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[Dine Out Vancouver 2022] My Suggestions for Lunch, Dinner, Take Out & Special Offer #DOVF

Posted in Beer, Burnaby, Cheese, Chinatown, Coquitlam, Culinary Events, Dine Out Vancouver, Dinner, Downtown Vancouver, Gastown, Joyce, Langley, Lower Mainland, Lunch, New Westminster, News, North Vancouver, Pasta, Port Moody, Restaurants, Richmond, Surrey, Surrey/Delta, Take-Out, Vancouver, West Vancouver, Yaletown, tagged Announcement, Destination Vancouver, Dine in, Dine Out Vancouver, Dine Out Vancouver 2022, News, Prix Fixe, Take-Out, Tourism Vancouver on January 12, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Dine Out Vancouver is back and it’s celebrating its 20th anniversary! Running from January 14-31, 2022, over 300 restaurants are offering prix fixe menus for dine-in or take-out priced between $20 and $59 (side note: this was up from $15-$54 last year). It was very exciting to be able to dine in again when things opened up last year. Things may be a bit iffy now but you can still enjoy Dine Out Vancouver whether it’s dine-in or take-out.

As per previous years, I took the time to review the menus and here are what caught my eyes, based on past experiences (Dine Out or not) as well as menu attractiveness (e.g. value for the money, choice of ingredients, creativity in the menu, enough options for two people, etc.). Also keep in mind that I curated the list based on my preference (as you know, I’m a meat lover and I’m biased against chicken and salmon) and my way of thinking, so it may not necessarily suit your taste. But hopefully this gives you a place to start.

Same as last year, with the varied price points, I have organized my list into Lunch, Dinner, Take Out, and Special Offer. I’ve included a link to the menu, as well as listed price, to make it easier for you. Remember, my recommendations are for that specific menu and specific location(s) only, even though the restaurant may have other locations and menu options. If you have been to any of them, let me know what you think!

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[News] Dine Strathcona 2021 Returns in Support of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

Posted in Culinary Events, Joyce, News, Vancouver, tagged Announcement, Harken Coffee, HAVE Culinary Training Society, LanaLou's Restaurant, Luppolo Brewing, Railtown Cafe, Strathcona, Strathcona Beer Company, Strathcona Business Improvement Association, Superflux, The Mackenzie Room on November 9, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Nineteen beloved restaurants, cafes and breweries in the Strathcona neighbourhood in Vancouver will come together to participate in Dine Strathcona 2021. A culinary event coordinated by the Strathcona Business Improvement Association, Dine Strathcona runs from November 17 to 30, 2021, to raise money in support of vulnerable community members within Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.

Each participating restaurant will have a menu feature, and $5 from every sale of those features will be donated to the festival’s 2021 community partner, HAVE Culinary Training Society. HAVE Culinary Training Society provides accessible food service training and employment opportunities to members of the community who face barriers to employment such as poverty, homelessness, addiction, and mental health challenges. Over the past 14 years they have successfully trained 1,200 students with over 75% of them gaining steady employment in the tourism and hospitality industry.

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[News] “Community” at the Forefront of Taste of Yaletown 2021 #TasteofYaletown

Posted in Culinary Events, Dinner, Joyce, Lunch, News, Taste of Yaletown, Vancouver, Yaletown, tagged Announcement, Banter Room, Bistro Sakana, Brix & Mortar, Cactus Club Cafe, Earls Yaletown, Grand Chinese Restaurant, Hapa Izakaya, News, Provence Marinaside, Robba da Matti, Sushi Maro, Taste of Yaletown, The Flying Pig, The Greek by Anatoli, WestOak, Yaletown, Yaletown Business Improvement Association on September 23, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Taste of Yaletown is back for its 17th year! For the first time, it will run for the entire month of October, with restaurants offering special menus created especially for the event.

This year, Taste of Yaletown (TOY) is putting an emphasis on community and bringing the community back together safely. For every TOY menu sold, Yaletown Business Improvement Association (YBIA) will be donating $2.00 to The Greater Vancouver Food Bank and Yaletown House, a not-for-profit long-term care home for seniors. In addition, the YBIA has partnered up with Earls Yaletown to buy lunch for all 150 staff at the Yaletown House to give thanks for keeping Vancouver seniors safe during the pandemic. Yaletown House is the only seniors home in Vancouver with zero cases thus far. All 150 staff members will be able to book their lunch at any time that works best for them.

Also new to TOY this year is the “Healthcare Happy Hour”, to honour and celebrate every healthcare worker that has been on the frontlines of the pandemic. Taking place every Wednesday during TOY at 4:00-6:00 pm at Bill Curtis Square, healthcare workers can stop by the event for some live music, and pick up a gift basket put together by Yaletown businesses and restaurants. The YBIA will also be setting up a community board where Yaletown visitors can share their own messages of appreciation and support for healthcare workers.

Participating restaurants include Banter Room, Bistro Sakana, Brix & Mortar, Cactus Club Cafe, Grand Chinese Restaurant, Hapa Izakaya, Provence Marinaside, Robba da Matti, Sushi Maro, The Flying Pig, The Greek by Anatoli, and WestOak. Restaurants will be sharing their special menus on their social media channels.

For more information, visit yaletowninfo.com/tasteofyaletown/

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A Flavourful Journey – Sneak Peek of Interesting Food Products from Indonesia

Posted in By Invitations, Grocery, Joyce, Media Events, Online Store, Product Reviews, Shopping, Snacks, Vancouver, tagged Archipelago Marketplace, Banana Chips, Chocolate, Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in Vancouver, cookies, Export Trade, Fruit Chips, healthy snacks, Indonesian Snacks, Indonesian Trade Promotion Centre, instant noodles, Its Me Time, Lemonilo, Pipiltin Cocoa, Roasted Nuts, Rostcas, TYU, Zanana on August 30, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Do you sometimes get this giddy feeling when you come across something new and unique, knowing that you’re among the firsts to know about it, and you can’t wait to tell people? I get that when I try a new restaurant, or spot a new product at grocery stores. And I just had a moment like this when I attended a food and beverage product trade show at the Indonesian Trade Promotion Centre in Gastown.

Named “A Flavourful Journey to Indonesia”, the purpose of the event was to provide Canadian businesses with a glimpse of the food and beverage products Indonesia offers, thus bringing these products to Canada and making them available at local retail stores. So naturally, many products I saw at this event are not yet available in Canada, but I had the opportunity to sample them and I seriously hope they will be available here soon.

Here are a few that got me really excited:

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[#DineOutVancouver 2021] Social on Commercial Drive

Posted in Casual, Dine Out Vancouver, Dinner, Hang-Out with Friends, Happy Hour, Joyce, Lunch, No Reservation, Restaurants, Steak, Vancouver, West Coast, tagged Baseball Steak, Commercial Drive, Dine Out Vancouver, Dine Out Vancouver 2021, Prix Fixe, Steelhead Trout on March 2, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Life has been busy so I didn’t really look into Dine Out Vancouver until there were only 2 weeks left. There were a few interesting, attractive menus but many came from restaurants that I’ve been before. Since I don’t dine out very much these days, I wanted to use the opportunity to try some place new. Then I spotted a good deal at Social on Commercial Drive. Social has only been open for a few months, back in October 2020 in midst of the second wave of COVID.

Social offers a 3-course menu for only $25, and it’s available for lunch or dinner. Sure, you don’t get to choose your appetizer or dessert, but there are 4 options for entrees, including trout and 8oz sirloin baseball steak. I thought that’s really good value for your money. On their regular menu, the trout would be $28 and sirloin baseball steak costs $36. I decided to take Mama Lam there for lunch.