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2011 Follow Me Foodie Favourites & Yearblog
Happy New Year! Welcome to my Follow Me Foodie Favourites & Best of 2011! This is a recap and yearbook/yearblog of the BEST Follow Me Foodie (FMF) Food and FMF Foodie Moments in 2011.
I wrote a Follow Me Foodie Favourites & Best of 2010, so I decided to do another one this year. I don’t even know where to start. It’s been a crazy year, and I’m so grateful for everything that has happened with this blog. I’ve loved every minute of it (even the parts where it hurt to laugh because I was so full) and I’m so happy to have shared these delicious moments with you. Thank you for following me foodie and cheers to another year of gastronomic indulgence!
NOTE: IT’S NOT NECESSARILY “THE BEST“, BECAUSE FOOD IS PERSONAL AND I CAN ONLY DISCOVER SO MUCH IN A YEAR. THESE ARE JUST SOME WORTH MENTIONING IN MY BOOKS… OR BLOG? BLOG. IT’S MORE OF A 2011 RECAP/SUMMARY. ALL EXPERIENCES ARE FROM 2011 ONLY.
Top 15 Most Memorable/BEST Restaurant DESSERTS in Vancouver:
Miku Restaurant – Blueberry-Lavender Coconut Cream Tart
Of course I had to have a dessert category! I probably eat as many desserts as I do savoury courses. I had better luck finding great desserts in the city this year than last. Sweeten up your day with these!
Listed in no particular order. Based on the menu item, not the restaurant.
1. Giovane Cafe + Bar – Sugar Bun, Peanut Butter Hedgehog
2. Miku Restaurant – Blueberry-Lavender Coconut Cream Tart
3. Fratelli Bakery- Saint Honoré Cake
4. Kitchening with Carly – Almond Macaron with Rosemary Salted Caramel and Vanilla Cream
5. Chef Kev Cookies & Chocolate – Gluten Free Marzipan Ginger Cookies
6. TacoFino Cantina – Chocolate Diablo Cookie
7. Savary Island Pie Company – Lemon Buttermilk Pie
8. Be ‘wiched Cafe – Triple Cream Cheese Citrus Bar
9. Faubourg – Lemon Tart
10. Café Régalade – Monaco Torte
11. Cioppino’s Mediterranean Grill – Olive Oil
12. ManCakes Bakery – Breakfast ManCake, Buffalo Wing ManCake
13. Gorilla Food – Avocado Pie
14. Seasonal 56 – Squash Ice Cream and Ginger Cookie Sandwich
15. Thomas Haas – Stollen
See “Follow Me Foodie Best of 2010 Desserts” here.
See the full “Follow Me Foodie Best of 2011” here.
I love desserts!!! your list makes me want to move to vancouver!
@bel – Do it!!!! I’ll introduce you to so much more than just desserts!!! We have an awesome food scene!!
Absolutely wonderful! I love sweet and tangy items – so the Lemon Tart looks great. I will have to drive out there and have a try. The Triple Cream Cheese Citrus Bar looks delicious as well, as did the Saint Honoré Cake (something you could probably make at home easily).
BTW – found your site after looking or the best dessert places in Vancouver. Bookmarked and shared with my Facebook friends!
@Mohamed – wow!! You did??!?! I’m very thankful! I’m so happy you enjoy this blog… it’s my passion and life!
@Mohamed – wow! Saint Honore I consider a true test of a pastry chef… pastry, cream, cake… making everything from scratch is difficult! Try ordering a lemon tart from Kitchening with Carly too… it’s not advertised so you have to custom order it! Just put the name into google to find her site :)… I have a blog post on it too.
If those dessert places you have mention are the best in Vancouver, it means you never tried the cakes from Transylvanian Traditions Bakery! Check here http://www.transylvaniantraditions.com and you wont resist!
@Narci – Hi Narci! I actually have! I like their slavic rolls, but the tiramisu was just okay. I thought it was good value.
When I am in Vancouver I always return to two patisseries for the best desserts in town……Patisserie Lebeau and Patisserie Bordeaux. They both make mouth- watering desserts that are superior to all others.