#ccc2014 @goldmedalplates Chefs from Canada will meet in Kelowna from February 7-8, 2014 to compete in the Gold Medal Plates Canadian Culinary Championships. Each year I interview them some questions prior to the challenge. Here is the scoop from Chef Martin Ruiz Salvador Fleur de Sel in Halifax. What was your first food memory? Getting smoked mackerel in my…
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Interview with Chef Jonathan Thauberger Crave Kitchen Regina
#ccc2014 @goldmedalplates Chefs from Canada will meet in Kelowna from February 7-8, 2014 to compete in the Gold Medal Plates Canadian Culinary Championships. Each interview them prior to the challenge and they answer most of my questions. Here is the scoop from Chef Jonathan Thauberger from Crave Kitchen + Wine Bar in Regina. What was your first food memory? Ordering…
Interview with Chef Duncan Ly From Yellow Door Bistro
#ccc2014 @goldmedalplates Chefs from Canada will meet in Kelowna from February 7-8, 2014 to compete in the Gold Medal Plates Canadian Culinary Championships. Each year I interview them prior to the challenge. Here is the scoop from Chef Duncan Ly from The Yellow Door bistro at The Hotel Arts in Calgary. He’s in Kelowna this year back at it for…
Interview with Chef Brian Skinner from The Acorn Vancouver
#ccc2014 @goldmedalplates Chefs from Canada will meet in Kelowna from February 7-8, 2014 to compete in the Gold Medal Plates Canadian Culinary Championships. Each year I send them some questions prior to the challenge. Here is the scoop from Chef Brian Skinner from The Acorn in Vancouver. What was your first food memory? Eating mussels with cream and garlic…
Hawkers Market
Looking for a way to try some new local food? Hawkers Market is coming up February 8 and is always full of tasty treats, wine and craft beer, and even a DJ. Food trucks are on site should you need more than just a sample. Isn’t it time to restock the cupboards after all the…
Blue Water Cafe Celebrates 10 Years of “Unsung Heroes”
This is a not to miss event for seafood lovers. GLV Chef Pabst’s ‘Home Grown’ Initiative Draws Crowds This February executive chef Frank Pabst of Vancouver’s Blue Water Cafe will celebrate the tenth anniversary of his sustainable seafood festival. Aptly named “Unsung Heroes”, Pabst initially created the month-long event to bring awareness to local and…
Winterlicious at Kitsilano Daily Kitchen
Some of our best dishes from the past few years have come out of the Kitsilano Daily Kitchen’s kitchen so make 2014 the year you try the restaurant again or for the first time! Kits Daily is not doing Dine Out Vancouver, instead they will be sampling four plates for $42 and the tasting menu…
Best Dishes of 2013 Part 4
Part 4 of my favourite eats from 2013 takes us to year end. Some awesome new spots opened including Farmer’s Apprentice, Good Wolfe, Kessel and March, 1789 and Tuc Kitchen. We revisited Kits Daily Kitchen, MARKET and went to the always delicious Cowichan Region, Salt Spring Island’s Sip and Savour and Hastings House, as well…
Best Dishes of 2013 Part 3
Part 3 of my favourite eats from 2013 takes us into August with highlights including lots of home cooking, grilled meats, Ottawa, Chicha, House Guest, Mosaic and a variety of chicken wings. For details click on the individual picture in the slideshow or comment below for further info.
Best Dishes of 2013 Part 2
Part 2 of my fav eats from 2013 takes us into April with highlights including the Oyster Festival in Oliver Osoyoos, a Top Chef Canada dinner at Fable and a dinner at Forage. For details click on the individual picture in the slideshow or comment below for further info.
Best Dishes of 2013 Part 1
I was going through my photos and was going to pick the top 12, or perhaps the top dish I sampled from every month, but there were too many damn delicious things to account for. I decided to break it up into a few posts and started in January when I had the great fortune…
Arabian Nights at Shangri-La – Tea Time
Until January 5, 2014 afternoon tea with an Arabian twist is being served in the Xi-Shi Lounge at the Shangri-La Hotel Vancouver. Skip lunch and feast instead on the sandwiches, scones and sweets offered at afternoon tea; it’s just so civilized. The hotel lobby bar, where the tea is served, is especially appealing right now…
Oyama Sausage St. Hubertus and Game Weekend
It may be okay for some to stick with pork, beef, turkey and chicken, but we prefer to get wild and add in a bit of game on our charcuterie platters and for our frequent sausage roasts! Lucky for us it is St. Hubertus and Game Weekend at Oyama Sausage from Friday Dec. 6th-Sunday Dec. 8th ….
Not So Fast and Mamie Taylor’s Serve Pierogies for Charity
What better excuse to get out and try a new restaurant if you haven’t stopped by this place already than this tasty fundraising venture. From December 1-14 Mamie Taylor’s restaurant has teamed up with not-for-profit Not So Fast and will serve an stellar Pierogi dish with profits benefiting the “Inside The Box” Friday food program at the Strathcona…
Arabian Nights at Shangri-La Hotel
At the Shangri-La Hotel they’ve turned Xi Shi Lounge into an Arabian paradise until January 5, 2014. Sip signature cocktails, enjoy live music and dance and wander through the Merchants Market at the hotel. Menu items include hummus, baba ghanooj, homemade pickles and spice-marinated olives, as well as falafel, tabboulleh salad, lamb kibbeh, and halloumi…
West Coast Christmas – Tasty Locally Made Treats
Out in Abbotsford at the Tradex Christmas comes early with the West Coast Christmas Show. Since we have the use of the Ford Fusion this week, we dressed up the car and drove out to launch ourselves into Christmas mode. Dairy Farmers of Canada (for whom I am an ambassador right now) was out there…
Brunch at Joe Fortes
It is Joe’s Eggstravaganza $9.95 breakfasts LAST WEEKEND! We headed to Fortes for breakfast last weekend to sample the $9.95 menu. A complete deal and CGLV (Chef Good Life Vancouver) ordered the Chorizo Hash and loved it! The first things the servers show up with are sparkling wine and OJ. They’d love to pour you a…
Take a Break from Shopping with The Urban Tea Merchant
Who doesn’t love afternoon a good long afternoon tea break ? It is the perfect pause from holiday shopping; a chance to relax, check over your list and re-energized. Now on at The Urban Tea Merchant is their very special Holiday Afternoon Tea Service. Cosy into their comfortable chairs at white tablecloth-set tables and choose…
BEER LOVERS have something to celebrate with the opening of CRAFT
On November 7 CRAFT BEER MARKET RESTAURANT + BAR “Where everything’s on tap” opened their doors. Located on 1st Avenue in the Olympic Village neighbourhood and housed in the historic SALT Building this purveyor of 140 beverages on tap is sure to be a big hit. The restaurant is impressive in stature. Seating up to…
CinCin’s Mushroom and Truffle Festival
IL FESTA DEL FUNGO ‘PUNGENT, EARTHY, INTENSE’ Friday, November 1st to Saturday, November 30th “Nobody knows the truffles I’ve seen,” says CinCin Executive Chef Andrew Richardson. The evening of November 1st will signal the beginning of CinCin’s ninth annual, month-long Festa del Fungo. Join Chef Richardson in celebrating truffles and wild mushrooms, which herald the lusty…
