Now in it’s25th year Shakespeare’s magical comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream will play Tuesdays through Sundays in Bard’s Mainstage Theatre tent in Vanier Park from June 11 to September 20, 2014. This tale of meddling fairies, star-crossed lovers, royal engagements, and muddled tradesmen is the most popular of Shakespeare’s plays. More from Bard Oberon, King of the Fairies (Ian Butcher) is upset with his Queen Titania (Naomi Wright) and commands the mischievous fairy Puck (Kyle Rideout) to charm her with a nectar that causes love-at-first-sight. Puck arranges for Titania to become beguiled by a simple weaver named Bottom (Scott Bellis) whom he has…
Author: Cassandra Anderton
Last week I took a much needed afternoon to myself to beautify my tired feet and get my nails in order. Fortunately for me at New Image College of Fine Arts they offer an esthetics training and once the students have mastered the skills, they can take on clients to fine tune their trade. The school’s programs are tops in the industry so these students are pros by the time they get their hands on you and services are offered at extremely descent prices. There’s a sale on now for a $20 pedi or $20 mani and facials are just…
There’s nothing better than getting beautified and contributing to an amazing society that helps others get pretty and pampered. On May 15, 2014 Dermalogica invite you to experience the amazing work of the Beauty Night Society. They will have five different stations set-up which will include hair, nails, make-up, skin treatments and massage. Your ticket guarantees you a minimum of two services that night in addition to the wine, tapas and cocktails! Beauty Night is a not-for-profit organization that focuses on building self-esteem to help change the lives of women and youth in poverty for the better. Did you know that…
The next best thing to a trip to Mexico is the Vancouver International Tequila Expo. This year the main event is Saturday, May 31st, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel from 7-10 pm. Entrance fee gets you twenty tasting tokens and if you are still standing, you can buy additional tokens with proceeds to the British Columbia Hospitality Foundation. Individuals $65.25 – Groups of 6+ $54.75. TICKETS About The Third Annual Vancouver International Tequila Expo (VITE) is Western Canada’s largest festival dedicated to Mexico’s number one export spirit. The festival aims to increase the presence of tequila in Western Canada. British Columbia tequila…
May 18, 2014 craft beer and fine food lovers will want to march on down to Kessel & March for a Sunday night of dinner and excellent beer. RSVP soon before you’re out of luck and bring your appetite for Chef Tony Marzo’s skilfully served dishes. Just $60 all in with beer, tax and tip. www.kesselandmarch.com
Come hungry to EAT! Vancouver Food + Cooking Festival and celebrate all things food, cooking, entertaining, and culinary travel at BC Place Stadium on May 30, 31 & June 1, 2014. Chopped Canada judges Lynn Crawford, Chuck Hughes, and Vikram Vij will take the Food Network Celebrity Stage, joined by Ned Bell of Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver and EAT! Vancouver veteran, Rob Feenie of Cactus Club Restaurants. The celebrity chefs will instruct, interact, and entertain foodies with their contemporary cooking techniques and experiences in the culinary world. The Celebrity Chef Throwdown is back for its third year! On Friday, May 30, 7:45pm, local contenders Vikram Vij, Ned Bell, and Jackie Ellis of Beaucoup Bakery will battle it out on the Food…
Billed as “a fascinating journey into the evolution of mankind” the newest Cirque du Soleil performance runs from May 15-June 19, 2014 under the blue-and-yellow big top at Concord Pacific Place. Tickets at www.cirquedusoleil.com/totem. We”ll be checking it out on opening night and will report back on what is sure to be an amazing spectacle! Written and directed by multidisciplinary artist Robert Lepage, TOTEM is an uplifting array of athleticism, comedy, heartfelt emotions and sublime visual effects brought to the stage by a cast of 45 acrobats, actors, musicians and singers. With scenes from the story of evolution randomly linked together in a…
Still not sure where to eat for Mother’s Day? We had lunch this week at Blackbird Bar and had a look at their Mother’s Day menu and you and your mother will sure to be happy here this Sunday. Start with fresh shucked oysters, the tempura albacore tuna and then perhaps an omelette, eggs benny or the leg of lamb or beef roast with all the fixings. And sipping coffee or tea may be fine, but we prefer Trevor Kallies’ nod to weekend cartons, “One to Grow on” – a cocktail made from Golden Grahams infused Absolut Elyx vodka, egg…
On May 30, 2014 try this 5 fine-dining courses created by Executive Chef Daniela Iaci paired with your choice of 5 specialty wines from the Wine Syndicate or 5 craft beers from Beerthirst. Regardless of your choice of beverage you get to try both with each plate and vote on the winning pairing. Dinner is at 7:00PM, tickets are $50 +tax and include the Comedy & Burlesque show. STAND-UP COMEDY & VAN DOLLS BURLESQUE For the Anniversary “Best Of” Celebration local comics and the lovely ladies from Van Dolls Burlesque will perfrom! Comedy starts at 9pm and the Van Dolls…
The Granville Entertainment District has meant many things to me over the years. In high school we’d come to Vancouver from Kelowna to shop and pick up numerous pairs imported black cloth sandals made cheaply in China, probably the only non-designer thing we wore. We knew you could score “pot, shrooms or acid” outside McDonald’s from the calls of the drug dealers as we walked by (frequently) in a fit of giggles. In University we gave it a miss preferring the more “alternative” clubs such as the Ghandi Dancer and Luv-A-Fair, and in later years, I have to admit, we’d…
Each year at the Spot Prawn Festival, Chefs’ Table Society member chefs from across the Lower Mainland serve you fresh-from-the-boat spot prawns. Tickets to the Spot Prawn Boil are $15 each, or purchase the Brine and Dine combo for a special day out. All proceeds will support the Chefs’ Table Society of British Columbia. Spot Prawn Festival Saturday, May 10, 2014 from 11am – 3pm False Creek Fisherman’s Wharf 1505 West 1st Avenue, Vancouver These plates go fast The Spot Prawn Boil was so popular last year that all our tickets sold out 8 days before festival day. Make sure you get…
And so it begins, the announcements of the Spot Prawn’s arrival in Vancouver! And why the heck do we care so much about these beauties? Along with being tasty, the prawns symbolize British Columbia’s movement (guided by Chef Robert Clark I might add) to keep our local bounty at home. While previously we sent these little crustaceans away, we are now eating our ocean’s local harvest, meaning we are noshing on more sustainable seafood and are bringing in less of those strange prawns grown in unknown conditions far away. News from our friends at Provence: Spot Prawn season officially opens…
It’s not often you head out for a meal and then are sent home with a dental lesson, a toothbrush and some toothpaste. However the point of this meal, hosted by ProNamel, was to demonstrate that even healthy choices for our bodies can cause acid damage to our teeth. Held at Yew at the Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver, Chef Ned Bell prepared a meal rather high in acid to demonstrate that we are eating more acid than we think. First up we slurped on Pacific Oysters, Humpback Shrimp, BC Spot Prawns and Albacore Tuna spread out on what was called the…
During the month of May in the town of Tofino there is more than just the usual tastiness to be had around town. Feast Tofino celebrates local, sustainable fisheries by presenting events with local and regional guest chefs, restaurants, fishermen, foragers and farmers, all of whom celebrate in ‘boat-to-table’ food philosophy and great West Coast times. I was lucky enough to hit Salmon Week in 2011 and posted here. Look who I met at the docks! None other than Matt Wright when he was with BC Shellfish Growers and Rob Tyron from Effingham Oysters. Highlight’s include dinner with Chef Trevor Bird,…
May 4, 2014 burger lovers can roam the streets of Vancouver from 2pm until 6pm with Vancouver Foodster and Tasting Plates. Touring many restaurants you will have a chance to eat all types of burgers (which may include beef, pork, lamb, chicken, veggie and more), with crazy sauces, toppings, sides and more. Everyone will kick-off the event at Milestones Restaurant on Robson with beer tasters from Howe Sound Brewing! See our past Vancouver Foodster events and Tasting Plates events view our past events, photos and more! Bring your friends, your significant other, your family or come solo. Registration: Milestone’s Robson –this is where you will show us your printed or digital…
We recently joined the BC Association of Travel Writers and are assisting on planning the 2014 annual symposium. This year’s theme is all about the things you taste while travelling: food, wine, beer, spirits, coffee or tea and will provide tips on how to write and photograph these libations. The Taste of Travel is an all-day event at the River Rock Casino Resort in Richmond, BC on Saturday, May 17th from 11am to 6pm. Photography Seminar The symposium will open with a table top photography session to demonstrate the best techniques to shoot food and wine properly This session will be conducted by internationally accomplished photographer, Craig…
The inaugural Canadian Craft Beer & Oyster pairing Competition was held on April 26th, 2014 during the third annual Osoyoos Oyster Festival. The competition was sponsored by Spirit Ridge Vineyard Resort and Spa, Flavours World, CAMRA Vancouver, BC Craft Brewers Guild and Codfathers Seafood Market. The competition was divided into ten Beer categories, plus a Mead and Cider category. Judgesfor the inaugural Canadian Craft Beer and Oyster pairing competition were Adam Chatburn, president of CAMRA Vancouver, Dan Clapson a Calgary based food writer and contributor to Food Network Canada, Avenue and WestJet’s up! magazine, Martin Lewis who is on the board of directors for…
Congrats to all the winners and runners up in Canada’s only oyster and wine pairing competition! GLV The second Canadian Oyster Wine Pairing Competition sponsored by BC Food and Wine Trails Magazine, Codfather’s Seafood Market, Flavours Magazine, and Watermark Beach Resort was held April 24, 2014 in Osoyoos, British Columbia. The Canadian Oyster Wine Competition follows in the footsteps of the American Pacific Coast Oyster Wine Competition, created by Jon Rowley of Seattle’s Taylor Shellfish Farms. The Osoyoos Oyster festival is held each year in the heart of the wine country. The competition saw over 120 entries divided into eight…
French Bistros ideally should always be bustling and that was certainly the case at La Cigale even in the early hours on last Friday night. La Cigale is French for a cicada, an insect similar but not related to locusts, so it’s somewhat fitting that patrons tend to flock to this place. The restaurant is owned by Bridgette Raye and her son Kevin Raye is behind the stoves. The Raye’s were previously part of La Régalade, in West Vancouver, a timeless treasure, that is now run solely by Alain Raye, Bridgette’s ex-husband. As opposed to West Vancouver’s La Régalade, Fourth…
Lunch is always a treat at MARKET in the Shangri-La Hotel Vancouver, but in April it’s an extra special. From April 4 to 18, 2014 Anthony Ricco, the Executive Chef at New York’s famed Spice Market presents a menu inspired by the street food Jean-Georges enjoyed while travelling in Southeast Asia. Enjoy Spice Market flavours in a $29 Lunch Prix Fixe, or for dinner the $68 Five-Course Tasting Menu. Spice Market items will also be available on the lunch and dinner à la carte menus, with favourites including: Shrimp Dumplings, Lobster and Shitake Mushroom Sauce; Mongolian Lamb Satay, Sweet Soy Glaze; LemonYellowfin Tuna, Lemon Szechuan…
