The Dishes is a new Scout column that asks Vancouverites to map out a blow-by-blow of their ideal day and night on the town. We’re talking breakfast, lunch, happy hour, dinner and late night cocktails. Tax and tip included.
Get acquainted with the Vancouver-based, Filipino-Canadian rapper and producer - and whet your sonic and stomach appetites - via his recommendations (heavy on Filipino flavours) for eating and drinking around town.
In this edition, we consult the Co-Founder and Principal at Studio Roslyn - the Vancouver-based interior design and creative consulting firm behind several of our favourite local restaurants and other spaces - not for design advice, but to find out about her favourite places for eating and drinking around town...
We already know that the local clothing designer and owner of Main Street boutique and spa, Sunja Link Body Shoppe, has discerning taste when it comes to the products and items that she puts on her body. So we're unsurprised that she's equally thoughtful about what food and drink she prefers to put into it.
The registered dietitian, recipe developer, podcast host and cookbook author leads us on a day of indulgent plant-based eating and drinking around her East Van neighbourhood.
We work up an appetite joining local photographer and man-about-town on his typical Sunday route along the Drive, "taking photos and popping in and out of places to fuel up"...
For this special Lunar New Year edition of 'The Dishes', we thought it would be fun to consult with Sophia Lin, owner of the Mt. Pleasant based 'modern Chinese bistro', to find which Vancouver restaurants (besides her own) she recommends for celebrating this auspicious occasion in proper gustatory style.
The owner of eponymous butcher shop, Sebastian & Co. Fine Meats, walks us through his ideal day of eating and drinking around the Greater Mainland.
Being a central part of the local independent business scene for so long (TWENTY years!), we knew that Erin would have some solid suggestions on what to eat around Vancouver...
Get to know more about the chef and proprietor of Mon Paris Patisserie by following her on her ideal day of eating and drinking around Burnaby (and nearby New West)...
The effervescent polymath, co-owner and bartender at Main Street's Zarak (Afghan Kitchen Group), spells out her ideal day of eating and drinking around Vancouver...
The Co-founder of Studio A-OK and Vancouver's most stylish head shop, All Day Breakfast, takes us on a day-long feasting tour of Chinatown and its surrounding areas.
The co-owner of popular North Vietnamese street food flavour show, Mr. Red Cafe, tells us where she likes to go out to eat and drink around Vancouver (in addition to her own restaurants).
The talented, warm, and infinitely charming manager at Cantina 189 and Chupito takes us on a whirlwind tour of her favourite places to eat and drink.
The co-owner of La Mezcaleria takes us on a whirlwind tour of his favourite places to eat and drink.
From morning caffeine fix to post shift shots, Como? Tapería's Executive Chef leads us on his ideal day of eating and drinking around Vancouver.
In this edition, Murtagh-Wu reveals a penchant for foods cooked in leaves, and a couple of Vancouver spots serving up eats that he's willing to wait in line for...
Pastry chef and owner of The Bench Bakehouse imagines her ideal day of eating and drinking around Vancouver, when she's not busy working long and early morning hours at the bakery...
With a demanding schedule involving a weekly commute between Vancouver and Ottawa (and back again), what does Chef Yen look forward to eating in Vancouver? We recently caught up with him to find out...
In this edition, the General Manager and Co-owner of Dosanko Japanese restaurant, takes us for a spin around town to visit some of her current favourite places for eating and drinking.
This edition is extra filling, as the siblings and Anh and Chi business partners both weigh in on their favourite local spots...
Krampus takes some time away from his busy holiday schedule to retail his ideal day of eating and drinking in Vancouver, when he's in town.
Pastry chef, artist and avid traveller, Sam Shem, takes the reins for this edition of 'The Dishes'.
Eleanor Chow-Waterfall, pastry chef and owner of Cadeaux Bakery, leads us around Vancouver on her dream day of eating and drinking...
The Executive Chef at the Fairmont Pacific Rim leads us around Vancouver on his dream day of eating and drinking.
In this edition, the co-owner of Dachi and Ugly Dumpling details her best day of eating and drinking around Vancouver...
The co-founder of local seafood company F.I.S.H walks us through an ideal day of drinking and dining in Vancouver.
This week we speak with award-winning Hawksworth Sommelier, Jayton Paul, about his favourite places to eat and drink around town.
We ask Jesse Neate, Retail Operations Leader for JJ Bean, to take us on a personal culinary tour of Vancouver…