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Events

The Definitive Dine Out Vancouver Eating Guide

January 13, 2012

Dine Out Vancouver is back once again for 2012, and takes place from January 20th to February 5th. As is the norm, there are hundreds of participating restaurants during this 7 day food extravaganza, and three set menu pricing options available: $18, $28, or $38. ALSOKNOWNAS, a local design studio, has created the definitive Dine [...]

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Victoria’s Food Secrets Two Year Anniversary

November 5, 2011

Is it November already? When did this year fly by so quickly? And how has it been two years that have passed since I privately created this blog as a creative outlet, and then had it turn into something much greater than I ever expected it to be. It’s been a great year, and one [...]

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Top Chef Finale Fundraiser at ensemble restaurant

July 4, 2011

Here is the live blog of this special event fundraiser that took place on Monday, July 4th, during the Top Chef Canada finale at ensemble restaurant in Vancouver, with Chef Dale MacKay and his special guest and friend, Dusty Gallagher. 5:25: Just arrived at the restaurant. There are many friends and family of Dale’s milling [...]

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EAT! Vancouver 2011

June 27, 2011

A couple of weekends ago, I went on a beautiful Sunday afternoon to check out the last day of the EAT! Vancouver 2011 conference, which took place in the new west Vancouver Convention Center. There were thousands of people – both tourists and locals – milling about the area outside the building, taking in the [...]

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Dine Out Participating Restaurants Now Available!

January 6, 2011

The restaurant listings with menus are now up for Dine Out Vancouver 2011, taking place on January 24-February 6! For online reservations, see the Tourism Vancouver website – don’t wait too long, as the best dining locations are sold out fast! I have included the 213 Vancouver restaurants as well below, with links to those [...]

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Merry Christmas from Victoria’s Food Secrets

December 25, 2010

Merry Christmas to all of my wonderful readers. Thank you for helping to make this such a fantastic and fun year. I hope that Santa was good to you for being so good to me! And happy holidays to those who celebrate all other occasions. xoxo Victoria

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Dine Out Vancouver 2011

December 8, 2010

It’s that time of year again! Tourism Vancouver will be presenting the 9th annual Dine Out Vancouver (DOV), a city-wide celebration of food and local (BC) wine, from January 24 – February 6, 2011. There are numerous Vancouver restaurants that get involved each year, allowing diners to try out a large variety of restaurants and [...]

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Cornucopia 2010 Saturday Night CRUSH Gala

November 16, 2010

This past weekend, I went to check out the Cornucopia CRUSH Gala Grand Tasting in Whistler. It was my first time at this all things wine and food festival, and although I wasn’t there long enough to see any of the other seminars and tastings that took place at restaurants and the conference centre, here [...]

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Urban Thai (Thai House) Cooking Class

November 9, 2010

A few weekends ago, I was invited to try out a cooking class on a Sunday morning at Urban Thai Bistro in Yaletown with a group of 6 other people. I remember being told to not eat anything that morning, as there would be a lot of food after we’d finished our training. And as [...]

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Victoria’s Food Secrets One Year Anniversary!

November 5, 2010

Well, everyone, it’s that time now – Victoria’s Food Secrets has turned one year old! Over the past year, many things have changed. This project started out as something to do while I was traveling back and forth for work to Cupertino several times last year (and kept private), and has evolved quite a bit [...]