The 10th Annual Hot Chocolate Festival has arrived, just in time to help us recover from one of Vancouver’s coldest winter weeks. After spending many a snow day at home, the Hot Chocolate Festival is the perfect way to draw us out of the house from January 18 – February 14, 2020. What could…
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Tasting Plates Gastown & Chinatown – recap
A pleasant Vancouver evening, was filled with pleasant company and great food as Tasting Plates visited Gastown & Chinatown on Wednesday October 23rd. Tasting Plates patrons found something sweet and savoury as they walked between the evening’s eateries in the two downtown neighbourhoods. Four of the more recently opened eateries were new to many of…
West Village Cafe creates a community
Tucked into a shopping complex in Surrey, the recently opened West Village Cafe is an urban oasis in a suburban sea of chain store conformity. Even as you enter the bright, contemporary, cafe you are aware that you’re in for something good. Arriving on a Sunday morning, West Village Cafe was bustling and alive with groups…
Tasting Plates Port Moody – recap
Last night, a hungry hoard descended upon Gabi & Jules bakery in Port Moody to kick off Vancouver Foodster’s Tasting Plates Port Moody. The Butcher, the Baker and the Ice Cream Maker were all on the cards for the evening. Tasting Platers picked up their Tasting Plates cards and menus then set out on a…
Tasting Plates Port Moody coming Sept 21st
Celebrate the start of autumn with a delicious trip along Burrard Inlet for Tasting Plates Port Moody on September 21, 2016. If you’re like me, a visit to Port Moody will be an exploration of what the waterfront city has to offer. Tasting Plates Port Moody brings together a collection of restaurants and breweries to…
Brunch Crawl Yaletown – recap
As we wrapped up the 2016 Dine Out Vancouver Festival this weekend, we had a chance for one more Brunch Crawl, this time in Yaletown. This Saturday’s Brunch Crawl, organized by Vancouver Foodster, was a great opportunity to explore some new places in the neighbourhood. Starting with registration at Xoxolat we had a welcoming treat…
Friday Find: Saj & Co, a one-of-a-kind eatery
While judging the recent Vancouver Foodster Stacked Sandwich Challenge I had the fortune to have a dining experience at Saj & Co. The small, unassuming Davie Street eatery is a bakery, cafe serving authentic, traditional Lebanese cuisine. Charismatic Chef – Owner Malek Anouti commands the show hovering over his piping hot saj (a convex griddle,…