{"id":38684,"date":"2017-10-26T07:50:45","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T14:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodlifevancouver.com\/?p=38684"},"modified":"2026-09-30T16:17:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T23:17:01","slug":"gold-medal-plates-victoria-2017-chef-alex-chen-boulevard-kitchen-oyster-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/gold-medal-plates-victoria-2017-chef-alex-chen-boulevard-kitchen-oyster-bar\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold Medal Plates Victoria 2017 &#8211; Chef Alex Chen Boulevard Kitchen &#038; Oyster Bar"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Checking In With Chef Alex Chen\u00a0Before Victoria\u2019s Culinary Championships<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/BLVD_Team_AlexChen1_CreditKKLaw.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"38688\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/gold-medal-plates-victoria-2017-chef-alex-chen-boulevard-kitchen-oyster-bar\/blvd_team_alexchen1_creditkklaw\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/BLVD_Team_AlexChen1_CreditKKLaw.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"alex chen\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/BLVD_Team_AlexChen1_CreditKKLaw.jpg?fit=788%2C526&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-38688\" title=\"alex chen\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/BLVD_Team_AlexChen1_CreditKKLaw-1024x683.jpg?resize=788%2C526\" alt=\"alex chen\" width=\"788\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/BLVD_Team_AlexChen1_CreditKKLaw.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/BLVD_Team_AlexChen1_CreditKKLaw.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/BLVD_Team_AlexChen1_CreditKKLaw.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/BLVD_Team_AlexChen1_CreditKKLaw.jpg?resize=960%2C640&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/BLVD_Team_AlexChen1_CreditKKLaw.jpg?resize=450%2C300&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/BLVD_Team_AlexChen1_CreditKKLaw.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Tell us a little bit about your restaurant<\/b><b>\u00a0and<\/b><b>\/or<\/b><b>\u00a0style of cooking.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>At Boulevard, I draw upon my personal experiences, my childhood memories of cooking with my family, and of course my training with some amazing chefs throughout the Pacific Rim and West Coast. These experiences all influenced my cooking style, my love of seafood and my desire to always use fresh, local ingredients. I also like to use a very balanced flavour profile, which is something I picked up from cooking with my Mom.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Where do you eat in your city?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>I like to eat in Richmond (where I live) because it\u2019s convenient to take the whole family, and there are a wide variety of cuisines available.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What would be your ideal food day?\u202f<\/b><\/p>\n<p>For breakfast, I would start with the double-baked almond croissant from Thomas Haas Chocolates &amp; Patisserie. It\u2019s one of my favourite things to have when I\u2019m craving a treat. For lunch, I recommend dim sum at Fisherman\u2019s Terrace in Richmond. And for dinner, there\u2019s nothing like Le Crocodile, which is one of my family\u2019s favourite spots for traditional French fare. Chef Michel Jacob is one of the city\u2019s most respected chefs and he consistently serves dishes that I love and admire.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What ingredient do you always have on hand?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a reason the old phrase \u201csalt of the earth\u201d is still in use today: Salt is my most important and favourite ingredient to use in my dishes, whether it\u2019s appetizers, main courses or dessert. I firmly believe it is the most important ingredient in all cuisine and I use it sparingly and in the right measure to enhance the dining experience.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/BLVD_Dinner_LinguineAlleVongole_CreditAmyHo.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"38687\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/gold-medal-plates-victoria-2017-chef-alex-chen-boulevard-kitchen-oyster-bar\/blvd_dinner_linguineallevongole_creditamyho\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/BLVD_Dinner_LinguineAlleVongole_CreditAmyHo.jpg?fit=900%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"900,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 70D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1473344244&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Alex Chen\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/BLVD_Dinner_LinguineAlleVongole_CreditAmyHo.jpg?fit=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-38687\" title=\"Alex Chen\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/BLVD_Dinner_LinguineAlleVongole_CreditAmyHo-768x1024.jpg?resize=768%2C1024\" alt=\"Alex Chen\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/BLVD_Dinner_LinguineAlleVongole_CreditAmyHo.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/BLVD_Dinner_LinguineAlleVongole_CreditAmyHo.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/BLVD_Dinner_LinguineAlleVongole_CreditAmyHo.jpg?resize=630%2C840&amp;ssl=1 630w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/BLVD_Dinner_LinguineAlleVongole_CreditAmyHo.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/erin.vickars.9?fref=ufi\"><strong>Erin\u00a0Vickars<\/strong><\/a>\u202f <strong>asked<\/strong>\u00a0<b>What were their most formative struggles to\u00a0<\/b><b>overcome<\/b><b>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>One of the biggest challenges is the transition from a line cook to your first managerial job. You\u2019re managing your buddies from yesterday.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KLBallantine?fref=ufi\">Kendall Ballantine\u00a0<\/a>asked\u00a0<\/strong><b>Who is your favourite local food producers are (farms, cheese makers,\u00a0<\/b><b>etc<\/b><b>)?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>One of my favourite suppliers\u00a0is Joe Salvo, president and founder of Ponderosa Mushroom. We buy\u00a0all of\u00a0our mushrooms \u2014 wild, cultivated or dry \u2014 from him and they are extremely organized, reliable and passionate about their work.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lucia.higgins?fref=ufi\">Lucia Higgins<\/a>\u202f asked\u00a0<\/strong><b>What is their go to dish when cooking at home and feeling tired or one when inspired?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Depending\u00a0on the requests that I receive from my wife and kids, there are\u00a0a number of\u00a0comfort-food specialties I enjoy cooking at home. My favourites range from a slab of meat slow-cooked to tender perfection on my Big Green Egg (a Hamada-style ceramic charcoal barbecue cooker), to roasted chicken with all the fixings, to meatballs and spaghetti to Hainanese chicken and rice and various styles of traditional Chinese-style soups.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lesley.saito?fref=ufi\">Lesley Saito<\/a><\/strong>\u202fasked\u00a0<b>What ingredients in their travels has influenced their cooking style?<\/b><br \/>\nMy cooking style is primarily based on quality local ingredients and choosing produce at its peak seasonality. Since we\u2019re blessed with pristine water here on the West Coast I also love to showcase our abundance of great quality seafood, whether it\u2019s B.C. spot prawns, or halibut from Alaska all the way down to Oregon.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Checking In With Chef Alex Chen\u00a0Before Victoria\u2019s Culinary Championships Tell us a little bit about your restaurant\u00a0and\/or\u00a0style of cooking. At Boulevard, I draw upon my personal experiences, my childhood memories of cooking with my family, and of course my training with some amazing chefs throughout the Pacific Rim and West Coast. 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