Chef Robert Belcham – Campagnolo As one of the EAT! Vancouver Ambassadors, we’re catching up with the chefs at this culinary festival! Here’s a little bit about Chef Robert Belcham from Campagnolo. EAT! Vancouver takes place from November 4 to 9, 2019 and features culinary collaborations between award-winning local and special guest chefs from across Canada…
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EAT! Vancouver Q + A With Chef Ian McHale of Wildebeest
Chef Ian McHale – Wildebeest As one of the EAT! Vancouver Ambassadors, we’re catching up with the chefs at this culinary festival and here we check in with Chef Ian McHale – Wildebeest. EAT! Vancouver takes place from November 4 to 9, 2019 and features culinary collaborations between award-winning local and special guest chefs from…
Vancouver Foodster Tasting Plates Commercial Drive – Wrap Up
Sampling On Commercial Drive with Vancouver Foodster We joined Richard Wolak’s Vancouver Foodster Tasting Plates for the Commercial Drive edition on September 4 and were reminded of a few things. We love Federico’s and their pasta rocks. We’ve got to get back for more gnocchi. Pasture to Plate has some of the best cured meats…
Raise The Barn For Hazelmere Organic Farm
Hazelmere Organic Farm, An Evening Of Community With A Cause On Saturday, September 14 you can enjoy a seven-course fundraising feast with kombucha, beer, and cider pairings at Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts, in Granville Island! The brightest talents from our local hospitality industry are coming together to support of one of BC’s most epic…
Burger Week With ItsJoshEats
Le Burger Week On Until September 7 – Josh Boettcher Reports We saw that Josh Boettcher had actually gone and tried almost all the burgers from Burger Week, so weasked him to do a guest post based on his food-filled Instagram so you could see what’s out there to nosh on this year. Every first…
VCC Chef’s Table Volume II
Chef Hamid Salimian’s VCC Students Deliver A Tantalizing Meal VCC Chef’s Table pop-up restaurant hosted by the VCC Culinary Arts is on until September 8th so you need to act quickly to get a seat for this one! We dined on the series menu last night and it is an impressive display of the culinary…
Cruising Out to Chilliwack in The Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross
Overnighting In Chilliwack We usually take far more summer trips, but this summer we stuck rather close to home. Among the many good things about living in Vancouver is the fact that there are many quick trips to be had, and since we were invited out to Cultus Lake Marina to take a boat for…
Wild Salmon Celebration 2019 Wrap Up
Chefs Table Society Do Wild Salmon The weather cooperated and we had another perfect night for the Chef’s Table’s Wild Salmon Celebration at Fisherman’s Wharf. The Chefs’ Table Society of British Columbia and the BC Salmon Marketing Council partner up each year and we get to feast on an iconic BC product: WILD SALMON! The chefs came…
What’s Good This Week August 29 Edition
What to Do In And Around Vancouver Greetings from the last week of August! We’re in decluttering mode at home here and getting ready for the fall, when we’ll be spending more time indoors. Anyone looking for some inspiring cookbooks? We’re looking to divest (more on that soon). However, while sun is out, we’re going…
Heritage Asian Eatery Debuts New Chinese BBQ Menu
Chinese BBQ With A Modern Touch at Heritage Asian Eatery on Broadway Chef Felix Zhou recently announced his departure from Heritage Asian Eatery, reporting he wanted to spend more time with family and we wish him well. This week we heard that the team is indeed continuing on and going full steam ahead with a…
Key Party Dishes Up S’Mores and More On Main Street
Key Party is Rumpus Room’s Equally Nutty Sister Located beside Rumpus Room (at 2303 Main St.), is it’s extension, a lounge they’ve named Key Party. You won’t find a sign for Key Party, instead you enter through a storefront whose signage reads “Zottenberg & Sons Accounting.” Inside there’s a kitschy room that is a homage…
Feast of Fields at Rabbit River Farms in Richmond Sept. 8 – Event Listing
Feast of Fields Wandering Gourmet Festival We’ve been attending Feast of Fields since we first discovered its existence at the Murphy’s Vista D’Oro farm in Langley in 2006 and have attended several Okanagan and Island versions. Every year there are more restaurants, wineries, breweries, cideries and more to discover and there’s always plenty of entertainment…
Savour Summer at Cultus Lake Marina
Cultus Lake Marina Getaway For A Day Why not take some time during the last days of summer and head out to Cultus Lake Marina for a little boating or jet skiing? Summer’s not over yet! Darker days have us reflecting back on our July trip out to Cultus Lake Marina where you actually don’t…
Chambar Celebrates 15th Anniversary
Street Parties and Throwback Menus Ring In Chambar Restaurant’s 15th Anniversary Chambar is celebrating 15 years! Seems like just yesterday when Karri and Nico Schuermans opened this gem that has seen many talented front and back of house superstars come and go, all bringing, and leaving with something extra special. From Sunday, September 15 –…
Dining At Papi’s Seafood And Oyster Bar
Papi’s Seafood And Oyster Bar Opens In English Bay When I hear the words “oyster bar,” I do a little happy dance; I am always up for slurping back a few of these gems and enjoy them in all sorts of iterations, whether they are fried, poached or nestled amongst spinach and bacon in Oysters…
Lobster at Chop Steakhouse
Who Doesn’t Love a Lobster Feast? I can’t remember the last time we had lobster, it had been far too long, so it was time to dive into a hearty steak and lobster-filled meal. We heard at Chop that you can experience all sorts of lobster and more with their Lobster Grill, so we hurried over…
Wild Salmon Celebration – Event Listing
Chefs Table Society Do Wild Salmon We were here last year and we will return for the magic this year! We’ve included some pictures from last year’s Wild Salmon Celebration! On Saturday August 24, 2019, join the Chefs’ Table Society of British Columbia and the BC Salmon Marketing Council for a celebration of an iconic BC product: WILD…
Spanish Food And Wine For Summer
Sipping Spanish Wine And Whipping Up Some Gazpacho Recently we’ve been cooking from Clodagh’s Suppers, a new cookbook from Clodagh McKenna, and we have a few recipes to share, but today we’ll start with her Gazpacho. We’ve been sourcing our tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers from Taves Farms, at the nearby Kitsilano Farmers Market, as they…
Keeping Cool With Best Buy and Dyson
Pure Cool Me Personal Air Purifier At Best Buy Recently I’ve been concerned about the air purity in our house and with the summer heat wave we’ve been having we needed some cooling down as well, so when I discovered an all in one cooling air purifier at Best Buy I was rather excited to…
What’s Good This Week August 12 Edition
Things Happening in and Around Vancouver This Week It’s mid-August already? Where has the summer gone? I’m determined to take full advantage of the last few weeks of the season, even if I look outside and see rain today. This week it’s all about girl power as Les Dame d’Escoffier are hosting our annual fundraiser…