Seafood

Blue Water’s Frank Pabst Celebrates Sustainable Seafood with Unsung Heroes

January 16, 2013

UPDATED, Jan 17, 2013. It’s a long way from British Columbia to Cornwall, in the South West of England. But, beyond the stunning scenery—which is in some ways quite reminiscent of Canada’s west coast—there are some other similarities. That beautiful part of the world is where, growing up, I learned to appreciate some of our [...]

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On Vancouver’s Robson Street, (and on West Broadway) Everything Old is Nu Again

October 5, 2011

It’s a tasty irony indeed that Nu Greek Robson (542 Robson St., Vancouver) is right next door to Japadog (530 Robson St.)  Somehow the notion of having a direct descendant of the city’s original souvlaki mainstay side by side with east-meets-west hotdog heaven adds up to perfect bookends: a capsule of Vancouver’s ethnic culinary evolution [...]

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Taste: Victoria’s Festival of Food & Wine Yields a Wealth of Local Flavours

July 26, 2011

 Taste 2012 runs July 19-22. Read about last year’s below—then book this year’s here!   We’re just back from Victoria, where we took in a couple of days at Taste Victoria—the very successful food and wine celebration organised by culinary tourism maven Kathy McAree, who runs Travel with Taste. It’s good to see this event really [...]

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BC Pioneer John Bishop Marks 25 Years with Classics Redux Menu

January 6, 2011

It should have come as no surprise. But John Bishop’s 25th anniversary celebrations were as understated as the man himself. Just before Christmas, on December 14th, 2010—25 years to the day when Bishop’s first opened—it was almost business as usual in the modest, west-side Vancouver room that still holds considerable sway in the city’s culinary [...]

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One Taste-filled and Very Sustainable (Seafood) Day in Victoria, BC

July 19, 2010

We were already pretty impressed with the Inn at Laurel Point, having checked in to a room with sweeping views of Victoria’s outer harbour against a stunning backdrop of Juan da Fuca Strait and the Olympic Mountain Range beyond. Heading to the provincial capital (just across the strait from Vancouver) is always a pleasure—and we’ll [...]

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BC Spot Prawns: the Still Tasty Sequel

May 24, 2010

Last night’s dinner found us foraging on Chinatown’s Gore Street (Vancouver, BC), where we were lucky enough to pick out a couple of pounds of prawns with change from a $20 bill. These guys were so fresh some were jumping right out of the shallow tank! Once home, we enjoyed them with a dill and [...]

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BC Spot Prawns Have Foodies Hopping

May 20, 2010

This is the time of year (May through June) when the whole of Vancouver (and just about everywhere else on the BC coast) goes crazy for Spot Prawns. That should come as no surprise. Get ‘em fresh off the boat (daily at the False Creek Public Fish Sales Dock—just past 1st. Ave. and Fir St.); [...]

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