Burgoo: Onion Soup and a Blast from the Past

By |2019-01-22T00:48:11-08:00January 22nd, 2019|Dining, Belly's Best Bites, Latest Posts|

Burgoo is comfort food central. Yesterday a few of us dropped by Burgoo on Burrard for lunch. It turned out to be the perfect choice for a warming bowl of French onion soup and a good salad. The soup was wickedly good, topped with lashings of broiled cheese and packed with croutons in a tasty [...]

5 Dine Out Vancouver $15 Real Deals Worth a Bite

By |2023-01-15T14:24:05-08:00January 16th, 2019|Dining, Latest Posts|

Dine Out! Is it really that time of year again already? Indeed, it is. Tourism Vancouver's Dine Out Festival returns January 18 to Feb 3. In the beginning the two week event (which first took flight 17 years ago) was little more than a discount loss leader. It was conceived as a way to blow away [...]

A Value Grab-Bag of Worthy Wines Under $20

By |2019-01-22T16:41:31-08:00November 8th, 2014|Wine|

Wringing more wine from your buck: good value drops under $20 ©Tim Pawsey photoAside from expanding my horizons, one of the reasons I enjoy traveling is the chance to exchange ideas with people from elsewhere. During last week’s swing through Galicia we got chatting about the retail price ‘sweet spot’ that everyone covets. Interestingly, my friend [...]

Vancouver’s upstairs Gurkha Himalayan Kitchen adds a different dimension to West End dining

By |2018-01-21T15:05:17-08:00May 8th, 2014|Belly's Budget Best, Dining|

Taas, a tasty starter plate of grilled lamb with puffed rice, garnished with fresh cilantro, Tim Pawsey photo (Updated May 8, 2014) Upstairs restaurants (i.e. those without any significant street level presence) can be notoriously challenging. In a business where 'location, location, location' is everything, you can count one hand those in downtown [...]

No Time Like the Present to Jump on Wagon Rouge

By |2023-03-20T09:01:39-07:00February 20th, 2014|Dining|

  Bistro Wagon Rouge serves French classics in a cosy setting Wagon Rouge is one of those places where, if I lived in the ‘hood, I’d be every day. And, apparently, it's where a lot of people already are. My intro to the unfettered Gallic offshoot of Brad Miller’s popular Red Wagon diner [...]

Dazzled by the dumplings at Lin. Again!

By |2018-01-21T15:05:19-08:00January 23rd, 2014|Belly's Best Bites, Belly's Budget Best, Restaurant Reviews|

Six delicious little juicy packets You will no doubt be horrified to learn that the Hired Belly can be fickle, even, occasionally, weak-willed—especially when it comes to certain foods. Nevertheless, I’ve learned over the years that the path of least resistance is usually the most prudent course of action. The other day I [...]

10 Sure Bets: The 2014 Dine Out Vancouver Short List

By |2023-11-03T09:32:03-07:00January 8th, 2014|Belly's Best Bites, Belly's Budget Best, Hired Belly's Best Wines, Uncategorized|

Dine Out Vancouver: It's about food and wine UPDATED, Jan 16, 2014. The Trouble with Dine Out Lists... Is that you're guaranteed to miss not only a few worthy restos but likely many. So be it. However, here, in random order (i.e. as I think about them or hear about them from reliable sources), is [...]

Siena: Vancouver’s South Granville Enjoys a New Rising Star

By |2018-08-17T17:33:35-07:00November 26th, 2013|Belly's Best Bites, Belly's Budget Best, Dining, Restaurant Reviews|

  UPDATED, April 16, 2017. Change of ownership. UPDATED, NOV 26TH, 2013... Siena Offers Granville Shoppers 15% Off! (from the release) Siena Restaurant is getting in the holiday spirit by rewarding South Granville merchant shoppers with a 15% discount when they show a purchase receipt. Step outside the mall and take a walk down South [...]

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