Stepping into a fairy tale at Château Okanagan Words + Photography Lia Crowe Crunching along a nondescript road lined by dry, scrubby yellow and sage green bushes running parallel to Okanagan Lake and high up the hillside, my travel companion and I look down again at our …
Food & Drink
The show must go on… the table
Theatrically themed foods throughout the ages Words Ellie ShorttPhotography Don Denton If all the world’s a stage, then is everything we do, create, even consume, a performance? Are the seemingly simple daily tasks of grocery shopping, cooking and eating some sort of …
Take it slow… and even slower
Lessons from a slow-food lifestyle Words Ellie ShorttPhotography Don Denton In 2020 the world slowed down. It was a forced slowing down with heartbreak and consequences, but for some individuals, communities and even industries, there were profound lessons …
Linh Cafe 法餐越菜一家親
圖文: Iris Yim 一個假設的問題，一個肯定的答案：假如離開溫哥華的話，我會懷念些什麼？ 清風明月潔淨水源清新空氣自然不在話下，在我的懷念清單裡，必然還有一碗 Linh Café 的越南河粉。 Linh Café 兼有越式及法式美食，在溫哥華是只此一家。 市中心 Linh Café 佔了約兩層樓高的空間，加上一邊長窗自頂至底把天然光盡情引入，因而顯得份外高廣闊落。餐廳高高的天花板髹上了鵝黃色，全店滿鋪白黑灰地磚，近門口處有一張約 25 …
Tetsu Sushi Bar 江戸前風味
撰文: Iris Yim, 攝影: Leila Kwok, 圖片提供：Tetsu Sushi Bar 且讓我們先從Tetsu Sushi Bar主廚牧瀨智(Satoshi Makise)的雙手說起。 誰都知道吃日本料理廚師發辦(omakase)的最佳座位是坐在正對著主廚操作的壽司吧，除了因為有機會與主廚互動，了解食材精妙所在之外，當菜式上桌時亦可掌握食物的最佳溫度和質感秒速享用。 然而坐在Tetsu Sushi Bar的壽司吧前還有一個好處：你可以仔細地欣賞Chef …
Transport your taste buds
Travel the globe without leaving your kitchen Words Ellie ShorttPhotography Don Denton Three years ago, the world seemed to stop turning. Planet Earth was, of course, still spinning steadfastly around, but life as we knew it ceased and, along with it, the global movement of …
Baan Lao 讓我愛上緑咖喱
圖文: Iris Yim部份圖片提供: Baan Lao 得承認，我怕辣，但在 Baan Lao Fine Thai Cuisine 享用的一頓精緻泰式晚宴，卻讓我愛上了吃緑咖喱！ Baan Lao 有“our home”之意，以期每位來到的客人都有賓至如歸的感受。這家泰式高檔餐廳位於列治文 Steveston 新社區 Imperial Landing …
Acquafarina 意式華麗縁
圖文: Iris Yim部份圖片提供: Acquafarina 如果，我是說如果：Acquafarina 餐廳意裔老闆 Fabrizio Foz 原意是在市中心經營一家高檔意大利粉和薄餅的餐廳 Water + Flour，以快速但依然精緻的意式餐飲來滿足上班族的需求，如果他沒有改變初衷的話，很可能溫哥華便少了一家足堪誇耀的高端餐廳，2022 年的溫哥華首屆米芝蓮推薦餐廳亦少了一員猛將！ 過去三年因為疫症大流行而使在家工作成為常態，以至餐廳老闆不得不改弦易轍，針對最不受經濟環境影響的高消費對象，把餐廳定位為高端意大利餐廳 …
Rooted in culture, steeped in love
Botanist chef Hector Laguna treats local, seasonal food with respect Words Joanne PetersPhotography Lia Crowe Growing up in Mexico, Vancouver chef Hector Laguna spent time in Veracruz and Hidalgo, going back and forth between oceanside and farmland. He could pick …
The culinary kingdom of Whistler
Glacier-level eats from steak and seafood to sushi and Thai Words Joanne Peters Whistler Blackcomb is well known the world over for its epic, extensive terrain. The powdery winter playground makes skiers and snowboarders believe they really have reached seventh heaven. But …