Steven Schelling is an inveterate fabulist. The editor-in-chief of PINQ.ca , he’s also a fashion and lifestyle writer for the Georgia Straight, Nuvo Magazine, Vancouver Magazine, Western Living, and whoever else is willing to contribute to the mortgage. His turn ons include long walks on the beach, historical fiction and talk, dark strangers. Thanks to…
Category: Dine Out
All I Want for Christmas with Jeweliette’s Elsa Corsi
We are checking in with local personalities and how could we not include this beauty. Elsa Corsi is a jewellery designer and co-owner of Jeweliette Jewellry, with online shoppin and a location of Hornby Street. Corsi keeps us in sparkles throughout the year; you’ll often find me wearing her designs on special occasions and I own many…
Urbanspoon Releases Most Blogged
We just read through Urbanspoon’s most blogged about restaurant list for 2014 and were pleased to see many Vancouver spots on it. It seems our city has taken more than our fair share of the internet, but one has to remember that this is Urbanspoon, and Vancouver is a food blogger-filled city, so of course…
All I Want For Christmas With Van Doren Chan
We are checking in with some of our favourite local personalities as to how they celebrate the holidays and what they wish for under the Christmas tree. The talented Van Doren Chan is the Sommelier at Vancouver’s top French Restaurant, Le Crocodile, and the owner of C’est la V production, an event planning and hospitality training company…
All I Want For Christmas with Jennifer Schell
This holiday season we are catching up with some of our favourite local personalities to find out how they are celebrating the holidays and what might be on their holiday wish lists. First up, cookbook author and food writer, Jennifer Schell. Schell’s cookbook, The Butcher, The Baker, The Wine and Cheese Maker celebrates all great…
Famoso Neapolitan Pizzeria Partners with Mealshare To Feed Thousands Through Tomato Sauce Holiday Program
In the spirit of the holiday season and to show their appreciation for the communities in which they serve, Famoso Neapolitan Pizzerias across British Columbia will once again be selling their authentic Campania tomato sauce in-store from November 12th to December 31st, with 100 percent of the proceeds going to the Mealshare program, supplying hot…
Famoso Neapolitan Pizzeria
Famoso Neapolitan Pizzeria does true Neapolitan pizza out on Commercial Drive and recently added some innovative toppings just to mix things up on the largely traditional menu. The pizzas are all made all made with‘00’ Caputo flour and are hand-stretched and tossed. Excellent crispy and thin crusts and are then topped with tomatoes imported from Southern Italy’s Campania and often fresh fior-di-late whole-milk mozzarella along…
Holiday Lunch at Forage
Happiness and Cheer at Forage This Year Stop in to Forage this holiday season for their excellent holiday lunch, served Monday to Friday, beginning December 1st through to December 19th. Chef Whittaker offers a four-course menu for $35, with the added bonus of house made cranberry preserve for each guest to take home. This is…
Cioffi’s Cucina
Whenever I go anywhere near Burnaby I always make a point of hitting up Cioffi’s Meat Market to restock my pantry with uber authentic Italian items such as San Marzano canned tomatoes, Arborio rice and olives. I’ve often grabbed a sandwich or one of there prepared items and some sort of meat was always on the…
Cafe Medina
Cafe Medina first opened in 2008 on Beatty Street and was soon the it place for brunch, often, and deservedly so, called the best in the city. Now it’s nestled into the L’Hermitage Hotel on Richard’s Street in the Library District and fortunately offers much more seating, although line ups are still seen, even on week days.The…
Chef Ned Bell Takes The Win At The Chowder Chowdown
Chef NED Bell of YEW wins Both people’s choice and the title at 2014 vancouver aquarium ocean wise chowder chowdown and we’ve got the recipe below! The Vancouver Aquarium was the site of a fierce battle last night, when 14 top Ocean Wise chefs from British Columbia ladled out their best work for guests and judges…
BC’s Parmigiano-Reggiano Week Celebrates Italy’s Finest Cheese In Vancouver & Whistler Restaurants
One of the world’s most important consortiums, Consorzio del Formaggio Parmigiano-Reggiano (The Consortium of Parmigiano-Reggiano Cheese), Italy’s ‘King of Cheese,’ is proud to announce the first Parmigiano-Reggiano Week in British Columbia, a celebration of the world-famous, northern Italian cheese, taking place at select Vancouver and Whistler restaurants between November 17th and 23rd, 2014. Ten of…
Buckstop BBQ
If you are a fan of a proper classic BBQ, be sure to check out Vancouver’s Buckstop as they are serving up some damn delicious fare. This authentic BBQ spot smokes all in-house so be prepared to leave with the aroma of meaty goodness lingering in your hair; you may not ever want to wash it out!…
Celebrate Seafood at Hart House Restaurant
From now until November 16th, Burnaby’s Hart House at Deer Lake is showcasing the amazing abundance of seafood with which BC is blessed. The three-course Seafood Celebration menu gives guests a choice of appetizer, main, and dessert at $38 per guest. Born and raised here in BC, Chef Michael Genest has designed a menu that…
StreetSmart now in more restaurants and communities in British Columbia
More people in British Columbia will be able to dine with a conscience and feed the hungry this holiday season with the expansion of StreetSmart Canada. November 1 – December, 2014 So far this year, 23 restaurants in Vancouver have signed up to partner with the charity—giving guests an opportunity to make a donation of a…
Siena Mushroom Menu
If you haven’t tried the fall menu at Siena Restaurant at 12th and Granville, you are missing out. The mushroom-themed $24 is on through November. Crimini & Oyster Mushroom Soup crispy garlic chips, toasted pine nuts or Chanterelles on Brioche madeira thyme cream, aged balsamico, arugula Grilled Lamb Sirloin & Morels red wine jus, rosemary and…
Hawksworth Restaurant’s Chef de Cuisine Kristian Eligh Wins B.C.’s 2014 Gold Medal Plates
Chef Eligh proved his culinary prowess last night, taking home the gold award at the Victoria 2014 Gold Medal Plates competition held at the Victoria Convention Centre. Chef Eligh went head to head with eight of the province’s finest chefs at the prestigious culinary competition and will now go on to compete at the Canadian…
Wild Game and Mushroom Festival at The Abbey
‘Tis the season for all things wild and forest-like and that definitely includes mushrooms and game meats. Several restaurants around town are celebrating the bounty with ingredient-forward menus . At La Buca, Pied a Terre, The Sardine Can and The Abbey, the Wild Game and Mushroom Festival takes place October 16 to November 2 with three or…
Air Canada’s enRoute magazine announces 2014 Canada’s Best New Restaurants
Canada’s award-winning inflight magazine, Air Canada’s enRoute, is pleased to announce the Top 10 list of Canada’s Best New Restaurants 2014, as well as the winner of the Air Canada enRoute Canada’s Best New Restaurants 2014 People’s Choice Award. On a month-long culinary journey that took noted food writer Andrew Braithwaite from Tofino, British Columbia…
Pidgin offers guests rare Japanese sake and whisky flights
PIDGIN PRESENTS POETRY IN A GLASS WITH 5,7,5 Gastown’s PiDGiN is pleased to introduce their 5,7,5 Japanese sake and whisky flights, each accompanied by a haiku-inspired description of three premium quality liquors. Start your journey with sake, and taste the rhythmic flavours and aromas of smooth and superior varietals. Continue your poetic flight through the unique moods…
