Wednesday night, 300 foodies lined up at Catch 122 Restaurant in Gastown to kick off the sold out Tasting Plates: Gastown Edition. Tasters grabbed their Tasting Plates cards and headed off on a tasty trip around the neighbourhood. Dinner, desserts, and drinks were on the menus as we ventured through the city’s oldest neighbourhood to try some…
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Burger Palooza presented by Vancouver Foodster
It’s a meat lover’s dream! May 4th is the first Burger Palooza presented by Vancouver Foodster and Tasting Plates. Find your favourite as a selection of downtown Vancouver restaurants create their own unique take on the popular comfort food. Beef, pork, lamb, chicken and veggie selections are all on the menu as the chefs add…
Vancouver Foodster – Tasting Plates Main Street Edition
Now for the Main Event! Vancouver Foodster’s Tasting Plates events shifts over to Main Street for it’s May 14th edition. Tasting Plates : Main Street Edition will take place from 6pm to 9pm on May 14th. As with the rest of Vancouver Foodster’s Tasting Plates participating restaurants will serve up a taste from their menus for…
Van Foodster Culinary Scavenger Hunt – recap
This weekend the first Culinary Scavenger Hunt, presented by Vancouver Foodster took place in downtown Vancouver. A couple hundred food fans gathered at XOXOLAT to check-in and receive their Scavenger Hunt card, then were off on a mystery food tour around the town. Unlike Vancouver Foodster’s other food tour, Tasting Plates, the patrons did not…
The Liberty Distillery launches Endeavour Gin
Spring has sprung and a new crop has bloomed at The Liberty Distillery with the launch of Endeavour Gin. Endeavour Gin is a versatile London Dry Style Gin. Like all of the spirits from The Liberty Distillery, it begins with 100% organic BC grain. A triple distilled wheat spirit and a botanical gin basket, an elaborate…
Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival takes bloom
Every spring Vancouver streets and parks come alive with brilliant displays of Cherry Blossoms. From April 3rd to 28th, the annual Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival, coinciding with Sakura Days Japan Fair, April 5 – 6 at Van Dusen Garden, fills the city with activities: talks, walks, concerts, fashions shows, tea ceremonies and special restaurant menus. Kicking of with…
April is fishy at Provence Restaurants
In France, ‘Poisson d’Avril’ (April’s Fish) is a one day affair corresponding to our April Fool’s Day. Never believing you can have too much of a good thing, the good folks at Provence Restaurants have extended the finny fun and fine food to encompass a full month during its sixth annual Poisson d’Avril. Through to the…