Summer of Bacon at Edible Canada
| Starting Friday, May 18, Edible Canada at the Market is reopening their busy Take Out Window for the summer. The culinary team has created a brand new menu centered on the global infatuation with bacon – with a Canadian twist. Coast to Coast – A Canadian Tribute to Bacon will highlight culinary traditions and fresh [...] |  |
Tasting Plates Vancouver June 27
| Tantalize your taste buds at over a dozen fabulous East Vancouver restaurants! This evening tasting extravaganza goes from 6pm until 10 pm and is presented by Vancouver Foodster. Each restaurant will be serving up Tasting Plates for guests to enjoy and you will have a chance to visit many different restaurants throughout the evening, meet [...] |  |
TACOFINO – BLUE
| Burrard & Dunsmuir Street Tel: 778-870-6436 Web: http://www.tacofino.com Twitter: @TacoFinoCantina Advice: Follow them on twitter for daily open hours and location. I have been to their orange truck and this is their blue truck, one could say it’s colour by numbers in this case it’s following great food from one truck to another. The menu [...] |  |
Poutine Challenge 2012 Winners
| The first Annual Vancouver Foodster Poutine Challenge was a huge success featuring 29 poutine from 29 restaurants around Vancouver, North Vancouver and Richmond. Each restaurant featured their poutine from April 11-30th, and then the public voted between April 30th – May 6th. The poutine dishes ranged from the traditional to non-traditional. The Winners are: 1st [...] |  |
Food Talks Volume 1, June 5th
| This is the first event in this Food Talks series! Come join us to meet and mingle with other foodies, and to hear some enlightening speakers from the food community. Watch the Vancouver Foodster Food Talks video Our Speakers Line-up: Chef Trevor Bird Trevor Bird is 28 years old and is opening his new restaurant [...] |  |
Best Hidden Patios in Vancouver
| Vancouver is fortunate to have some great restaurants with outdoor patios that are secluded and hidden off the beaten track. This list represents some of the Best hidden patios in the city that you are going to love. Note: these places are in no particular order. 1) Reflections in the Rosewood Hotel Georgia Located at [...] |  |
Brunch with Ken Pickering at Joe Fortes
| Brunch is a favourite past time shared by many and should be an extraordinary experience, one that you will cherish. Vancouver has some wonderful places for brunch. Each of the places I visit is unique for what is offered along with the type of service and selection of dishes. I am on a journey around [...] |  |
GUANACO TRUCK
| Seymour & West Georgia Tel: 604-812-1497 Web: www.guanaco.ca Twitter: @guanacotruck Advice: Follow them on twitter for daily open hours and location. Specializing in Salvadoran cuisine this bright and colourful food truck is already exciting their customers tastebuds with Latin American flavours in their featured dishes. Owners Jose and Veronica are wonderful and welcoming, often explaining [...] |  |
Cloverdale Cowboy Cook Off May 19 & 20
| The first ever Cloverdale Cowboy Cook Off BBQ Competition will be held during this year’s Cloverdale Rodeo and Country Fair, May 18-21, 2012. The competition begins Saturday afternoon at 1pm with a Pie Competition at the BC Bake-off where one of the judges will be Richard Wolak of Vancouver Foodster. At 2pm there will be [...] |  |
THE SMOKING DOG
| 1889 West 1st Avenue, Vancouver Tel: 604-732-8811 Web: www.thesmokingdog.com Twitter: @TheSmokingDog Advice: Reservations suggested. With Executive Chef Felipe Ramos at the helm this bistro has reinvented itself as a go to spot for French bistro fare in the area. I had dinner there this week, starting off with the delicious Crispy skin Sockeye Salmon atop truffle [...] |  |