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I’m often asked what my favourite restaurants are in Vancouver and recently found myself typing out the same list of spots for a friend. So this time, I’m going to record the list here where it belongs for…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, August 1st, 2006
Categories: Worship | Tags: Gastown, Japanese, monsoon, sun sui wah, vancouver, vancouver-restaurant, vij's | 4 Comments »
This is going to come across like one of those, “Yeah, but I was going there way back when people didn’t even know about this place” diatribes, but it’s true…I remember this awesome…
Posted by: Matt Pesklewis on Tuesday, June 20th, 2006
Categories: Worship | Tags: Babylon Cafe, review, Robson, shawarma, Street Food, vancouver | 1 Comment »
The other week I accompanied our friend Richard to two new Deman Street cafes in Vancouver he was reviewing for his site TheCafeGuide.com. This was probably the first time I’ve purposefully gone to eat somewhere…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Tuesday, June 6th, 2006
Categories: Worship | Tags: cafe, cheese, Denman, fondue, italian, vancouver, website | No Comments »
“I really need to relax in a café with a cup of Italian coffee,” emailed my Italian Canadian friend Jennifer recently, inquiring “can you recommend somewhere good?” Ha. Can I ever. I live near…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, June 5th, 2006
Categories: Worship | Tags: americano, Cafe Calabria, cappucino, coffee, Commercial-Drive, drink, italian, vancouver | 2 Comments »
The weather hasn’t been great here for over a week. With June around the corner it’s a bit of a bummer and then today we get a taste of summer, quite literally. A vendor asked us to lunch so we suggested Gord…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, May 31st, 2006
Categories: Worship | Tags: Gord Martin, restaurant, review, Seafood, vancouver | 1 Comment »
This is a special Cambodian dessert dish we were served at Phnom Penh restaurant in Vancouver (they think I’m a famous local chef and always spend extra attention – it’s funny). This chewy, sweet dessert…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, May 12th, 2006
Categories: Guidance | Tags: Cambodia, dessert, Phnom Penh, rice, vancouver | 2 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 »
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 »
We’ve all got them. Beautiful knives we bought years ago. And we’ve taken good care of them…steeling them before setting them to work, then washing them by hand (never putting them in the dishwasher!…
Posted by: Colin Coutts on Tuesday, April 4th, 2006
Categories: Guidance | Tags: cooking-tip, Jack Kintano, knives, sharpening, vancouver | 2 Comments »
Had some of my foodie peeps over for dinner a while back, and for one of the courses I threw a little shitaki mushroom risotto together for them. Okay, I didn’t exactly throw it together, I’d been planning on…
Posted by: Colin Coutts on Friday, March 31st, 2006
Categories: Guidance | Tags: David Haw, mushroom, recipe, rice, Risotto, vancouver, West | No Comments »
If you’re in Vancouver this weekend stop by the Purdy’s Chocolate Factory for their Annual Easter Open House. If you have kids, they’ll love it. If you don’t have kids, you’ll love it despite…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, March 31st, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: chocolate, easter, Purdys, vancouver | No 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 »
Dinner and a movie takes on a whole new literal meaning on Fraser Street. Just down the street from one of Andrea’s favourite beauty salons is Fraserview Meats & Video. You heard me. Fresh marinated chicken,…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, March 15th, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Fraser, Fraserview Meats & Video, indian, meat, 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 »
In Vancouver and into food? You should check out Edible British Columbia, organizers of unique culinary experiences. Aside from the need for a new logo, this group seems to be doing terrific food and drink-related events…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, February 15th, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: British Columbia, Edible BC, unique, vancouver | No Comments »