Archive for September, 2007
September 28, 2007 at 6:20 pm · Filed under UrbanDiner.ca Site News

At Oliver’s Cock & Bull for a morning ante-vino restorative. Feel the pain…
UPDATE: Fantastic 100 Mile dinner with the winemakers at Tinhorn Creek last night. Up until 3am with the cooks and some of the service team (on the fly, Rob Clark made a Catelli pasta with fat-macerated pork belly. So nasty delicious). I woke up at 7am feeling like my body was made out of Merlot-soaked potato sack (God is a couple of Advil Extra Strength Liqui-Gels for Migraine Relief).
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September 28, 2007 at 1:10 am · Filed under Videos
Getz & Gilberto | Girl From Ipanema
September 28, 2007 at 12:52 am · Filed under Food Media & Reviews, Talking Points

CNN: Illegal immigrant dishwasher living in the States has all his savings — $59,000 — seized by the Feds.
September 27, 2007 at 9:06 am · Filed under Press Releases

Lumière wins Best of Vancouver 2007 Readers’ Choice as Best Restaurant for Fine Dining
VANCOUVER, BC September 20, 2007 – Lumière continues to shine as they win Georgia Straight’s 12th Annual Best of Vancouver Readers’ Choice for Best Restaurant for Fine Dining.
Owners, David & Manjy Sidoo wish to thank the Georgia Straight and their Readers for voting them the best in their category. David Sidoo states, “With the addition of Chef du Cuisine, Dale Mackay, formerly from Gordon Ramsay’s Maze Restaurant in New York, and Executive Chef Rob Feenie, we hope to push the culinary experience to an even higher plateau.”
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September 26, 2007 at 10:54 pm · Filed under Food Media & Reviews
As to why the web bwanas of Vancouver Magazine haven’t uploaded the one food related story that did it this month, namely Fiona Morrow’s (aka gingerpeachy) piece on Colleen McClean’s all female kitchen crew at Rare, is beyond me. Now I have to steal a copy from my landlord. Update: oops, nevermind.
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