In addition to the Powell Street Festival, which was blogged yesterday, there were a lot of other activities this last (long) weekend. For example, Celebration of Light (which I chose not to go to because of previous bad experiences after the fireworks) and the topic of today’s post: the Pride Parade in Downtown Vancouver, brought by the Vancouver Pride Society. Now, before I continue with this photo essay, I must mention this post has absolutely no food component, some faces have been blurred (to “protect” them) and at least one picture contains nudity (while I personally have no problems with nudity, in one instance, I had to black out a section outright, as it might offend some). Since you have been warned I will implement some censoring/filtering on any comments. After all, you were warned!
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Events,
Vancouver,
West End
Yup, yet another summer festival! After being disappointed with the Caribbean Days Festival last week, I had higher expectations for this weeks’: The Powell Street Festival! As for the festivities, according to their site, it is to celebrate the arts and culture of Japanese Canadians and Asian Canadians, to encourage Asian Canadians to take a leadership role in the development of the arts in Canada, and to foster community development through cultural events. However, I will have to say it is not that much Asian but mainly Japanese. Not complaining here! Enjoy this photo essay.
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Chicken,
Events,
Japanese,
Noodles,
Vancouver
Yesterday it was another hot summer weekend but, along with it, another summer festival! In this case, after a short hop via the Seabus to Lonsdale Quay then a short walk to Waterfront Park, the Caribbean Days Festival! (Courtesy of Trinidad and Tobago Cultural Society). So, without further ado.
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Caribbean,
Chicken,
Curry,
Fish,
Latin America,
North Vancouver,
Vancouver
I guess I am starting to make this into a trend, hehehehe. As part of the on-going summer (food-related) events in Vancouver, yesterday, I went to the Pacific National Exhibition for an event called CityTv’s Taste of the City. And what is this event? Organized by CityTV, one of the local television system, it is all about food, as the name suggests. In this case, over 20 restaurants would showcase some of their dishes and the samples would cost between $1 to $4.
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Dessert,
Events,
Fish,
Hot Dog,
Random,
Seafood,
Snacks,
Vancouver
As mentioned in yesterday’s post, it was Canada Day. And, as expected, there were events related to this celebration across Metro Vancouver. In my case, I went to the “main” celebration location: Canada Place.
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Downtown,
Events,
Fish,
Seafood,
Snacks,
Vancouver
Alvin Garden
4850 Imperial Street
Burnaby, BC
A bit over a month ago, a group of food bloggers went to Long’s Noodle House (you can see my post on that gathering here). We agreed we should do this again and the responsibility to organize the next event felt into the shoulders of Sherman of Sherman’s Food Adventures. But, soon after, other bloggers expressed their interest on joining us and, in the end, we had a relatively large group (in alpha order of their site):
Edit: Links to individual post on Alvin Garden added.
And, of course, myself. Absent from our previous gathering were Ben and Suanne of ChowTimes and Angie of Sea Salt with Food, who had prior commitments.
And now, the place… Alvin Garden, listed as bronze award winner by Vancouver Magazine in the Best Casual category. If it is a winner, we ought to blog it, right? ^_^
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Burnaby,
Chinese,
Fish,
Pork
Vancouver Greek Summer Fest 2009
4541 Boundary Road
Vancouver, BC
On last Friday’s post, I mentioned about the Greek Summer Festival, which opened on, well, Friday. While the ideal situation would have been going there for lunch, my workplace is nowhere near Boundary (not to mention I had already scheduled a lunch with friends), so the only option remaining was to go after my “usual” Friday night activities. And, here it goes, the Vancouver Greek Summer Festival!
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Greek,
Vancouver
