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…
BLACK + BLUE
1032 Alberni Street, Vancouver Tel: 604-637-0777 Web: http://www.glowbalgroup.com/blackblue/ Twitter: @glowbal_group #Black+Blue Advice: For many of the steaks you can order by the ounce, they have two private rooms upstairs for larger parties. I love the stunning gold lights that shine…
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…
Fall Menu Tasting at Cafe Pacifica
I dined at Café Pacifica at the Pan Pacific Hotel Vancouver recently to taste some of Executive Chef Bob Wiles new dishes! 1st dish: Maple-Glazed Scallop wrapped in Pancetta Butternut squash risotto, citrus beurre blanc infused with sage 2nd dish:…
Chef Grace Rerksuttisiridach
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…
Dim Sum Cooking Classes at Wild Rice
Hankering for har gow? Desiring dumplings? Craving cha siu bao? Yearn no longer. Wild Rice Executive Chef Todd Bright, a master of the art of new-style dim sum, will be conducting three intimate cooking classes in dim-sum making at the…
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…
Brunch: Max Reimer at Dockside
Brunch is a favourite past time shared by many and should be an extraordinary experience, one that you will cherish. Vancouver has some wonderful places for brunch. Each of the places I visit is unique for what is offered along…
Founders Lounge Opening
Last night November 28th I attended the opening party for the Founders Lounge at The Cultch. Guests were treated to small plates and wine selections, a taste of the menu offerings. East Vancouver’s highly respected Two Chefs and a Table…
Fall Tasting at Glowball Grill
I revisited Glowbal Grill recently for dinner to taste some of Executive Chef Jason Vallee‘s new dishes! Dish #1 Beet Salad with red and yellow beets, arugula, pecorino Dish #2 Satay selection with yummy Buttermilk Chicken, Moroccan Lamb, Tuna…
Brunch: Veda Hille at Two Chefs and a Table
Brunch is a favourite past time shared by many and should be an extraordinary experience, one that you will cherish. Vancouver has some wonderful places for brunch. Each of the places I visit is unique for what is offered along…
Fall Dishes Tasting at Goldfish
I revisited Goldfish recently for dinner to taste some of Executive Chef Scott Practico‘s new dishes! Most of these dishes were on their Fall menu! Thai ChickenPizza ($7) peanut sauce, scallions Big California Roll ($13.95) sushi rice, dungeness crab, avocado,…
ANATOLIA’S GATE
7084 Kingsway, Burnaby Tel: 604-525-2519 Web: www.anatolias.ca Twitter: n/a Advice: Go with a friend or order a couple of dishes so that you are served the larger Lavash bread. On a hunt for authentic Turkish cuisine, I headed out…
2011 Ocean Wise Chowder Chowdown
The 4th Annual Ocean Wise Seafood Chowder Chowdown was a huge success at a great event hosted by the Vancouver Aquarium on November 23rd. This event saw a packed house sampling many or all of the twelve chowders from BC’s…
Sandhill Winemaker’s Dinner
I attended this elegant dinner at The Sutton Place Hotel on Wednesday November 16th that featured Sandhill Wines along with their Winemaker Howard Soon. Following the welcoming reception that featured the 2010 Small Lots Viognier and Lobster Roll bites, we…
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…
Places for Pie
There is Pie and then there is Pie, these are some of the notable pie purveyors that I visited over the past couple of months. This article is all about who bakes PIE in and around Vancouver. My visit to…
DIVA AT THE MET
645 Howe Street, Vancouver, BC Tel: 604-602-7788 http://www.metropolitan.com/diva/about_diva.htm Twitter: n/a Advice: Offers tasting menus. Located inside the Metropolitan Hotel. Over the years I had dined on weekend breakfasts at Diva, a couple weeks ago I followed one of my favourite…
New Dishes Tasting at Society
I revisited Society Restaurant recently for dinner to taste some of Executive Chef Alfred Contiga‘s new dishes! Most of these dishes were new and about to be added to their Winter menu! 1st Dish Smoked Salmon Twinkie 2nd Dish Beef…
Alice In Wonderland themed Pop-Up Restaurant
Celebrity Chef and Food Network Star Bob Blumer is Vancouver bound, on his televised, international hunt for The Worlds Weirdest Restaurant. Swallow Tail Secret Supper Club runs underground culinary events here in Vancouver, and their Alice In Wonderland themed Pop-Up…
Dunn’s Famous Opening
On Tuesday November 15th, I attended the opening party of Dunn’s Famous Restaurant in Vancouver. This Montreal based deli was founded in 1927 and there Vancouver restaurant is the first to open in Western Canada. Guests were treated to Montreal…
Brunch: Michael Fraser at the Waldorf
Brunch is a favourite past time shared by many and should be an extraordinary experience, one that you will cherish. Vancouver has some wonderful places for brunch. Each of the places I visit is unique for what is offered along…