Vancouver Good

Here is my belated guide to help everyone visiting beautiful Vancouver for the 2010 Olympics.
I’m keeping everything to one post so it’s easy to reference and print off. I’m only covering Vancouver, not Whistler (although my friends swear that Rimrock Cafe is one of the best fine dining experiences ever. And of course there’s that [...]

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I have been trying to eat at Grub for way too long, and I finally made it there last week for a Friday night dinner.
Grub delivers on many fronts, while maintaining a funky, casual atmosphere with awesomely eccentric wallpaper.
What I like:

The menu and restaurant are small, yet have something for varying price points ($12-26) [...]

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Looking for an amazing, well-priced sushi experience? Give Ajisai Sushi Bar a spin.
Fresh fish rules here and the restaurant only services sushi, sashimi, rice bowls, miso, and a small selection of salads and appetizers. There’s no teriyaki or tempura or yakisoba here and you wouldn’t want it anyways because the fish is that good.
For nigiri/sashimi, [...]

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For a long time, I associated hotel restaurants with over-priced, average food. But with restaurants like Yew in the Four Seasons, Market in the Shangri-la, Voya in the Loden, and now Cibo in the Moda Hotel…the days of bad hotel food are over.
Dinner at Cibo was delicious. It’s a small, modern room that seats about [...]

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Fuel Restaurant served their final dinner at the end of November 2009 and re-opened a few days later as Refuel, a more casual, more price accessible neighbourhood restaurant.
While I enjoyed Fuel Restaurant (I had an excellent 7-course tasting and a few Fried Chicken Fridays), when I dropped by Refuel a few weeks ago I found [...]

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Happy 2010 everyone!
I celebrated the New Year with good company and food at the Pear Tree Restaurant in Burnaby. Why all the way in Burnaby? Chef Scott Jaeger is a past Vancouver Magazine chef of the year and represented Canada at the Bocuse d’Or competition in 2007. Really the question is – what took me [...]

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I went to Guu with Otokomae the other day and was reminded of how much I love all the Guu locations. I’m going to highlight my two favourites in the local chain, which is expanding to Toronto – it won’t be a Vancouver secret for long!
For lunch, one of the best deals in town is [...]

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Miku Japanese Restaurant specializes in aburi style sushi, which is basically nigiri sushi that is torched, giving it a partly charred, partly raw texture. This method is intended to bring out the flavours of fish while still giving you the fresh taste of sushi. When executed well with good quality fish, it’s heavenly.
I went to [...]

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News broke earlier this year that the Cannery Seafood Restaurant will be closing its doors on Commissioner drive after 39 years of business.
As a landmark fine dining restaurant in Vancouver, the Cannery has been packed with people returning for one last visit before their final day of service on March 27, 2010.
I went to the [...]

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After an inspiring evening at Pecha Kucha Vancouver (volume 9 – Elvy Del Bianco, David Duprey, and Vancouver 2010 design team were the best), the hubby and I strolled over to Stella’s on Cambie, the sister location to the original Commercial Drive outpost.
Located in the former Tomato Cafe location, Stella’s looks nothing like its predecessor. [...]

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