Taste Tours, Lunch & Learn Seminars, Chef Demo, Wine & Cheese, Kids Activities and more!...
Lonsdale Quay Market is sponsoring Savour, a food and beverage festival from Wed Oct 19th until Sun Oct 23rd. Experience fine foods from locally grown produce to imported delicacies. Join the Market Taste Tours, attend Lunch & Learn Seminars, watch Chef demos, savour some wine & cheese and more at this free family friendly event.

Email events@lonsdalequay.com to register for activities. Space is limited so sign up ASAP!

Schedule
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
12pm: Lunch & Learn Seminar - Healthy Snacks Presented by: Vitamin K Nutrition Consulting
5pm: Market Taste Tour

Thursday, October 20, 2011
12pm: Lunch & Learn Seminar - Seafood Tips & Tricks Presented by: Kosta the Fishmonger
5pm: Market Taste Tour

Friday, October 21, 2011
12pm: Lunch & Learn Seminar - Chef Demonstration Presented by: Sharky’s Chophouse
5pm: Market Taste Tour


Saturday, October 22, 2011 
11am: Market Taste Tour
12-3pm: Cordon Bleu Kids - Chef Hat Decorating
1-3pm: Lunch & Learn Seminar Wine & Cheese Tasting Presented by: Artisan Wine Shop & Prima Italian Market

Sunday, October 23, 2011 
12-3pm: Cordon Bleu Kids - Chef Hat Decorating
1pm: Lunch & Learn Seminar Healthy Eating for Kids Presented by: Vitamin K Nutrition Consulting
2pm: Market Taste Tour

Where
Lonsdale Quay Market, North Vancouver

Source: http://www.lonsdalequay.com/events.cfm

The 7th annual Taste of Yaletown will starting this Wednesday. Your favourite restaurants in Yaletown Vancouver will be offering fix-priced 3 course menus. This is a great time to try out that restaurant you've always wanted! Also, a portion of the profits from this event will be donated to the Greater Vancouver Food Bank! 


Here's the list of restaurants and their menus:

Bistro Sakana
View $35 Menu | Contact the Restaurant

Brix Restaurant
View $35 Menu | Contact the Restaurant

Cento Notti
View $35 Menu | Contact the Restaurant

Charm Modern Thai & Bar
View $25 Menu | Contact the Restaurant

Earl’s Kitchen & Bar
View $35 Menu | Contact the Restaurant

George Lounge
View $25 Menu | Contact the Restaurant

Glowbal Grill Steaks & Satay
View $35 Menu | Contact the Restaurant

Goldfish Seafood & Chops
View $35 Menu | Contact the Restaurant

Hamilton Street Grill
View $25 Menu | View $35 Menu  |  Contact the Restaurant

Hapa Izakaya
View $25 Menu | Contact the Restaurant

Hurricane Grill
View $25 Menu | Contact the Restaurant

Milestone’s Grill & Bar
View $25 Menu | Contact the Restaurant

The New Oxford Public House
View $25 Menu | Contact the Restaurant

PHAT (Pretty Hot & Tasty)
View $25 Menu | Contact the Restaurant

Provence Marinaside
View $35 Menu | Contact the Restaurant

Rodney’s Oyster House
View $45 Menu | Contact the Restaurant

r.tl
View $25 Menu | View $35 Menu | Contact the Restaurant

Section (3)
View $25 Menu | Contact the Restaurant

Simply Thai
View $35 Menu | View $45 Menu | Contact the Restaurant

Society
View $25 Menu | Contact the Restaurant

Urban Thai Bistro
View $25 Menu | Contact the Restaurant

Yaletown Brewing Company
View $35 Menu | Contact the Restaurant


Here's a teaser on what to expect:

So I went to the Vancouver Home + Design show on Saturday with my family. This was perfect timing since we are considering doing major renos on our home and there were a couple of presentations I was interested in seeing.


Watching Ramsin's Reno gave us a lot of ideas on how to save energy and heat.


After that Jillian Harris came on to talk about decorating in your own style. She was pretty popular and drew a large crowd early on. I also found out that one of my co-workers is actually friends with Jillian! What a small world, eh?

 

Didn't stay to watch any cooking demos but the dishes being prepared looked delicious!


Outside the Fortis house some bacteria were walking around. lol so cute. My dad spent a lot of time inside that house looking at all the energy saving plumbing options.


How cool are these?! These chairs were on display in the centre of the aisle. Each had a before picture on the bottom. There were some pretty creatively decorated ones!


 

Friday, October 14, 2011

Vancouver Home + Design Show
12:00pm - 9:00pm
Vancouver Convention Centre, West Building
1055 Canada Place, Vancouver


Saturday, October 15, 2011

Fido Casting Call
8:00am - 6:00pm
Coopers Park, Nelson St, Vancouver

Harvest Festival
9:00am-2:00pm
West End Farmer's Market
1100 Block of Comox Street, Vancouver
(across from Nelson Park at Mole Hill)

Burnaby's Farmer's Market 
9:00am-2:00pm
Burnaby Village Museum (Carousel Meadow)
6501 Deer Lake Avenue  

Travel Expo
10:00am - 5:00pm
Vancouver Convention Centre East Building
999 Canada Place, Vancouver 

Baker's Market - $1 donation to Breast Cancer
11:00am - 3:00pm
Moberly Arts & Cultural Centre
7646 Prince Albert Street, Vancouver

UBC Applefest - $4 admission
11:00am - 4:00pm
UBC Botanical Garden
6804 SW Marine Drive Vancouver

Richmond Film "Feastival"
11:00am, 1:00pm, 3:00pm (three movies)
Richmond Cultural Centre
7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond  

Pumpkin Fest Sponsored by Park Royal
11:30am- 5:00pm
West Vancouver Community Centre
2121 Marine Drive,West Vancouver

Steveston Scarecrow Crawl and Hayday
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Fisherman's Park (grassy area in front of the Cannery, Steveston, Richmond 

Vancouver Home + Design Show
10:00am - 9:00pm
Vancouver Convention Centre, West Building
1055 Canada Place, Vancouver


Sunday, October 16, 2011

Travel Expo
11:00am - 5:00pm
Vancouver Convention Centre East Building
999 Canada Place, Vancouver  

2011 Steveston Farmers and Artisans Market 
10:00am - 4:00pm
Corner of Third Avenue & Moncton Street, Richmond, BC 

UBC Applefest - $4 admission
11:00am - 4:00pm
UBC Botanical Garden
6804 SW Marine Drive Vancouver

Pumpkin Fest Sponsored by Park Royal
11:30am- 5:00pm
West Vancouver Community Centre
2121 Marine Drive,West Vancouver

Vancouver Home + Design Show
10:00am - 6:00pm
Vancouver Convention Centre, West Building
1055 Canada Place, Vancouver

Footloose is a remake of the 1984 film of the same name which follows Ren McCormack (Kenny Wormald) who moves from Boston to small town Bomont to live with his aunt and uncle after the death of his mother. He makes friends with Willard (Miles Teller) at school and quickly becomes smitten on Rev. Shaw Moore (Dennis Quaid)'s rebel daughter Ariel (Julianne Hough) who has a bad boyfriend. Through Willard and his classmates, he discovers that dancing and loud rock 'n' roll music is outlawed and decides it is his duty to bring the fun back into town.

I must confess as a person who has never seen the original before, the movie was kind of ho-hum. I think the problem was that they tried to update the movie yet still keep it in the 80s style so it didn't quite mesh. Sure they put in iPods but the rest of the movie seemed to be straight from the 80s including hairstyles and clothing. I also wasn't keen on the dancing style. I loved the footwork but the rest is so...flingy...almost like a seizure. 

Ren kind of reminds me of Wade Walker from Crybaby in his looks for some reason. I thought the scene where Ren dances angrily alone in the warehouse was kind of strange and out of the blue but apparently the original movie also had this scene...so it makes sense.

One thing I really loved was the soundtrack! Especially the opening and closing song: Footloose. It is such an awesome song to dance to!

Footloose opens in theatres Friday, October 14, 2011.

Home and Garden Events on Facebook is awesome enough to give its followers free tickets to the show!
Get a pair of FREE TICKETS with promo code FBFRIEND! Hurry, this special offer is only available to the first 500 people. Click here to get your tix: http://bit.ly/kQWAMn.

Find out more about the show here: http://vancouverhomeanddesignshow.com/.

And remember to follow them on Facebook and thank them! http://www.facebook.com/homeandgardenevents

When
Thursday, October 13 - Sunday, October 16

Where
Vancouver Convention Centre
1055 Canada Place, Vancouver

Join Richmond's first film festival featuring food! The Richmond Food Security Society brings you three films for viewing free of charge. Bring your own popcorn!

11 am - Food Security - It's in Your Hands
1pm - Dirt!
3pm - The Garden

Movie details are below (descriptions taken from FB page): 

Food Security - It's in Your Hands
This documentary features food producers and farmers of Vancouver Island and how they struggle to provide a continuous, healthy food supply for Island residents in the face of corporate agricultural conglomerates and a population that seems to prefer cheaper, imported food.

Dirt!
Industrial farming, mining, and urban development have endangered the soil and resulted in cataclysmic droughts, starvation, floods, and climate change. How can humans reconnect to dirt — the living skin of the Earth?

The Garden
From the ashes of the L.A. riots arose a lush, 14-acre community garden, the largest of its kind in the United States. Now bulldozers threaten its future.


When
Saturday, October 15th
11:00am - 5:00pm

Where
Richmond Cultural Centre
7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond

RSVP to the Facebook event here: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=278505478845920

RSVP to the Facebook event here: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=210098489055803

Celebrate Fall at Pumpkin Fest with an old-fashioned community harvest festival sponsored by Park Royal! Enjoy a variety of family friendly activities including dance, golf, garden, baking, and free entertainment. There are a few paid activities (e.g. golf tournament, dance) but the overall event is free to attend.


Feature events:
· Community Dance featuring the Adam Woodall Band & Taste of Block 22 Restaurants
· All Ages Golf Tournament at Gleneagles Golf Course
· Peter Jones Memorial Pie Baking Contest
· Pumpkin carving/scarecrow/vegetable growing competitions
· Organic gardening and sustainability workshops
· Family Activity Zone with crafts and games
· Afternoon Tea with Symphonia
· Pumpkin Patch and Pumpkin Path
· Evening Campfire with the Girl Guides and Scouts
· Pumpkin Swim and Pumpkin Skate
· Variety of exhibitions and entertainment at the Community Centre Civic Site
 
When
Saturday, October 15  to Sunday October 16
11:30am- 5:00pm

Where
West Vancouver Community Centre
2121 Marine Drive,West Vancouver


For more details and to register, please visit www.pumpkinfest2011.org!

RSVP at the Facebook event here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=255148027855178

The Flight Centre is again bringing travelers and exhibitors together in this big event at the Vancouver Convention Centre. You can learn more about the world of travel and all the options available. There will also be entertainment, travel presentations and prize giveaways at this event. 

You can also have a chance to win an all-inclusive trip for 2 to select destinations in Mexico and the Caribbean if you pre-register here: http://www.flightcentre.ca/travelexpo/pre-register

When
Saturday October 15th, 2011, 10am - 5pm
Sunday October 16th, 2011, 11am - 5pm

Where
Vancouver Convention Centre East Building
999 Canada Place, Vancouver

Source: http://www.flightcentre.ca/travelexpo/ 

Colbie Caillat performed at the Commodore yesterday night and I got a chance to go to this sold out show courtesy of the Kiah & Tara Jean show on Virgin Radio 95.3. Follow them on Twitter @TaraJean953, @KiahTucker and @VirginRadio953 and also on Facebook: Kiah & Tara Jean and Virgin Radio 953 to get in on awesome giveaways and entertainment galore!
    
Andy Grammar opened and was pretty entertaining. He kept referring to Tim Hortons as "Jim Hortons" LOL. His music is quite good too.


I loved the stage decor. It had a relaxing feeling to it with the rugs and pillows everywhere.

Colbie Caillat drumset

Colbie Caillat was awesome. I love all her songs and so did the crowd. We sang and danced to each one! Colbie encouraged us to, too! She must have some Canadian blood in her since she kept saying "thank you" after every song. So cute. She didn't have an encore since she acknowledged how silly it was to go back stage just to come back out again and she wanted to spend more time with us! Awwww! So she just sang straight until the end. She's an amazing person and awesome artist. Yay Colbie Caillat!!!

Colbie Caillat's band

Here's a clip of my favourite song - Brighter Than The Sun

At the Shop 'Til You Drop event at Metrotown last Thursday, we stopped to eat dinner at Stonegrill @ the Met. It is a spacious restaurant with nice ambiance. It wasn't crowded which was understandable since everyone was out shopping.


Eager to get on with our shopping, we ordered quickly. I decided on one of the Prix Fixe meals which comes with a salad or soup and a dessert. I choose the Atlantic Salmon Fillet and Creme Burlee for dessert. The salads came quickly but we waited for more than half an hour before the main dishes came out and it wasn't that busy in the restaurant either!

The salmon was delicious though! It was lightly seasoned with rock salt sprinkled around the stone. It was sooo good. Only the salmon though. The risotto and vegetables that came with weren't very good. The risotto was too rich to my taste and the vegetables were too oily. However the salmon made up for it and filled me up.

Atlantic Salmon Filet

Cooking my meal

My fellow shoppers opted to try non-stone dishes. They thought the linguine was good but the chicken wasn't too special. The linguine was also include in the Prix Fixe options so we ordered the other dessert Tiramisu.

Scallops Linguine in Thai Crab Cream

Chicken with rice and vegetables?

I was disappointed that after we finished our meal our waitress told us they had run out of their signature Creme Burlee! =( So we opted to get some plain vanilla ice cream instead and shared the tiramisu. The dessert looked nice but it just ok. I've tasted better tiramisu and this one didn't excite me. 

Tiramisu

Would I go back? Yeah, probably but only to try the stone grill dishes. The regular ones don't seem to be worth it. Maybe the one downtown is better?