The East Village, along Hastings Street from Clark to Renfrew, is home to a wide variety of food and beverage purveyors. In the few blocks you can taste the world from butchers and bakers, tacos to tapas, with coffee houses and breweries thrown in too. The heart of East Van for over a Century, the East…
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Friday Find: Shishinori Japanese Eatery
Located in a strip of shops along Cambie, the unassuming Shishinori Japanese Eatery is a little gem of a Japanese restaurant. Overwhelmingly cute, bright and pristine there aren’t very many tables in the tiny spot but the ample menu offers a variety of items. A large lunch trade of dine in and take out workers in…
Tasting Plates Marpole – recap
Wednesday night we had the chance to explore a new neighbourhood on Vancouver Foodster’s Tasting Plates Marpole. While Marpole is one of Vancouver’s historic neighbourhoods, it is often overlooked as people drive through enroute to Richmond or downtown Vancouver. The neighbourhood is going through a bit of a renewal and new merchants and eateries are…
Van Foodster Rice Bowl Challenge Winner & Re-cap
The Vancouver Foodster Rice Bowl Challenge has wrapped up for 2016 with the Siam in the City Bowl from Ban Chok Dee in Langley declared the People’s Champion. This Vancouver Foodster Challenge was one of the tightest races, the Judges Choice ended up in a 3-way tie with Siam in the City Bowl, Momma’s Style Poke Bowl…
Harrison Hot Springs Uncorked
Harrison Hot Springs is ready to pop the cork on Harrison Uncorked Wine Fest. Building off of the successful Craft Beer Festival, Uncorked is built to gather the community to celebrate the bounty within their backyard. Harrison Uncorked is two days of food, wine and entertainment from the fertile Harrison region. The Wine Festival starts Friday April 22nd…
10th Annual Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival
If you’ve walked around the city lately, you’ll surely have noticed the abundant blossoms turning the streets pink just in time for the 2016 Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival. The 10th Anniversary Festival gets underway on Thursday, March 24th with a free lunch time Cherry Jam concert at Burrard Station concourse. Throughout the festival look for…
Tasting Plates Central Richmond – April 13th
On April 9th, explore the flavours of Richmond on Tasting Plates Central Richmond. Centred along Number 3 Road, discover that there’s more to Richmond than just Asian restaurants. The hub of hotels around the Richmond core must cater to a diverse dining crowd of locals and visitors so the chefs in these restaurants especially work…