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
4 Fashion Designers From African Fashion Week Vancouver to Put on Your Radar
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
Hushed tones and warm service welcome at Gold-winner Spice Islands, where chef/owner Joseph Boon’s Indonesian fare is infused with Indian, Arabic, Dutch, and Chinese influences. “Save room for the spekkoek, an Indonesian take on the Dutch multilayered butter cake,” advised one judge. The menu at Bo Laksa King Bubbles and Bits (Silver) expertly traverses Malaysian, Singaporean, and Thai cuisines, but it’s the Burmese dishes that sing, like the fermented tea leaf salad (lahpet thoke), a buzzy mix of pungent tea leaves, tomatoes, fried garlic, crispy lentils, and cabbage. Abi Sharma is a charming guide to Nepalese food at Café Kathmandu (Bronze), where you’d be smart to order khasiko maasu, goat meat simmered until tender in a rich curry, or kaauli, an earthy dish of turmeric-infused cauliflower with fenugreek potatoes. Seri Malaysia and Banana Leaf (our judges liked the consistency of food and service at the original Broadway-at-Willow location) earned Honourable Mentions.
RETURN TO ALL RESTAURANT AWARDS 2012 RESULTS