Vancouver Taco Challenge

Welcome to the 11th Annual Vancouver Foodster Taco Challenge. Restaurants and food trucks from all over the city were invited to enter their taco creations into this challenge, most have created a special taco creation just for this challenge. Each restaurant…

Experiencing Persian Cuisine at Akbar Joojeh

I headed over to North Vancouver for another Persian dinner and this time we tried several different dishes and more as my friend and I learned more about the restaurant and the origin of its dishes. This restaurant does an exceptional…

Pizza Challenge 2024 Winners

The Vancouver Foodster 10th Pizza Challenge was a great success featuring unique creations at restaurants around Metro Vancouver including Squamish.  Each restaurant featured their creation on their menu from April 4-28, 2024. and their customers voted for their favourites daily throughout the…

Vancouver Spring Drink Challenge Winners 2024

The Vancouver Foodster Spring Drink Challenge was a success featuring creations from cafes and restaurants around Vancouver. Each spot featured their creation from April 5-28, 2024. Our media judging panel determined the ultimate winners of the challenge, and this was quite the…

Vancouver Taco Crawl on May 8

Join us and tantalize your taste buds at several restaurants to taste all sorts of tacos! Tantalize your taste buds at several different types of Taco stops throughout Vancouver! This Tacos tasting extravaganza is on Wednesday May 8 from 6pm…

Fanny Bay Oyster Bar & Shellfish Market Reopening Party

It was a fantastic affair last week as the owners hosted media along with many of their customers including chefs for a night of delicious imbibing. For those that wanted to drink to celebrate they featured a selection of cocktails,…

Vancouver Spring Drink Challenge

Welcome to the Vancouver Spring Drink Challenge. Cafes from around the city were invited to enter their respective Spring drink creation into this challenge. Each café will be featuring their drink creation on their menu from April 5-28, 2024. How…

Vancouver Pizza Challenge

Welcome to the 10th Vancouver Foodster Pizza Challenge. Restaurants from all over the city were invited to enter their pizza into this challenge, some of the restaurants have created a special pizza just for this challenge and others have entered their…

Bellingham day trip in the Acura RDX 2024

I recently spent some time test driving the Acura RDX A-Spec 2024 car on a day trip to Bellingham for some eats and coffee and do some exploring. The car offers up a large cargo area to hold your personal belongings…

Vancouver Chowder Challenge Winners

The Vancouver Foodster Chowder Challenge was a success featuring creations from restaurants from around Vancouver. Each restaurant featured their Chowder creation from March 8-31, 2024. The Winners are: 1st Place: {104 points} Stanley’s Bar & Grill The Chicken’s Nest Chowder Price: $15 Created…

Experiencing Myomi Sushi in Richmond

Enjoyed a wonderful dinner where we experienced a variety of different Japanese dishes and their tasty sushi rolls. We started off with their Agedashi tofu followed by the Veggie gyoza and Miso soup. Loved the Power House Salad with salmon, smoked…

Croissant Challenge Winners 2024

The 4th Vancouver Foodster Croissant Challenge featured unique creations at bakeries and cafes in Vancouver.  Each bakery featured their creation on their menu from March 7 – 31, 2024 and their customers voted for their favourites daily throughout the challenge for their People’s…

Kyushi-Style Omakase at Sushi Mahana

Truly a one of a kind experience, as we indulged in a 23 course Kyushu-style sushi Omakase dinner where we were enriched by the story of each course enjoying the flavours throughout the journey. Lawrence and I watched the chefs team lead…

Eating around Metro Vancouver in the 2024 Honda Civic Sedan

I recently spent a week test driving the Honda Civic Sedan 2024 car around Vancouver while trying some dishes at some restaurants. I headed over to North Vancouver for another Persian dinner at Akbar Joojeh (1604 Lonsdale Avenue), and this time…

Food Truck Day at Northwest Culinary Academy of Vancouver

It was food truck day lunch at the Northwest Culinary Academy of Vancouver where their students created and cooked a selection of dishes for their ‘food truck’ which they created the name, concept and menu (4 dishes each team) and…

Graduation Lunch at Northwest Culinary Academy of Vancouver

In December I was invited to attend the Northwest Culinary Academy of Vancouver graduation lunch where their students created and cooked an 11 course lunch for us guests to enjoy, as well ascritique. The intensive culinary term is a 15…

Tiffy Cooks

This new cookbook by Tiffy Chen features 88 easy Asian recipes from her family, the book was just released and published by Penguin Random House Canada. I  made one of the recipes recently. Miso Honey-Glazed Salmon on page 71 Tiffy Chen…

Exploring and Eating in Tulum

We had a great flight on Flair Airlines from Vancouver to Cancun and created our own adventure in Mexico as we explored the food scene in Tulum in late January. After a just under 6 hour overnight flight we arrived…

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