A landmark in Vancouver is the PNE – the Pacific National Exhibition. However, during the last couple of weeks before Labour Day long weekend, The Fair opens… And, based on my experience last year, I chose to go there again this year! Here is a photo essay of my visit (thought the pictures are not necessarily in sequential order, hehehehe).
Before you continue, I must mention that some of the pictures are below par for several reasons: lots of people moving around, zoom (and crop) to take snapshot of other’s dishes and so on. I apologize for that! Also, while there will be a lot of comments, there are also 50+ images (around 15MB total). If you are on a slow connection, please, be patient!
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Photo Essay,
Vancouver
In the last month or so, I have been blogging the different festivals in Vancouver and more often than not, I post about it on Sunday. However, this one is slightly different. In previous posts, the festivals were two day (or more) festivities and I usually attend the first day. However, Latin Summer Fest, which is the celebration of the Latin American countries, always take place on a Sunday – this year, August 16. So, in a way, this post is a week late… ^_^;;;
Now, unlike my previous visits to festivals, I asked Ms. H to join me and along was also Drea of TBDFBTI. While waiting for them (I arrived “early”), I went around Trout Lake (the festivities take place in the parking lot of the community centre there) and looked around. So, enjoy this photo essay of the Latin Summer Fest 2009!
Edit: Kevin of 604 Foodtography also blogged about this event! Check it here.
I swear this exactly the same banner used last year, except they “changed” the date.
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Latin America,
Vancouver
Brave Bull’s House of Steaks
1298 E Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC
After our visit to Alvin Garden, I “volunteered” to organize the next food bloggers outing. But, I will say it right away: boy, I really messed up this time. I mean, who suggests an outing in the middle of summer? Add a last minute communication snafu and failure was only steps away (*). But, thankfully, Jenny (My Secret Eden), Jessica (Yumorama) and Frank (Vanfoodies) were able to make it… And the place for this gathering? Brave Bull’s House of Steaks.
Edit: Jessica’s post is up! Check it here!
Edit: Jenny’s post is up! Check it here!
(*) OK, Drea, feel free to blame me for all the epic fails we have had so far… 
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Steaks,
Vancouver
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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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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Japanese,
Noodles,
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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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,
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Fish,
Seafood,
Snacks,
Vancouver
