{"id":20872,"date":"2013-06-26T16:12:28","date_gmt":"2013-06-26T23:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodlifevancouver.com\/?p=20872"},"modified":"2026-09-30T16:19:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T23:19:30","slug":"indian-festival-opening-gala-with-vikram-vij","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/indian-festival-opening-gala-with-vikram-vij\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Festival Opening Gala, with Vikram Vij"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/vij1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20637\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/vij-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/vij1.jpg?fit=450%2C286&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"450,286\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"vij\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/vij1.jpg?fit=450%2C286&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20637\" alt=\"vij\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/vij1-300x190.jpg?resize=300%2C190\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/vij1.jpg?resize=300%2C190&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/vij1.jpg?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>A culinary tour of South Asian cuisine curated by Vikram Vij<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, July 4 @ 7:30pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WHERE\u00a0Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden \u2022 578 Carrall St, Vancouver<\/p>\n<p>Celebrate the first day of Indian Summer with festival artists, patrons and special guests. Vancouver\u2019s gastronomic guru Vikram Vij curates a culinary tour of South Asia featuring multiple food stations by well-known Vancouver-based South Asian restaurants, offering dosas, momos and other rare-to-find delicacies, all paired with fine beverages including award-winning wines from Volcanic Hills and Kalala.<\/p>\n<p>CBC News Vancouver\u2019s meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe will be broadcasting her segment live from the gardens that night. Plus live performances by internationally acclaimed band Rajasthan Josh, and percussionist\/DJ\/beat-boxer Rup Sidhu.<\/p>\n<p>Eat, sip and wander through the jewel that is the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, all the while mingling with Vancouver\u2019s best and brightest. This is an enchanted evening not to be missed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A culinary tour of South Asian cuisine curated by Vikram Vij Thursday, July 4 @ 7:30pm WHERE\u00a0Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden \u2022 578 Carrall St, Vancouver Celebrate the first day of Indian Summer with festival artists, patrons and special guests. 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