“Bao Bei” Barman En Route To Palestine To Help Build A Library For Women & Children
September 27, 2011
Bao Bei barman (and all around awesome guy) Ben Henthorne is on his way to a refugee camp in Bethlehem shortly to help build a library with Karama, a non-profit organisation that provides free education to women and children living on the West Bank (the Arabic name means “Dignity”). The Chinatown restaurant on Keefer St. is hosting a silent auction fundraiser and send-off this Sunday, October 2nd (details after the jump), and we hope to see you there. Read more
GOODS: Chinatown’s “Bao Bei” Looking For Full-Time Servers And Server’s Assistants
September 20, 2011
Bai Bei Chinese Brasserie is located at 163 Keefer St. in Vancouver's Chinatown | 604-688-0876 | www.bao-bei.ca
The GOODS from Bao Bei
Vancouver, BC | Bao Bei Chinese Brasserie is looking for full time, hard working server’s assistants and servers in a fast paced environment. Must be efficient, organized, have a positive personality and a mature outlook. If you’re interested, please drop off your resumes at 163 Keefer St.any time after 3pm. Learn more about the restaurant after the jump… Read more
Awesome Thing We Ate #840: The Addictive Eggplant Snack At Chinatown’s “Bao Bei”
July 2, 2011
Eggplant softened with soy, garlic and ginger | $4 | Bao Bei Chinese Brasserie | 163 Keefer St.
GOODS: Chinatown’s Award-Winning “Bao Bei” On The Hunt For New Bar Manager…
March 15, 2011
Bai Bei Chinese Brasserie is located at 163 Keefer St. in Vancouver's Chinatown | 604-688-0876 | www.bao-bei.ca
The GOODS from Bao Bei
Vancouver, BC | We are looking for a passionate, creative, outgoing individual with at least three years bartending experience to work and run our busy bar. The successful candidate will have extensive knowledge of cocktails, wines and beers, and will be adept at making drinks efficiently without surrendering quality in a demanding, fast paced environment. Brass tacks: we need a hard worker who is willing to throw him/herself into this job and excel at creating and maintaining a unique bar program specific to Bao Bei. Email resumes to info@bao-bei.ca (please no drop-offs).
Learn more about what we do after the leap… Read more
GOODS: Chinatown’s Award-Winning “Bao Bei” Now Open For Monday Night Service
March 2, 2011
Bai Bei Chinese Brasserie is located at 163 Keefer St. in Vancouver, BC | 604-688-0876 | www.bao-bei.ca
The GOODS from Bao Bei
Vancouver, BC | Due to customer demand, the award-winning Bao Bei Chinese Brasserie has expanded its hours to include Monday evenings. Meaning “precious” in Mandarin, Bao Bei opened in January of 2010 in the heart of Chinatown with the hope of complimenting the neighbourhood’s special charms. Chef Joël Watanabe uses French techniques and a Japanese eye for presentation to refine traditional Shanghainese flavours, creating unique dishes in the process that maintain authenticity yet display a more modern approach. To learn more about the restaurant, click after the jump… Read more
Chinatown’s Award-Winning “Bao Bei” Seeking Experienced Cook
January 19, 2011
Bai Bei Chinese Brasserie is located at 163 Keefer St. in Vancouver, BC | 604-688-0876 | www.bao-bei.ca
Job posting from Scout supporter Bao Bei
Vancouver, BC | Bao Bei is looking for an organised, hard working cook to run the garde manger station full-time at our busy, award-winning modern Chinese restaurant. 5 years cooking experience desired (Chinese food knowledge a plus but not necessary). Must also be adept on saute section. Committed professionals without attitude need only apply to joelwatanabe2000 [at] yahoo [dot ca]. Find out more about the restaurant after the jump… Read more
“Bao Bei Chinese Brasserie” Has Joined The Scout Community…
November 29, 2010
Chinatown’s award-winning Bao Bei is now a proud member supporter of Scout. We will be publishing their news on our front page and hosting a page for them in our list of recommended restaurants to check out. We’d like to take this opportunity to thank them for their support of our little website. Click ahead to read on or jump directly to their Scout page here… Read more
“Glasfurd & Walker Design” Has Joined The Scout Community
November 23, 2010
Our talented friends at Glasfurd & Walker Design are now proud member supporters of Scout. We will be publishing their news on our front page and hosting a page for them in our list of recommended local resources to check out. We’d like to take this opportunity to thank them for their support of our little website. Click ahead to read on or jump directly to their Scout page here… Read more
enRoute Names “Bao Bei” The #2 Best New Restaurant In Canada
October 28, 2010
by Andrew Morrison | As one of several enRoute magazine’s regional advisors for their annual Top 10 Best New Restaurants in Canada issue, I was not a little stoked this morning to find that one of my favourites for 2010 had cracked the top three (they don’t tell us in advance). Our sincerest congratulations to Tannis Ling and her staff at Chinatown’s Bao Bei. Just making it onto this list is an honour, and being named #2 is huge. Comment on whether or not there were other Vancouver restaurants that should have been recognised and find out which other joints made the grade after the jump… Read more
New “Cartel” Invades Georgia & Burrard With Korean Tacos…
October 1, 2010
by Andrew Morrison | Several months ago, Abigail’s Party owner James Iranzad (interview) teamed up with Jesse Grasso and Joel Watanabe (the two kitchen rulers at Chinatown’s Bao Bei) to create “Cartel”, a street cart serving Korean-style tacos.
They’d hoped to win one of the coveted 17 mobile food vendor slots given out in City Hall’s famously messed up pilot project lottery, but no such luck. With concept, brand and menu ready to go, they were forced to wait patiently until granted a location and an operational green light. That assent from on high came late yesterday, and today – their first day of trade – went down swimmingly on the southwest corner of Georgia and Burrard.
The first thing I noticed when I arrived during noon’s final prep was the smell. It was intoxicating. It caused hundreds of hungry passersby on their lunch break to slow down long enough to catch the quick zephyr wiffs. “What are you guys cooking?” was asked just about every ten seconds. You’d think “Korean tacos” would be the least expected answer imaginable, but no one was overheard replying “that’s crazy” or worse, “ew, gross“. The expressions on all the passing faces seemed to say “whatever it is, it smells freakin’ good”. It’s rare that a deadly fine aroma is also unfamiliar. Our brains trick us into thinking we know all smells, but when a new one comes along and it’s so rad that it makes your olfactory toot, it also quickens the pulse.
The tacos come in three guises: pork, beef and vegetarian. Both the beef and the pork are done in the Bulgogi style (a wet Korean marinade, literally “fire meat”). As mentioned, it’s very aromatic stuff. Both meats are local and organic, with the pork from Fraser Valley Farms and the beef from Two Rivers. Thinly shaven, they’re sizzled on a square flat-top before landing on corn tortillas (also local, from Burnaby’s El Comal). Once plated, they’re topped with cilantro, onion and a mild kimchi. The vegetarian version is with mushroom and tofu from Sunrise Organics, but I could give a damn about that (sorry guys).
The prices are reasonable. One double tortilla taco is $3. For two, it’s $5.75; three, $8; and four, $10. I had a pair, and I’m still thinking about them 10 hours later. I’ll talk about the taste in my column on five new and upcoming eateries in the next issue of the Westender. Some food porn above (video) and below (big photos) to tide you over until you bumrush the joint at lunch tomorrow… Read more
