CHEF TOP TEN STARTS SEP 22 10 weeks of our guests’ favourite dishes paired with a glass of wine for only $35 This offer is exclusively for our social media friends (that means you if you are reading this!). When you arrive at the restaurant let your server know that you are interested in the Chef’s Top Ten…
Category: Dine Out
Earls Restaurants Support Children’s Breakfast Program – September 13-20 across BC
Enjoy one of Earls most popular dishes this September and you will be supporting the Breakfast Club of Canada, providing healthy, nutritious breakfasts to children in need – over 6,000 daily! From September 13 to 20, across all Earls BC locations, sales from the Santé Fe Salad will go to supporting this great children’s cause…
Foraging Class & Chef’s Dinner at Nita Lake Lodge
Join Chef Paul Moran for a morning of foraging in the Whistler valley. Learn how to search safely for wild and edible plants, shoots, lichens and mushrooms. Later, enjoy a delicious five-course Chef’s dinner in Aura Restaurant with your fellow foragers prepared using the ingredients you found that morning. Classes are Wednesdays through September and…
Going Glowbal with The GLOWBAL COLLECTION
The GLOWBAL COLLECTION savours the last days of summer with fresh Going Glowbal menus, available September 11-25. GLOWBAL COLLECTION Executive Chefs have crafted the specially-themed feature menus to showcase a wide array of globally-inspired dishes and delicious seasonal ingredients. The offerings are diverse, from glowbal grill’s timely ‘Summer to Fall’ spotlight to Italian Kitchen’s nod…
Feast of Fields Craft Brewers
#MVFeastOf2014 Chef GoodLifeVan (Michael Smith) I was told that I could come to Feast of Fields this year to sit on a blanket, read a book and drink craft beer. Well I only managed to do one of the above but that one was the best part! The beer sampling of course. The BC craft…
Moon Festival Tea Service The Urban Tea Merchant
The Chinese Moon Festival is on Monday, September 8 this year and until then The Urban Tea Merchant is serving up their Moon Festival Tea Service. Always a fan of afternoon tea at The Urban Tea Merchant, I was excited to mix it up a bit with the addition of Moon Cakes and a few extra Asian-influenced items on…
KRAFTY kitchen + bar is open in the heart of Kelowna’s Cultural District
Looking forward to giving this a try! GLV KRAFTY kitchen + bar Ltd. is pleased to announce the official opening of Kelowna’s newest Upscale Casual dining experience. The new Kelowna restaurant brings addictive flavours, upscale service and local design to the budding Kelowna restaurant scene. “We are very excited to open our doors in the…
Visiting The Royal Thai Consulate General
The Royal Thai Consulate General, Sutthiluck Sa-ngarmangkang, is now settled at her residence and invited media into her home for a preview for this weekend’s (August 23/24, 2014) Discover Thailand Festival. Discovering Thailand Festival 2014 (www.worldculinary.net/thailand) is taking place at the Vancouver Art Gallery, North Plaza. The presentations included a cooking demonstration of very tasty and not too spicy…
Summer Prix-Fixe Menu at Bambudda
Enjoy five signature courses for one low price Gastown’s Nouveau Chinese restaurant is celebrating the last, lazy days of summer with a five-course prix-fixe menu, featuring Chef Scott Korzak’s most popular signature creations: Chicken Skins BBQ Duck Buns Nectarine Salad Mushroom Dumplings Beef & Broccoli Priced at $29 per person, the prix-fixe is available Sunday through Thursday until the…
Hy’s Steakhouse Unveils Tempting New Menus
For the first time in many years, Hy’s Steakhouse and Cocktail Bar has unveiled a new menu featuring traditional classics as well as dishes destined to become new favourites. Hy’s has long been known for its high quality menu and impeccable service since the restaurant chain opened its first location in 1955. Many of those…
L’Abattoir Chef Makes Cut for Prestigious Benefit Dinner
Chef Lee Cooper joins elite culinary masters to square off during annual Northern Chefs Alliance & FarmOn! Foundation Dinner Chef Lee Cooper of L’Abattoir will chop it up with nine celebrity chefs from across the U.S. and Canada at the annual Northern Chefs Alliance & FarmOn! Foundation Dinner. The charitable event will take place on…
Burgers at Hamilton Street Grill
Before Yaletown was abounding with restaurants, a few innovators set up camp in the area that at the time was still fairly industrial. One of the first to open was Chef Neil Wyle’s Hamilton Street Grill at 1009 Hamilton Street and it’s still going strong. Recently we purchased the Social Shopper Hamilton Street Grill Burger special that features two beef…
Canadian Cheese Rolling
Do you fancy running down the hill to chase a cheese wheel? It’s not really for me, but I would run for cheese if I was assured something cheese-filled at the end. Thankfully I didn’t have to do much other than catch a cab to get down to Forage Restaurant for the media preview of…
Left Bank Menu Tasting
Left Bank Restaurant and Bar is now open at 751 Denman Street in the location that once housed Le Parisien and previously Cafe de Paris. The revamp was more than just a room spruce up,this time around and both the menu and the interior are very different. While there will still be some of the classic French dishes…
Provence Does Tomatoes
All this month Provence Restaurants – Provence Mediterranean Grill (P1) in Point Grey and Provence Marinaside (P2) in Yaletown celebrate all things tomato with its Fifth Annual Tomato Festival– featuring special three-course prix fixe menus. Mediterranean Grill’s offers a prix fixe menu for $45 while over at Marinaside, they are offering a multiple-choice three-course menu for $48…
Vancouver Foodster Tasting Plates North Vancouver
Finally made it to Vancouver Foodster Tasting Plates as I’d missed the last few due various annoying occurrences. While the weather didn’t cooperate and I ended up with rather wet feet, I still managed to enjoy a night roaming the North Shore with some transportation assistance from Jay Minter and Billy Hur when it came to…
Dinner at Lily Mae’s Gastown
At 12 Powell Street in Gastown lies a sweet little bistro cafe with a super cozy room and a very European feel to both the room and the food. They’ve recently revamped their menu so we stopped in for dinner to check it out and try a few bites. The restaurant is owned by Armand Tencha and Jeff Jefkins and…
Vancouver Farmers Market Berry Pie Contest and Berry Festival
At Wednesday July 16th Main Street Farmers Market I ate nine different pies as part of the judging for the Berry Festival Pie Baking Contest. Did I feel a bit sick after? Well yes, but I am a pro so even if the pie was awesome I only took a bite. Except for one –…
Brunching at West Oak
There’s ladies that lunch and couples that brunch and I am a full patch member of both groups. On the weekends we have taken up the brunch ritual of late on what I call #brunchquest. We head out on our bikes or hop on the bus on less stellar days and spend some time over…
Nacho Average Food Truck
I am so very fond of nachos. I love lots of cheese, guac, salsa, sour cream, the works. It’s not often that I do indulge, but when the craving does get out of hand I just do it. I’ve got teenage memories of The Keg Nachos with their layers of refried beans, and the fact…
