I recently spent a week test driving the re-engineered Honda Civic Sedan Sport Touring 2022 car around the city while I was out and about trying some new dishes at restaurants and cafes in Vancouver. Always love checking out new…
Welcome to the 8th Annual Vancouver Foodster Best Burger Challenge. Restaurants from all over the city were invited to enter their burger creations into this challenge. Each restaurant will be featuring their Burger creations on their menu from October 8-31, 2021….
Welcome to the Vancouver Foodster Pasta Challenge. Restaurants and food trucks 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…
It was an incredible night as guests travelled around the city visiting restaurants in downtown Vancouver, Yaletown, Kitsilano, South Granville and Mount Pleasant and tasting many different types of dumplings. This was the 3rd Dumpling Fest held on October 6th…
Specializing in French cuisine, this recently opened restaurant is serving up traditional French classics alongside wines, cocktails and more. Chef Albert Tran leads the kitchen along with Culinary Director Mark Greenfeld, currently serving dinner Wednesday – Sunday, soon they will…
3615 Kingsway, Vancouver Tel: 604-779-3615 Web: https://www.minuscake.com/ Instagram @minusboutique18 Advice: Walk-ins welcome, for cake roll orders place those in advance. Here at this café it’s all about the Minus Cup. Owner and Pastry Chef Sweki set out to create something…
Chef Martha Ebro opened her Heritage Baking Company during the pandemic after she was layed off as a Pastry Chef at the Hyatt Regency downtown. She already had many years of experience working in kitchens at restaurants and catering companies,…
A new commissary opened recently in the Tri-Cities area to enable food producers to produce their products in a professional kitchen. The meaning of Gong You Kitchen in Korean is sharing kitchen, and that is what they set out to…
The word butcher has always had the connation towards being meat based; a local company set out to change that premise offering up plant-based burgers and sausages without any animal ingredients. Their products are available in their Victoria based shop…
One of the cuisines that I adore is Greek and several of the partners behind this new eatery on Commercial Drive are responsible for the rise in Greek cuisine in our city over many decades. This one though is as…
165 W 2nd Ave, Vancouver Tel: (604) 800-5253 Web: https://www.opheliakitchen.ca/ Instagram: @opheliavancouver Advice: Advance reservations suggested. Specializing in authentic south-of-the-border Mexican cuisine, Executive Chef Francisco Higareda named this wonderful restaurant after his mother, Ophelia. As I love Mexican cuisine I…
Specializing in Thai cuisine, Urban Thai Bistro had previously been located in Yaletown for many years before closing 2 years ago with a plan to move to a new neighbourhood which they just did landing in Dunbar Village. The beautiful…
Chinatown plays host to the inaugural Fire Dragon Festival and Noodlecious Festival and welcomes the entire community to join in on family fun activities, live performances, good eats, and of course to meet the Fire Dragon. EVENT HIGHLIGHTSFor the full Fire Dragon…
Specializing in Neapolitan-style pizza on a handmade crust, with a couple of dozen topping options, including several meat based selections as well as vegetarian selections. Owners of this location are Merve and Mustafa Yilmaz and Gulsah and Kubilay Demirel (shown…
Every Sunday you can enjoy Dim Sum at Cold Tea Restaurant in downtown Vancouver along with great music in disco style! This was a fun experience, and it marries two loves Dim Sum and music. They feature a dim sum…
This new cookbook by Alana Al-Hatlani was recently published by Ulysses Press. The book celebrates the making of magic in the kitchen with friendly recipes designed for kid chefs and inspired by the Harry Potter series! Perfect for any young…
On Wednesday September 8, we presented our latest dining tour in the Westend neighbourhood and area in downtown Vancouver and it was a wonderful success. Everyone who attended started off in a different restaurant on this walking and/or driving tour…
I have had a love for cooking and baking since I was in my teens. During the first 10 years or so of my writing this blog, I had focused on dining in and dining out at the restaurants around…