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In Vancouver, BC, Chef Meets Grape. And Sustainable Pink Salmon too

September 28, 2011

Updated. April 13th, 2012. Here’s a pretty solid endorsement of properly handled FAS salmon: Vancouver chefs salute FAS salmon Maybe it’s a tipping point. A few things occured to me concerning the winner we picked at last week’s Chef Meets Grape Small Plates Challenge, organised by the BC Wine Institute. First of all, congrats to O’Doul’s executive chef […]

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Vancouver Icon Bishop’s Celebrates the Season with Harvest Table Dinners

September 8, 2011

Not to pour cold water on Dine Out Vancouver’s impressive record, but we’ve always wondered why so many people wait for January to roll around, when there are other worthy dining deals on offer at all times of the year. Case in point: Bishop’s Harvest Table dinners (September 13th through October 20th), where you can […]

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Edible Canada at the Market: A Tasty chat with Eric Pateman

August 18, 2011

The other day we checked out Edible Canada at the Market, the new, all-things-very-culinary-Canuckish bistro on Granville Island, that opened—appropriately—on Canada Day. As it turned out, getting there proved to be half the fun. I’d forgotten how enjoyable it is to take the ferry across False Creek–especially on a perfect summer’s day. But as I […]

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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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Vancouver’s Gord Martin Dumps Bin 942 in Favour of Second Go Fish! (Now closed)

July 1, 2011

Updated: Please note: this location is closed. But the original outdoor location is still thriving … One of the rewards of taking too many photos is that eventually you can always find a reason to use at least some of them. We’re a long time fan of The Bin-Meister, aka Gord Martin, who essentially […]

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Fresh | Local | Wild: Taking it to the Street with Taste, Vancouver Style

June 20, 2011

We can’t get over how easy it is to grab a quick bite on Vancouver streets these days. Heading down to the Wines of Chile trade tasting last week, we realised we’d need some pre-sipping sustenance. The answer? How handy! Almost across the street from the Fairmont Pacific Rim (well, at Hastings & Burrard) you […]

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Sustainable Spot Prawns Rule in Vancouver—at Least Until End of June

May 12, 2011

Is it possible there’s anyone in Vancouver who still doesn’t know it’s Spot Prawn season? Probably not. Even in the pouring rain, some 1100 or more of the faithful showed up last Saturday to the Fifth Annual Spot Prawn Festival for their first taste of the 2011 catch. The Chefs Table Society prawn boil came […]

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WHERE Vancouver Announces 15th Annual Where to Dine Awards

April 28, 2011

WHERE Vancouver (to whom the Hired Belly supplies considerable calorific content) yesterday unveiled the 15TH Annual Where to Dine Awards. The well attended (and well-run) event was hosted in superb fashion by Blue Water Café, who, as usual, catered to their industry peers with an array of seafood towers, sushi and more, not to mention […]

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Running With the Pack at Dine Out Vancouver: Hired Belly’s $28 Picks

January 15, 2011

Sorting through the $28 list at DoV is more of a challenge. It’s tough to come up with just ten choices—and there are others not mentioned here who likely deserve to be. Once we’ve covered off the $38 picks, we’ll revisit this. Feel free to chime in if you have good experiences you want to […]

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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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