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La Taqueria: Life is better when you taco

La Taqueria 322 W. Hastings or 2549 Cambie or… on W 4th Avenue, conveniently parked beside Whole Foods! I’m the type of foodie who would much rather eat small portions of many things, rather than a large portion of one item. For this reason, La Taqueria has always held a very special place in my heart. […]

Country Music Stars Travel to Vancouver with Food Truck in Tow!

If you’re a Vancouverite, you might not have experienced true, down-home Southern cuisine. After all, we’re a long way from Louisiana. But, this weekend, about 200 lucky Vancouver fans will get the chance to sample some of that rich, gourmet Southern hospitality: The Zac Brown Band’s traveling mobile kitchen is coming to us with its […]

A Taste of Taiwan: Strike

Strike 3217 West Broadway Vancouver or #120 – 4751 Garden City Rd Richmond   Are you feeling glum from missing out on TaiwanFest last weekend? If you were walking along Granville Street or hanging out at Robson Square, the celebrations were impossible to ignore. From street food, to art and crafts, to games, and cultural […]

New Flavour Alert! The Frissant at Swiss Bakery

Swiss Bakery Producer of Canada’s first Frissant 143 E 3rd Ave Mon-Fri: 7:00am – 6:00pm Sat: 8:00am – 5:00pm Closed on Sundays Our love for the Frissant goes back a few years, to the moment when we first heard about the Cronut craze in New York. Outside of Dominique Ansel Bakery in Soho, stretched a […]

Phnom nom nom: Phnom Penh

Phnom Penh 244 E Georgia Street Mon-Fri: 10:00am – 9:00pm Sat-Sun: 10:00am – 10:00pm Shortly before I first ventured to this corner of Chinatown, someone had told me that the deep fried chicken wings at Phnom Penh were so good; they had to be breaded in crack. After several escapades involving large plates of said […]

Welcome to the Neighbourhood: Krokodile Pear

Krokodile Pear 1867 West 1st Ave in Kitsilano You know ALL the food & bevvy spots in your neighbourhood. You almost can’t help it. Fellow foodies, you can attest to this, right? Whether it’s from pacing the local streets, mentally marking all the food joints (don’t worry, I do it, too…) or from simply living […]

Surf’s Up! Rodney’s Oyster House

Rodney’s Oyster House in Yaletown 1228 Hamilton Street Vancouver, B.C. Mondays to Sundays 11:30am – 11:00pm There’s no denying that oysters are an acquired taste; the slippery, slimy, ocean-infused seafood is certainly not for everyone. Yet for those of us who have taken to this ocean delight, when the craving hits you, it hits you. […]

Sushi Vancouver: Miku

Miku Restaurant – Aburi Sushi Gourmet Cuisine 70-200 Granville Street 604- 568-3900 http://mikurestaurant.com/ *Hours of operation: See end of post I wanted to prove a point with the title of the blog this week. “Sushi Vancouver: Miku” is a representation of how we Google search. This simple combination of words summons information from various sources […]

Meet Me at Market

Market by Jean-Georges at the Shangri-La Hotel 1115 Alberni Street, 3rd Floor Featured on our Guilty Pleasures Gourmet Tour Vancouver’s tallest building, the Shangri-La, is no secret in the city. The hotel and residential complex boasts 62 stories and is a striking component of Vancouver’s famous skyline. The swanky building, built only in 2009, proudly […]

The Little Things

During a tough week, a long night, an early morning, or a gray day, the beauty of being a shameless foodie is that you always have a simple remedy to brighten your spirits: food! Think about it: after a tiring day of sightseeing or before a particularly hectic day at work, it’s the bite-sized things […]

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