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	<title>UrbanDiner.ca &#124; Vancouver Restaurant Scene Magazine</title>
	<link>http://urbandiner.ca</link>
	<description>A Fine Guide To Eating and Drinking in British Columbia</description>
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		<title>Victoria Tapas – A Review in 4 Parts&#8230;Not Unlike Your Meal: Part Two</title>
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(Images by Choli Designs)
When you think of Oak Bay, images of grandiose houses, flags on street lamps, and little old ladies with walkers come to mind. Unwittingly, you have been fooled. Tucked in between the resident neighbourhood pub on one side and a Tudor sweet shop on the other is Vis a Vis – a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://urbandiner.ca/2012/05/22/victoria-tapas-%e2%80%93-a-review-in-4-parts-not-unlike-your-meal-part-two/</link>
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		<title>Painted Boat is Hiring a Full-Time Sous Chef</title>
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Job details inside.

Four and half star boutique resort on the Sunshine Coast is looking for a new energetic member for our culinary team. THE RESTAURANT at Painted Boat is the newest addition to the Canadian Rocky Mountain Resorts&#8217; family of award- winning restaurants. Proud to part of the Ocean Wise Program, our focus is on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://urbandiner.ca/2012/05/21/painted-boat-is-hiring-a-full-time-sous-chef/</link>
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		<title>Beer Review: Vancouver Island Brewery Flying Tanker White IPA</title>
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Although Vancouver Island Brewery is one of BC’s oldest microbreweries—it was the first to open in Victoria back in 1984 and shares its birth year with Granville Island Brewing in Vancouver—it hasn’t exactly been a darling of the booming craft beer scene over the past, well, couple of decades. Their beers have been fine forever, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://urbandiner.ca/2012/05/21/beer-review-vancouver-island-brewing-flying-tanker-white-ipa/</link>
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		<title>The Weekend Cook &#8211; BC Spot Prawns</title>
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Okay &#8211; I am not telling you anything new by saying spot prawn season is upon us.  But HOLY SHIT &#8211; SPOT PRAWN SEASON IS UPON US!!!
I cannot think of a local seafood more universally beloved.  Everyone has them on their menu (the wok seared soy prawns at Sea Harbour are fucking genius). [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://urbandiner.ca/2012/05/21/the-weekend-cook-bc-spot-prawns/</link>
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		<title>Ticket Giveaway! Hop-Headbanger&#8217;s Ball</title>
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I have 2 tickets to giveaway to tonight&#8217;s SOLD OUT Hop-Headbanger&#8217;s Ball at Woodland Smokehouse on Commercial Drive, courtesy of our friends at Townsite Brewing (they make some delicious beer if you haven&#8217;t tried it already!). Come inside for your chance to win!

I will randomly select a winner at 3 pm today from the correct [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://urbandiner.ca/2012/05/19/ticket-giveaway-hop-headbangers-ball/</link>
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		<title>Friday Cocktail: &#8220;Mickey Rourke&#8221;</title>
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On a recent trip to Vancouver, I had the privilege to climb the stairs high above Save-On-Meats and witness the makeshift Boxing-Gym for the service industry known affectionately as “The Meat Locker.” Inside, skipping rope and sweating up a storm was a veritable “Who’s-Who” of the Vancouver Service industry training for “Aprons for Gloves” a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://urbandiner.ca/2012/05/18/friday-cocktail-mickey-rourke/</link>
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		<title>How the Beer Oligopoly Apple Cart was Upset</title>
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^ Frank Appleton, Scottie McLellan, and John Mitchell at the Great Canadian Beer Festival in Victoria.
On July 26, 1980, Labatt, Molson, and Carling O&#8217;Keefe locked out their unionized workers on the threat of a strike, and stopped distributing beer in BC. Since the Big Three produced all the beer sold in the province at that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://urbandiner.ca/2012/05/16/john-mitchell/</link>
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		<title>Victoria Tapas – A Review in 4 Parts&#8230; Not Unlike Your Meal</title>
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Victoria boasts the most restaurants per capita in North America, save for San Francisco. In a culinary sea of eateries, how does one choose where to indulge their next craving? The best bet is to sample as many dishes as possible.
Enter tapas. Despite the English austere of the Capital city, Spanish style dining seems to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://urbandiner.ca/2012/05/15/victoria-tapas-%e2%80%93-a-review-in-4-parts-not-unlike-your-meal/</link>
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		<title>Road Trip! Seattle &#8211; The Walrus and The Carpenter</title>
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I love road trips.   Even a short one holds the promise of roadside diners and strange new foods. And as far as I&#8217;m concerned, a bag of Tim&#8217;s Cascade Jalapeno chips counts as culinary exotica  &#8211; as long as you are eating them on the I-5.
Lately, trips to Seattle have been particularly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://urbandiner.ca/2012/05/14/road-trip-seattle-the-walrus-and-the-carpenter/</link>
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		<title>The Melody of Craft Beer</title>
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In most cultures, social gatherings commonly involve three elements – food, alcohol, and music. With Vancouver Craft Beer Week I &#38; II, the connection between beer and food, beyond the typical burgers and pizza, was well-established. Now, VCBW III turns the spotlight on music with our craft brewers featured as rock stars.
Music is represented by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://urbandiner.ca/2012/05/13/vcbw-music/</link>
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		<title>Fat Dragon BBQ &#8211; Authentically Chill</title>
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For the longest time &#8211; it seemed like Vancouver had two distinct food cultures, great West Coast cuisine and world class Chinese food. But rarely was there any cross over, either in flavor influences or clientele.  It was the Two Solitudes of local dining.  As a Chinese guy who is passionate about food, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://urbandiner.ca/2012/05/09/fat-dragon-bbq-authentically-chill/</link>
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		<title>Beer, Music, New Chefs and a Deluge of Mother&#8217;s Day PR</title>
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(Image by: emerson12)
Mission Hill welcomes Chris Isaak and Lyle Lovett to Summer concert series; Vancouver Craft Beer Week at Pourhouse; CinCin announces new executive chef Andrew Richardson; Alvin Pillay joins the Donnelly Group as development chef; Mother&#8217;s Day at Oru; Make it a memorable Mom&#8217;s day with the Glowbal Collection; Mother&#8217;s Day at Thierry; A [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://urbandiner.ca/2012/05/08/beer-music-new-chefs-and-a-deluge-of-mothers-day-pr/</link>
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		<title>A Sneak Peek at 49th Parallel&#8217;s Doughnut Shop</title>
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What do you get when you combine great coffee with high quality doughnuts? Answer: the worst kept secret in town.
I’ve been busily working away at preparing to open the second café for 49th Parallel, which will feature doughnuts under the brand of “Lucky’s Doughnuts”. Why doughnuts you say? Why not?!

The idea of doing doughnuts began [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://urbandiner.ca/2012/05/08/a-sneak-peek-at-49th-parallels-doughnut-shop/</link>
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		<title>Friday Cocktail: Missionary&#8217;s Downfall</title>
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(Photos courtesy of Spatulamedia)
In Feburary, we hosted a “Trader”Vic Bergeron VS. Donn “The Beachcomber” Beach “Tiki Title Bout” as part of our Liquid Sundays program at RauDZ. While Trader Vic emerged victorious by a landslide, the consensus among our guests was that this cocktail was the best of the night. Created by Donn “The Beachcomber” [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://urbandiner.ca/2012/05/04/friday-cocktail-missionarys-downfall/</link>
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		<title>Mid-Island Food News: May 2012</title>
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This column is about all kinds of food stuff that happens in the geographic (and gastronomic) heart of Vancouver Island: the greater Comox Valley &#8211; Campbell River region. It’s a rich region. If you’ve got news, be part of the conversation. Share this information. Join the discussion on Facebook or Twitter.
Courtenay
Chef/owner Chris Zmeis hails from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://urbandiner.ca/2012/05/03/mid-island-food-news-may-2012/</link>
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