5 February, 2010 (13:28) | Food, Restaurant, Vancouver
“A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step” – Lao Tzu And so the journey, or rather, the quest for Vancouver’s finest crème brulée has taken me to familiar and unfamiliar places. The single step that started the journey began at the Glowbal Restaurant with their Crème Brulée Shooter – an [...]
Tags: Creme Brulee, East Hastings Street, Food, Japantown, Strathcona
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1 January, 2010 (03:57) | Business, Canada, Food, Vancouver
Denman Street is home to Kingyo, a Japanese Izakaya-style restaurant that serves their own exquisite version of the crème brulée. The location is memorable to me since this is where the small bistro Enthuze used to be located – the place that inspired me to create Vancouver’s comprehensive guide to crème brulée many years ago. [...]
Tags: Creme Brulee, Denman Street, Vancouver, West End
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14 December, 2009 (22:48) | Business, Canada, Food, Vancouver
The Terminal City Club is one of the world’s most respected private business clubs. The members have a multitude of facilities at their fingertips – a full-size pool, fitness facilities, snooker room, grill, wine bar, fine dining and more. The Club’s Pastry Chef, Fumiko Moreton, recently gained some notoriety by competing in the International Culinary [...]
Tags: Creme Brulee, Vancouver, West Hastings Street
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7 December, 2009 (21:58) | Food, Restaurant, Vancouver
It’s a song from the 90s and it’s come back to haunt you. Well…. not really. The folks at CinCin put together a crème brulée with a type a cherry that sounds kinda like it. What’s better is the crème brulée is pretty kickass and when the food is kickass, through some mystic power, my [...]
Tags: CinCin, Creme Brulee, Robson Street, Vancouver
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28 November, 2009 (23:13) | Food, Restaurant, Vancouver
Bacon. It’s the greatest food in the world and after this episode of my quest, I’d say it’s one of the most versatile, too! So what the heck do bacon and creme brulee have to do with each other? Well, in Brulee Quest, we’re searching for Vancouver’s undiscovered crème brulée. It’s published every Friday in [...]
Tags: Creme Brulee, Vancouver, Yaletown
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21 November, 2009 (09:57) | Food, Restaurant, Vancouver
A new week, a new quest – this time we’re searching for Vancouver’s undiscovered crème brulée and it’s published every Friday in Vancouver’s 24hrs newspaper. You can download this week’s version in PDF format HERE (or grab the full newspaper HERE,) or just keep reading (the unrated version) below. Brulée Quest – the search for [...]
Tags: Creme Brulee, Vancouver, Yaletown
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