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Chinese Restaurant Awards: 2014 Diners Choice Winners

Landmark Restaurant hotpot

   Just announced: the winners of the 2014 Chinese Restaurant Awards, Diners’ Choice, as tabulated from 19,612 ballots. The Chinese Restaurant Awards have grown from small beginnings into a hotly contested process that focuses a much needed spotlight on the top Chinese tastes in Metro Vancouver. The awards are divided into two parts: the Diners Choice, […]

Read more March 10, 2014 Belly's Best Bites

Wild Rice Closes Groundbreaking Original

Wild Rice: Andrew Wong and Stu Irving

Wild Rice, Andrew Wong’s trend-setting downtown room at Vancouver’s Pender and Carrall streets, has closed. Wong has decided to focus his energies entirely on Wild Rice Bistro at River Market, in New Westminster. I’m sure he’ll do well at the centre of such a rapidly growing region. If you haven’t yet made the trip to River Market, […]

Read more February 2, 2014 Belly's Best Bites

Dazzled by the dumplings at Lin. Again!

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 found myself on the corner of Broadway […]

Read more January 23, 2014 Belly's Best Bites

Selbach at Sun Sui Wah: A Great Way to Welcome Chinese New Year

Johannes Selbach: loess is more, Tim Pawsey photo

Warning: This post is NSFNRL (Not Safe For Non-Riesling Lovers) …  I’m not sure what it is but the last couple of times I’ve been lucky enough to break bread with Johannes Selbach, it’s been in a Chinese Restaurant—which makes absolute sense. That’s because Selbach Oster is (mainly) all about Riesling—good Riesling at that. And […]

Read more February 16, 2013 Belly's Best Bites

Perfect Pairings: German Riesling (and more) Rules at Vancouver’s Bao Bei

We’re still stoked about last week’s German wine pairing dim sum, presented by the German Wine Institute with Master of Wine Jeannie Cho Lee, at Vancouver’s Bao Bei, Tanis Ling’s groundbreaking Chinese room. As we’re tight for time, here’s our North Shore News story (below) to bring you up to speed. In summary, though, we […]

Read more May 2, 2012 Belly's Best Bites

WHERE Vancouver Announces 15th Annual Where to Dine Awards

WHERE Vancouver (to whom the Hired Belly supplies considerable calorific content) yesterday unveiled the 15TH Annual Where to Dine Awards. The well attended (and well-run) event was hosted in superb fashion by Blue Water Café, who, as usual, catered to their industry peers with an array of seafood towers, sushi and more, not to mention […]

Read more April 28, 2011 Belly's Best Bites

HSBC Chinese Restaurant Awards: Metro Vancouver’s Best of the Best

We went to the HSBC Chinese Restaurant Awards this week. It was quite the spiffy affair, held in the main theatre at Richmond’s River Rock Casino. And we loved being able to hop on the Canada Line to be whisked from downtown in under 25 min. Once you’re at Bridgeport Station it’s an easy walk […]

Read more January 20, 2011 Belly's Best Bites