Chef Karen Dar Woon’s Cured and Baked Great Bear Scallops My friend and fellow Les Dames d’Escoffier member, Karen Dar Woon, Your Secret Chef, and I had some fun with freshly harvested Great Bear Scallops from Coastal Shellfish. Dar Woon designed a recipe for both cured and baked (or BBQ’d) and I helped shuck, an…
Vancouver’s Dine OutSide Restaurant Offers and Menus
Dine OutSide = Over 160 restaurants participating in the summer-time food and drink celebration Patio season is in full swing and Dine OutSide is here to help you find the best spots and refreshing menus in the city! The complete list of Dine OutSide’s participating restaurants and their menus are now available on www.dineoutside.ca. With…
Beetbox Beach Bag Combo
West End’s Plant-based Beetbox Has Your Picnic Needs Covered News from Beetbox: Plant-based comfort-cuisine favourite Beetbox is keeping summer in full swing by introducing a new Beach Bag Combo, now available at the West End hotspot. Featuring a ready made, al-fresco feast for two, each combo offers picnickers, backpackers and beach-blanketers alike a choice of…
NOX – New Italian Restaurant in Downtown Vancouver
Duo Behind New West’s el Santo and Amaranthus Launches NOX Italian Restaurant in Downtown Vancouver NOX, a contemporary Italian restaurant with West Coast flavour, will be opening at the end of the year in Coal Harbour at West Georgia and Cardero. Created by Alejandro Diaz and Sam Fabbro, the owner-chef duo behind el Santo and…
Wild Salmon Celebration August 21-23, 2020
Support BC Restaurants During the 4th Wild Salmon Celebration The Chefs’ Table Society of BC (CTS) and the BC Salmon Marketing Council (BCSMC) are coming together from Friday, August 21 to Sunday, August 23rd for a celebration of the iconic BC product: wild salmon. Typically, a one-day Vancouver based event, this year due to COVID-19…
Beaucoup Bakery Launches Picnic Box
Beaucoup Bakery Boxes Up Sweet And Savoury Picnic Box August 15/16 and 22/23 News from Beaucoup Bakery that we can’t help but share…. and now we’re craving it all! Indulge in a quintet of buttery, flavourful pastries these next two August weekends as Beaucoup Bakery (2150 Fir Street) launches a new Picnic Brunch Box for…
Chef Vish Mayeker Beef Sirloin With Blueberry Jus
Beef Sirloin, Celeriac, Braised Kale and BC Blueberry Jus Chef Vish Mayeker has been cooking with BC Blueberry’s and we’re sharing this particular recipe for Beef Sirloin with Braised Kale and BC Blueberry Jus. Follow Chef Mayeker on Instagram for more recipes and techniques. Ingredients BC Blueberries Beef Sirloin Au Jus Cipollini Onions Morel Mushrooms…
Putting Vinho Verde Wines on Your Dinner Table
Vinho Verde Wines Pair Well With A Variety Of International Dishes Vinho Verde wines are finding their place on international tables, you will find them in some of the top restaurants around the world. The region’s new generation of winemakers are producing serious wines that are food friendly and can be found on wine lists…
Fresh Roots Schoolyard Harvest Dinner At Home
Fresh Roots Farms adapts annual fundraising dinner in the era of COVID-19 2020 Schoolyard Harvest Dinner At Home Edition promo, image supplied by Fresh Roots In the summer of social distancing, Fresh Roots Urban Farm Society has completely transformed its annual fundraising dinner with the Schoolyard Harvest Dinner At-Home Edition on Thursday, Aug. 13,…
Do Chay Yaletown Opens
Do Chay, a plant-based Vietnamese eatery opens second location We had an excellent meal at Do Chay’s first location and were pleased to here second location is opening closer to home. Here’s our coverage of the Kingsway location. GLV From the release: Do Chay Saigon Vegetarian has soft opened its second location. Located at 1269…
Yuwa Japanese Cuisines Adds Outdoor Patio
Intimate New Patio Offers Guests an Oasis in the Heart of Upper Kitsilano at Yuwa Japanese Yuwa Japanese Cuisine has now added a new outdoor patio that will allow guests to enjoy intimate-yet-distanced, al-fresco dinner experiences in the heart of Upper Kitsilano throughout the summer. The City of Vancouver’s Temporary Expedited Patio Program allowed Yuwa to incorporate a…
Angie Quaale’s BC Blueberry Lemon Loaf
BC Blueberry Lemon Loaf From Well Seasoned’s Chef Angie Quaale When you are out in the valley, you are going to want to stop in at Well Seasoned Gourmet Food Store at 20353 64 Avenue and pick up a thing or two for your home kitchen. Owner, Angie Quaale, sources sauces and spices from near…
The PearTree Restaurant Closes
The PearTree Restaurant closes after twenty-three years of dedication to service. Terribly sad news indicative of the incredibly brutal time the hospitality community is going through, the PearTree’s from Scott and Stephanie Jaeger announce they are closing on August 15. This establishment set the tone for hospitality in our province and many chefs trained under…
Chickadee Room Basket Goodies BC Blueberry Cocktail
Sabrine Dhaliwal’s Basket Goodies Cocktail at Juke Fried Chicken’s Chickadee Room This week I interviewed bartender Sabrine Dhaliwal at The Chickadee Room and while it was a little too early for cocktails, she tempted me with her descriptions of the many that are offered at this new spot on Keefer Street inside Juke Fried Chicken….
Food Day Canada August 1, 2020
Food Day Canada Celebrates Canadian Food on August 1, 2020 This year may be a little different as your Food Day Canada celebrations will be a little smaller and socially distant, but there’s still so many reasons to celebrate Canadian Food and all it has to offer. Come together for Food Day Canada and shop,…
BC Blueberries With Salmon From Chef Jesse Zuber At Cibo
Salmon With BC Blueberries From Chef Jesse Zuber BC Blueberries are all the rage, all year long, but right now they are super fresh and available at all your local markets. For those more adventurous, there’s you-pick too; locations listed HERE. To get you even more jazzed about these local BC gems, BC Blueberries has…
Plenty & Grace Food Hub & Innovation Centre
Plenty & Grace Food Hub & Innovation Centre opens its doors to small to medium sized agri-food producers in the Fraser Valley We’ve been waiting to here about when the Plenty & Grace Food Hub would open. We are big fans of The Preservatory, Dame Lee Murphy’s jam centre, and now she is sharing processing…
Getting to Know The Serious Side of Vinho Verde
Exploring Portugal’s Vinho Verde Wine Region Vinho Verde wines are more that just the light, fresh wines that they have been known for in the past. There is a new generation of winemakers who are crafting top level wines from the many local grape varieties, and these wines have complex aromas and flavours and some…
GoBlueBC.ca Celebrates BC Blueberries
BC Blueberries Go Blue Until August 3 With GoBlueBC.ca If you are a fan of BC Blueberries, and face it, who isn’t, you’ll want to check out GoBlueBC.ca for all things Blueberry! You can even win $1000 in gift cards. From the official release: July 15th is officially Blueberry Day in British Columbia and a perfect…
Uva Caffè Bar Opens At Uva
Weekend Brunch At Cibo And A New Uva Caffè Bar News from SMC Communications this a.m. about Uva and Cibo. Sounds like a good reason to get up in the morning! Uva Caffè Bar Offers Two-for-One Espresso-Based Drinks Throughout July, Cibo Features Create-Your-Own Mimosas, $15-Across-the-Board Weekend Brunch Dishes Already beloved by night, Cibo Trattoria and…
