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Craft Beer Review: Full Nelson Imperial IPA

by Joe Wiebe 05.10.2013

Warning! I am about do some serious name-dropping. I apologize if this offends anyone’s sensibilities but I have my reasons. Yesterday, brewers from across Canada—from Tofino to Halifax and up to Whitehorse—converged on Victoria for the Canadian Brewing Awards, which are being held here this weekend. There will be a series of seminars and events [...]

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Mid-Island Food News for May

by Hans Peter Meyer 05.02.2013

The Breakwater Restaurant(at Kingfisher Resort) opened it’s patio to warmer weather on May 1. I’ll be checking out the new cocktail list with garden-inspired flavours (Lavender Martini? Mmmm). If it’s on Facebook, it must be true: Rachel McColm is the new owner of mobile vendor Sam & Petes Gourmet Hotdogs. She says they’ll keep the [...]

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Thirsty – A Craft Beer Column: April 2013

by Joe Wiebe 04.29.2013

Vancouver Craft Beer Week May 31 to June 8 Website | Twitter | Facebook Vancouver Craft Beer Week is back for its fourth year with a poker-related “We’re Going All In” theme that reflects the excitement of the boom in new breweries opening in Vancouver, as well as the location of the two-day VCBW Beer Festival, which will take [...]

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You like me! You really like me!!

by Canucklehead 04.23.2013

Okay – full disclosure here, I am a Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Award Judge. There I’ve said it – and I feel unburdened and relieved. I hope that you will still like me and we can continue to be friends. For many years, the Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards were managed by the genuinely legendary Jamie Maw [...]

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Kingsway: Vancouver’s New Spice Route

by Fernando Medrano 04.23.2013

If you have been paying attention to this city’s Chinese food scene you will have noticed the growing presence of authentic spicy Chinese cuisines. I’m not talking about the restaurants that serve “Szechuan” cuisine—that old-school westernized version of Sichuan food that we’ve been enjoying since our youth. I’m talking about the cuisines that have [...]

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Mid-Island Food News for April

by Hans Peter Meyer 04.02.2013

The premier local food destination in my part of the world moves from its winter digs to its spring-through-fall Headquarters Road location. The Comox Valley Farmers’ Market is a great place to buy pastries, vegetable starts – and groceries, direct from local producers. Congratulations to several new restaurant owners in the region. Best wishes to [...]

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Spring PR Sprouts

by Editor 04.01.2013

[Image by presidente] River Market gets even tastier with Longtail Kitchen; ORU at Fairmont Pacific Rim hosts the 15th Annual Chefs for Life Dinner; Spring into lamb at Cibo; Restaurants capture more corporate clients with iTendr for iPhones

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Thirsty – A Craft Beer Column: March 2013

by Joe Wiebe 03.25.2013

Festival Season Spring is here and with it the start of beer festival season. Sure, there are a couple of great winter beer events in British Columbia, including the Central City Winter Cask Festival, which was held in January, and the Alibi Room’s annual beer list centennial celebration, but the province’s major beer festivals are [...]

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King Crab – They’re Here!!

by Canucklehead 03.03.2013

People have been emailing me for a few weeks now. “When are Chinese restaurants starting their King Crab specials?” “Isn’t it time for King Crabs?” “I want my King Crab – where are they?” It used to be like clockwork, one go around with King Crabs in the late fall, then another just after Chinese [...]

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Seoul Doogbaegi: Traditional Korean Cuisine on Kingsway

by Fernando Medrano 03.01.2013

(This is one in a series of posts about the changing face of Kingsway). Until such time as Korean celebrity chef David Chang opens a Momofuku in Vancouver (Toronto – you are one lucky city), we will have to be satisfied with the handful of Korean BBQs, fusion restaurants and food carts scattered all over [...]

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Mid-Island Food News for March

by Hans Peter Meyer 02.28.2013

First the #DineAroundCV update: Through to March 17 you’ll find great 3-course value and flavours at various price points ($17 – $27 – $37 for 3-course menus) at 21 venues in the Comox Valley region. I was part of a preview team in February and am happy to note that local food is being featured [...]

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The Chinese Restaurant Awards 2013: Going Nationwide.

by Fernando Medrano 02.27.2013

People laugh dismissively when I tell them that being a judge for the Chinese Restaurant Awards is hard work. “Yeah right!” they say in that tone. Well, it is indeed hard work (eating at this pace is hard work!). But it is kind of work – seeking dishes that give substance to this city’s reputation [...]

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