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Pacifico Pizzeria Ristorante (Burrard and Smithe, Downtown Vancouver)
You know, despite the vicinity with some of the biggest players in the food industry, and in the movie industry, somehow I’m not all completely thrilled with Pacifico Pizza (otherwise known as Pacifico...
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Apollonia Greek Restaurant (Kitsilano/Fairview Slopes)
This is a really weird area of town, the north-of-4th-Avenue area between Granville and Burrard. It’s not Kitsilano per se, but it’s also not really what most people would recognize as Fairview Slopes....
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The Observatory at Grouse Mountain
Generally speaking, I don’t go up Grouse Mountain unless I have something exciting to do. Doing the Grouse Grind is something I do once a year just because I have to. I am, after all, a Vancouverite....
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Paired Wine-Food Dinner with Ingo Grady at April Point Resort (Quadra Island)
I’ve covered some of the best wine and food festivals in British Columbia, so it’s not like I am new to the game (see my coverage of, just for starters, the Chef’s Congress President’s Ball Dinner 2011...
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La Notte (Dunbar and 16th Avenue)
Three things I absolutely adore: good food, amazing friends and lovely atmosphere. This past week, La Notte (a wonderful Italian restaurant on Dunbar just south of 16th Avenue, near the UBC campus) had...
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Al Porto (Gastown)
You know that restaurant that you have always wanted to check out, that you think it’s going to totally rock your boat and then sort of disappoints you with a series of mishaps that you did not expect,...
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Taste of Yaletown 2011
A few months ago, I made the commitment to myself to promote more local events, and in particular, events related to food. I try almost always to attend Taste of Yaletown but rarely do I get a chance...
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Fray on Fraser #FoodFriday
Best news of recent weeks? Knowing that there are so many new restaurants moving to the Kingsway and Fraser or upper Fraser area (e.g. Mount Pleasant/Riley Park). I have written about many of them...
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The Laughing Oyster (Okeover Arm, Powell River, Sunshine Coast) #scac2011
What could be more fun than dinner with three lovely ladies (Andrea, Andrea and Robyn)? Well, finding a restaurant that has amazing food and that you had never heard about. Yes, The Laughing Oyster is...
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All India Restaurant (Davie St, West End)
While Ethiopian food is usually my comfort food, cold autumn/winter nights always remind me of how much I love Indian food. With its delicious variety of dishes (both vegetarian and meat-based), hot...
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The American Cheesesteak (opening/media event)
While I’m on a blogging break, I had already been invited (and committed to attend) The American Cheesesteak opening a few weeks ago). Chef Anthony Sedlak, let me tip my hat to you: you know how to...
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Dunn’s Famous (Vancouver)
I love poutine even if that means I have to eat my poutine WITHOUT cheese curds (I know, the purists among you will say that poutine REQUIRES cheese curds). Anyhow, poutine, Montreal smoked meat...
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The Sandbar (Granville Island)
The hardest thing about writing a blog that has extensively covered the food industry in Vancouver, the lower mainland and all across Canada is that I often have a huge challenge in finding new...
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Hamilton Street Grill (Yaletown)
I now understand why Arieanna said it was her favorite restaurant a couple of years ago when I requested a list of the favorite restaurants of people (remember that post?). We went for dinner to...
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Sunset Burgers (Yaletown)
As I said on Twitter, Sunset Burgers kind of looked pedestrian as I walked by, but the truth is, the local is extremely clean, well kept, kind of looks like a small diner (hey with Yaletown rent...
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Fraiche (West Vancouver)
When I decided I wanted to try Fraiche (in West Vancouver) and told JT and he agreed to drive all the way up to West Vancouver on a rainy and dark night, I knew that if it wasn’t amazing, I would have...
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How much to tip at a restaurant?
While I eat out a lot, and I review restaurants quite often, I’m not technically what you could call “from the industry”. That is, I don’t have a background as a chef, or as a server. I have served...
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Bite of the Rock (White Rock, BC)
And who said I only promote Vancouver? Of course not! Even though I don’t make it to White Rock nearly enough, I do have dear friends who live there. And I am SO curious to know about Bite of the Rock,...
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#DineOut with @hummingbird604 and the @Glowbal_Group
Every year, I write about Dine Out Vancouver. And every year, I wish I could enable my readers to participate in this fantastic event that aims to promote Vancouver (and some neighbouring cities’)...
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#DineOut with @hummingbird604 and @millbistro
It’s amazing how I have been to so many of the Daniel Hospitality Group restaurants, yet I don’t think I have had an opportunity to write about The Mill Marine Bistro (and let me tell you, I’ve been...
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#DineOut with @hummingbird604 and @eatDockside
I love the Dockside restaurant on Granville Island, and you all knew this. I came here for the first time, I think, when my good friend KG celebrated her birthday, many moons ago (heck, I think I was...
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Luca’s Cucina and Taphouse (Victoria, BC)
There are some gems that come into your life just by sheer luck. I was looking for a place to eat at during my visit to Victoria for WordCamp Victoria 2012. Since I stayed at the Accent Inns near No,...
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Nicli Antica Pizzeria (Gastown)
So, I finally made it. Finally, after 8 attempts (all of them with JT) to have dinner at Nicli Antica Pizzeria, I made it (with my good friend Minna from The Network Hub, instead of JT – and I feel...
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Tavola (West End, Robson and Denman)
I had my heart set on trying Tapastree (the former incarnation of now Tavola) and I never had an opportunity to do so. But I have eaten at Nook before (the brother restaurant of Tavola), loved it and...
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The Bengal Lounge at The Fairmont Empress (Victoria, BC)
Considering how little time academics have to eat, let alone eat AND socialize, I feel blessed that my good friend Janni Aragon (Political Science, University of Victoria) had the time to come meet me...
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Scoozis & Cassandra’s Wine Room (Downtown Vancouver, Financial District)
Obviously because of my good friend Cassandra Anderton, anything with the name “Cassandra” and “wine” makes me turn my head twice and think of her. Well, recently my good friend Minna Van and I went...
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Chambar (Crosstown)
I went into Chambar (located in the area now known as Crosstown, just outside the Skytrain station Stadium/Chinatown) expecting (and perhaps even secretly hoping) not to like it, and I came out with a...
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Luke’s Corner Bar & Kitchen (Fairview Slopes/South Granville)
So, full disclosure: I hated The Red Door (the previous incarnation of Luke’s Corner Bar & Kitchen near 14th Avenue and Granville) and thus I had avoided a visit. But since I was going to the...
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Original Tandoori Kitchen (South Main/Sunset)
I have been addicted to Indian food for a long, long while. I would say, ever since I moved to Vancouver, which already surpasses the decade. I have tried numerous Indian restaurants, but the ones that...
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Guu Otokomae (Guu Izakaya, Gastown)
Few things make me happier than dinner with one of my closest friends (Air). She is fond of the Guu Izakaya family (I have my reservations, mostly because of the attitude on the Thurlow one), but since...
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La Buca (Dunbar/Southlands-Arbutus Ridge)
I am a lover of fine Italian food, but for some reason, I sometimes don’t have the time to go and visit all the restaurants I would love to (also, I wish I had an unlimited budget, which I don’t). So,...
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Kiso Island (Mount Pleasant, 12th Avenue and Main St)
The truth be told, I am wondering if the owners of Kiso Island must be the owners of Kishu Island (which got burned at the corner of Broadway and Main). I say this because the name sounds familiar and...
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Wild Rice (Gastown/Crosstown)
So, I willingly went out for Chinese food (well, fusion Chinese if you want to say so). I have always liked Wild Rice, but as I’m not really crazy about Chinese food, I rarely go and seek to eat at...
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CinCin Ristorante + Bar (Downtown Vancouver, Robson Street)
When I was an MBA student I used to go out and live the good life of a graduate student. Meaning, I spent a lot of money going to bars, lounges and restaurants. I suppose it’s part of the “training” (I...
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Famoso Neapolitan Pizzeria (Commercial Drive)
One of the most fun nights out that I have had in recent months was having dinner after my panel at Science Online Vancouver this past Tuesday. The reality is, there are few people who understand me...
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Via Tevere Pizzeria Napoletana (Victoria Drive)
Napoletana pizza has become quite a popular item in the 2011-2012 Vancouver food scene, with the emergence of several pizzerias, including Nicli Antica Pizzeria, NOVO Pizzeria, Verace Pizzeria,...
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Win a #TravelTuesday Chefs Across The Water #CAW Grand Prize with...
If you have followed my blog closely you probably have realized how much I travel writing I do, and how many wonderful events in Canada I promote and highlight. Travel Tuesday is usually one of my...
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La Noria Restaurant Bar (Puebla, Puebla) #WeVisitMexico
While my photos of dinner at La Noria do no justice at all to the exquisite stuff we ate, I have to admit that this was, by far, one of my favorite dinners during the #WeVisitMexico Puebla Tweetup. We...
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Restaurant La Compañía (Mesones Sacristía) [Puebla, Puebla] #WeVisitMexico...
I have to say, despite what my blog post on El Mural de los Poblanos may indicate, I did love their food, and in general, I loved every single restaurant we visited on the We Visit Mexico Puebla...
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Celebrate BC with @White_Spot and @hummingbird604 (contest)
My love for the province of British Columbia can’t be denied (if anybody wants to, just read through my Travel, Dance, Theatre or British Columbia categories to see how much I have written about my...
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