Chefhyve Food Hall Opens on Kingsway Today’s news, fresh from Instagram, Chefhyve, a food hall concept, is opening in East Vancouver at 2525 Kingsway. “Chefhyve is a bite-sized, gourmet food hall offering amazing local and international cuisines prepared in open kitchens by local chefs using only real ingredients. The first location (meaning there’s plans for more) features two red seal certified Chefs with more than 20 years of experience.” Each menu is managed by a dedicated chef, where chefs are in full control of their kitchens and oversee their own teams, using seasonal ingredients. From Mediterranean food and artisan salads…
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New Restaurant Brings Contemporary Chinese Street Food Concept to Upscale Setting in the Granville Entertainment District News on a new opening inspired by Yunnan street-food. An innovative new culinary concept inspired by the comfort, soul and flavours of authentic Chinese street food makes its debut in Downtown Vancouver when Street Auntie Aperitivo House opens its doors at 1039 Granville Street on Wednesday, November 25. Drawing inspiration from her childhood experiences growing up in Yunnan Province, China, where street-food vendors are commonly referred to by a term of respect and affection known as ‘Street Aunties’, Owner Yuyina Zhang designed the Street…
What’s Happening in Vancouver As the holiday lights and decorations go up, my thoughts usually go to holiday parties, entertaining and how to be entertained. However, this is just not a regular year. Money’s tighter all round, gatherings extremely limited, and loved ones and experiences with them seem even more valuable. Here’s a few things to do around town this week to keep on keeping on. Stay safe and warm. What to Cook This Fall? Click here for My Fall Cookbook Recommendations in BC Living Italian Restaurant Week November 16-30 Visit the participating restaurants in British Columbia and Alberta and…
Strathcona Restaurants, Cafes and Breweries Come Together For “Dine Strathcona” Menu Promotion Nov. 18-30 ‘By-the-Community, For-the-Community’ Initiative Helps Diners Show Support for Strathcona Small Businesses While Raising Funds for WISH Drop-In Centre – News from the Community Strathcona’s hospitality community will come together this month to showcase the neighbourhood’s vibrant culinary scene while raising money to provide support for vulnerable individuals in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) during the second annual Dine Strathcona initiative, taking place November 18 to 30. First launched in 2019 by the Strathcona Business Improvement Association (SBIA) as ‘Dine Railtown’, the neighbourhood initiative has now expanded to…
The Ultimate Munchies Mash-Up on Commercial Drive c/o DL Chicken Shack and Pepino’s Spaghetti House Two of our favourite foods are coming together and we are thinking we’ve got to come at this dish HUNGRY! – GLV News Release: For two weeks only, voracious Vancouverites can up their pie game with the ultimate collab between the Drive’s DL Chicken Shack and Pepino’s Spaghetti House with The Hot Chicken Pizza! Available from November 13th to 27th, The Hot Chicken Pizza ($35) takes Pepino’s house made dough smothered in tomato sauce and brick mozzarella, Pecorino Romano, and Grana Padano cheeses, with the…
Provence & Checkmate Wine Dinner – An evening drenched in collaboration & creativity Good Wine Gal, Barb Wild, Checks out Checkmate Winery at Provence. When you first meet Joshua (Josh) Carlson, the wine director at Provence, you might think he’s an artist. He is a little tailored. His blue green eyes are framed by heavy black rimmed glasses. He sports a soft, casual smile and solid melodious tones. The only thing missing is the tilted beret and perhaps a Gitane (a short, strong filtered cigarette with Paris written all over) hanging from his bottom lip. Alas, il n’est pas Français…
Celebrate Local Food Purveyors with MRKT Haul MRKT HAUL curates a monthly package of local Vancouver goods, all available for pick up at one location at 302 Industrial Avenue. Partners Corvette and Matt, owners of Shameless Buns Filipino Food Truck, created this platform for passionate entrepreneurs and curious Vancouver foodies to connect and discover new tastes each month. Every vendor is handpicked and selected by the team because they’ve tried their products and want more people to discover these amazing brands! They work with local businesses that don’t have a traditional ‘retail’ presence, or their own storefront and are selling…
Provence Marinaside Offers Choucroute Garnie For Hugel Day November 14th marks the 11th annual Hugel Day which spotlights the Alsatian wines of the Famille Hugel and Provence Marinaside will be celebrating it in classic style. “Just prior to the pandemic, we held a winemaker’s dinner honouring the wines of Famille Hugel and we served a traditional Choucroute Garnie à l’Alsacienne to accompany the wines,” says Provence’s Wine Director Joshua Carlson. “It was so well received we thought it would be fun to celebrate Hugel Day by bringing back Choucroute in a classic wine pairing with Hugel. Our Sous Chef, Richard…
Burnaby’s Hart House Restaurant launches new menus for lunch/brunch, happy hour, and dinner News in today from our friends at Hart House in Burnaby. Time to head out to Deer Lake Park and catch up with one of our all-time favourites. *Photos Jennie Nguyen Hart House’s Mediterranean inspired cuisine features fresh local ingredients: Executive Chef Mike Genest is changing things up with new daily sandwich specials, a Lois Lake Steelhead Burger, and rotating lunch specials. The patio is closed, but the restaurant has opened its second-floor rooms for lunch and dinner in order to offer guests a safe dining experience…
Le Crocodile’s Chef Michel Jacob now an Officer in the Ordre du Mérite agricole of the French Republic News in from our friends at the French Consulate today. Nos sincères félicitations Chef Jacob! On Sunday November 1, Chef Michel Jacob was awarded Officer in the Ordre du Mérite agricole of the French Republic for his special merits regarding the French gastronomy, by Philippe Sutter, Consul General of France in Vancouver. Since 1983, Michel Jacob has showcased the best of French cuisine, using both French and West coast ingredients, to serve France’s and Alsace’s classics. A hall mark of unswerving consistency…
What’s Happening in Vancouver It’s November and the air is crisp! I’ll be pulling out my mitts before too long and pulling out that crock pot for cozy fall dinners. In the meantime, we are still allowed out and about, so let’s make the most of it, safely! Not Only Amarone Wine Sessions with Good Wine Gal – November 5 The Veneto is one of Italy’s most prolific producers of wine. It’s a land of history and of wines blended to perfection. Sometimes referred to as Tre-Venezia, it’s the world-famous home to Valpolicella and big brother Amarone! But it doesn’t…
“Orange You Glad It’s Halloween” Cocktail with Mandarins from Chile Mandarins from Chile are in season and we could all use a little more Vitamin C for immunity right now. I’ve whipped up a simple cocktail that was heavy on the orange colour and flavour with some gin, Aperol, Chilean mandarins, lime, soda and salt. Orange You Glad It’s Halloween 3 oz Gin (I like to use local, perhaps Tempo Craft Gin, but please yourself) 1 oz Aperol Juice of 2 Chilean Mandarins Juice of 1 lime 2 eggs whites 6 ice cubes Sprinkle of red sea salt Add all…
Halloween Treats for Kids and Adults Alike We love Halloween but could do without the tootsie rolls and cheap candy. Fortunately, there are some innovative pastry chefs in town so we can celebrate with something tasty, creative, and sweet. Here’s a few favourite Halloween Treats that we may go trick or treating for. BOO! It’s Halloween at Savoury Chef! Take Halloween-at-home to a new level with these elevated sweet treats! Butter Mere is freaking us out with their Chocolate sponge/ Mandarin & Cherry cremeux/ Cherry sauce/ 41% Alunga chocolate mousse/ sesame streusel & Graham cracker crumble/ edible skull and hands!…
Taste Canada Awards has announced the winners of the country’s only national, bilingual food writing awards As you all know I’m obsessed with cookbooks and am always keen to see who receives the Taste Canada Awards. As most of my readers are English-speaking, I’ve included the English titles only. Congratulations to everyone who’s brave enough have published a cookbook, to those nominated here and all the winners. This year, 86 cookbooks entered the competition, representing authors from 7 provinces. A shortlist announced in June narrowed the competition to a maximum of 5 entries per category. The 20 gold and silver…
What to do in and around Vancouver right now! Despite the current circumstances, we Vancouverites are innovative folks, and we are safely continuing our lives as best we can. This weekend there’s actually a few openings, lots of great brunch to be had and many ways to get out, or stay home, and entertain yourself. Garden of Granite Winery What’s this? A new urban winery? Good Wine Gal alerted us to Garden of Granite located at 228 East Esplanade North which has a soft opening October 24 from 1 to 4 pm. “Opening a new business in times of Covid…
What’s New at Stag’s Hollow Winery Good Wine Gal visited Stag’s Hollow Winery this fall and came back with all sorts of notes and some very good wine! More on Good Wine Gal here. Meet Winemaker Keira LeFranc Good Wine Gal on Zoom November 17th at 5:30 pm. REGISTER! It was 11 am. Blue sky and full sun found me with my windows down enjoying the sounds of summer in the Okanagan Valley. I pulled through the gates and followed the drive up to the winery/tasting room building. I had arrived at Stag’s Hollow Winery. With Covid19 protocols in place…
Aburi Restaurants Canada trail blazes home dining solutions during second wave of pandemic As Canadians head into fall while riding out the second wave of the pandemic, Aburi Restaurants Canada (the restaurant group behind Miku, Minami, Aburi Hana, TORA and Gyoza Bar) is launching a new platform to make at-home dining more exciting and accessible. Aburi at Home brings cuisine from each of their restaurants together under one comprehensive site www.aburiathome.com for ease of ordering pickup or delivery. The demand for their unique culinary offerings has continued to grow and guests can now order their go-to dishes or adopt new favourites…
Lil Bird Sandwich Co. migrates inside Kafka’s Coffee on Main with new fall/winter menu News from Lil Bird Sandwich Shop – Mount Pleasant’s destination for wholesome sammies Lil Bird Sandwich Co. (2525 Main Street) is migrating indoors for the fall/winter season. The window sandwich bar is getting a makeover with a new stand inside Kafka’s Coffee and serving up a brand new menu by head chef Nitzan Cohen with house made breads by pastry chef Adi Kesselman. “Our Lil Bird pop-up has definitely become a neighbourhood staple throughout the summer, and we loved our sandwich window,” says Aaron Kafka, owner of…
L’Abattoir Hosts The Pear Tree, Showcasing Chef Jaegers Favourite Dishes News from L’Abattoir – No. 1 Gaoler’s Mews shifts amidst the pandemic to offer an unforgettable socially distanced dining experience celebrating a Canadian culinary institution, The Pear Tree. Tickets to Edition No. 20 of L’Abattoir’s exclusive dining experience, No. 1 Gaoler’s Mews are set to launch this week for the first and final event of 2020 on Friday, November 13th. Partial proceeds from ticket sales to be donated to the BC Hospitality Foundation. Chef Lee Cooper couldn’t be more excited to host two of his mentors, Chef Scott Jaeger and…
Thanksgiving at the Fairmont News from the Fairmont – Fairmont Hotels & Resorts in Canada are celebrating Thanksgiving right! While the holiday season looks a little different this year, Fairmont Hotel & Resorts are dedicated to ensuring families can spend quality time together while enjoying gourmet food experiences from dine-in to delicious to-go options. Fairmont Empress To-go: Fairmont Empress is offering a stress-free, Ready-to-Serve Turkey Dinner for $399 as well as a Ready-to-Roast option for $374 with the turkey trussed and ready to put into the oven. Both options include pre-paid pick up for parties of 1 to 10, and…
