Vancouver Christmas Wish Breakfast epic toy drive benefiting the Lower Mainland Christmas Bureau is being held on Wednesday, December 7, from 6am-9am. Each year the Hotel hosts one of Canada’s largest toy drives where the…
Thanksgiving: Eat-in or Take-Out
Celebrate Thanksgiving in a restaurant or at home, here is a random selection of restaurants offering brunches, buffets, dinners or turkey to go! Tableau Bar Bistro is offering busy Vancouverites with no time to cook a way to impress friends…
Sweetheart Afternoon Tea at the Urban Tea Merchant
I indulged in their Sweetheart Afternoon Tea last week with a little pre-Valentine’s day tasting pleasure. To begin I was served a Tea cocktail that was made with champagne infused tea along with a strawberry tea sorbet that was so…
Christmas Eating Festivities
Celebrate Christmas at home or at a restaurant, here is a random selection of restaurants offering brunches, buffets, dinners or turkey to go! Corner Suite Bistro 850 Thurlow Street, Vancouver Tel: 604-569-3415 Web: http://thecornersuite.com/ On December 24, 25 and 26,The…
Chanukah Treats
Chanukah is an 8 day Jewish holiday that celebrates the miracle of light it is a joyous festival of lights People celebrate by lighting the menorah, playing dreidel games, and are everyone is encouraged to eat deep-fried and oily foods…
Thanksgiving Dining Out or Dining In
Celebrate Thanksgiving at home or at a restaurant, here is a random selection of restaurants offering brunches, buffets, dinners or turkey to go! Heron’s in Fairmont Waterfront A HARVEST DINNER AT HERONS The Fairmont Waterfront Presents Thanksgiving Day Dinner $68…
Moon Cakes at Pan Pacific Vancouver Brunch Sept 19
I took part in a media tour and tasting the other day, led by Pastry Chef Hans Pirhofer at the Pan Pacific Hotel Vancouver where he and Executive Chef Daryl Nagata made their specialty Moon Cakes. These Moon Cakes are…
Yaletown Best Burger Competition on Canada Day
Head on down to the 1200 block of Hamilton on July 1st and celebrate Canada Day Yaletown style. The highlight of the day is going to be the Yaletown Best Burger Competition being held in front of SOCIETY of which…
65th Annual Steveston Salmon Festival July 1
Canada’s biggest little birthday party has a lot to celebrate. This year the festival turns 65 and is looking pretty good for a senior citizen. The 2010 theme is “Red goes green” and will include a number of initiatives to…
Mothers Day Dining on May 9
Celebrate and treat your mom, your friends mom, your mom’s mom or any other mom to Brunch or Dinner on Sunday May 9th. Here are some of the dining options of places that have sent in their details. Bacchus at…
Hamantaschen, Tasty Treats
Hamantaschen, the triangle shaped cookies that are traditionally eaten during the Jewish holiday of Purim, are made with many different fillings including poppy, prune, date, walnut, and chocolate. This year the holiday is celebrated on February 23 & 24, these tasty cookies…
Valentine’s Day Treats
Speciality Cupcakes Now through to Valentine’s Day, Tracycakes will be preparing freshly made Valentine’s Day cupcakes daily in a variety of flavours like For My Valentine, Hot Lips, Neopolitan, Girlicious and A Moment On Your Lips. All cupcakes are available…