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Spot Prawns: Chili & green onion dip, Wok-fried with Virgin soy sauce, Flambé & drunken with Chinese “Er Guo Tou” rice wine, Fried & salt & peppered coated

BC Spot Prawns – Spotted Around BC

We’ll collect some BC Spot Prawn dishes from restaurants and home cooks around Vancouver.  Anything to add?  Email me at cassandra at goodlifevancouver dot com. Le Gavroche - FRESH, LOCAL, SEASONAL UNTIL MAY 30TH Spot Prawn Ceviche & Prawn Cracker Sous Vide Chicken Breast stuffed with Spot Prawns & Citrus Vinaigrette Green Apple Souffle LE GAVROCHE [...]

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Tête-à-Tête cocktail party at Tableau Bar

Fresh off their win for Best French Casual at the 24th annual  Vancouver Restaurant Awards, Tableau celebrated with a little cocktail party with lots of fresh seafood and some of the seasons first BC Spot Prawns. Degan Walters and Sophia Cheng particularly liked the prawns boiled up simply by Chef Marc-Andre Choquette. Plates of antipasto, [...]

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Another Great Dining Package from VANEATS.ca – Suika SUPASUIKA

The crazy boys over at VANEATS.ca have connected again with Suika Snackbar to bring us a $35 tasting experience complete with cocktails.  I absolutely love eating here.  The room is always full and full of action, there’s bound to be a birthday party which means the staff perform a birthday song with all the theatrics, and the [...]

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Oliver Osoyoos Oyster Festival 2012

Oliver Osoyoos Oyster Festival 2012

As we head into Oyster Festival 2013 it’s time to take a look back at last year for one last reminder of why you should get down to Walnut Beach Resort and get yourself some bivalves!  Don’t forget that their pool is heated and they’ve got the only licensed beach in Western Canada.  I’m heading [...]

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Heathly Chefs 2013

Healthy Chef 2013

We welcome Rochelle Lockhart to Good Life Vancouver.  Congrats on her first post to our site. You’re at the Hyatt Regency, third floor, the room’s packed, you’re standing there with a glass of wine in one hand and a prawn canapé in the other, you wait. Anticipation is high, tonight you have the opportunity to [...]

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Plating Parmigiano With Choices’ Chef Antonio Cerullo and Marquis Wine Cellar

As I just discovered last week, Choices Market in Kitsilano has a hidden event room right behind their flower shop. Complete with a kitchen and more than enough space for few tables, the hideaway is the perfect spot to host a cooking class or wine tasting; the precise reason why I attended.  Charming, and appropriately [...]

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Eight 1/2 Restaurant Lounge – VANEATS.ca Dining Package

VANEATS.ca‘s has another dining package deal for Eight 1/2 Restaurant Lounge, which is just off Main Street on 8th Avenue, a half block off Main, hence the name.  Housed in an old residence this place is easy to miss, but it has been on my radar for a while.  I’ve enjoyed many a sandwich and salad here; [...]

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Vancouver Winter Farmers Market

The Vancouver Winter Farmers Market is on until April 27 at the Nat Bailey Stadium and there are lots of products that are just beginning to show up for spring as well as the all season and winter items that are still in stock. The food trucks are out in full force, so grabbing lunch [...]

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