Hanson Do - Nosh and Nibble: Food and Drink Blog (Page 17)

The Blackbird – A Mind-to-Table Menu by the Donnelly Group [OVERVIEW]

Standing out in a crowded bar (pub for you English folks) scene is one of the goals of Donnelly Group, which operates 12 locations in Vancouver offering some form of food and drink. With 3 members making up the executive chef team, both classic and new flavours are invoked to... »

Buns + Boba – Craft Buns and Bubble Tea in Vancouver [OVERVIEW]

With bubble tea popularity reaching an all-time high in Vancouver, it was quite refreshing to see something other than an international chain expansion open in Vancouver. Buns + Boba, a local operation that sources all bubble tea ingredients from within Canada, is making a name for itself... »

Dine Out Vancouver 2019 on Granville Island [PREVIEW]

Dine Out Vancouver, the biggest dining festival in Vancouver, BC, is fully underway, so for me, a preview had me touring 3 restaurants on my favourite tourist destination in the 604: Granville Island. After visits to Dockside Restaurant, The Sandbar, and The Vancouver Fish Company... »

Dine Out Vancouver 2019 – A Guide to $15, $25, $35, & $45 Restaurants [GUIDE]

Dine Out Vancouver is either the best time of the year if you have foodie friends or the worst time of the year if you casually stumble into restaurants looking for food a la carte. Back for 2019, this dining festival offers prix fixe 3-course (sometimes 2) menus that aim to give diners... »

Ugly Dumpling – Asian Street-Style Locally-Sourced Food in Vancouver [REVIEW]

Rising up from the ashes of the shuttered Merchants Workshop comes a new Asian Street-Style eatery by the name of Ugly Dumpling. This is a co-chef operation by Van Doren Chan and Darren Gee who have been involved with some of the finest restaurants in Vancouver. »

The Dolar Shop – Premium Hot Pot in Richmond [REVIEW]

The Dolar Shop was a big opening for Lansdowne Centre in 2018 and with it came an introduction to a whole new tier of hot pot. Metro Vancouver certainly has its share of individual and group-style hot pot, but to my knowledge, none of them offer the supreme quality of service... »

The Victor - Parq Vancouver Birthday Visit [REVIEW]

When it comes to choosing a restaurant for a birthday, I'm in the camp that appreciates a fancier restaurant for this joyous occasion. For my girlfriend's birthday, we opted for The Victor, a steakhouse in the same complex as the Parq Vancouver casino. »

Kokoro Tokyo Mazesoba – Alternative Japanese Noodles in Vancouver [REVIEW]

With Vancouver's plentiful options for noodles, I was happy to see a brand new type of noodle enter the dining scene in Vancouver. Kokoro Tokyo Mazesoba, a concept first opened in 2013 in Japan, has expanded to North America in 2018 with its first location stationed in Vancouver. »

Fairmont Empress – Afternoon Tea in Victoria [OVERVIEW]

Among the finer things in life, the wealthy social class of England in the 1800s popularized afternoon tea as a meal. With history that involves members of England's constitutional monarchy, afternoon tea can be enjoyed at home, at hotels, and at garden parties at Buckingham Palace. »

Siphon Coffee – A Starbucks Reserve Bar Experience in Vancouver [OVERVIEW]

Vancouver loves coffee – this is no secret. The ways coffee can be produced means coffee connoisseurs of different varieties exist. With no fewer than 5 coffee brewing methods at the new Starbucks Reserve Bar at Pacific Centre, chances are your preferred brewing method will be... »

Poké Bar – Highly-Accessible Poke in New Westminster [OVERVIEW]

Remember at the end of 2016 when poke seemed to explode all over Vancouver? Known for its pedigree as a healthier lunch option, poke's existed in the United States for a few years now and a few franchises have expanded north, Poké Bar being one of them. »