Foodists is a collective of like-minded food worshippers. We breathe and sleep in order to eat and drink. Have something to share with us? We'd love to hear from you. If it's something to eat or drink, even better.
Mark and I have been cooking successfully for years, but never with any formal training. Last year we decided it would be a good thing to take a class or two and enrolled in the basics of French cooking classes offered at…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Saturday, May 13th, 2006
Categories: Worship | Tags: chef, Chef Eric, Seafood | No Comments »
Vietnam and its neighbours suffered terribly under French colonial rule for nearly 100 years, finally ending in the 1950s. But one of the few benefits of this period was the influence French cuisine, with Vietnamese cooks…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, May 10th, 2006
Categories: Worship | Tags: banh mi, restaurant, review, sandwich, vancouver, Vietnamese | 5 Comments »
It was only after confirming our Friday night seating at A.O.C. that my wife Jane and I started reading online reports that informed us that we weren’t actually supposed to be able to get a reservation at this West…
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Wednesday, April 19th, 2006
Categories: Worship | Tags: California, charcuterie, Hollywood, Los Angeles, restaurant, Wine | 2 Comments »
If you love food, then it goes without saying that you’ve seen the movie Choc0lat starring Juliette Binoche. If you haven’t seen the movie and claim to love food, then you better hit the rental store. On your…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Tuesday, April 18th, 2006
Categories: Worship | Tags: chocolate, Chocolatl, Desserts, vancouver, Yaletown | No Comments »
On Easter Sunday night, I found myself hunting the near-barren streets of Ljubljana (pronounced loob-lee-anna), the pretty capital city of former Yugoslavian State, Slovenia. I wandered across most of the city center,…
Posted by: Jer Thorp on Tuesday, April 18th, 2006
Categories: Worship | Tags: Ljublana, review, Slovenia, Travel, Yugoslavia | 2 Comments »
The Castro Bistro is neither Cuban nor French. Instead, it’s a crowded Serbian restaurant tucked neatly into the old Jewish section of Budapest.
Posted by: Jer Thorp on Saturday, April 8th, 2006
Categories: Worship | Tags: Budapes, Castro Bistro, paprika, restaurant, serbian, Travel | 1 Comment »
Since we’re located practically next door to Chinatown, we often venture over for a little lunch. This week we checked out Kent’s Kitchen at 232 Keefer. This is a place we’d often wander past after…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, March 30th, 2006
Categories: Worship | Tags: cheap, chinatown, chinese, hole-in-the-wall, Kent's Kitchen, lunch | No Comments »
A while ago we came across Spicy Steve while watching our local cable station. Deeper investigation revealed Spicy Steve’s website. Though somewhat charmingly designed, the site reveals an incredible wealth of…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006
Categories: Worship | Tags: asian, burmese, indian, indonesian, Malaysian, singaporean, Spices, Spicy Steve, thai, Vietnamese, website | 2 Comments »
You know how it happens. You get in a rut going to the same old lunch places, and then someone suggests a place you all know about, should go to more often, but don’t for some reason. It was like that earlier this…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, March 17th, 2006
Categories: Worship | Tags: Chutney Villa, indian, lunch, restaurant, review, vancouver | No Comments »
How often does a civilian get an invitation to work directly under the wing of the top chef in Vancouver for a day? Not often. West Restaurant’s Executive Chef, David Hawksworth, graciously allowed me to infiltrate…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, February 21st, 2006
Categories: Worship | Tags: David Hawksworth, kitchen, restaurant, stage, vancouver, West | 2 Comments »
For the last while Kettle Chips have been breaking bold new ground with flavoured potato chips that go beyond the ubiquitous bbq, ketchup and sour cream and onion. Visit their website and you’ll see what I mean. The…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, February 17th, 2006
Categories: Worship | Tags: chips, Kettle, potato, snack, unique | 1 Comment »
If you’ve ever seen the Japanese film Tampopo, you no doubt recall the scene where the elder character teaches his sidekick the fine art of truly appreciating and devouring a good bowl of ramen. Another favourite…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, February 4th, 2006
Categories: Worship | Tags: Japanese, Kintaro, ramen, restaurant, review, Tampopo, vancouver | No Comments »
These days when new friends or visitors come to town and I want to show Vancouver off, I take them to Hapa Izakaya. Owned and operated by Justin Ault, it is a traditional izakaya, a sort of action-packed Japanese…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, February 3rd, 2006
Categories: Worship | Tags: hapa, izakaya, Japanese, restaurant, review, vancouver | 1 Comment »
It’s over, but that doesn’t mean we can’t talk about it – holiday eating that is. Just before New Year’s we had the opportunity to meet our clients from Singapore for the first time over…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006
Categories: Worship | Tags: Kerrisdale, restaurant, review, senova, Singapore | No Comments »
When I first pitched this idea to Alec in December, it seemed obvious that we should do it. Consume all of Vanmag’s “25 things to taste before you die” in one day. It sounded like an all too perfect…
Posted by: Johnathon Vaughn on Tuesday, May 17th, 2005
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