This Wednesday, treat your taste buds to a tour around several restaurants in downtown Vancouver! Tasting Plates Vancouver runs from 6pm until 9:30 pm, this evening tasting extravaganza is presented by Vancouver Foodster. Each restaurant will be serving up Tasting Plates for guests to enjoy as you visit a variety of restaurants throughout the evening,…
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55th Annual Grammy Awards
Sunday night, the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences h0noured their own with the 55th Annual Grammy awards presented at the Staples Centre in Los Angele. Hosted by LL Cool J the show featured performances by Taylor Swift, Elton John & Ed Sheeran, F.U.N., Miranda Lambert & Dierks Bentley, Justin Timberlake & Jay-Z, Mumford…
Year of the Snake Menu at Wild Rice
This weekend marks the start of the Year of the Snake. In Chinese culture, the snake is honoured as wise, charming and decisive. Just as the snake transforms and renews itself as it sheds its old skin, Snake Years are seen as times of change and renewal. Chinese New Year’s Eve on February 9th, heralds…
Chinese New Year 2013
We are coming into the annual Lunar New Year season as Chinese and other Asian communities prepare for the more important festive occasion of their year. This year, Sunday February 10, 2013 ushers in the New Year, the Year of the Snake on the Chinese zodiac. People born under the year of the snake (1954,…
The Parlour Opens in Yaletown
Last week Yaletown’s newest hot spot debuted with a grand opening splash for media, foodies and friends. The Parlour Restaurant & Lounge has all the ingredients to become another homogenous Yaletown, thankfully it’s far from that. The interior design and decor stripped back the building to its bare bones, making it feel more Gastown than…
Food Talks – Volume 6
VanFoodster’s Food Talks are just like a series of good books, you want to know what the new volume brings. Food Talk: Volume 6 is just around the corner, another occasion for food lovers to mix, mingle and learn with like-minded foodies. As always an interesting line up of speakers is scheduled for February…
The Rio Theatre’s Corinne Lea recieves Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal
With all the outcry over the closure of The Waldorf Hotel, it’s easy to miss a well-deserved accolade bestowed on another valued Eastside venue. The Rio Theatre has announced that owner and operator Corinne Lea (pictured) has been selected to receive the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, a national award presented to persons of merit…