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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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
According to The Economist rankings from February 2013, Vancouver is the most expensive city in North America to live in. Though foodies consistently rave about the diversity, accessibility, and quality of Vancouver’s culinary scene, the price to experience it is often overlooked. As a traveller and food lover, this fact can be a little disheartening. […]
