Father’s, Father Figures, and all Hero’s in your life deserve a treat There’s a lot going on around town for father’s day around town, and it’s not all about steak and beer. If you’re looking for an easy way to treat Dad this weekend, read on. Gotham Steakhouse & Bar Treat Dad to a truly remarkable Father’s Day with a special meal for four to go. Add a bottle of his favourite vintage from Gotham’s Wine Spectator Awarded cellar. Packages are available to be pick-up on Saturday, June 19th or Sunday, June 20th. Order online now: or call the restaurant…
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Northern Italian Giovane Bacaro Now Open at the Fairmont Pacific Rim A busy few weeks for the Kitchen Table Restaurant Group! giovane bacaro is now open and Miantiao this week! GLV From the release: Award-winning, BC-based hospitality group Kitchen Table Restaurants will introduce a Northern Italian-inspired wine-and-cicchetti bar experience that brings the best culinary aspects of Venice to the heart of Vancouver when it officially opens the doors of giovane bacaro Opening on the lobby level at the Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel, giovane bacaro will take its guests on a sensory tour of the style, service, and atmosphere of Northern…
Burgerland Present at Big Mac Inspired Big Smash Kit Seems like smashburgers are where things are at this summer! Burgerland now has a Big Mac version and I’m sure you’re Dad will love it! YUM! GLV From the press release: The hot new one-stop-smashburger-kit-spot Burgerland Smash Up is giving Vancouver a unique, family friendly way to show the burger-loving dads in their lives the love for Father’s Day by launching a new Big Mac-inspired ‘Big Smash’ Kit. Available for a limited time beginning Sunday, June 13 for pickup or delivery from Uber Eats and Doordash, each Big Smash Kit includes everything…
Plenty & Grace with Chef Lee Murphy and Chef Julian Bond Launch Home Delivery News from Dame Lee Murphy and Plenty & Grace Food Hub! Way to go Chefs! GLV From the release: Working together out of the Plenty & Grace Food Hub & Innovation Centre and the kitchens at Vista D’oro Farms & Winery, Chef Julian Bond and Jam Maker Lee Murphy have launched new concept, Plenty & Grace HOME Provisions, a premium, local, specialty foods delivery company bringing together local makers and farmers to create “Healthly-ish Offerings Made Exceptionally!” The warmer weather returning to British Columbia seems even…
Miantiao to Open at Vancouver’s Shangri-La Hotel June 17th We’ve been anticipating this one for a while. Miantiao, from the Kitchen Table Group, with Chefs Chefs Alex Tung, Tret Jordan and Justin Lee, a powerhouse kitchen indeed, opens this week! GLV From the release: Award-winning, BC-based Kitchen Table Restaurants will introduce locals and visitors alike to a culinary exploration unlike any other when it officially opens the doors of Miantiao inside the Shangri-La Hotel, Vancouver on Thursday, June 17 at 7 p.m. Offering a unique marriage of Italian and Chinese culinary philosophies, techniques and cultural traditions, Miantiao — derived from…
Eat good food and support local food makers at Got Craft? Got Craft? returns from Thursday, June 10th to Sunday, June 13th for the ever-popular Foodie Pop-Up Virtual Market! With forty participating chefs and bakers, the market will feature a selection of locally made small batch food and drink. Enjoy good eats and support local makers just in time for Father’s Day weekend. Choose from flat rate shipping and FREE local Vancouver curbside pickup. Shop a curated selection of goods including ready-made meals, baked treats, chocolates, hot sauces, kimchi, and more including plant based, gluten free, and low sugar options!…
Reducing eye strain with blue light with Clearly BlueReflect Glasses Don’t know about you these days, but it seems I’m ever on my computer, or on my phone or half asleep in front of the TV. Statistics say most adults spend six hours a day in front of a screen, but I’d say they’ve low balled that one. I’ve felt this impact my health on many levels, I try to get up and stretch and head to the chiropractor every so often to conquer back pain, and head out for a quick walk to clear my mind and stay fresh.…
What I feel like sharing this week Bringing you another round up of good things to think about this week. Dropping in a reminder to follow us on INSTAGRAM, because we play there a lot and would love to see what you’re up to. Here’s some Vancouver Events you may like. Get Picnicking with Honolulu Coffee Sure you can dine inside, and you bet we are going to, but picnics sound might good too. C’mon sunshine! Honolulu Coffee Vancouver is introducing new Picnic Kits available at both its Downtown (888 Nelson Street) and Kerrisdale (2098 W. 41st Ave.) cafes beginning Thursday,…
Purchase Gratitude Wine at Jak’s and $1 goes to the BC Hospitality Foundation Looking for some great wines to drink for a cause? JAK’s Beer Wine Spirits and collaborative partner, Okanagan Crush Pad, launch its collaborative, limited release 2021 Gratitude Wine Collection with four new varietals. Chardonnay 2018, Rose 2019 and Red 2019 will be joined by Bubbles 2019 on JAK’s store shelves this June, with $1 from each sale donated to the BC Hospitality Foundation. From June 1st to 30th these funds raised will go towards BCHF, a registered charity that supports those in the hospitality facing financial crisis…
Culmina Family Estate Winery Spring 2021 It seems fitting on International Chardonnay Day we are reporting on Culmina Family Estate Winery, known for their stellar Chardonnay, Dilemma. You can explore this wine, in fact, with their Dilemma Vertical Set, a vertical offering of Culmina Family Estate Winery’s Chardonnay, Dilemma, from six vintages of elegant, classically styled Chardonnay. You’ll find Culmina Estate Winery six km south of Oliver on the Golden Mile Bench. Known for their two-fold winemaking philosophy, gentle handling of fruit and minimal intervention of wine, Culmina employs a combination of traditional practices and leading-edge technologies to preserve the…
More musings on things to keep you busy Coming up in June there’s a few more festivals and events I just had to point out. Les Dames Washington has cooking classes exploring cuisine from around the world, Chef Hamid Salimian and Bay Area Iranian- American chefs Hanif Sadr and Hoss Zare, and and Nader Mehravari are exploreing the food habits and culinary practices of Iran and the diaspora in a class, there’s a Chinese Food Festival, and locally there’s also a beer and donut pop up! Les Dame d’Escoffier Washinton, D.C. Chapter Online Cooking Classes A 5-part series of virtual…
Adventures for the long weekend Now that I’m working full time, the weekend takes on a whole new meaning, and a three-day weekend is extra welcome as I’ve got lots to catch up on around my always crowded home. I’m off to Le Petit Spa today for a massage, joining David Peng to talk about pairing wines with Liuyishouna Hot Pot, join us live HERE at 5:30 pm, and making some spot prawn ceviche tomorrow after a visit to either Organic Ocean Seafood at Fishermen’s Wharf or F.I.S.H. It’s the May 2/4, which Michael has just told me has something…
Kitsilano Beach Beer is Here! Finally we have a beer from Kitsilano, and I’ve got a four pack in my hot little hands, soon to go bank into the fridge, and we’ll be sipping it later and reporting right back, and certainly ordering more. It’s on at the Regal Begal if you’ll want some too! Just so excited for Westside BEER! #inthehood James Boileau, 39, Andrew Lavigne, 52 and Dana Barnaby, 53, are longtime Kits residents. The trio, who have been friends for years, all have successful careers. Boileau, is a business coach, marketing consultant and author of Own Your…
Provence Marinaside Combines May Winery Menu and BC Spot Prawns to Create a Perfect Pairing Oceanside patio, spot prawns, BC wine, and sunshine! This is all the news we needed today. As I sit here drooling over these photos from Nancy Wong’s PR newsletter on what’s new with Provence Marinaside today, I’m thinking one of two things must happen. We must sashay down to Provence and hit up the balcony, or, we better up our spot prawn cooking game at home. Now that I think about it more, I think BOTH these things must happen. Here’s where you need to…
Coho Collective and Flavours of Hope Present Dream Cuisines Coho Collective teams up with Flavours of Hope to celebrate women entrepreneurs, migration, and building a home through shared food experiences on May 19, 2021. Coho Collective and Flavours of Hope are nurturing dreams and supercharging small food businesses with the inaugural launch of Dream Cuisines: A Newcomer Women’s Food Business Pilot Program. The kick-off, virtual event features cooking demos from three women entrepreneurs hailing from Mexico and Egypt and talks from special guests Jackie Kai Ellis and Sharon Bond-Hogg. Ticket proceeds support Flavours of Hope in growing and sustaining the…
Potluck Hawker Eatery celebrates Mother’s Day with Mama Cheung’s Laksa Seafood Boil In the spirit of his mom’s famous laksa, chef-owner Justin Cheung of Potluck Hawker Eatery is celebrating Mother’s Day with a memorable take-out creation – Mama Cheung’s Laksa Seafood Boil. Available only from Friday, May 7 to Sunday, May 9, 2021, guests can expect to feast on fresh BC seafood featuring Southeast Asian flavours. “Our popular laksa is based off of my mom’s personal recipe, and as an ode to my mom, I wanted to create something extra special for a family to enjoy together,” explains Justin Cheung,…
Fresh Ideas Start Here launches new FISHcuterie boxes, just in time for Mother’s Day This Mother’s Day, treat seafood-loving moms to artfully, prepared FISHcuterie creations from Fresh Ideas Start Here (FISH), British Columbia’s purveyor of fresh, sustainable seafood. Available in two sizes, each platter is curated by FISH’s in-house chefs and features smoked wild sockeye lox, prawn cocktail, house-smoked salmon candy, and more. “As a mom myself, I love enjoying good food with my family, and our FISHcuteries are a great way to celebrate that superwoman in your life,” says Jenice Yu, owner of Fresh Ideas Start Here. “It’s something…
Miku, Minami, and Gyoza Bar launch Mother’s Day Bento Box menus to-go For Mother’s Day this year, the talented chefs at Aburi Restaurants have created beautiful, limited-edition bento boxes and platters to-go at Miku, Minami, and Gyoza Bar. Available only from May 7 to 9, 2021, guests can expect to celebrate with fresh seafood, aburi sushi, artisanal desserts, and shareable family platters – all packaged artfully into one experience. All Mother’s Day bento boxes and platters can be pre-ordered via Tock for pick-up. “In Japan, we usually celebrate our mothers together as a family, and this is no different with…
Puff Pastry Eggs Benedict by Chef Dale MacKay Spring is here and we thought we suggest something brunchy for this weekend, Egg Benedict, just in time for Mother’s Day. It’s been a while since we’ve seen Chef Dale Mackay, as he made his way east to first open Ayden Kitchen & Bar, and then Little Grouse on the Prairie and Sticks and Stones. You can follow his journey on Instagram here. I was also lucky enough to join him in the Cayman Islands, fur the Cayman Island Cookout, and wrote about that here. Puff Pastry Eggs Benedict Serves: two Prep…
Last Minute-ish Mother’s Day Ideas You know what? It’s not really last minute as you have three days to plan something, four if you count the day of, in case you are really that last minute. Mothers and mother figures deserve some love, every day, but someone decided that their better be one particular day to be sure the love was felt, and that’s fine by us! Here’s a few treats for Mother’s, and any special people you want to treat, including yourself. Ask for Luigi Special Mother’s Day pastas will be on the menu for both brunch and dinner…
