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Grand Opening of the Residence Inn by Marriott Vancouver Downtown

Posted in By Invitations, Joyce, Media Events, News, Random, Travel, Vancouver, tagged Downtown Vancouver, Fish House, grand opening, Hotel, Marriiott, Residence Inn, Residence Inn by Marriott, Silver Birch on September 28, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Do you remember the hotel called Cascadia that’s near the corner of Hornby/Davie? It’s Cascadia no more because its parent company, Silver Birch, has transformed it into an all-suite hotel. What does it mean? It means every room in this hotel is now equipped with a fully-equipped kitchen.

Fresh oysters!

I had the privilege to check out the Residence Inn by Marriott last week, at its grand opening event. We were treated to food prepared by Cavino (Coffee by Day – Wine by Night), the hotel restaurant, and the Fish House, the sister property also owned by Silver Birch.

Sampling food by Cavino and the Fish House

Of course, we had the opportunity to check out the rooms. (more…)

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Minami Restaurant – Grand Opening Party

Posted in By Invitations, Dinner, Food Bloggers, Japanese, Joyce, Restaurants, Tapas, Vancouver, Yaletown, tagged Aburi Restaurants, Aburi sushi, grand opening, Japanese, kagami biraki, Miku Restaurant, Minami Restaurant, Sake, sushi on June 29, 2012| 2 Comments »

Last week, I went to Minami Restaurant’s grand opening party. Minami is the sister restaurant of Miku, which is among the best Japanese restaurants in Vancouver.

Minami Restaurant

The evening began with the Kagami Biraki ceremony, which is the opening of a cask of sake using a mallet, conducted by owner Seigo and two of his guests. Minami offers a large variety of sake on the menu; they even have someone on staff who specializes in sake.

Kagami biraki ceremony

Seigo-san spoke about the philosophy behind his restaurant group and the three main pillars: food, atmosphere, and people. We heard about his quest for the mural artist and the custom-made porcelain.

Murals by Hideki Kimura

He talked about his passion for delivering high quality of food, as well as his vision in providing top-notch service through his knowledgeable staff. Everything was demonstrated at this grand opening event. (more…)

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Grand Opening at Fable Restaurant

Posted in By Invitations, Food Bloggers, Mr., Vancouver, West Coast, tagged Curtis Luk, Fable Restaurant, Farm to Table, Food Network, grand opening, Top Chef Canada, Trevor Bird on June 13, 2012| Leave a Comment »

For those of you that don’t follow Top Chef Canada, Trevor Bird was a contestant on the show, and scored a second place finish in Season 2.

After the show ended filming he opened a new restaurant in Vancouver: Fable. It was at the space where it used to be Refuel. He was also able to recruit Top Chef Contestant Curtis Luk to work with him. In person Trevor is relaxed and laid back, and seems like an all around nice guy.

Welcome!

The concept of Fable is simple: thoughtfully prepared food with outstanding flavour, sourced from local purveyors in an accessible way. Wondering how it got its name? You take the word farm and the word table, mash it together, you’ve got Fable. I’m not kidding, that’s really how he came up with it while he’s competing in Top Chef Canada. As much as I want to make fun of it, I secretly wish I came up with it first.

A bunch of blogger type folks, family, and friends of the restaurant owners were invited to the Grand Opening night. The space isn’t very big and it was filled quickly. However they were smart to get rid of all the tables and chairs in the middle, leaving only a few seats off to the sides.

Crowd

The layout of the place is fun. The open kitchen/bar is located right by the entrance, with a part of it set against the street side window. As you walk by, instead of seeing a bunch of yuppies eating, you will see chefs hustling to prepare a dish. I like it.