Foodists

With Vancouver being so close to the border, there are many tasty reasons to cross it. Seattle is the closest major food destination but Portland is not much further, especially if you take the I-5. Then you’re…

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(This post is guest written by Cliff Hammerschmidt.) — The Vancouver Magazine 2010 Restaurant Awards were held on the afternoon of May 18 at the Sheraton Wall Centre. This is the 21st year of the awards, and my…

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I don’t know if you’re like me, but if you are then you love pork.  When I heard that Refuel was offering up a family style, late night, all-you-can-eat celebration of pig with all the trimmings and endless…

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Costco is not something that one would normally think of as being associated with The French Laundry but it was there that I had my first encounter with the famous restaurant. It was years ago, while browsing the book…

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There’s something amazing about the yin yang nature of Vietnamese coffee – hot coffee and cold condensed milk, dark and light, bitter and sweet. The Chocolate and Vietnamese Coffee Tart with Condensed Milk Ice…

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Refuel opened in early December 2009, and like Gastropod’s Maenam and Parkside’s L’Altro Buca, it’s the reincarnated version of Fuel. In its original form it was a modern fine dining restaurant…

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