by Tastingpyvr | Mar 7, 2019 | Past Events
Tweet On Wednesday February 27, we presented our Mount Pleasant dining tour in our Tasting Plates series as we explored the area. Started off the evening with some beverages along with savoury and sweet pastries at Papparoti after everyone registered. Papparoti Drinks: · Drip Coffee: Dark & Medium Roast · Fresh Healthy Smoothie called Go Bananas: consisting of Bananas, Dates, Almond Butter & Cacao & Almond Milk And Food: · Spinach & Feta Pastry · Original Bun Maizal · Corn and cheese empanada · One taco · 3 leches cake · Passion fruit and chia drink Uma Sushi · Salmon oshi (pressed sushi with sockeye salmon, seared with creamy sauce, topped with jalapeño) · Tuna tataki (seared tuna with mustard soy sauce dressing, pickled onions and green onions) · Snow White roll (prawn tempura, mango, cucumber whipped with soy pepper, top with Aburi scallops and apple) Westcoast Poke Spicy Ahi Negitoro Bite Fish: Ahi negitoro mixed with chili oil, Honey Gochu Sauce, Hawt Sauce, pickled red onio Topping: Yuzu guacamole, Maple Soy Sauce, nori, sesame seeds Umami Albacore Toro Bite Fish: Albacore toro mixed with Maple Soy sauce, Sambal Topping: Wakame, Miso Ginger Soy sauce, sesame seeds, Avocado Blackened Sockeye Salmon Bite Fish: Torched sockeye salmon rubbed with togarashi and chili oil Topping: Wakame, Spicy pineapple salsa, Lemon Pepper Aioli Nori oil Atlantic Salmon Bite Fish: Atlantic salmon mixed with nori oil, masago, toasted sesame seeds Topping: Spicy wakame, Garlic Aioli sauce, fried onion, fried garlic, togarashi, furikake The restaurants and cafes featured unique and tasty dishes to our guests to eat and drink throughout the event. By: Richard...
by Tastingpyvr | Mar 7, 2019 | Past Events
Tweet On Wednesday January 16, 2019 we presented our 6th tasting tour of noodles held between Kitsilano and Chinatown in Vancouver. The evening event started off at Silk Road Tea in Kitsilano where guests had a chance to enjoy some different teas. Chef Allessandro at Mangia Cucina Each of the restaurants participating had served up a couple of different noodle dishes as Tasting Bowls or Plates for guests to enjoy. Guests then had a chance to visit many different types of restaurants throughout the event, meet some new food loving friends, meet the chefs, and learn about each of the participating restaurants. Silk Road Tea Serving a selection of Silk Road Teas Gyo Para Gyoza & Ramen Bar Tantanmen Ramen Traditional rich Sichuan style sesame-based broth topped with ground pork, 1/2 soft-boiled egg, bokchoy, julienned green onions, cashew nuts, and garlic oil Hon’s Wonton House Wonton Noodle Soup Hon’s famous handmade prawn wontons (prawn & pork) with regular noodles in a traditional and seasoned wonton broth, topped with seasonal veggies and slices green onions. Rice Rolls with Beef Brisket Our tender slow braised beef brisket served over traditional Chinese rice rolls. An exclusive Noodle Mania dish! Mangia Cucina & Bar * Squid Ink Tagliatelle with Anchovies, Capers and Tomato Sauce, topped with Sicilian Muddica * Cream of Zucchini Spaghetti with Piave Cheese & Mint Rhinofish Noodle Bar Your choice of one from this selection: Zha Jiang Mian (minced pork fried noodle)Shu Cai Mian (vegetable noodle soup)Niu Rou Mian (Taiwanese beef noodle) The restaurants featured many unique and tasty noodle dishes to our guests throughout the event. By: Richard...
by Tastingpyvr | Feb 9, 2019 | Upcoming Events
Tweet Join us and explore the Yaletown neighborhood and tantalize your taste buds at several restaurants and cafes. This evening tasting extravaganza is on Wednesday March 6 from 6pm until 9:30 pm and is presented by Vancouver Foodster. Each restaurant will be serving up Tasting Plates and Tasting Cups for guests to enjoy and you will have a chance to visit many different types of restaurants throughout the event, meet some new food loving friends, meet the chefs, and learn about each of the participating restaurants. If you haven’t been to our previous Tasting Plates events, Novus TV featured one of our previous events on City Lights (view here). Visit our Tasting Plates site and view our past events, photos and more! Registration: Living Produce Aisle- this is where you will show us your printed or digital tickets and will pick up your Tasting Plates Passports and menus. Participating Restaurants/Establishments Manoush’eh 620 Davie Street Web: https://www.manousheh.ca/ Instagram @manoushehbc Cuisine: Middle Eastern Manousheh is the cherished national pie of Lebanon. It has a reserved place on the country’s table and has the unique ability to be worked into every meal of the day, due to its simple versatility. Living Produce Aisle 1168 Hamilton Street Web: http://livingproduceaisle.com/ Twitter: @LPAyvr Instagram @livingproduceaisle Cuisine: Juice bar and salads Living Produce Aisle grows a variety of greens, including wheatgrass, micro broccoli, and micro arugula, and uses them to create delicious and nutrient-packed smoothies. The flats of greens as well as the Cultivators themselves are also for sale. Robba Da Matti 1127 Mainland Street, Vancouver Web: http://www.robbadamatti.com/ Twitter: @Robba_daMatti Instagram: @robba_damatti Cuisine: Italian Yaletown’s Italian Tapas wine bar, a family-run, authentic Italian restaurant. We source the highest quality imported ingredients from Italy...
by Tastingpyvr | Feb 8, 2019 | Past Events
Tweet On Wednesday February 6 we presented our Tasting Plates 7th Anniversary in Downtown Vancouver starting off at Bonus Bakery Café where we all enjoyed some tasty plant-based treats after registration. Bonus Bakery Café Bonus Bakery Cafe • Blueberry muffins • Walnut brownie • Bonus cookie Each of the restaurants participating had served up a selection of dishes as Tasting Bowls or Plates for guests to enjoy. Guests then had a chance to visit many different types of restaurants throughout the event, meet some new food loving friends, meet the chefs, and learn about each of the participating restaurants. Davie Dosa Company • Adai – Sprouted Lentil Pancake • Avial – Coconut Veg • Chettinad Kara Paniyaram – Savoury Muffin • Kesari – Semolina Halwa Donnellan’s Chipper • Spice bag • Taco fries • DC Burger • Breakfast roll • Battered sausage Mumbai Local • Shev Puri • Prawns Rava • Chicken Lollipop • Shrikhand Pacific Poke • Poke Bowl (choose from a specific selection of chef inspired bowls or make your own custom creation- available with any of our bases or toppings). • House Drink (choose one of the following: Coco Panda, Yuzu Lemonade, or Mango Mint Lemonade). The restaurants and cafes featured unique and tasty dishes to our guests to eat and drink throughout the event. By: Richard...
by Tastingpyvr | Jan 15, 2019 | Upcoming Events
Tweet Join us and explore the Mount Pleasant neighourhood which includes the Olympic Village area and tantalize your taste buds at several restaurants and cafes. This evening tasting extravaganza is on Wednesday February 27 from 6pm until 10pm and is presented by Vancouver Foodster. Each restaurant will be serving up Tasting Plates and Tasting Cups for guests to enjoy and you will have a chance to visit many different types of restaurants throughout the event, meet some new food loving friends, meet the chefs, and learn about each of the participating restaurants. If you haven’t been to our previous Tasting Plates events, Novus TV featured one of our previous events on City Lights (view here). Visit our Tasting Plates site and view our past events, photos and more! Registration: Papparoti – this is where you will show us your printed or digital tickets and will pick up your Tasting Plates Passports and menus. Participating Restaurants Maizal 2815 Main Street Web: https://maizalrestaurant.ca/ Twitter: @maizalyvr Instagram: @maizal_yvr Cuisine: Mexican Vancouver Foodster Review Enjoy classic hand-crafted cuisine just like on the streets of Mexico. Enjoy gluten free dishes, real Mexican beverages and their famous soft shell tacos. Fresh corn tortillas made to order and more. Papparoti 1778 Columbia Street Web: www.papparoti.ca Twitter: @PappaRotiCanada instagram @papparoticanada Cuisine: Café PappaRoti – the buttery, coffee-caramel coated “father of all buns” that first took Malaysia by storm in 2003 and has since opened over 400 café locations worldwide – and is now developing throughout Canada. Our coffee buns are freshly baked every 20 minutes in our stores, which attract people of all nationalities and age groups. Light enough to pass off as a snack rather than a meal,...
by Tastingpyvr | Dec 18, 2018 | Upcoming Events
Tweet Join us and celebrate our 7th Anniversary of Tasting Plates and tantalize your taste buds at several restaurants in downtown Vancouver. This evening tasting extravaganza is on Wednesday February 6 from 6pm until 10pm and is presented by Vancouver Foodster. Each restaurant will be serving up Tasting Plates and Tasting Cups for guests to enjoy and you will have a chance to visit many different types of restaurants throughout the event, meet some new food loving friends, meet the chefs, and learn about each of the participating restaurants. If you haven’t been to our previous Tasting Plates events, Novus TV featured one of our previous events on City Lights (view here). See our 5th Anniversary event here and visit our Tasting Plates site and view our past events, photos and more! Registration: Bonus Bakery Cafe- this is where you will show us your printed or digital tickets and will pick up your Tasting Plates Passports and menus. Participating Restaurants and Establishments: Davie Dosa Company 1235 Davie Street Web: http://daviedosacompany.com/ Twitter @daviedosa Instagram @daviedosacompany Cuisine: South Indian Davie Dosa Company brings an exotic culinary experience of traditional Southern Indian cuisine and delicious cocktails to a vibrant neighbourhood. Bonus Bakery Cafe 1185 West Georgia Street Web:https://www.instagram.com/bonus.bakery/ Instagram @bonus.bakery Cuisine: Plant-based bakery Newly opened plant=based baking, with full line-up of espresso based beverages featuring Matchstick coffee. Mumbai Local 1148 Davie Street Web: https://mumbailocal.ca/ Twitter @Mumbailocal.ca Instagram @mumbailocal.yvr Cuisine: Mumbai Street Eats Specializing in Mumbai style street food, the kitchen is run by creative Chef Tushar Tondvalkar who has created a menu of dishes that balance flavours with fragrant spices from the home country. The bar team has also created an inventive cocktail list to match...
by Tastingpyvr | Dec 5, 2018 | Upcoming Events
Tweet Join us and tantalize your taste buds at several restaurants in Vancouver between Kitsilano, Olympic Village, Chinatown and area! This 6th annual noodle tasting extravaganza is presented by Vancouver Foodster and Tasting Plates. Each restaurant will be serving up Tasting Bowls or Plates for guests to enjoy and you will have a chance to visit many different types of restaurants throughout the event, meet some new food loving friends, meet the chefs, and learn about each of the participating restaurants. You may have a chance to taste all sorts of noodles from chow mein to spaghetti to mac & cheese, pho, pad thai, ramen and more. Touring many ethnic eateries and tasting noodle dishes including American, Chinese, Filipino, Hong Kong, Indian, Italian, Southern, Taiwanese, Thai, Vietnamese, and more. See Richard Wolak (Creator/Founder of Noodle Mania and VancouverFoodster.com) on the Global TV Morning News Saturday Chef with Chef Ui Ratsomjit in 2016. If you haven’t been to our previous Noodle Mania event, Novus TV featured one of our previous events on Food Finds (view here). Visit each of the participating restaurants at your leisure by car or use transit. Registration: Silk Road Tea-this is where you will show us your printed or digital tickets and will pick up your Noodle Mania passports. Participating Restaurants Mangia Cucina & Bar 2211 Manitoba Street, Vancouver Web: https://www.mangiacucina.com/ Instagram: @mangia604 Cuisine: Italian Recently opened, Mangia Cucina & Bar serves Italian style ‘tapas’, wide selection of homemade pasta & risotto & stone-baked pizza. Chef Alessandro Riccobono is happy to share his love for regional Italian cuisine &, cook some of his favorite pasta specials for the local community. Situated in a heritage house in beautiful Mount Pleasant, Mangia...
by Tastingpyvr | Nov 9, 2018 | Upcoming Events
Tweet Join us for a night of tasting to celebrate the upcoming holiday season at several markets around the city roving through a few neighborhoods from Kitsilano to Clark Drive. This evening tasting extravaganza is on Wednesday December 5 from 6pm until 9:30pm and is presented by Vancouver Foodster and Tasting Plates. Each market will feature multiple vendors serving up a wide selection of savoury and sweets, plus beverages for guests to enjoy and you will have a chance to try many different foods and beverages throughout the event, meet some new food loving friends, meet the producers and chefs, and learn about each of the participating vendors and markets. Kick off your holiday cheer with us, taste local and international food and drink. It’s the perfect evening to do something festive, catch up with friends, and get some holiday shopping done. Registration: Main Street Honey Shoppe – this is where you will show us your printed or digital tickets and will pick up your Holiday Tasting Passports and menus. See last year’s inaugral Holiday Tasting event here Featuring these Markets: Be Fresh Market and Cafe 2951 W Broadway, Vancouver Web: http://www.befresh.ca/ Twitter:@befreshlocal Instagram @befreshlocal Neighborhood: Kitsilano At Be Fresh, we believe that food should be enjoyed and to fuel your body, which is why we only create meals with delicious and healthy ingredients. They will be featuring a multi-vendor showcase of local food and beverages. The Vendors Be Fresh Catering – Savoury @befresh WHOLLY VEGGIE (THE YUMMIEST VEGAN PRODUCT LINE EVER) @WHOLLYVEGGIE TREVOR BIRD (LOCAL CHEF WITH PRODUCT LINE – MASTERMIND BEHIND FABLE) @CHEFTREVORBIRD AMAI VEGAN TREATS (SMALL VEGAN DESSERTS) @AMAIVEGANTREATS Silk Road Tea 2066 West 4th Avenue, Vancouver Web: http://silkroadteastore.com/ Twitter: @silkroadtea Instagram @silkroadtea Neighborhood: Kitsilano Silk Road...
by Tastingpyvr | Nov 9, 2018 | Past Events
Tweet We held our first ever Dumpling Fest around Vancouver on November 7th, the evening tasting tour provided guests a chance to try many different types of dumplings from a select number of different cultures including Taiwanese, Russian, Italian, Cantonese and Indian. We kicked off the event at Prado Cafe on Fraser where everyone registered before heading off on their self-guided tasting adventure. At Bombay Kitchen and Bar on Commercial drive they served their delicious Indian Malai Kofta filled with mixed vegetable sand paneer dumplings in a light tomato and cream sauce and they also served the dumpling with rice, naan and a salad. At Mangia Cucina, they served a couple of their Italian dumplings dishes creating a wow on the plate with the delicious Lobster Ravioli – with garlic, chilli, white wine & fresh tomatoes sauce, topped with arugula and Fried Gnocchi – with ricotta mousse & pistachio pesto. At Hey Dumplings! Chef Heather served up her Russian style dumplings featuring the tasty Poutine dumplings with vegan gravy and cheese curds; and the Spicy Ginger and Scallion dumplings in a ginger scallion sauce and siracha drizzle. At Hon’s Wonton House, they served a couple of their tasty Cantonese dumplings featuring the pork filled Potstickers and Wonton dumplings. At Rhinofish Noodle Bar, they served their delicious Taiwanese Chao Shou – Chili Vinaigrette Wonton – with pork, bok choy, housemade chili oil; and the Su Zheng Jiao – Steamed Dumpling – vegetarian with shitake, bok choy, bamboo, sesame and bean curd It was a fun night for everyone to visit the participating restaurants and eat some unique and tasty dumplings....
by Tastingpyvr | Nov 7, 2018 | Past Events
Tweet On Wednesday October 24, we presented our Gastown dining tour in our Tasting Plates series as we explored the Gastown area. Started off the evening with some coffees at Milano Coffee after everyone registered. Milano Coffee Featuring Espresso Franks as an espresso Pumpkin spice latte – served with Halloween candy Water Street Café Burrata Bruschetta Burrata, Heirloom Tomato, Sundried Tomato Pesto, Salsa Verde, Basil Yuzu Ponzu Pork belly Sous Vide Pork Belly, Cannellini Bean Puree, Baby kale, Yuzu Ponzu Glaze, Smoked Paprika Vinaigrette West Coast Crab Cake Pacific Rock Crab, Baby Shrimp, Preserved Citrus Fennel Slaw, Saffron Aioli Charisma Café Your choice of soup from the selection below Chicken Noodle Potato Bacon Chowder Apple Butternut Squash (vegan & gluten-free) Uno Gelato Your choice of a cup or cone with 2 flavours, here is the Akbar Mashti and Italian Cherry Wishing Treats Surprise candy selection Balila Taste Kitchen Hummus plate and soups The restaurants and cafes featured unique and tasty dishes to our guests to eat and drink throughout the event. By: Richard...
