Local Youth Bring Disney Musical Performances to Stage If you are looking for some great entertainment for the family this fall, check out these Disney musical performances in Richmond. Children’s Theatre of Richmond Association (CTORA) announces two musical productions from Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr. and Beauty and the Beast Jr. for this fall! Incredibly talented youth performers, including Disney stars, perform these popular musical productions with collaboration from Vancouver Aquarium to provide support and the three-dimensional (3D) backdrop in The Little Mermaid Jr. production. Tickets on sale now from $20.00 to $49.50 (excludes applicable service fee and taxes). 2018 Show Schedule: The Little Mermaid…
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Specialty Spa Product Retailer Lemongrass House Canada Launches Online Store Lemongrass Canada opened in March in Gastown and I’m a big fan of this family-owned company. Their all-natural, handcrafted, quality spa products are made in Thailand and you can now buy them all online (www.lemongrasshousecanada.com) and in Vancouver at 209 Abbott Street. The spa and personal care products include essential oils, body and massage oils, face creams, room sprays, soaps, teas and more (there are even products for kids and the family dog!). I particularly like their foaming face cleanser and face mist! The products are created by Thai artisans who…
Cantina Pana Restaurant 1941 Cornwall Official Opening is set for Thursday, November 1st and the party continues all weekend for Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Pana, which means Corduroy in Spanish, brings a friendly ambiance to their cozy cabin-style. If this cozy spot reminds you of Corduroy on Cornwall, its because its the sister to its loungy neighbour, Corduroy. Rebecca Matthews, owner of Corduroy and Co-founder of Corduroy Pie Company is working with local chef, Timothy Kingston to bring a West Coast style taco shop to the Kits Point strip. Matthews and Kingston are offering a small…
EAT! Harvest EAT! Vancouver’s signature event is back and bigger than ever. Friday November 9th 7-9:30 pm EAT! Vancouver’s entire 2018 lineup of rock star chefs will offer bites of canapés that embody their cuisine, resulting in an unparalleled event highlighting some of the best chefs in the world, all in one room. A selection of carefully-selected wine pairings will complement the decadent canapés being served, with desserts from award winning pastry chefs – Edmonton’s Sweet Lollapalooza, and Montreal’s Patrice Patissier. From Paris, France to Oregon, USA, and across our great nation, EAT! Vancouver has curated a program with the…
Taste Canada Food Writing Awards #TasteCanada Y’all know how much I love my cookbooks! Congratulations to all these winners! Taste Canada Awards / Les Lauréats des Saveurs du Canada (tastecanada.org) has announced the winners of the country’s only national, bilingual food writing awards. October is National Cookbook Month #Love Cookbooks #MoreThanRecipes A champion of cookbook authors and food bloggers, Taste Canada inspires readers to discover delicious recipes and diverse food stories written from a Canadian perspective. Taste Canada is a not-for-profit founded in 1998. More than just recipes, cookbooks and food blogs reveal Canada’s unique history, culture, and diversity. “When we write…
The Restaurant at Pearl Morissette in Ontario named Canada’s Best New Restaurant Congrats to Canada’s Best New Restaurants! Thousands of restaurants launch every year, but only ten remarkable destinations can call themselves Canada’s Best New Restaurants. Air Canada and presenting partner American Express revealed its highly-coveted Top 10 list with The Restaurant at Pearl Morissette from Jordan, ON, placing atop the list as Canada’s Best New Restaurant. Located in wine country on the Niagara Peninsula, The Restaurant at Pearl Morissette has two chefs who serve an ever-changing, multi-course menu of locally produced and foraged ingredients inspired by seasonal French cooking.…
Catching Up With Victoria’s Chef Aleks Kornat Tomorrow nine of British Columbia’s top chefs will head to Victoria to compete in Canada’s Great Kitchen Party, the regional qualifier for the Canadian Culinary Championships. We’re learning a little bit about them before they compete. Here we throw a few questions out to Victoria’s Chef Aleks Kornats Tell us a little bit about your restaurant and/or style of cooking. I work for the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia. We are the ceremonial home of all British Columbians and play host to a variety of events and private dining throughout the year. The…
ROSES ARE RED, SALSA IS TOO; WE WANT TO DRINK TEQUILA WITH YOU Arriba! The ever-growing Kingsway x Fraser restaurant community has just been joined by a pop-up Latin flavour infusion with the opening of Poquitos Cantina. Taking over the original location of neighbourhood mainstay, The Black Lodge (which has since moved to fresh new digs closer to Main Street), Poquitos aims to bring a vibrant mix of Mexican and South American inspired dishes, cocktails and ambiance to the happening five point corner. With a hush hush soft opening under their belt last Thursday, Poquitos is ready to celebrate their…
Catching Up With Vancouver’s Chef Tony Starratt On Thursday nine of British Columbia’s top chefs will head to Victoria to compete in Canada’s Great Kitchen Party, the regional qualifier for the Canadian Culinary Championships. We’re learning a little bit about them before they compete. Here we throw a few questions out to Vancouver’s Chef Tony Starratt. Tell us a little bit about your restaurant and/or style of cooking. Two Rivers Specialty Meats is an established local wholesale meat supplier, specializing in hormone/antibiotic free product. We opened a public-facing butcher shop last fall that features a 50-seat eatery with a…
Catching Up With Victoria’s Chef Takashi Ito On Thursday nine of British Columbia’s top chefs will head to Victoria to compete in Canada’s Great Kitchen Party, the regional qualifier for the Canadian Culinary Championships. We’re learning a little bit about them before they compete. Here we throw a few questions out to Victoria’s Chef Takashi Ito Tell us a little bit about your restaurant and/or style of cooking. Uniqueness of the menu offering, one of the best waterfront view in the city. Where do you eat in your city? AURA … of course. “You won’t find the dishes at AURA…
In The Kitchen with Vancouver’s Chef Felix Zhou Tell us a little bit about your restaurant and/or style of cooking. Heritage Asian Eatery is a casual, counter service restaurant that serves rice bowls, baos and some classic Asian favorites like noodles and dumplings. We specialize in Asian comfort food made with high-quality ingredients. Overall I would describe my style of cooking as simple, fresh and honest; I really believe in staying true to the ingredients. Where do you eat in your city? I love Asian restaurants, especially noodles and anywhere that serves ramen, pho and Cantonese style cuisine. A couple…
Catching Up With Chef Ryan Zuvich of Nanaimo’s Lastella Trattoria Tell us a little bit about your restaurant and/or style of cooking Our restaurant is a lively casual Italian shop set in the Old City Quarter of Nanaimo. Hand made everything is our general model. While it’s a casual place our food philosophy and ultimately our style is ingredient driven, traditional method with a conservative modern touch. Where do you eat in your city? Nanaimo is blossoming as a food town, we’ve seen some serious growth in the past 10 years. Our current favourites are the Milton Street Public House &…
CND Launches New Shellac Polish And We Love It I love getting shellac nails done, but I hate sitting still and I inevitably end up picking them off instead of going back to having them taken off properly, damaging my nail beds. CND now has a solution for my dilemma. Thanks to the new formula of gel nail polish , CND™ SHELLAC LUXE™, products apply in 2 simple steps and are ready to remove in 60 seconds, saving an impressive 15 minutes on the length of your appointment! My polish is still going strong well into week 3 and I’ve only had to…
Catching Up With Tofino Resort and Marina’s Chef Paul Moran Next week nine of British Columbia’s top chefs will head to Victoria to compete in Canada’s Great Kitchen Party, the regional qualifier for the Canadian Culinary Championships. We’re learning a little bit about them before they compete. Here we throw a few questions out to Tofino’s Chef Paul Moran of 1909 Kitchen. Where do you eat in your city? Raw oysters off the beach in Toquart bay What would be your ideal food day? Breakfast at the Marina, lunch in the forest while mushroom picking, dinner at home with friends…
Yuwa Japanese Anniversary Dinner on October 23 Yuwa Japanese Cuisine will celebrate its first year in fine style by hosting an exclusive one-night-only Anniversary Dinner on Tuesday, October 23 and we were lucky enough to get a preview. The event begins with a sparkling wine reception at 6 p.m. before Yuwa Executive Chef and Co-Owner Masahiro Omori demonstrates his signature take on the regional cuisines of his home country of Japan with an eight-course dinner that will be paired with rare sake and wine selected by Yuwa Co-Owner and Sake Sommelier Iori Kataoka. Tickets to the Anniversary Dinner are available for $99 per person plus…
In The Kitchen with Brodo’s Chef Paul Cecconi Next week nine of British Columbia’s top chefs will head to Victoria to compete in Canada’s Great Kitchen Party, the regional qualifier for the Canadian Culinary Championships. We’re learning a little bit about them before they compete. Here we throw a few questions out to Penticton’s Chef Paul Cecconi of Brodo. Tell us a little bit about your restaurant and/or style of cooking. Opened in May 2013, BRODO (Italian for “broth”) features locally-sourced ingredients in a variety of soups, sandwiches and salads, and the menu changes seasonally to reflect what’s fresh from…
Mixing Up a Tequila Cosmopolitan It’s that time of week again, so kick back and relax and mix up yourself something that Karen’s been drinking! From our pal Karen: “It’s the last day of summer (when she made this one!) and I wanted to take it out with something a bit summery.😎Cheers and farewell dear summer until next year!#whatskarendrinking TEQUILA COSMOPOLITAN Makes one serving 1.5 oz. @casamigos blanco tequila 1 oz. triple sec. – 1 oz. fresh lime juice 1 oz. cranberry juice cocktail Shake all ingredients vigorously with ice and serve in a chilled glass.
Regional qualifier for the Canadian Culinary Championships brings the best from sport, music and food The Kitchen Party – Victoria edition – is a regional qualifier for the Canadian Culinary Championships, which will be held in Kelowna, BC in February 2019. Nine chefs will be competing on Thursday, October 25th the Victoria Conference Centre, in the hopes of following in Chef Chen’s footsteps, last year’s national champion. The chefs selected to compete at the Kitchen Party – Victoria edition are: ★ Aleks Kornat – Government House | Office of the Lieutenant Governor ★ Gabe Fayerman-Hansen – Little Jumbo ★ Lee Cooper – Coquille…
UNIQLO Gives Away 50,000 HEATTECH Items Celebrate all things UNIQLO with the brand’s newly launched mobile site and smartphone app at their pop-up at 1263 Homer Street in Vancouver from October 17th to 20th, 2018, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday and until 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Step inside the mobile online store IRL and get some free HEATTECH too! UNIQLO giving away 50,000 HEATTECH items in five cities across Canada – and that includes us here in Vancouver! AND, the cool news is out of those 50,000 items, 5,000 will be donated directed to local charities in each of…
A Celebration of Women Entrepreneurs and Cultural Food A unique culinary experience exploring culture through food and stories. On Saturday, October 27th at 7:00pm, come to an unforgettable evening of diverse cultural food and stories of entrepreneurship in the beautiful setting of Massy Books in Chinatown for Storied Cuisine. You’ll hear the stories of three inspiring Flavours of Hope refugee newcomer women chefs – from Venezuela, Mexico and Palestine – and learn about their personal connection to each traditional dish they serve you. You’ll also experience a delicious array of desserts from local food blogger extraordinaire, Fanny Lam of Oh Sweet Day! Fanny will…
