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 will be featuring their tacos on their menu from May 1-26, 2024. How Does this all Work? For the public challenge, you are invited to go out and order any or all of the Taco creations in this challenge, then you decide who you think has the best creation for the People’s Choice award winners.  Share your experiences ..read more

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 job making delicious dishes and providing welcoming service to their patrons. Over a couple of visits, I have sampled many of their dishes. We started off with their Dalal Yogurt Drink (made of yogurt, water and some spices) along with some of their appetizers, my favourites were the Mixed olives, and Spinach Yogurt; we also had the&nb ..read more

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 challenge for their People’s Choice favourites. The Winners are: 1st Place: {116 points} Gastronomy Gastown The Prince and the Pea Price: $25 Created by: Chef Selim Dahmane Drawing inspiration from my rich heritage, which spans between Morocco and France, this creation holds a special pla ..read more

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 task as each judge who tasted each creation with a rigorous process based on taste, originality/uniqueness and presentation/appearance. The Winners are:  1st Place: {108 points} Nuttea Hunny Dream Price: $10.20 Created by:Carman Wan and Karry Wan Description: It’s a dairy free and gluten free drink.  ..read more

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 until 10pm and is presented by Vancouver Foodster Each restaurant will be serving up Tasting Plates for guests to enjoy and you will have a chance to visit many different types of restaurants throughout the event, and learn about each of the participating restaurants. Bring along a friend or two, your significant other, your family or come solo. Visi ..read more

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, wine and beer. They also featured all sorts of their popular dishes, a wide selection of Oysters from the Raw Bar, Prawn cocktail and more. Executive Chef Tommy Shorthouse and his kitchen team served up delicious tasters of the various dishes. Malindi Taylor and her father spoke (owners) and welcomed all who were in attendance. My favourite bites were the Salmon ..read more

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 Does this all Work? For the public challenge, you are invited to go out and order any or all of the spring drink creations in this challenge, then you decide who you think has the best creation for the People’s Choice award winners.  Share your experiences: Share your photos on Instagram and TikTok throughout the challenge, our i ..read more

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 top choice off their existing menu. Each restaurant will be featuring their pizza on their menu from April 4-28, 2024. How Does this all Work? For the public challenge, you are invited to go out and order any or all of the Pizza creations in this challenge, then you decide who you think has the best creation for the People’s Choi ..read more

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 to take on a trip or the groceries and such you plan on bringing back from a trip. There is also a hidden spot underneath the cargo area for those items you may wish to hide from the public eye such as a laptop or camera. It was a smooth ride for both myself and Lawrence as we started the day at Café Adagio which has been a staple in downtown Bellingham since 2006 ..read more

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 by:the team Description:  The Chicken’s Nest Chowder is composed of a popcorn infused sunset chicken chowder, potato nest, quail egg, smoked sat and a perched garlic knot bird. Ingredients: Chicken, popcorn infused cream, potatoes, red & green peppers, onion, tomato, charred ..read more