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[Travel] Dinner at the Naramata Inn – Add To Your Must-Visit Okanagan List!

Posted in Canadian, Dinner, Eat Local, Favourites, Fine dining, Hotel Dining, Joyce, Meat, Okanagan, Restaurants, Seafood, Travel, West Coast, Winery Dining, tagged beef tartare, duck breast, halibut, Naramata, Naramata Inn, Ned Bell, Okanagan, Recommendation, scallops, Thompson Okanagan, Wine Pairing on July 6, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Whenever we go on our winecation with our friends B&K, we always include a “fancy night out” with a wine dinner at one of the restaurants in the area. For our trip in June, I had my eyes on the 112-year-old Naramata Inn.

Two years ago, famed Canadian chef and Okanagan-born Ned Bell, his wife Kate Colley, and two business partners have taken over Naramata Inn and breathed new life into this heritage building. Naturally, the kitchen is led by Ned, who is no stranger to the Vancouver restaurant scene and local foodies. The menu is all about fresh, local, seasonal ingredients, and quality is basically guaranteed. And with that, it’s been on my radar ever since and now was the perfect time to dine there.

Food

The menu is a prix fixe 2-course or 3-course menu, and we all opted for 2 courses.

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[News] Vancouver Live Spot Prawn 2022 Pre-orders

Posted in Delivery, Joyce, Lower Mainland, News, Seafood, Shopping, Surrey/Delta, Vancouver, tagged BC Live Spot Prawns & Seafood, Ladner Wharf, live spot prawns, spot prawns, Steveston's Fishermen Wharf on April 20, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Live spot prawn season opens on May 6, and BC Live Spot Prawns & Seafood is now accepting pre-orders of live spot prawns for home or office delivery across Greater Vancouver or pick-up at Ladner Wharf.

Customers can go to the BCLSPS website at bclivespotprawns.com to to place a pre-order for live spot prawns. In-person pick-ups are available at Ladner Wharf starting May 7, everyday until the end of the season.

Alternatively, BCLSPS is proud to continue offering its delivery service four days a week. With a minimum of 10lb per order, customers can have the live spot prawns delivered to their home or office – it’s a great option to share with colleagues and friends. BCLSPS was the pioneer in introducing home delivery of live spot prawns during the COVID pandemic so customers could enjoy the tasty delicacy in the safety of their own homes.

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Hello Nori – Hand Roll Sushi Bar in Vancouver

Posted in Dinner, Downtown Vancouver, Japanese, Joyce, Lunch, Restaurants, Seafood, Sushi, Vancouver, tagged Chopped Scallop Roll, Downtown Vancouver, Hand Roll Sushi, Hello Nori, Lobster Sushi, Negitoro Roll, Robson Street, sushi, Temaki, unagi on September 10, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Hello Nori opened its first location on Robson Street in downtown Vancouver earlier this year. They specialize in sushi hand rolls (temaki). It became popular very quickly, with line ups at the door. Since I’ve been almost a hermit during the pandemic, I haven’t ventured out downtown for a number of months. Finally last month with a nudge from my friend CC, we went to check it out.

Hello Nori has a rather small menu, which isn’t a bad thing, keeping it focused and making food prep easier. They have a few set menus or you can order a la carte. They may also have a couple of featured items on the “fresh sheet”, which were ikura and futomaki when I went. While their set menus offer decent selections and a great sample of their hand rolls, I opted for a la carte because I had my eyes on the unagi hand roll.

Food

Toro – which is their version of a Negitoro (toro with green onion) – there’s nothing spectacular about it but it’s flavourful.

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Takenaka Vancouver – Beautiful Bento Boxes That’s More Than Feast For Your Eyes

Posted in Delivery, Dinner, Japanese, Joyce, Lunch, Restaurants, Seafood, Sushi, Take-Out, Tapas, Vancouver, tagged Aburi sushi, bento box, Chirashi Don, Coho Commissary, Commissary Kitchen, Ghost Kitchen, Omakase, sushi on June 18, 2020| Leave a Comment »

For the last couple of years, the dynamics of Vancouver’s restaurant sector have shifted. More commissary kitchens have opened, some restaurateurs have closed their brick and mortar to switch to a ghost kitchen concept, some aspired restaurateurs and bakers are testing the water without a brick and mortar. It’s relatively lower-cost to run a restaurant operation without the investment of a physical location with equipment, tables & chairs, dishware and decorations, and everything else. It’s especially appealing during the COVID-19 crisis now when a majority of business comes from take-out or delivery orders.

Coho Commissary

Earlier in the year, Takenaka opened its door, figuratively speaking, by offering different types of Japanese bento boxes. It operates in one of the Coho Commissary locations in Vancouver. Their concept is inspired by the traditional bento boxes created by mom, while introducing a more artistic approach and bringing in fresh and interesting ingredients. The owner/chef Shogo Takenaka came from Kingyo Izakaya and its sister restaurant Raisu. Sous-chef Daiki Ishikawa was trained in Niigata prefecture, known for its finest quality in rice, sake and seafood. I was provided a few of their menu items for a tasting.

Food

Among the items I received, right away my eyes were drawn to the Kaiseki Bento.

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Kaneko Hannosuke Vancouver – Tempura Rice Bowl from Japan

Posted in Egg, Fried, Japanese, Joyce, Lunch, Restaurants, Seafood, Vancouver, tagged Fried Fish, Kaneko Hannosuke, Kaneko Hannosuke Vancouver, Rice Bowl, Robson Street, Tempura, Tempura Bowl, Tendon on February 28, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Recently, a famous Japanese tendon franchise — Kaneko Hannosuke — opened its first Canadian location in Vancouver. Tendon is the Japanese name for tempura rice bowl.

Their menu is simple: Premium, Special or Regular Tempura Bowl. All three bowls come with the following tempura — shrimp, kakiage (mixed seafood), soft boiled egg, seaweed and green bean. Premium includes a big piece of conger eel; Special with white fish; and Regular has mushroom. They have a Kid size for good measure, with tempura shrimp, pumpkin, soft boiled egg, seaweed and green bean.