Felix Zhou, chef and co-owner of Heritage Asian Eatery, has won both the Peoples’ and Judges’ Choice awards at the fourth annual Curry Cup competition. His dish, a Yarrow Meadows duck curry with potato rösti, will be available at his restaurant through to Mar. 17. EatHeritage.ca
Chef Angus An of Maenam, Freebird, Fat Mao and Longtail Kitchen is expanding his restaurant empire with a new dry noodle bar on Granville Island. Located in the Net Loft, Sen Pad Thai will offer various stir-fried noodle dishes, similar to pad Thai, along with sides and snacks like Thai chicken wings, papaya salad, desserts, and Thai sodas and iced tea. Look for the opening mid-April. SenPadThai.com
The ninth annual Chinese Restaurant Awards results have been announced. Heritage Asian Eatery won the critics’ choice for their pork belly bao, and Dynasty Seafood Restaurant won critics’ choice for both the spicy garlic Dungeness crab and the baked minced pork pie with black pepper. Dynasty also won Restaurant of the Year. Executive chef Alex Chen of Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar won the Inspiration award. See the full list of both critics’ and social media’s choice winners at ChineseRestaurantAwards.com.
La Mezcaleria on Commercial Drive is now open on Mondays starting at 5pm. In addition, the restaurant is now offering a late-night happy hour from 9pm to 11pm that mirrors their early happy hour menu, but with the addition of an $8 feature cocktail. Get wine or beer for $5, the popular queso fundido for $8, seafood ceviche for $6, and more. LaMezcaleria.ca
Bodega on Main is now open for brunch on weekends from 11am to 3pm. The new menu offers playful twists on Spanish dishes, such as breakfast paella, cava pancakes with dulce de leche and salted Marcona almonds, “pollo” and waffles with brandy syrup, breakfast bocadillo, tortilla omelette, morcilla blood sausage, and even yogurt and granola with Marcona almonds, sliced apples and organic honey. There is also a new cocktail list, created by consultant Katie Parkinson. BodegaOnMain.ca
The VCC Chef’s Table pop-up dinner series has returned to the VCC Broadway campus. The five-course menu designed by chef Hamid Salimian is $30 per person ($45 with wine pairings) and is available until Friday, April 21. Tickets available through the VCC Bookstore website.
On Sunday, March 19, Burdock & Co. will host a BC winemaker’s dinner, featuring the wines of Bella, Syncromesh, Nichol, and Lock & Worth wineries. The multi-course meal will feature six wines from the four wineries, paired with the locavore cuisine of executive chef Andrea Carlson. Tickets $130 through Eventbrite or by calling 604-879-0077. BurdockAndCo.com
On Tuesday, Mar. 21, three Vancouver restaurants will participate in the third annual #GoodFrance event, which celebrates French gastronomy. Created by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and chef Alain Ducasse, the event will see 2,000 chefs on five continents celebrating French cuisine on this one night. In Vancouver, Bistro Pastis, Le Crocodile, and Save-on Meats with guest chef Alison Ramage (as part of the Greasy Spoon series) will be offering up unique multi-course menus. Visit the French consulate page for full menus and reservation information.
On Saturday, Mar. 25, as part of International Waffle Day, Café Medina will partner with Mealshare to offer their Belgian liege waffles as a Mealshare item, allowing guests to “buy a meal, give a meal” with every purchase. The Canadian charity provides meals to both local and international youth by partnering with restaurants. MedinaCafe.com| Mealshare.ca
On Sunday, Mar. 26, Café Ça Va is hosting a côte de boeuf dinner for $52 per person. The three-course menu includes organic salad, côte de boeuf with both pepper and chimichurri sauces, frites, and either panna cotta or floating island for dessert. CafeCaVa.com
On Tuesday, Mar. 28, Au Comptoir’s executive chef Dan McGee will welcome Cacao chef/owner Jefferson Alvarez for a one-night collaborative dinner. The six-course menu will see the two chefs alternating courses. Dishes include olive oil-poached smoked sockeye, maple and caraway-glazed duck breast, bison ceviche, roasted sturgeon and more. The meal also includes a welcome and dessert cocktail by Cacao bar manager Sergio Grandolfo, as well as wine pairings. Tickets $119 per person. AuComptoir.ca/Chefs-Dinner
On Saturday, April 22, the Garagiste North Wine Festival returns to Vancouver at the Art Works Gallery. Enjoy wine tastings, live music, food from Tacofino taco truck, and a Marquis Wine Cellars pop-up shop. Tickets $49 per person. Tickets via Eventbrite. GaragisteNorth.com
