Tag Archives: Food

Wine & Dinner Tasting at Home

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Jeff & Tara

After not really cooking much since Christmas (thanks to Urban Fare take out and Pizza delivery service) we decided the past weekend that we needed to have some home cooked meals. So on the first night we each cooked a dinner for ourselves (we like such different things), but on the second night decided we would cook… Read More →

Dining in Vancouver – Italian Kitchen

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Jeff & Tara

A few weeks ago we met my Aunt and Uncle for lunch at Glowbal’s Italian Kitchen. We have been several times before but it has been a while. We have mixed feelings on some of Glowbal’s other properties – some we like, some we don’t but have had good experiences at… Read More →

Dine Out Vancouver – Westward Ho! at University Golf Club

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Jeff & Tara

The Dine Out Vancouver Festival is in it’s 10th year and start tomorrow January 20th. It will continue until February 5th with 228 restaurants participating this year. Menus are available for $18, $28 and $38 for three courses. All of the participating restaurants can be… Read More →

Dining in Vancouver – ensemble Tap

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Jeff & Tara

The first ever winner of Top Chef Canada now has two restaurants in Vancouver – ensemble and ensemble Tap. The ensemble Restaurant and Wine Bar opened in May 2011 in the location formerly held by Corner Suite Bistro Deluxe on Thurlow at Smithe. The newer… Read More →

Dining in Vancouver – Raincity Grill

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Jeff & Tara

We have not gone out on New Year’s Eve for a few years. We decided that it was nicer to stay home and watch movies that fight the crowds and over pay. This year was no exception so… Read More →

Ukrainian Christmas Eve (Part two) – Cooking & Recipes

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Jeff & Tara

A Ukrainian feast takes a while to cook. Two days for us! I am not sure how my Baba managed to cook it all in one day! In preparation for today we started on Wednesday evening by making the rice for the cabbage rolls, mashing the potato/cheddar filling for the perogies, frying the cabbage and sauerkraut for the other perogies, frying bacon and onion to be used as a topper and making a 48 hour booze fruit compote.

Thursday morning was reserved for work but the afternoon was for cooking. Read More →

Our Year in Food – July to December 2011

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Jeff & Tara

This post is part two of Our Year in Food. Part One was posted yesterday. As a wind-up to 2011 we decided to look back at some of our favorite meals and experiences of the year. We created a photo set of the most memorable ones and below is a list of the location, the meal, why it was great and… Read More →

Our Year in Food – January to June 2011

Posted on December 27, 2011 by Jeff & Tara

As many of you know or can guess from our blog a lot of our life revolves around food – eating out together or with friends, having friends in for meals, visiting Winnipeg (which is always about how much we can eat) and traveling and enjoying new restaurants and tastes wherever we go. As a wind-up to 2011 we decided to look back at some of our favorite meals and experiences of the year. We created… Read More →

Dining in Fort Langley – Lampliter Gallery Cafe

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Jeff & Tara

Friends in Mission and Langley have been asking us to come for a visit for a while (probably the four years that we have lived in Vancouver). So we decided to make a day of it and do some holiday season visiting. Our friends from Mission say that there are no good… Read More →

Dining in Vancouver – Greedy Pig

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Jeff & Tara

We have been meaning to try The Greedy Pig restaurant on Cordova since it opened last year. We had heard that the food was very good and finally had a chance to try it for a late lunch. The room is long and narrow in a historic building with a long bench long one wall, the bar along the other and some small, cozy nooks for seating… Read More →