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Canadian Flavours Gala

On April 30, I attended this wonderful event that celebrated Canadian chefs from across Canada with wines from the Naramata region of BC. Each chef prepared a dish to pair with one of the wines, and served their dish to…

Best Hidden Patios Take 3 Vancouver

Vancouver is fortunate to have some great restaurants with outdoor patios that are secluded and hidden off the beaten track. This list represents some of the latest Best hidden patios in the city that you are going to love this…

Exploring Filipino food at Max’s Restaurant

Last week I joined other media friends for a feast of Filipino dishes tasting our way through the many different offerings of Max’s Restaurant. The restaurant opened in Vancouver in 2012 and is currently one of four locations in Canada, the…

Interview with Tarquin Melnyk

Bartender | Bambudda Gastown | Vancouver Tarquin had been working in a hospital doing recreation therapy for many years. In 2006 he made a life change to be a server in an upscale diner in Edmonton. He yearned to learn…

Vancouver Intil Tequila Expo on May 30

The 4th Annual Vancouver International Tequila Expo (VITE) will take place on May 30, 2015 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. Proceeds will benefit the British Columbia Hospitality Foundation (BCHF), the hospitality industry’s own charity. The Grand Tasting event features over 25 tequila and mezcal…

Tarquin Melnyk and his Cocktails

Tarquin Melnyk is the Bar Manager at Bambudda in Gastown. I asked Tarquin to make a selection of his unique cocktails at Bambudda. Up first is the New Gwei-Lo New Gwei-Lo This drink is pineapple preserved three ways and was…

Cinco de Mayo in Vancouver and Beyond on May 5

To celebrate Cinco de Mayo, here are some of the restaurants, delivery services and events around Vancouver and beyond that will be celebrating. Las Margaritas This is our biggest event of the year. We are having Los Dorados Mariachis play…

Tasting Plates New Westminster on May 13

Tantalize your taste buds at several restaurants and establishments in the Downtown, Sapperton and Queensborough neighborhoods in New Westminster. This tasting extravaganza goes from 6pm until 10pm and is presented by Vancouver Foodster. Each restaurant will be serving up Tasting…

Interview with Chef Enrique Menendez

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…

Meatball Challenge 2015 Winners

The Vancouver Foodster Meatball Challenge was a great success featuring unique creations at restaurants around Vancouver, Burnaby, Langley and Pitt Meadows. Each restaurant and deli featured their creation on their menu from April 1-26, 2015. and their customers voted for…

Innovate Products at Grocery Showcase West

I was one of the judges of the top Innovative Products at the annual Grocery Showcase West (GSW) at the Vancouver Convention Centre held April 14, 2015. Known as the event for Western grocery retailers to meet with food producers…

Food Finds at the Canadian Health Food Show 2015

A couple of weeks ago, I attended the annual Canadian Health Food Show at the Vancouver Convention Centre. This show saw food producers and suppliers from across North America showing their products to mostly natural food retailers. It’s the largest…

Interviews with EAT! Vancouver Fest Chefs

For the 13th annual EAT! Vancouver Food + Cooking Festival which is taking place at venues throughout the city April 26 to May 3, 2015, an inaugural collaborative dinner series is about to take place here for the first time….

Vancouver Foodster Pasta Challenge

Welcome to the Vancouver Foodster Pasta Challenge. Restaurants from all over the city were invited to enter their pasta dishes into this challenge, some of the restaurants have created a special pasta creation just for this challenge and others have…

Interview with Chef Ryan Reed

Celebrating the Spirits at BC Distilled

On April 18th I attended BC Distilled that featured over 23 distilleries from across British Columbia, it was mostly small-batch distilleries and many of them were new. Tasting was the operative word here and there were a few that not…

EAT! Vancouver Food + Cooking Festival 2015 Raises the Roof

The culinary world descends on Vancouver the weekend of May 1 to 3 as the 13th annual EAT! Vancouver Food + Cooking Festival — taking place at venues throughout the city April 26 to May 3, 2015 — comes to…

Food and Got Craft? May 2 – 3

Handmade is the best kind of food, and Got Craft? has foodies covered for all of their cravings. Gourmet handmade butters by The Local Churn, Graveley & Sons’s cocktail infusion kits, and Le Meadow’s Pantry‘s old-world luscious jams and bold marmalades are just some…