Best Eating

Cooks put culture and survival on the table

Surf the Reef for the Driveâ��s Caribbean vibe

Concessions across Vancouver fry up guilt-free cod and chips

Where to kick back for views of summerâ��s best

Get cooking inspiration from farmers market veggies

Enjoy the jazzy pizzazz at Mangoâ��s Japanese Kozara

Fully Loaded Tea brews up a business in blends

Salsa & Agave Mexican Grill slingshots you south

Cooks put culture and survival on the table

By Carolyn Ali

Reading about food is a pleasure unto itself—even if that pleasure is never consummated in the kitchen. Just to whet your appetite, try these samples ranging from Kazakh sprout-and-cabbage salad to corn hotcakes with blackberry syrup.

Surf the Reef for the Drive’s Caribbean vibe

By Carolyn Ali

Find your inner sunshine at the The Reef on the Drive, where rum is the star, with dozens of different ways to enjoy it while tucking into the rich goat turmeric-and-cumin suffused curry of a Trini roti or ackee and salt fish.

Concessions across Vancouver fry up guilt-free cod and chips

By Pieta Woolley

Sitting on a log relishing a tray of crisp, greasy fish and chips is an exquisite Vancouver pleasure. Slathered in salty tartar sauce and tangy ketchup, this traditional fare has been a mainstay of Vancouver park-board menus since the 1920s.

Where to kick back for views of summer’s best

By Judith Lane

Grouse Mountain’s Altitude Bistro is just one place to toast the eventual arrival of summer with good food and great views.

Japanese comfort food just the thing at Ping’s Café

By Carolyn Ali

The yoshoku (Japanese-style western food) here isn't standard but an artful, nostalgic take on it, with portions dainty rather than hearty, perfect for grazers, and served on charming, homespun, mismatched vintage dishes.

Get cooking inspiration from farmers market veggies

By Angela Murrills

Puzzled by sunroots? The easiest way to educate yourself before you stick something odd and knobbly in your basket is to begin with the obvious and ask the people at the markets who grew it.

Angus An mixes it up for flavour’s sake at Gastropod

By Angela Murrills

Angus An uses all the traditional Asian elements, but in nontraditional formats, to produce dishes that are as good to the eye as they are on the palate.

White Spot tries to expand its comfort zone

By Pieta Woolley

On Mother’s Day, the busiest restaurant day of the year, thousands of diners will see whether the Spot's new Thai and Tuscan menus match up to their tried-and-tested burgers.

Enjoy the jazzy pizzazz at Mango’s Japanese Kozara

By Angela Murrills

There's no sushi, sashimi, or B.C. rolls, but the colourful Japanese tapas on offer here are full of clean flavours and a real visual wow factor.

For fantastic pho, the proof is in the soup

By Tara Lee

Hungry for a meal that’s comforting, quick, and cheap? Try a restorative bowl of assorted meats, rice noodles, and deeply flavourful beef broth at one of Vancouver's many Vietnamese restaurants.

Subtle spice route leads to Saravanaa Bhavan

By Angela Murrills

The signatures of southern India's food are complex spicing, lightness, and freshness. Discover them all at this Broadway vegetarian restaurant.

Eight cookbooks to tantalize taste buds

By Angela Murrills

From the plainspoken dietary analysis of John Thorne, to succulent Portuguese pork and clams, or fun foods for kids, there's plenty here to whet your appetites.

Cascade riffs on British posh pub grub

By Angela Murrills

With retro beer mats for cold pints of lager, large platters of squid, and thumping great burgers, the Cascade Room serves up a tasty night out.

Corner stores think outside the big box

By Judith Lane

Corner stores are fast disappearing. Yet the ones that remain are thriving as they adapt to changing communities.

Discover Vancouver in Golden Plates

Listen to our Food Editor Carolyn Ali as she tells host Belle Puri how to find the best authentic Asian food in the city on CBC Radio One's On the Coast.

Part 1 (mp3) Part 2 (mp3)