by Mijune on May 21, 2012 · 2 comments
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I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been asked “what’s your favourite restaurant?” and my answer is simple. I don’t have one. For me, when all is said and done it comes down to the food, so I follow the chef more so than the restaurant, and in this case I follow Chef Hamid Salimian.
by Mijune on May 8, 2012 · 6 comments
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It’s the 35th World Association of Chefs Societies (WACS) in Daejeon, Korea and Chef Tobias MacDonald from La Belle Auberge is the representative for the Americas. I was honoured to be invited to attend Chef Tobias’ final practice run for his Global Chef’s Menu at La Belle Auberge.
by Mijune on May 7, 2012 · 1 comment
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Behind me was the skyline of my beautiful city and on my plate was the rest of the world. It was a refined style and exploration of unique ingredients executed with very subtle and delicate flavours. The flavours were simple, but very finely tuned. It was the work of a passionate chef.
by Mijune on April 2, 2012 · 2 comments
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Canada’s best culinary talent under one roof, in one kitchen, on one evening. This will be an epic experience. A recap of the Taste of Talent benefit dinner presented by the BC Culinary Arts Foundation & Canadian Culinary Federation.
by Mijune on March 30, 2012 · 9 comments
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You might have grown out of the Easter Egg Hunt, but you never grow out of Easter celebrations. And if you do, then you just grew out of fun, so this year you’re going to get back into it! Here are some Easter events happening around town.
by Mijune on March 27, 2012 · 12 comments
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For $30.95/person (includes a Mimosa) I found their Sunday Brunch quite reasonable for what was offered. I was pretty impressed with their selection which included the standard American breakfast items, international options and desserts.
by Mijune on March 17, 2012 · 4 comments
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Canada’s best culinary talent under one roof, in one kitchen, on one evening. Canada’s Culinary Teams are preparing a benefit dinner to raise funds so they can represent Canada in the upcoming national and international culinary competitions.
It’s Alaskan King Crab season and this is one of the best ways to experience head to tail dining for seafood. It’s a meal that requires 6-10 people and almost all higher end Chinese restaurants is offering it from now to April.