About: Michelle Ng
Gastown Hidden Gem: Shirakawa
Update: May 2017 – Shirakawa is now closed. It currently holds a thriving vegetarian restaurant called Meet! It seems that our list of things to do and things to eat in Vancouver increased exponentially this Fall. Restaurant staples like Chambar and Cafe Medina came out roaring with new digs and new menus, and another of […]
Thanksgiving in Vancouver: 5 Foodie Blessings
It’s Canadian Thanksgiving this weekend! It’s a time to celebrate all the things we’re thankful for, which, for many of us, includes indulging in a classic, food-coma-inducing meal! This year at VFT, we’re thankful for: the opportunity to showcase Vancouver’s multicultural culinary scene to foodies all around the world, our passionate team of guides that […]
Vancouver Foodie Tours Cook Off
What happens when you take a group of eight very passionate foodies and get them together for a meeting? A lot food, and a LOT of eating. That’s exactly what happened at this month’s Vancouver Foodie Tours team get together, where we met up for a bit of a cooking competition to share our favourite […]
500 Foodies on Instagram?!
It turns out, there are a lot of hungry Foodies out there! Every day, we are inspired by enthusiasm of our “foodie following” (online and offline) but, we were especially thrilled to grow our Instagram community to over 500 foodies this week! We invite you to celebrate the milestone with us…and we look forward to […]
New on Granville Island: Canada’s Largest 360-Degree Mural
The large, concrete silos at Granville Island got a facelift this summer, and I mean that quite literally. Just weeks ago, world-renowned Brazilian artists known as “OSGEMEOS” transformed 6, 23-metre tall concrete cylinders into iconic works of art – “Giants.” Other than being a photo-worthy place to visit in Vancouver, here are some quick & […]
The Season of Comfort Food: Recipe Within
If you’ve been following us on Instagram @vanfoodietours, you’ll know that a couple of the VFT members took a little roadtrip to the Okanagan this last week. Although we were sure to get our fill of BC wine (especially those that we feature on our Granville Island Market Tour and Guilty Pleasures Gourmet Tour), we […]
Our Top 5 Summer Hits in Vancouver
It was a rough week, wouldn’t you agree? Back-to-school promotions took over every store window and “The Return of your Favourite Shows” made the front page of the paper. In every direction, it seems that we are being urged along toward the impending doom of Fall. Well, you know what? We stuffed our bellies with […]
Enter to Win: Tickets to Spot Prawn Festival 2015
***As a special treat for the fifth and final week of our Seafood Series, we want to send you and a friend to this year’s Spot Prawn Boil at Fisherman’s Wharf on Sunday, May 17 at 2:00pm. Read on to enter to win!*** Seafood lovers in Vancouver will know – The Spot Prawn Boil at […]
Stops Along the Seawall: Delish General Store
It’s week 3 of our Stops Along the Seawall series! We’ve been hopping on our bikes and zooming along one of Vancouver’s most popular attractions: the 22k seawall. Though the view of the ocean is breathtaking, the city itself is just as impressive. Retail and residential space have truly become a commodity; you can’t help […]
Stops Along the Seawall: Tap & Barrel
It’s week 2 of our 4-part series: Stops Along the Seawall! We’ve been grabbing our bikes and bumbling along Vancouver’s famous 22K of waterfront, taking in the sights and scoping out the best places to eat along the way! Last week, we kicked off the series with a visit to Beta 5 for one of […]