Vancouver Dining Guides

Essential Restaurants 2008

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:35:24 -0500

[CDATA[Economic woes or not, people insisted on eating throughout 2008. Like breathing and sleeping, noshing continued unabated, regardless of the financial climate. That said, as stocks fell restaurant debuts quelled their ambitiousness. Still, the annum saw a variety of marquee openings, a host of novel fusions, and a surfeit of worth new gems. Celebrity chefs opened up new ventures and new comers unveiled welcome epicurean surprises. Here's a look at 2008's Essential Restaurants. ]]

Dine Out Vancouver 2009: Where To Eat This Winter

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:22:44 -0500

[CDATA[The post-holiday blues affect the best of us. Snow suddenly isn't so pretty when the holidays are over, and this year Vancouverites have had, to make an understatement, slightly more snow than expected. Come January 2nd, most of us are looking forward to the spring. ]]

For the Foodies: Out With the Old, In With the New

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:07:04 -0500

[CDATA[They say that how you spend New Years Eve is how youll spend the whole upcoming year. Terrified of being stuck in traffic, and of having beer spilt on my head at the bar (again), I chose to stay home this year, doing what I loved best: chatting with my girlfriends, drinking prosecco, and eating. ]]

Seigo Nakamura Brings the Family Biz to BC

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:02:08 -0500

[CDATA[My father wont eat sushi. Hes totally unreasonable about it. He sees a slice of shiny, pink fish attached to a miniscule amount of rice with a piece of tape-like seaweed and he balks. ]]

Buzz: New Toronto Restaurants are vying for separate downtown scenes

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:23:26 -0400

[CDATA[Out with the (sigh) old, and with the new. Toronto restaurants and stores, that is. Eyebrows will be raised with a few of the changeovers, but rest assured you can seek recluse in at least one of these new spots. ]]

Nordic Cuisine

Wed, 28 May 2008 09:38:02 -0400

[CDATA[Dont lie when you hear the term Nordic Cuisine, you definitely think of the most boring food possible: potatoes, pork and maybe some herring (yum). Up until recently, you would have definitely been right on the money, but things have taken a major 360 in the past few years with the help of some seriously innovative chefs who werent afraid to take some huge risks or maybe they were just sick of the mind-numbing selection of cuisine their region had to offer. ]]

Vancouver Patio Guide 2008

Wed, 14 May 2008 13:43:02 -0400

[CDATA[To assist in the pursuit for the absolute best patios in town, we, the divine editorial staff at martiniboys.com, assiduously visited each and every patio reviewed here, and carefully tested the solidity of the patio chairs, the timeliness of the beats and juiciness of the limes. We engaged in an extensive hands-on investigation of the alcoholic beverages themselves, after which we rushed home to regurgitate bountiful notes and reviews (and to catch the last few minutes of CSI Miami of course). Here are the Best Patios in Vancouver. ]]

Room Service Remodeled

Tue, 13 May 2008 14:28:16 -0400

[CDATA[It's 10:30 pm and youre back to your hotel from the theatre/day of shopping/sightseeing/countless museums, and youre exhausted, not to mention hungry. Yes you saw the Empire State, or Big Ben or the leaning tower of whatever. But youre famished. A pretzel is not food but it's all you've eaten. Now it's too late to pick up anything apart from fast food, which is not exactly vacation dining imagery. Besides, you would rather be lying in your hotel room, coming down from your culture shock high. So, to fuel up for the next day you order room service. But leave the turkey club and omelettes behind, the days of blah hotel food are over. The influx of gourmet chefs opening up shop in elite hotels has meant that hotels are beginning to be reincarnated as foodie havens, not a last resort for the hungry traveler. As Frank Bruni of the New York Times stated, "Many hotels dont simply want a marquee chef and a destination restaurant on the ground floor. They want that chef and restaurant to be at least nominally in charge of the food going to the rooms above." ]]

Gordon Ramsay Hints at a Toronto Restaurant

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:14:00 -0400

[CDATA[In a world where food-themed cable television channels are turning chefs into celebrities, few are more recognizable than Gordon Ramsay. Sure, the 41-year-old professional football player turned chef may have earned an incredible nine Michelin stars worldwide, but thats not what has made his face instantly recognizable to so many adoring fans worldwide. No, as impressive as his track record is, Ramsay is best known for his expletive-filled rants on unsuspecting young chefs on his television series Hells Kitchen. No one combines the f-word and a chefs uniform quite as well, making him a fixture in kitchens and on TV screens around the world. ]]

Ki at Vancouver's Shangri-La Hotel

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:44:57 -0400

[CDATA[When the Shangri-La Hotel opens in Vancouver at West Georgia and Thurlow (scheduled for 2009), hotel guests and locals are sure to be hungry for some high-end dining. And weve just discovered what theyll be eating. Restaurant Mogul, David Aisenstat, owner of the Keg Restaurant Group, Hys, Gotham and the recently opened Shore Club, will fill the space with the second location of the Japanese Restaurant he currently owns in Toronto Ki. ]]