The  Vancouver Foodster 11th Annual Taco Challenge was a success featuring taco creations from restaurants around Vancouver. Each restaurant and food truck featured their taco creation from May 1-26, 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: {106 points} Vancouver Aquarium FIN-tastic taco Price: $18 (includes the 3 tacos) Created by: Executive Chef Dav ..read more

Join us for a dessert oriented tasting tour at a selection of restaurants, cafes and food spots in Vancouver. You know what’s even better than a bar crawl? A DESSERT crawl. Yes, you heard that right. Instead of hopping from bar to bar grabbing drinks, the perfect Vancouver spring/summer activity is hopping from restaurant to doughnut shop to ice cream parlor—and trying every sweet (and savoury) treat along the way. Each restaurant, cafe and food spot will be serving sweet and savoury treats for guests to enjoy and you will have a chance to visit different types of food establishments througho ..read more

It’s been more than a few years since I last tasted through their popular Steak Masters feature at Chop Steakhouse. This time around I was invited to their Coal Harbour location to try out this feature menu by Chop’s Executive Chef Stephen Clark. Making for a great date night experience Lawrence joined me to experience this together. 1st dish Roasted Bone Marrow – goat cheese crostini, chimichurri, pickled red onions and arugula salad 2nd dish Black Truffle Butter Sirloin – 7oz top sirloin, beef tallow smashed potatoes, wild mushrooms 3rd dish Slow Braised Bone-In Short Rib – spicy Goc ..read more

I recently spent a week test driving the Honda Passport 2024 car around Vancouver visiting some new cafes and such. I headed over to Point Grey Village and visited Oohlala Donuts & Coffee which had already been open for more than a few months. You can’t miss this pink boutique on the corner where it’s all pink on the outside as well as the inside, colourful interior with colourful glazed donuts in the front pastry case. They make about 20 different varieties each day and often change the flavours daily. I got a box filled with a half dozen different flavours which included the ..read more

Locally based Author, Sandee Krause wrote this cookbook that features a collection of recipes celebrating 50 years that showcase the ingredients grown on her family farm in Langley. The book was published by Appetite by Random House. I’ve known Sandee for a long time ever since first visiting their Krause Berry Farm in Langley, I’ve toured their kitchen and even made one of their Corn pizzas in their kitchen years ago. Their strawberry pies is another thing they are known for and it graces the front of her cookbook, their strawberries are always a treat once harvested and you yearn to make so ..read more

BC Live Spot Prawns & Seafood is excited to announce that the 2024 live spot prawn season is now underway and live spot prawns will be available at Ladner Wharf or Greater Vancouver home delivery throughout the season. Based out of Ladner, BC Live Spot Prawns & Seafood (BCLSPS) provides the freshest, wild-caught seafood directly from fishermen to customers. Customers are guaranteed only sustainable, antibiotic-free and hormone-free live, fresh or frozen spot prawns, salmon, sablefish, lingcod, halibut, and more. Thousands of happy customers have bought live spot prawns from BCLSPS. Th ..read more

Enjoyed myself over a delicious Mexican brunch buffet that takes place every weekend and I loved all the different dishes that I tried including their delicious desserts. The restaurant features their special weekend brunch buffet on Saturday and Sunday’s from 10am – 3pm, no reservations, you just line-up outside and once seated inside you can enjoy all the different dishes and they change them up every weekend. I had and loved their Tamale, Mole Chicken, frijoles, made my own tacos, Chilaquiles, Veggies mix, along with a Horchata and Coffee and then their desserts that included their home-m ..read more

Welcome to the Vancouver Foodster Tiramisu Challenge. Restaurants, cafes and bakeries from all over Metro Vancouver were invited to enter their Tiramisu creations into this challenge. Each establishment will be featuring their Tiramisu creations on their menu from May 16 – June 9, 2024. How Does this all Work? For the public challenge, you are invited to go out and order any or all of the Tiramisu 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 Instagr ..read more

It’s been almost 10 years since my last visit and many menus have changed since; Executive Chef Skylar created a wonderful menu based on some dietary preferences for us; equally Bar Manager Christian created some standout mocktails. 1st dish: We started off with the Pier 7 Poke, a tasty dish that’s popular on the menu for all those wanting a healthy and light dish. The first mocktail was the Pomegranate Blast which was refreshing. 2nd dish: The Chicken Avocado Cobb was a delicious salad which is a meal in itself, (on the menu it comes with prawns, but you can ask for a protein substitution ..read more

Another season has passed with Spring now in full swing, and here are some delicious dishes by Executive Chef Behshad Zolnasr. 1st dish: TONNO TARTAR Yellow Fin Tuna, Avocado Mousse, Calabrian Chilies, Capers, Pistachio, and Squid Ink Crisp; beautiful and flavorful dish with lots of textures. 2nd dish: CAVATELLI Hand-Made Small Shell Pasta, Foraged Mushrooms, Oregano, Crispy Kale and Pangratatto; delicious dish. 3rd dish: RAVIOLO Twice-Stuffed Pasta Envelope, Lemon Ricotta, Roasted Leek, Parmigiano Tweel and Walnuts; this dish is for all the leek lovers as it’s leeks 3 ways. 4th dish: H ..read more