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Eating Vancouver City Style

Eating Vancouver City Style

31 July 2021 22 June 2021 Nosh and Nibble Leave a commentFood and Restaurants, Traditional Cuisines

Vancouver, as a multicultural, multi-faceted city, caters to all its patrons and visitors alike.  If you like fine dining, you will find many restaurants offering menus with traditional cuisine, or cuisines of other nations, or a fusion of cultural foods.

The food trucks cater to the more casual food offerings that can be eaten while walking or having a quick sit-down on a bench.

Restaurants inside hotels and casinos can have a particular vibe they want to display and something special for their patrons to experience.  You dress up for these types of occasions. But, if you would rather be outside while experiencing the food in Vancouver, there are also enough special foods and events to experience without having to dress in your best finery.

Vancouver is very proud of its heritage and the traditions that built its food style.  They are concerned about keeping natural food sources safe and sustainable for years to come.  Using the local farmers’, local winemakers’, and local cheesemaker’s products, and the seafood offered by the Pacific, they make sure that the local resources stay productive.

Food menus may change throughout the year for those restaurants using only local produce and serving mostly traditional foods.  Each season has different food to offer.

Vancouverites also believe in using the whole of what is sourced, for example; the whole animal, from the nose to the tail.  Nothing is left to waste.

Each region’s food is different because of the difference in climate and proximity to water.  Imported influences from other cultures also feature in this difference.

Vancouver adopted all the new influences and incorporated some with their traditional food, and found a new food trend.  But, you will also find restaurants of every culture in the city.  Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Italian, Indian, and many more cultures’ food samples can be found in fine dining restaurants and at the food trucks.

The people living in Vancouver love their food, their natural resources, and they love boasting about their good fortune in having these iconic and sustainable food offerings.

Traditional Vancouver Recipes to Prepare at Home

Traditional Vancouver Recipes to Prepare at Home

12 July 2021 14 June 2021 Nosh and Nibble Leave a commentRecipes, Traditional Cuisines

Sharing traditional recipes is very important for the continuance of that tradition.  In the early days, the recipes were passed down from generation to generation to keep it going.  But today we have the privilege to write down recipes on paper.  We can type recipes.  We can gather and compile recipes, and bind them together in a recipe book.

Try these traditional Vancouver recipes.

Hoisin-Glazed Salmon

Ingredients:

A quarter cup of “hoisin sauce”

1 tablespoon of chili garlic sauce

2 tablespoons of freshly squeezed lemon juice

1 tablespoon of ginger root, freshly grated

1 pressed garlic clove

2 tablespoons of olive oil

6 salmon fillets, skinned and boned

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Whisk together all ingredients in a 9 x 13-inch dish.  Place the salmon fillets into the marinade and drizzle over the fillets.  Bake until the salmon fillets can be flaked easily.  Approximately 30 minutes.  Serve hot with cooked rice.

Nanaimo Bars

Ingredients:

Half a cup of softened butter

A quarter cup of white sugar

5 tablespoons of cocoa powder, unsweetened

1 beaten egg

1 and 3 quarters cups of crumbled graham crackers

1 cup of coconut, flaked

Half a cup of chopped almonds (finely chopped) – Optional

Half a cup of softened butter

3 tablespoons of heavy cream

2 tablespoons of custard powder

4 squares of baking chocolate, semisweet

2 teaspoons of butter

Directions:

The bottom layer is the graham crackers mixed with butter and placed in the bottom of the pan.  Cream together the cream, custard powder, and butter and spread over the bottom layer. Chill.  Melt chocolate and butter and spread over chilled bars.  Serve when set.

You can even get video tutorials showing you how to prepare a recipe.  We have so many ways we can share our traditions and culture, much more than our ancestors had.

Vancouver, a City to Experience Good Food and Good Play

Vancouver, a City to Experience Good Food and Good Play

5 July 2021 22 June 2021 Nosh and Nibble Leave a commentFood and Restaurants

When visiting any city it is good to do research beforehand on what you can expect. If you are interested in good dining, specialized cuisine, or hidden treasures, you can find lots of information to guide you in your quest.

Vancouver is a great city with an exceptional variety of different cultural and traditional cuisines that you can experience.  While walking through the city streets you will experience an appreciation for fine dining and good food.

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You will also find fast-food restaurants and takeaway joints where the normal burger and fries, fried chicken, and sandwiches can be ordered.  Well-known fast-food chains, and local fast-food restaurants, provide hunger-busting, flavorful take-a-ways.

Vancouver also has unique, multicultural, specialties they like to eat.  A few of these are: “JapaDog”, a hotdog inspired by Japanese ingredients; “Salmon Candy”, salmon, smoked and glazed with either locally produced honey or maple syrup; “Coffee” is taken very seriously and you will find quite a few cozy shops to try out some flavors.

Restaurants in Vancouver find their inspiration in their proximity to the wine country of Okanagan, food produced in the Fraser Valley and the Pacific Ocean.  Fresh, seasonal ingredients that are sourced locally, seafood, meat procured from well-fed cattle, and, of course, the locally produced wines, will give a wonderful culinary journey.

Vancouver is a city for foodies.  It has a culture with unique tastes in food, innovative food trends, and a city with many “must try this” foods.  You will find restaurants almost anywhere, in hotels, in casinos, and sometimes tucked away from the hustle and bustle, that will serve you food that is unique to Vancouver.

Cuisines that Influenced Vancouver’s Food Culture

Cuisines that Influenced Vancouver’s Food Culture

22 June 2021 22 June 2021 Nosh and Nibble Leave a commentTraditional Cuisines

The earliest influences on Canadian cuisine came from England, Scotland, and France.  You will also find that different cuisines influenced different regions in Canada.

English Canada’s cuisine relates closely to cuisine in Britain.  French Canada was influenced by French cuisine.  The difficulties that new colonials faced during the 16th-century and onwards also changed their food culture.

The 19th and 20th centuries brought more influences from all parts of Europe, parts of Asia, and the Caribbean.

These influences affected the regional cuisines throughout the nation.  And, before all these influences, there were the Indigenous peoples with their traditional cuisine.  Based on wild game, farmed products, and foraged foods, their food changed with the seasons.  They used local resources and techniques to prepare their food.

With the influences from other countries’ cuisines, traditional food in Vancouveris called a “fusion of cuisines”.  Traditional might not be the best description of these foods, but the foods had their origin in tradition.

For this reason, you could not visit Vancouver without trying their seafood dishes, such as wild salmon, spot prawns, mussels, crab, or oysters.  Caught daily and locally.  Seafoodis a great part of the food culture and tradition.

Another fact that can be seen as traditional is that the people care where the food comes from.  They want to know that the ingredients are sourced locally and that will also show in their meals.  Restaurant menus may vary throughout the year with seasonal offerings.

Fine dining restaurants serving traditional dishes which change with the seasonal food offerings can also be found in casino resorts.  You can dine, play online casino games, and relax in luxurious surroundings.  To play casino games is great fun and great for relaxing.

Even though the food culture is hard to define, the people of Vancouver love food.  Whether it is seasonal seafood, a prime cut of meat, ramen noodles, summer tomatoes, or wild salmon; their food excites them.

The Diversity of Vancouver’s Food Culture Explained

The Diversity of Vancouver’s Food Culture Explained

21 June 2021 22 June 2021 Nosh and Nibble Leave a commentTraditional Cuisines

Vancouver is part of a nation that largely consists of immigrants from all over the world.  The immigrants brought with them the cultures and food traditions of their home countries.  From the earliest times, the influences of other cultures were fused with the original, traditional foods of Vancouver which changed the look of both culture’s food.

Other influences come with the proximity of the ocean, the mountains, and easy access to agricultural land.  Traveling from coast to coast to border will bring about different staples.  Seasonal produce also changes what is offered in restaurants or when buying ingredients for preparing your food.

Being a multicultural city, influenced from the earliest by Britain, Scotland, and France, and also influencing those cuisines, the diversity is understandable.  And then later, more cultures and cuisines were added.

Japan, China, the Mediterranean, India, and many more immigrants from other countries, came into the mix of fusing traditions and cultures together.  This only meant excellence in food offerings.

Salmon is a traditional staple from early times, and Sushi is a newer traditional food added to the mix.  Maple syrup comes in as an original, traditional staple, and then you can add Butter tarts as a more current tradition.  Roast turkey, venison, duck, and roast beef can be added from Polish and Hungarian heritage, now tradition in Vancouver.

Vancouverites are very passionate about their food and the components that go into the preparation of a meal.  They care about the sustainability of sources, using everything that can be used, and they use mostly local produce.

These are all traditions that came down from the earliest occupants of this region.  Gather and catch that which is available and use it well.

5 Fun History Facts about Vancouver

5 Fun History Facts about Vancouver

31 May 2021 22 June 2021 Nosh and Nibble Leave a commentRecipes, Traditional Cuisines

Traditional food in Vancouver can be found easily in the many restaurants that specialize in specific foods that are authentic to a certain culture or country.  Traditional recipes are usually exchanged and handed down from one generation to the next generation.

These traditional handovers, or hand-me-down information, give a lot of strength to people believing that they know all there is to know about traditions.  The cultural traditions come with the territory.

The people living in Vancouver like to think that nobody can surprise them with facts about their city and food.  Surely, they would know everything worth knowing?

But because they are proud of their city and like to boast about it, does not mean they really know all the interesting facts.  Some facts might be new to many living in Vancouver.

Here is a list of 5 randomly strange facts about Vancouver that you may find interesting and quite entertaining.

More than 40% of people living in Vancouver were not born there.  Vancouver is second to only Toronto, being the most international city in Canada.

The city of Vancouver has five sister cities including Los Angeles in the United States, Edinburgh in Scotland, Yokohama in Japan, Odessa in Ukraine, and Guangzhou in China.

In 1886 the Great Vancouver Fire burned down most of the city. The fire was started to clear some land and then destroyed most of Vancouver.

A Sushi Chef from Vancouver invented the “California Roll”.

Vancouver ranked at no.10 as the cleanest city worldwide.

Vancouver is worldwide rated as the fifth top city for a good quality of living but is also ranked as having very expensive housing and rated as the most expensive to live in.  Vancouver’s location makes it a popular destination for tourists making tourism its second-largest income generator, Forestry being the biggest.

Vancouver has also become a well-known center for the film industry and television productions and earned itself the nickname of “Hollywood of the North”.  Vancouver is a city worth visiting.

How to find the best restaurants in Vancouver

How to find the best restaurants in Vancouver

12 May 2021 22 June 2021 Nosh and Nibble Leave a commentFood and Restaurants

Vancouver is an incredibly diverse and multicultural city and this uniqueness is clearly displayed in the food that is offered in restaurants.  But Vancouver’s food scene might be a well-kept secret to many.

Vancouver is not a big city but gives the impression that it is.  It is rather a lot of high-rise buildings that are crammed in a small space, with as many restaurants as buildings.  Choosing someplace to eat can be very difficult.  It will help a lot if a few pointers in the right restaurant direction are given.

Here are a few pointers to finding a good restaurant.

Seafood:  Seafood being a traditional staple food of Vancouver, you will find nothing but the best at these restaurants.  The local restaurant “Boulevard” raked in quite a few awards.

Canadian:  These restaurants will serve diners local dishes and local wine, using local recipes.  At Edible Canada, you will be served a Canadian meal in a room that feels like a cozy cabin.

Japanese:  Another great restaurant is Tojos where Chef Tojo invented the California Roll in Vancouver.

Comfort Food:  Parsnip fries, seasonal dinners with mussels, and pork belly bites can be seen as comfort food in Vancouver.  These meals are served at many restaurants.

These are only a few of the restaurants that will offer their patrons excellent food, wine, and ambiance.  The list of good, better, and best restaurants in Vancouver is extensive, and to visit them all might not be possible. However, when you try the Vancouver Foodie Tours, you can maybe sample the food of half of them.

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