EVENT ALERT! Presented by Shangri-la Hotel, Vancouver and Market Blue Moon Theatre, Shangri-la Hotel, 1128 West Georgia January 22 SOLDOUT , 28 SOLDOUT, 29 $58 5:00pm Cocktail, 5:30pm Screening, 7:00pm dinner Grab your gourmet popcorn and your seat, and join the Shangri-La Hotel, Vancouver on a culinary journey to Japan with this inspired take on…
Brunch Crawl – East Side
EVENT ALERT! Presented by Vancouver Foodster and the Drive BIA $40 January 26 10am, 4 hours Meet at LaLa’s, 1748 Commercial Drive Dine Out Van Fest does brunch, again! Presented by Vancouver Foodster and the Drive BIA, this new event, sister to the Brunch Crawl- West End, is sure to please anyone who loves Sunday…
Six Course Discourse
EVENT ALERT! Presented by Follow Me Foodie! January 20 6:30 pm, 3 hours $50 (6:30pm wine and food reception, 7:30 show) Stadium Theatre, Edgewater Casino, 750 Pacific Blvd Vancouver has some amazing world-renowned chefs. Bet you’ve always wanted to hear first-hand what makes them tick, their experiences, their passions… Here’s your opportunity to ‘chew’ on a…
Side Dishes – The Best of Hawksworth
York Room, Rosewood Hotel Georgia, 801 West Georgia January 18, 21, 25, 28, Feb 1 The name sounds petite but this dinner is sure to satisfy. Inspired by the best of Hawksworth since opening in May 2011, Side Dishes – The Best of Hawksworth will be served longtable dining style in the heritage York Room…
Secret Supper Soirée
Presented by Swallow Tail Supper Club Pickup Location: 1100 Chestnut Street Jan 17, 18, 24, 31 and Feb 1 $129 6:30pm, 3 hours (Feb 1st start is 7:00pm) A sold out event every year, Vancouver’s culinary road trip is back! Hop on board your private classic London Route Master double-deck bus and be whisked off to…
2014 Dine Out Vancouver Menus Released
For this year’s festival, a record-setting 263 restaurants have cooked up set menus at prix fixe prices ($18, $28 and $38) with many featuring BC VQA wine pairings at an additional cost – and an impressive number are brand-new to Dine Out, including Bambudda, Pidgin, Twisted Fork and more. Every story starts with a reservation,…
Gob Squad’s Kitchen
EVENT ALERT! The PuSh International Performing Arts Festival & Salt Tasting Room January 16 Dinner served at 6:00 p.m. Salt Tasting Room, 45 Blood Alley Performance at 8:00 p.m. SFU’s Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, 149 West Hastings The PuSh International Performing Arts Festival pairs a delicious three-course meal at Salt Tasting Room with a performance of Gob…
Vancouver Foodster’s West End Brunch Crawl
EVENT ALERT! Brunch Crawl – West End Presented by Vancouver Foodster and the West End BIA January 19 $40 10am, 4 hours Meet at Marquis Wine Cellars, 1034 Davie Street Dine Out Van Fest does brunch! Presented by Vancouver Foodster and the West End BIA, this new event is sure to please anyone who loves…
All “YEW” Need is Cheese
This cheesy event at YEW seafood + bar is sponsored by the Dairy Farmers of Canada. The perfect opportunity to try some new cheese. Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver, 791 West Georgia January 27 5:30pm cost $89* Cheese lovers unite! For those of you out there who just LOVE cheese, this event is for you! YEW…
Good Things To Do January 3 +
Vancouver Farmers Markets Winter Market – January 4 Head to Nat Bailey Stadium at 4601 Ontario Street at 30th for the Food Truck Fest. Go hungry, sample some new trucks and pick up supplies for dinner. Through January there are double the amount of food trucks to choose from. Gramercy Grill Ukrainian Christmas – January…
Ukrainian Xmas Gramercy Style
You may have had enough turkey and ham, but what about perogies? Saturday, January 4 Kitsilano’s Gramercy Grill celebrates Christmas the Ukrainian way. Devour homemade perogies and cabbage rolls with vegetarian options available and doughnut holes for dessert. Why not have Christmas just one more time? Choice of Borscht topped with sour cream or Beef &…
Taste BC with Liberty Wine Merchant
Missed this last year because we were out of town. but won’t that mistake twice. GLV The 20th annual celebration of local food and drink takes place January 21, 2013 from 4:30-7:30 p.m. at the Pan Pacific Hotel in downtown Vancouver. Guests will taste, sip and experience BC’s finest wine, beer and spirits accompanied by…
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.
Jackson Triggs Entourage #12DaysJTEntourage
Looking for something to ring in the New Year or celebrate once it’s begun? JT Entourage Grand Reserve Brut is a classy number worthy of your drinking dollars at just $22.95. It’s been aged for three years and has aromas of yeast, apple and pear. On the palate it is a creamy with some minerality,…
Gold Medal Plates Mystery Wine Pairing Competition
The top 11 chefs from regions around Canada have been selected to compete in the final Gold Medal Plates Championships. During the Gold Medal Plates project over 100+ competing chefs create their ultimate dish and pair it with a premier Canadian wine, spirit or beer. This is step one in the final competition. Friday,…
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…
Gold Medal Plates Black Box Competition
The top 11 chefs from regions around Canada have been selected to compete in the final Gold Medal Plates Championships. During the Gold Medal Plates project over 100+ competing chefs create their ultimate dish and pair it with a premier Canadian wine, spirit or beer. This is step two in the final competition. Saturday,…
“Tarantino Burlesque” brings the Grindhouse back to burlesque in Vancouver
On January 10th at Vancouver FanClub the team that produced Beatles Burlesque and Dirty Dancing Burlesque in Vancouver are bringing some grindhouse to the stage with a new show called Tarantino Burlesque. The show combines burlesque and theatre inspired by the movies of Quentin Tarantino, all performed to a live band playing music from…
