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“Hey! Long time! How are you?” shouted Stephan Gagnon as his face lit up when I walked into Che Baba. I looked around, and was met with a dimly lit room filled with locals cheerfully chatting over delicious…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, January 9th, 2012
Categories: Worship | Tags: Che Baba, Les Faux Bourgeois, restaurant, review, vancouver, yoga | 15 Comments »
I know this isn’t a site where we do a lot of restaurant reviews, but I feel compelled to do a little worshipping, even if it may seem a little obvious to most readers. Last night Andrea and I found ourselves…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: french, Le Crocodile, Michel Jacob, restaurant, review, vancouver | 1 Comment »
I am not one of those traveling foodists who makes reservations at all the top-tier restaurants in town when visiting a new city. In fact, I usually make none—when I travel these days, it’s to seek out a city’s most…
Posted by: Laura Siciliano-Rosen on Sunday, June 5th, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, england, historic food, London, review, The fat duck, traditional food, Travel | 6 Comments »
I was recently asked to try out and provide an opinion of Dajoji chef coats to coincide with a special offer on Ethical Deals. That opinion is below. [Full disclosure: Dajoji coats were co-designed by Foodists.ca…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Sunday, November 28th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: chef coat, Dajoji, Ethical Deals, kitchen whites, performance kitchen apparel, review, vancouver | 4 Comments »
We were in Whistler this summer, and happened upon Celadon Fine Korean Cuisine purely by accident. We were impressed by the food, but didn’t know the story behind it. Plus, we only got to try a few dishes – we…
Posted by: Andrea Busse on Thursday, November 25th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: asian, burger, Celadon, food, Huh, Kimchi, Korean, restaurant, review, soju, uni, Whistler | 1 Comment »
Starbucks may be the company that has most famously incorporated the concept of the “third place“—a place that anchors community outside of home (first place) or work (second place)—into their strategy,…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Sunday, November 14th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: cafe, coffee, prophouse, review, third place, vancouver | 1 Comment »
I’ve been dragging my heels on writing this article for months. I think perhaps because I didn’t everybody and their cousin to know about one of my favourite restaurants in Vancouver. There, I said it: Yew…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Sunday, July 18th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: Four Seasons Hotel, restaurant, review, vancouver, Yew | 1 Comment »
Underground dining isn’t so underground anymore. And it’s about time!
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, May 13th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: Chef Steve, NFA, restaurant, review, underground, vancouver | 3 Comments »
An experienced food writer friend once warned me to be suspicious of invitations from restaurants whenever a *free* meal was involved, explaining how difficult he found it to write objective and credible accounts of the…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, April 3rd, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: April Fools', fish, Nancy Wong, Poisson d'Avril, Provence Marinaside, restaurants, review, vancouver | 2 Comments »
“Okay, so first we’ll go to Vij’s, then tomorrow Sha-Lin, then we’ll do Deacon’s Corner for breakfast and beers at Alibi across the street when they open…at 5pm. And Phnom Penh on our last night, and Hapa…
Posted by: Laura Siciliano-Rosen on Saturday, September 19th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: Caffe Calabria, deacon's corner, Hapa Izakaya, Japa Dog, Phnom Penh, poutine, Red Fish Blue Fish, review, Sha-Lin, stage, Tojo's, vancouver, Victoria, vij's, Whistler | 7 Comments »
There’s not many things that will get me to Kits on a fireworks night. Certainly not the fireworks. But we had a reservation at Maenam that I was not about to pass up. My sister and I loved Gastropod and I had heard…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Monday, August 17th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: cocktail, coconut, curry, duck, ginger, heat, lime, noodles, pad-thai, restaurant, review, rice, rice pudding, sausage, spicy | 3 Comments »
When I caught wind of their new Long Table Series, I knew it was time for a trip back to the new Irish Heather.
Posted by: Dave Shea on Monday, July 20th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: Gastown, Guiness, irish heather, long table, LTS, restaurant, review, short ribs, vancouver | 1 Comment »
I recently spent four long days in Winnipeg—winner of the Most Beige City in Canada Award—attending a series of meetings at The Fort Garry Hotel by day, exploring the city by night. Having spent time in The ‘Peg…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, July 16th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: french, local, mirlycourtois, restaurant, review, tallest poppy, winnipeg | 2 Comments »
My sister invited me out this afternoon for this so-called giant takoyaki ball. Not only was the idea of eating interesting, but the mention of these Japanese-style fritters being served out of a van in Richmond certainly…
Posted by: Stephanie Co & Todd Smith on Thursday, June 18th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: Japanese, review, Richmond, takoyaki, Tenku | 2 Comments »
Ben and I were recently invited to join a few other food bloggers at a media tasting lunch at Irashai Grill on West Pender. But wait a second I thought, there’s an Irashai downtown Vancouver? Since when? Well…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, May 21st, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: french, fusion, Irashai Grill, Japanese, restaurant, review, Sauces, sushi, vancouver, West Pender | 5 Comments »