Contributor: Ken Tsui

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Ken Tsui is a filmmaker and edible pop-up event producer who was raised in a Chinese-Canadian restaurant. Whether he’s writing food stories, making a documentary on a model plane fanatic, directing a music video for Defektors, setting up a Twin Peaks pop-up coffee and pie shop, or helping to re-invigorate the Chinatown Night Market, he’s always doing it full-on with a smile. He currently spends his spare time cracking jokes on a podcast called “On Second Thought” and has developed a reputation for being a surprisingly competent dance machine.

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Heads Up

How to Make the Most of This Year’s DOXA Documentary Film Festival

For their big birthday, the venerable film fest is pulling double duty by hosting an online streaming festival AND a classic drive-in.

Heads Up

How to Properly (and Deliciously) Navigate the Capture Photography Festival

With the annual Capture fest on the immediate horizon, we thought it wise to ask Ken Tsui about how to make the most of it.

Vancouverites

Five Minutes with Conrad Brown of Vancouver Design Firm, Knauf & Brown

From lamps to chairs, Conrad has his hand in elevating everyday home fixtures inspired by his background in photography.

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Want To Make The Most of Your Remaining Summer? Book a Seat for This Long Table Dinner

Gather at the farm's long table for a collaborative dinner anchored by chef Jesse McMillan of Campagnolo Roma.

Definitive Records / Main Street

The Music Behind the Tastes of Campagnolo Upstairs Barman Peter Van de Reep

This fellow holds it down with great drinks (and tunes) at the much loved Camp Upstairs on Main Street.

The Curve / Chinatown

Ken Tsui Eats Around The Edges Of Vancouver’s Delicious Dim Sum Landscape

If you're not biting into a dumpling from a bamboo basket at some point in your time here in Vancouver, then you haven't fully experienced what we have to offer.

Cinema Usher / Downtown

‘Ramen Heads’ And ‘Summer Vacation’ Among Cool Films Screening In July

Stacked / Main Street

Chef Rob Clarke’s Southern Fried Artichoke Behemoth At The Arbor On Main St.

Heads Up / Gastown

Deliciously Focused Pasta & Wine Pop-Up Returning To Gastown – Wed, July 5th

Cinema Usher

Popcorn With Psychopaths, Chameleons And Long-Awaited Beach Breezes

Cinema Usher / Downtown

Canadian Horror, Obsessive Love, French Mystery And The Fates Of Cities

Never Heard Of It / Downtown

Cheap, Saturday-Only Lamb Consomme At Molli Cafe On Burrard St.

The quality and consistency is nothing short of remarkable, pronouncing the value in bold relief. If you've never heard of Molli, you need to go!

Never Heard Of It

Closed Kingsway Cult Legend ‘Nine Dishes’ Resurfaces In Richmond

The new location couldn’t be more different from its original Kingsway hole-in-the-wall setting. Set behind the Richmond Costco, it is the restaurant equivalent of a McMansion.

Vancouverites

On The Local Gentlemen Behind The Online Design Trove Of Craigsbest

Cinema Usher

On Flesh-Starved Mermaids, Japanese Fortitude And More Kristen Stewart

Never Heard Of It / East Vancouver

Sexy, Forbidding Bowls Of Awesome At Tiny Cafe Xu Hue On Kingsway

The first thing you'll catch when sitting down at Cafe Xu Hue is the cup of cold tea being poured for you. The second thing you'll notice - as you wonder why your tea is chilled - is that you aren't reading a typical Vietnamese restaurant menu...

Cinema Usher

Films On Fierce Resistance, Warrior Cops And Making Light In Dark Times

Stacked / Chinatown

Making Juicy Sense Of The Secret ‘Dirty Burger’ Codes Upstairs At Campagnolo

Diner / Chinatown

From Pork Buns To Waffles: The Best Food Options At The Chinese New Year Parade

Cinema Usher

Movies On Mortality, Making Music, Ramen Lunacy And Cooking With Love

Never Heard Of It / East Vancouver

Filling Your Filipino Pork Quota At ‘Hapag Ihaw Ihaw’ On Victoria Drive

Inspired by inihaw (Filipino grilled meat), the owner of Hapag Ihaw-Ihaw opened his doors to share his love for the greatest hits of humble Filipino mainstays and BBQ.

Cinema Usher

‘Endless Poetry’, ‘Christine’ & ‘Possession’ On The Big Screen This Month

Cinema Usher

Seven Must-See Films You Should Enjoy On The Big Screen In November

Cinema Usher / Downtown

Eight Must-See Movies At This Year’s Vancouver International Film Fest

Cinema Usher

A Gastronomic Adventure Film On The Ins & Outs Of Devouring “BUGS”

Cinema Usher

Ken Tsui Ferries Us Through The Freakiness From Shit-Disturbing Auteurs

Never Heard Of It

The Restorative Power Of Pupusas At ‘El Caracol Cafe’ On Victoria Dr.

If you’re looking for a more immersive taste of Salvadorian flavour, dig into their sopa de mariscos (seafood soup) as a follow-up.

Never Heard Of It

Old School Ramen Done Right At Unassuming ‘Shibuyatei’ In Richmond

Unlike the rich, opaque, deep-flavoured, super fatty broths set on rolling boil for hours (ie. the sort ladled out in the West End), chef Sato’s is delicately light and clear...