The 2024 @VanFoodster Chowder Challenge has come to an end. Did you try any, or all, of the entries? The Challenge is over, and the judging and voting has been completed. I was privileged to be one of the Media Judges along with Shelley Hayashi and Rick Green. Each of us had the opportunity to…
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Vancouver Foodster Chowder Challenge Brings Warming Comfort
The Vancouver Foodster Chowder Challenge is starting today March 8 until 31, 2024. What better way to warm up from this chilly weather than a bowl of hot chowder from some of Vancouver favourite restaurants all over Vancouver. The participating restaurants have entered a new or favourite chowder from their menu to offer patrons during…
Vancouver Foodster 2nd Vancouver Soup Festival is on now
Perfectly timed to counter the cold winter temperatures, Vancouver Foodster has kicked off the 2nd annual Vancouver Soup Festival. Running January 9 to February 2, 2020, the festival features a selection of restaurants from around Metro Vancouver and their soup creations! Warming our souls and soup bowls, the Vancouver Soup Festival will stimulate our senses and…
Vancouver Foodster launches 1st Vancouver Soup Festival
In the midst of winter, when nothing comforts like a bowl of soup, Vancouver Foodster has introduced the 1st Vancouver Soup Festival. From January 10 to 31, 2019, a different selection of soups will be featured weekly by each of the participating restaurants. Over the three weeks, the public is invited to visit and try…
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…
Step up to The Livet in Victoria
On a recent visit to Victoria, the search for lunch lead friends and I to The Livet. Stepping up the flight of stairs beside Discovery Coffee on Broughton Street, the Rooftop Patio is a welcoming surprise. While not open on this cold winter day, it was easy to see that this would be a downtown…
Noodle Mania 2016 Recap
Yesterday hundreds of hungry foodies slurped, sipped and supped on unique noodle dishes on Vancouver Foodster’s 3rd Noodle Mania event. Starting off at Platform 7 on Broadway, we checked in to pick up our Noodle Mania Map Cards and were served up a choice of coffee drinks with one of their house baked cookies….