This should be the last of the wedding-related posts, I swear! We’ve had a lot of friends ask about what we ate during our Chinese wedding banquet at the Victoria Chinese Restaurant (in the same complex as the Hyatt Regency Vancouver hotel). It was hosted by my parents and attended by 250 of their our [...]
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I finally have some time to go through the amazing photos from our Vancouver wedding reception taken by Gracci and Rico, who run Pelaez Photography. The photos below are their fine work.
A Chinese wedding tea ceremony can be a way to honour your elders, and to welcome the bride and groom into the [...]
California rolls, ho-hum? Yawning at yet another piece of yellowtail? Check this beautiful saba battera ($11.50) from Sushi Hachi (鮨八). Lightly pickled mackarel is placed on top of packed sushi rice into a box mold, which results in the tight, rectangular shape. The bite becomes different from nigiri sushi, which has rice formed by hand [...] WWF-Canada (the World Wildlife Foundation; not to be confused with the former World Wrestling Federation) is launching a new campaign to promote local and sustainable foods. The focus of Localicious is to get Canadians to choose locally harvested foods over items that may have travelled an average of 2,000 kilometres to your plate. Packaging, shipping and [...]
We all have our favourite dishes at dim sum, but it’s fun to try new offerings whenever possible. Jade Seafood Restaurant has a nice variety of old and new, though the prices are a bit higher than average. It’s a huge, second-floor dining room with courteous service (shocking, I know) and nary a dish [...]
I’ve wanted to try Japadog forever, but the timing or the locations were never quite right on my trips back to Vancouver. This time I was determined. I was downtown around 11:30 a.m. but hadn’t eaten breakfast yet and didn’t relish the idea of a hot dog being my first meal of the day. So [...]
The Richmond night market is a totally fun outing on a summer night, and growing so quickly that it’s now in its third location in less than a decade. The popularity led to a fight between event companies, but all you need to know is don’t eat before you come here! Your eyes will [...] |
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