The South is calling this Valentine’s Day as Dock Lunch goes Southern Romantic on Saturday, February 14th with two seatings, one at 6pm and one 8pm. Start with Low Country Shrimp ‘n Grits with lardons, pea shoots and parsley oil or a Bitter Salad with beets, radish and candied walnuts, cheese dusting and orange mustard vinaigrette. Follow with a skillet seared chicken dressed with lemon, garlic and thyme, pan gravy, succotash and roast potatoes or seasoned, slow cooked Pork Belly finished with apricot brandy jus, with black eyed pea & hominy braise and glazed carrots. Finish with Whisky Chocolate Cake with bitter chocolate frosting,…
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The competition was fierce, the determination was evident, as eleven of Canada’s best chefs competed for top honours during the coveted Canadian Culinary Championships on February 6 and 7, 2015 in Kelowna, B.C. Chef Ryan O’Flynn of the Westin Edmonton, won with his Terrine of pine smoked Alberta river sturgeon and cured Quebec foie gras, wild North West Territory morels, textures of Okanagan apples, and toasted brioche, paired with Sandhill Small Lots 2013 Viognier. Chef Kristian Eligh of Hawksworth Restaurant in Vancouver took the bronze, and the silver was awarded to Chef Antonio Park of Park Restaurant in Montreal. Dishes…
March 7-15, 2015, Victoria, BC victoriabeerweek.com Twitter: @vicbeerweek • Instagram: @vicbeerweek • Facebook: /vicbeerweek #VBW2015 Victoria Beer Week is a nine-day festival highlighting a broad selection of BC craft breweries and educating Victorians about craft beer. After a very successful launch that saw over 3,000 people attend 14 events held in venues throughout Greater Victoria in early March, 2014, Victoria Beer Week is returning in 2015 with 22 events celebrating craft beer in our city. #VBW2015 is bringing back some of the most popular events from 2014 and expanding by adding some more exciting options. The festival will once again…
Wednesday, Feb 18 to Sunday, Feb 22 There are hundreds of regional cuisines in China, but the mighty dumpling transcends them all, appearing in the festivities of virtually every province and town. In celebration of Chinese New Year and the Year of the Sheep (Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015), Bambudda chef Curtis Luk has created a specially themed dumpling menu honouring the four traditional preparations — pan-seared, fried, steamed and boiled — each one interpreted with the freshest of West Coast ingredients. Rounding out the experience, Luk has also created a decidedly non-traditional dessert dumpling. Happiness: pan-seared oyster and chicken lettuce dumplings in ginger soy Longevity: steamed Szechuan scallop…
Plan the perfect Valentine’s Day surprise for your sweetheart by turning to Etsy for all of your gifting needs. Profess your undying love through the written word with kardzkouture luxurious textured fine art paper cards, hand-crafted in Vancouver. The way to his heart could be through his stomach – surprise your significant other by making delicious cupcakes topped with mini heart-shaped cupcake toppers from LovelyLittleThingsB (Calgary), make a bold statement, and brighten a room with joy using wall decals, hand-made by Urbanwalls (Vancouver). Diamonds truly are a girl’s best friend, so take her breath away this Valentine’s day with raw pink sapphire cluster earrings, by ASecondTime (Calgary). Prove you two are better together, and find the perfect one-of-a-kind…
Blenz Coffee and SocialShopper have teamed up to support CKNW Orphans’ Fund anti-bullying campaign, Pink Shirt Day! Get a free medium coffee or organic tea with your choice of cookie when you donate $1 by going to socialshopper.com/blenz. All proceeds go to the CKNW Orphans’ Fund and benefit anti-bullying programs such as Boys & Girls Clubs, Kids Help Phone and Red Cross Respect ED Violence Prevention Program. Let’s join together, raise awareness and stand up against bullying! DETAILS When: Get your voucher now until February 18th, 2015 Where: www.socialshopper.com/blenz Location: Over 40 different Blenz Coffee locations across the lower mainland…
Tickets Now on Sale for The Chefs’ Table Society of BC 2015 Curry Cup Taryn Wa of Savoury Chef Foods was the inaugural winner of the Curry Cup. Who will take the cup home this year? The much-awaited second annual Curry Cup competition presented by the Chefs’ Table Society of British Columbia returns as eight acclaimed BC chef teams compete for the ultimate Curry Cup Championship on March 3, 2015 at the Heritage Hall located on 3102 Main St. from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm. Along with sharp-witted commentary and outlandish ingredients, each competing chef team will be challenged to showcase their…
Cavu Kitchen Bar, is a spot we’d definitely eat at more if only it were closer. CAVU is an acronym used in aviation that means “Ceiling and Visibility Unlimited.” The phrase is used pilots to describe anything that is desirable or sought after, very appropriate for an airport hotel. The room is cozy, and has been recently renovated and now has a more modern feel. There’s plenty of bar seating handy for those dining solo, a lounge area and spacious dining room. The night we visited Executive Chef Alex Hancock wasn’t in, but we were left in the charming and capable hands of Sous Chef Edison…
Until last year you had to head to a pub or buy a keg in order to get your hands on some Red Truck Beer, but luckily for us, they’ve now bottled and canned up their brews for maximum portability. Stay tuned for their new brewery, opening in the very near future. Red Truck Ale An ale with a copper-hue and aromas of caramel, malt, pine and herbs. Toasty toffee, evergreen and slight hops. A nice sessional sipping beer with average carbonation. Lager A golden yellow hued beer with aromas of biscuit, sweet caramel, and citrus. Clean and crisp with a malt…
There’s still time to catch the last few days of Vancouver’s Dine Out Vancouver Festival. At Urban Tea Merchant tea is woven into every aspect of their tasting menu which is available for only two more days on January 30th and 31st. Sample TWG Tea’s blends, some served straight up as tea, others in Tea-Infused Cocktails and others woven right into the dishes. The Urban Tea Merchant’s has its own Tea Sommelier, who has expertly paired each dish with a tea-influenced beverage. This is an experience not to be missed! A Tea Gastronomy Experience: Amuse Bouche Chef Nathan Wright has put together this 8-course…
6th Annual Wine, Food & Cocktail Event Returns May 7, 2015 The 2015 Dish ‘n Dazzle spectacular returns to the Vancouver Convention Centre on May 7, 2015 from 6:30 pm- 9:30 pm. This spectacular evening will feature more than 80 premium Argentinean wines, bites prepared by a selection of Vancouver’s most celebrated restaurants and chefs and a silent auction filled with hospitality industry offerings. Proceeds from this gala evening benefit members of the hospitality industry who are facing a financial crisis due to a medical condition, as well as scholarships that support our future leaders. Live music supplied by Les…
The Nostalgia of Food is a group art exhibition. The artists, using various mediums, explore the theme of nostalgia as it relates to food and food experiences, whether it’s from a personal view or that of our society. Can’t wait! Opening reception on Thursday February 5, 2015 from 7 until 10pm. TICKETS are free! All ages welcome. Snacks provided. Wine & beer cash bar available for adults 19+ with ID. Art will be available for sale. Artists showing work: Andrea Armstrong Joey Armstrong Jordan Cooper Michelle Fattore Andrea Fernandez Natalie Ferrari-Morton Sue Griese Peter Gutmanis Jenny Hawkinson Christina Luo Issha Marie…
We’re currently car-less, so have been testing out numerous models as a result. Our latest one was very hard to return. As Lincoln moves further into the luxury market we’ve see some upscale features in new models such as the Lincoln MKC that we recently took for a spin. This model has a sophisticated look, performs well, has lots of cabin space and some cool new technology, all for a less than similar models from other manufacturers. We felt quite posh stepping in and out of the MKC! Opening the car with the remote and getting seated in the driver’s seat, I found push…
Join Kits Daily Kitchen for one more epic Winemaker’s Dinner before Kits Daily closes after five great years. January 29, 2015 at 7pm a join Kits Daily for a Six Course Culinary Adventure paired with their Favorite Wines from the past five years. $100 per person. Celebrate the past five years and learn more about Daily 2.0 By reservation only. The Six Course ‘Big Night’ Culinary Adventure Dinner Menu: Blue Mountain 2006 Reserve Brut Champagne Canapes: Cache Creek Lamb Popsicles & Wild Red Pacific Prawn Cocktail Sea of Cortez Sustainable Big Eye Tuna Poke cucumber & winter tomato salad, sesame, tamari, scallion, fermented fish sauce…
Mexican Hat Dance Presented by The Bittered Sling Bistro Cibo Trattoria / UVA Wine & Cocktail Bar, 900 Seymour Street January 29 6:00 pm at Cibo Trattoria 8:00 pm at UVA Wine & Cocktail Bar 6PM Seating: $58* 8PM Seating: $58* Muy loco! After two years off the grid, Bittered Sling owners, award-winning bartender/sommelier Lauren Mote and celebrated chef Jonathan Chovancek, are bringing back their ever-popular Bittered Sling Bistro for an exclusive, one-night-only, two-seating event profiling agave spirits (sponsored by Herradura and El Jimador Tequilas). Collaboration is key for this fiesta as Cibo Trattoria and UVA Wine & Cocktail Bar Executive Chef Faizal Kassam…
The Gunbarrel Saloon at Apex Mountain Resort is the venue for the 2nd Annual Apex Brewski event on Feb. 14th. “Brewski, a celebration of craft beer, cider and spirits, is a great fit with the Apex après ski vibe. It is the perfect event for those interested in sampling these flavourful, hand-crafted beverages and visiting the mountains, whether they are here to ski, board, snowshoe, or just breath in the fresh winter air”. Kim Lawton/DogLegMarketing.ca The event will be held throughout the entire Gunbarrel Saloon & Restaurant and will feature 18 new and returning craft breweries, cideries and distilleries. In…
Once again, Odd Society Spirits looks to Europe for inspiration in an old but not forgotten recipe to which they have reinvented with ingredients and ideas from the Pacific Northwest. This time, the distillers have experimented with a traditional British liqueur called sloe gin to create a product that is completely unique to the West Coast of British Columbia. On February 1, 2015, Odd Society Spirits will release their first-ever Salal Gin. With a mandate to source locally grown ingredients, Odd Society Spirits co-owner and distiller Gordon Glanz set out to find a berry that grows in abundance in British Columbia.…
MOVIES AT MARKET ANNOUNCES A MOUTH-WATERING LINE-UP FOR WINTER 2015 Chocolat, The Hundred-Foot Journey and Entre les Bras to be screened alongside dinner at MARKET by Jean-Georges Movies at MARKET has announced its winter line up of mouth-watering movies to run between February and April 2015. Hosted by Shangri-La Hotel, Vancouver in its private Blue Moon Theatre, an exclusive screening of Chocolat, The Hundred-Foot Journey and Entre les Bras will be shown followed by a themed menu created by Chef de Cuisine Montgomery Lau in MARKET by Jean-Georges. Space is limited and the events sell out quickly, so Movies at MARKET…
Bill Eggert is always an interesting winemaker to dine with and here’s your chance at Tapenade Bistro on February 18, 2015. Fairview Cellars wonderful wines will be expertly paired with the exciting and exceptional food and service fro Vince Morlet and his team. For a special treat, Bill has agreed to pour his unique and outstanding 2008 botrytis affected Late Harvest Riesling and we will also sample Bill’s Pinot Noir. Sip pre-releases and try a side by side 2006 and a 2012 The Bear’s Meritage. When: Wednesday, February 18, 2015 – 6:30pm Reception & 7:00pm Dinner Where: Tapenade Bistro in Steveston Who: Fairview Cellars and…
It’s time for another Fitness Friday, a little overdue, as though I haven’t missed a SINGLE DAY of exercise this year, I’ve been a bit of a procrastinator on the writing side of things. This week I’m going to tell you a little about spinning classes at Spin Society. Yes, I’ve been spinning around physically, as well as in my head, recently. Spin Society is at the foot of the Granville Street Bridge on the North side, a perfect walking distance from home for me, giving me about 30 mins to warm up and cool down. It’s brand spanking new,…
