GOODS: Hapa Umi Hosting “Hearts for Haragama” Foundation Fundraising Dinner

Hapa Umi is located at 110-909 West Cordova Street in Vancouver, BC | 604.420.4272 | www.HapaUmi.com

The GOODS from Hapa Umi

Vancouver, BC | On Sunday, June 26, beginning at 6:30pm, Hapa Umi will host Hapa Umi Hearts for Haragama Foundation, a fundraising dinner dedicated to providing relief for the people of Soma, Fukushima in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.   Tickets are $75 per person and include a reception and an exquisite five-course dinner at Hapa Umi (food only).   Hapa Umi is donating one hundred percent of the ticket sales to the volunteer organization.  Tickets may be purchased in person at any Hapa Izakaya restaurant, on Robson, in Kitsilano, or in Yaletown, or at Hapa Umi which is located at 909 West Cordova Street, in the Waterfront Centre office tower. Menu after the jump… Read more

How Magazines Die: Photos From The Last Days Of “Gourmet”

A blog called LastDaysOfGourmet.com is the saddest thing making the publishing rounds today. It holds dozens of photos from the culinary magazine’s final days. Staff are scarfing junk food, looking pathetic, and boxes sport a new poignancy. Check them all out here. Sniff.