Vancouver Magazine
Care to travel the world, one plate at time? Visit Kamloops.
Flaky, Fluffy and Freaking Delicious: Vancouver’s Top Fry Bread and Bannock
The Best Gelato in Canada Was Made in a Hotel Room (and You Can Get it Now in Kitsilano)
Wine Collab of the Week: The Best Bottle to Welcome a Vancouver Spring
Naked Malt Blended Malt Scotch Whisky Celebrates Versatility and Spirit
A $13 Wine You Can Age in Your Cellar
5 Things to Do in Vancouver This Week (March 20-26)
5 Things to Do in Vancouver This Week (March 13-19)
Looking for a Hobby? Here’s 8 Places in Vancouver You Can Pick Up a New Skill
What It’s Like to Get Lost on a Run With a Pro Trail Runner
8 Things to Do in Abbotsford (Even If It’s Pouring Rain)
Explore the Rockies by Rail with Rocky Mountaineer
The Future of Beauty: How One Medical Aesthetics Clinic is Changing the Game
Before Hibernation Season Ends: A Round-Up of the Coziest Shopping Picks
On the Rise: Adhere To’s Puffer Jackets Are Designed With the Future in Mind
At Alvin Garden (Gold) the searingly spicy cooking is unlike anything else in Vancouver. Punches of heat are balanced against vinegary tang and tight seasoning—this is not for the faint of heart. Lamb with cumin, beef with picked peppers, and spicy pork heart all snap the heat lash. (For the more timid, the tea-smoked duck is one of the best iterations in the city.) Good Choice (Silver) reunites the cooking team from Super Happiness (same location) with a concentration on Cantonese-style home cooking raised with just the right amount of savoury seasoning. Judges loved first-draw soy sauce crab, all briny sweetness and salty green onion; and lush, tender Swatow-style soy-braised duck. Ho Yuen Kee (Bronze) continues to provide fortunate crabs with happy endings: try fried whole over lotus-leaf-perfumed sticky rice studded with corn and tobiko.
