Street Meet

Having just earned the third best food truck city in North America title, Vancouver’s so-called food truck scene is no joke – at least according to the press. While I thought the food trucks in Vancouver are generally quite boring (with the exception of a select few), and I do prefer the sophistication and refinement in fine dining, I’m often tempted to try one of these trucks by food truck evangelists. (People walking around in downtown and standing in elevators with take out boxes in their hands doesn’t help either). Street Meet, a food truck not far from my office, is a food truck that featured “European style street food with fine dining techniques.”. Can this truck marry fine dining and street food into one happy couple?

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Mogu

When thinking of food trucks serving Japanese inspired food in Vancouver, there’s always the obvious heavyweight. There were some potential candidates that I saw back at the Richmond Night Market last year, but sadly, very few made it to the Vancouver food trucks club. Enter Mogu, now serving juicy, Japanese style sandwiches and light snacks.

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Oakwood Canadian Bistro

My back-to-back Dine Out expedition continued. We drove down the mountain after our classy dinner at Fraiche and decided to try a casual restaurant. It was a surprisingly tough decision, as more and more casual restaurants in Vancouver are starting to have remarkable quality and creativity – the line between fine dining and these new entrants just blurs. We settled on a restaurant that I actually wanted to try for a while – the Oakwood Canadian Bistro.

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Fraiche

It was the last day of Dine Out Vancouver 2013 and we finished the event off with a bang by visiting two restaurants in one night! I looked down the list of restaurants that was participating – pathetic layout for the website this year by the way – an entry that immediately caught my eye was Fraiche, a fine dining Pacific Northwest restaurant with some French influence. I’ve heard good things about this restaurant including a fun, exciting menu and a gorgeous view of the Vancouver skyline. Even though it was Dine Out Vancouver when we went, I was hoping it would be a representation of their regular menu, something that would lure me back. Read on to find out more.

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Five Sails

I’m clearing out my backlog posts and most of them are meals I’ve had during the annual Vancouver Dine Out 2013 festival. Having already tried most of restaurants that have a tier 3 menus, I returned to Five Sails after 2 years. Delicate presentation and of course the beautiful Downtown waterfront was what I remembered most from this restaurant. So what about the food itself?

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