2021-09-20 16:00
This is Part 8 of our Victoria Food Adventures! Check out the rest here! After a great afternoon of whale-watching, we made it down to Fishhook (website) in downtown Victoria per Angry… Read More
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2021-09-17 16:34
Update: This location has permanently closed. So I guess I took too long to write this post (a year actually!) as this location of Perverted Ice Cream (website) in Victoria has pe… Read More
2021-08-16 16:00
AngryRussian had heard good things about John’s Place and apparently, it’s a pretty iconic Victoria brunch spot, so we had to check it out. By the time we got to John’s Pla… Read More
2021-07-29 04:42
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2021-07-22 16:00
I always try to scope out a buck-a-shuck Happy Hour menu when we travel. For our Victoria trip I found Nautical Nellies Steak & Seafood House which is right by the water. The… Read More
2021-07-12 16:00
No idea why it’s taken me so long to write about Pho Edmonds. They are AngryRussian and my favorite Pho restaurant in the world. We come here at least once a week I have no… Read More
2021-05-05 16:00
AngryRussian and I decided to only have dinner during Happy Hour as we love appies anyways and eating early gives us more time to digest! Within walking distance to where we were staying was… Read More
2021-03-10 17:00
I’ve never been inclined to wait in long lineups for brunch. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good brunch but standing in long lineups just because a restaurant wants to create… Read More
2021-01-26 17:00
There are TONS of craft breweries over in Victoria so that’s right up AngryRussian’s alley! First stop after arriving into town was Category 12 Brewing! As usual we started… Read More
2021-01-06 17:00
Back in October when it was relatively ok to travel within the province, AngryRussian and I took our Anniversary trip over to Victoria. It’s been a while since both of us have be… Read More
2020-12-28 19:07
For my birthday dinner this year, AngryRussian took me to Kissa Tanto in Vancouver to celebrate. Kissa Tanto does Japanese/Italian fusion cuisine and while I’m usually weary of fusion… Read More
2020-11-03 17:00
Taiwanese Beef Noodle soup is one of my absolute favourite dishes to eat. The soup is always so hearty and I love the pickled mustard that goes along with it. Now I’ve always ass… Read More
2020-10-07 04:00
It had been forever since I’ve had Cantonese barbequed crispy pork and roast duck ever since my parents and I moved out of Richmond. I had a craving for it so took DaddyO out for… Read More
2020-09-15 16:00
This year for AngryRussian’s birthday I took him to St. Lawrence Restaurant for dinner. I had always wanted to try this place but have heard that the waiting list is quite long… Read More
2020-09-09 16:00
Our last restaurant stop in our Okanagan trip was the Masala Bistro at Kismet Estate Winery. We were at this winery the last time we were here but did not dine at the bistro. How… Read More
2020-07-29 16:00
The Saturday that we were in the Okanagan was a special day for AngryRussian and I, so we left our friends and headed to the Restaurant at Poplar Grove Winery for a special dinner. Popl… Read More
2020-07-09 16:00
After a day of wine tasting, we headed to Penticton for dinner at Salty’s Beach House. Salty’s Beach House is located directly across from Lake Okanagan in Downtown Pentict… Read More
2020-06-30 16:00
We decided to take it easy on the first night of our Naramata stay and ordered pizza delivery from Real Things Pizza. Their website is basic but kooky, their “Meet Our Employees… Read More
2020-06-24 16:00
Since we already have vacation time booked and BC has been doing pretty well, we decided to go with some friends to Naramata. On the way we stopped by Cannery Brewing in Penticto… Read More
2020-02-10 03:46
The winners have been drawn and thank you to all those that participated! There’s 1 winner for the pair of VIP Weekend Pass plus 6 additional winners for the 50% off codes to one… Read More
2020-02-01 16:00
Ok hello all! I’m very excited. This is likely the most exciting giveaway I’ve done thus far. I’m so excited to give away Two (2) VIP Weekend Passes to th… Read More
2020-01-25 00:16
This year, instead of getting one big birthday cake, I asked to go to Thierry Chocolates instead to get a couple treats. Thierry had always been on my list and since we’re gonna… Read More
2020-01-16 17:00
So this year for some reason, AngryRussian forgot that we usually keep our birthday restaurants a secret and told me that he’s taking me to Verre at Coal Harbour. When I said &ld&hell…Read More
2019-12-30 17:01
This year Fannypack and I did birthday dinner a little different. We didn’t tell each other where we’re taking them so it was fun to see what we came up with. &nb&hell…Read More
2019-12-20 17:00
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Food Blogger – Wendy (@eatnabout) on Dec 18, 2019 at 10:46pm PST I’m so excited to be able to bring you a promotional code for the Se… Read More
2019-12-09 17:00
Can you believe the holidays are almost here?! If you’re still looking for some last minute gift ideas, you’ve come to the right place! This year AngryRussian and I wanted… Read More
2019-11-20 02:00
This month, I went to Earl’s Happy Hour Brunch twice. Both times were at the newly opened, BEAUTIFUL Station Square location. Both times were glorious. Brunch is every Satu… Read More
2019-11-12 17:00
This is Part 3 of our Seattle Food and Wine Experience! Check out the rest here! Part 1: Seattle Food and Wine Experience 2019 – COMFORT Part 2: Seattle Food and Wine Experience… Read More
2019-11-05 17:00
For Fannypack’s birthday this year I took her to Como Taperia on Main Street. I had passed by this place many times and had always wanted to try it, so this was a great… Read More
2019-10-15 16:00
This is Part 2 of our Seattle Food and Wine Experience! Check out the rest here! Part 1: Seattle Food and Wine Experience 2019 – COMFORT Part 2: Seattle Food and Wine Experience… Read More
2019-10-15 16:00
This is Part 2 of our Seattle Food and Wine Experience! Check out the rest here! Part 1: Seattle Food and Wine Experience 2019 – COMFORT In February of this year I had the pleasu… Read More
2019-10-08 16:00
In February of this year I had the pleasure of attending the Seattle Wine and Food Experience in Seattle. The SWFE is a series of themed events held over 4 days at various venues… Read More
2019-09-24 16:00
Stanley Park Restaurant & Brewpub is a new restaurant that opened just a couple weeks ago by the JRG group in Stanley Park. It takes over the space that used to house one of my favourite… Read More
2019-08-23 04:00
We had drove by Sing Sing Beer Bar many times before and had always been intrigued by the neon “WE HAVE BEER” sign, so when PrettySis was in town it was an opportunity to go for… Read More
2019-08-16 16:00
AngryRussian and I decided to take a trip down to Fort Langley to check out a wedding venue. In order to make it more enticing to him to make the trip to Langley, I told him we could g… Read More
2019-08-16 08:08
AngryRussian and I decided to take a trip down to Fort Langley to check out a wedding venue. In order to make it more enticing to him to make the trip to Langley, I told him we could g… Read More
2019-04-03 16:30
This is Part 14 of our New York Food Adventures! Check out the rest here! Part 1: La Villetta – New York Part 2: Le Song at Chelsea Market – New York Part 3: The Donut Pub… Read More
2019-02-26 17:00
Hi all! I’m very happy to host my first ever Instagram giveaway! Up for grabs is a pair of matinee tickets to the Coquitlam Craft Beer Festival on March 9th! Matinee is fro… Read More
2019-02-19 17:00
This is Part 13 of our New York Food Adventures! Check out the rest here! Part 1: La Villetta – New York Part 2: Le Song at Chelsea Market – New York Part 3: The Donut Pub… Read More
2019-02-14 17:00
This is Part 12 of our New York Food Adventures! Check out the rest here! Part 1: La Villetta – New York Part 2: Le Song at Chelsea Market – New York Part 3: The Donut Pub… Read More
2019-02-12 01:00
This is Part 11 of our New York Food Adventures! Check out the rest here! Part 1: La Villetta – New York Part 2: Le Song at Chelsea Market – New York Part 3: The Donut Pub… Read More
2019-01-31 17:00
Recently Wendy was given the opportunity to receive, and review, a new beer-related product, and who better to lend a hand than myself, the beer-loving AngryRussian! The exciting new inventi… Read More
2019-01-14 17:00
I’ve been on a Bun Bo Hue run lately. It’s all I will order whenever we go to pho, and that’s at least once a week. And it all started with a visit to Cafe Xu H… Read More
2019-01-10 17:00
Hi AngryRussian here! On the afternoon of Saturday November 3rd, 2 friends and I, Noles and Junk, went up to the Westwood Plateau Golf and Country Club for the bi-annual Coquitlam Craf… Read More
2018-12-19 17:00
This is Part 10 of our New York Food Adventures! Check out the rest here! Part 1: La Villetta – New York Part 2: Le Song at Chelsea Market – New York Part 3: The Donut Pub… Read More
2018-12-05 17:00
This is Part 9 of our New York Food Adventures! Check out the rest here! Part 1: La Villetta – New York Part 2: Le Song at Chelsea Market – New York Part 3: The Donut Pub … Read More
2018-11-13 17:00
This is Part 8 of our New York Food Adventures! Check out the rest here! Part 1: La Villetta – New York Part 2: Le Song at Chelsea Market – New York Part 3: The Donut Pub … Read More
2018-11-05 17:00
This is Part 8 of our New York Food Adventures! Check out the rest here! Part 1: La Villetta – New York Part 2: Le Song at Chelsea Market – New York Part 3: The Donut Pub … Read More
2018-11-01 16:00
This is Part 7 of our New York Food Adventures! Check out the rest here! Part 1: La Villetta – New York Part 2: Le Song at Chelsea Market – New York Part 3: The Donut Pub … Read More
2018-10-18 16:00
This is Part 6 of our New York Food Adventures! Check out the rest here! Part 1: La Villetta – New York Part 2: Le Song at Chelsea Market – New York Part 3: The Donut Pub … Read More
2018-10-15 16:00
This is Part 5 of our New York Food Adventures! Check out the rest! Part 1: La Villetta New York Part 2: Le Song at Chelsea Market – New York Part 3: The Donut Pub – New Yo… Read More
2018-10-11 16:00
This is Part 4 of our New York Food Adventures! Check out the rest! Part 1: La Villetta New York Part 2: Le Song at Chelsea Market – New York Part 3: The Donut Pub – New Yo… Read More
2018-10-08 16:00
This is Part 3 of our New York Food Adventures! Check out the rest! Part 1: La Villetta New York Part 2: Le Song at Chelsea Market – New York On day 2 of our New York trip… Read More
2018-10-04 16:00
This is Part 2 of our New York Food Adventures! Check out the rest here!
Part 1: La Villetta – New York
I had been looking up Happy Hour places for $1 oysters in New York. &hell…Read More
2018-10-01 20:22
Recently AngryRussian and I headed to New York to attend the wedding of one his best friends. Needless to say to were pretty excited for this trip and promptly researched places to ea… Read More
2018-08-04 16:00
PrettySis was in town to visit with the kiddos and she had been cycling around my parent’s part of town for cool places to eat. One of these places was the Parallel 49 Brewi… Read More
2018-07-22 16:00
We had passed by Old Xian’s Food many times when AngryRussian has softball and every time I had wanted to go. I finally got the chance when I had a huge noodle craving one n… Read More
2018-06-07 16:00
This past weekend was Vancouver Craft Beer Week‘s annual festival at the PNE. AngryRussian and I had the opportunity to go and it was a joy as always to go and see both old and n… Read More
2018-04-24 16:50
Fannypack is such a good dinner partner because she is mostly up for anything. When I said I wanted to try out Amay’s House, a burmese restaurant, she immediately says “Ok… Read More
2018-03-24 16:00
This is Part 13 of our Maui Food Adventures! Check out the rest!
Part 1: Our Poke Adventures in Maui
Part 2: Horhitos Mobile Taqueria – Kihei, Maui
Part 3: Local Boys Shave Ice … Read More
2018-03-14 16:00
This is Part 12 of our Maui Food Adventures! Check out the rest!
Part 1: Our Poke Adventures in Maui
Part 2: Horhitos Mobile Taqueria – Kihei, Maui
Part 3: Local Boys Shave Ice … Read More
2018-03-05 17:00
This is Part 11 of our Maui Food Adventures! Check out the rest!
Part 1: Our Poke Adventures in Maui
Part 2: Horhitos Mobile Taqueria – Kihei, Maui
Part 3: Local Boys Shave Ice … Read More
2018-02-25 17:00
Trattoria is one of many of Glowbal group’s ventures. The original location is in Vancouver but they’ve expanded to a second location in Burnaby for a few years now. … Read More
2018-02-22 17:00
This is Part 10 of our Maui Food Adventures! Check out the rest!
Part 1: Our Poke Adventures in Maui
Part 2: Horhitos Mobile Taqueria – Kihei, Maui
Part 3: Local Boys Shave Ice … Read More
2018-02-07 17:00
Fannypack and I celebrated my birthday a little late this year as we were both busy but we made it work. Grub on Main was my final choice as it was out of downtown and their menu… Read More
2018-02-01 17:00
For my last Dine Out of the year we picked a $30 menu and decided on Forage. This is not my first Forage rodeo but it was my first dine out with them.
“Vietnamese Style” B… Read More
2018-01-29 23:30
I’ve actually never heard of Notch8 Restaurant before and the first time was when I was picking out a Dine Out Vancouver menu this year. The way they named their dishes was very… Read More
2018-01-24 17:00
So 2018 is upon us and that means another round of Dine Out Vancouver!
This year the festival runs from January 19 to February 4, 2018. In case this is your first time hearing of this… Read More
2018-01-19 17:00
This is Part 5 of our Vancouver Island Food Adventures! Check out the rest!
Part 1: Wildside Grill – Tofino, BC
Part 2: Chocolate Tofino – Tofino, BC
Part 3: Ravenlady Oyst… Read More
2018-01-15 17:00
Hi everyone!! I’m back after a long holiday break and gonna get back into the groove of things!
This is Part 4 of our Vancouver Island Food Adventures! Check out the rest!… Read More
2017-11-20 23:00
In past years, the EAT! Vancouver festival had ended with one big hoopla at BC Place with food, beverage and cooking exhibits all at one place, at one time. I attended one in 2014.&nbs&hell…Read More
2017-11-06 17:00
This is Part 3 of our Vancouver Island Food Adventures! Check out the rest!
Part 1: Wildside Grill – Tofino, BC
Part 2: Chocolate Tofino – Tofino, BC
After visiting Tofino… Read More
2017-11-02 16:00
This is Part 2 of our Vancouver Island Food Adventures! Check out the rest!
Part 1: Wildside Grill – Tofino, BC
Part 3: Ravenlady Oyster Forte – Ucluelet, BC
On the s… Read More
2017-10-31 00:00
This is Part 1 of our Vancouver Island Food Adventures! Check out the rest!
Part 2: Chocolate Tofino – Tofino, BC
Part 3: Ravenlady Oyster Forte – Ucluelet, BC
Recently An… Read More
2017-10-27 16:00
AngryRussian and I had a double dinner date with his friends a while ago at Romer’s Burger Bar in Port Moody. It was a sort of farewell-for-now as his friend was moving to Toront… Read More
2017-10-19 16:00
Taste of Yaletown returned for its 13th year this year and will be around from Oct 11th to the 27th. A total of 26 restaurants will be participating and Lime and Moon Pie Company… Read More
2017-10-02 16:00
Not too long ago, I was contacted by the meal prep company Fresh Prep to see if I was interested in trying out their services. Fresh Prep is a local company that provides a meal ingred… Read More
2017-09-25 16:00
This is Part 9 of our Maui Food Adventures! Check out the rest!
Part 1: Our Poke Adventures in Maui
Part 2: Horhitos Mobile Taqueria – Kihei, Maui
Part 3: Local Boys Shave Ice &n&hell…Read More
2017-09-23 16:00
October is soon upon us and with that comes one of the most anticipated restaurant event of the year…you can call it Dine Out Vancouver of the Fall…and that’s Taste o… Read More
2017-09-19 18:22
This is Part 8 of our Maui Food Adventures! Check out the rest!
Part 1: Our Poke Adventures in Maui
Part 2: Horhitos Mobile Taqueria – Kihei, Maui
Part 3: Local Boys Shave Ice &n&hell…Read More
2016-07-08 16:00
There was a fantastic deal on Travelzoo for Bistro Pastis, and having had a good experience there for Dine Out Vancouver this year, I quickly snatched it up and enlisted Fannypack to go with… Read More
2015-07-25 16:48
‘Perfect Pairings’ was the theme one rainy afternoon at The Keg Yaletown. To celebrate the environmental partnership between The Keg and Bullfrog Power, I was invited to a… Read More
2015-07-25 16:48
‘Perfect Pairings’ was the theme one rainy afternoon at The Keg Yaletown. To celebrate the environmental partnership between The Keg and Bullfrog Power, I was invited to a… Read More
2015-05-07 16:00
TDog and I met up for a much needed girl date, and we went for sushi lunch at Okonomi Sushi in Uptown New Westminster.
Okonomi Sushi is a Korean-run Japanese restaurant. It’s spa… Read More
2015-04-28 16:30
Hot off the heels of the Healthy Family Expo comes the trades-only Canadian Health Food Association‘s Conference and Tradeshow CHFA West and it was with pleasure and excitement that I… Read More
2015-04-22 01:25
I reviewed Trader Joe’s Thai “Dry” Chili Paste a while back and a few readers have commented how they couldn’t find it in their local store. So we just figured… Read More
2015-04-18 16:00
Aqua Sushi + Juice Bar was a last minute dinner decision one night because Six suddenly had to go away for work for 4 weeks, so we only had time for a 30 minute dinner before he had to leave… Read More
2015-04-10 17:14
I love gardening. I really do, so I was especially excited when Mercola contacted me to sponsor a review on their Sprout Doctor Starter Kit (minus the sunflower seeds). I will no… Read More
2015-04-06 17:08
The Healthy Family Expo was held at the Vancouver Convention this year and I was extended the opportunity to attend. As the name of the expo implies, most if not all of the vendors at this e… Read More
2015-03-27 21:20
Since I moved to my own place, I’ve developed an interest and love of growing edibles. Each year I try to grow at least 5 things. This year’s no different. I&rs&hell…Read More
2015-03-23 16:00
*All photos courtesy of Gail Bergman PR* Ancient grains are all the rage these days, appearing in staples from simple flours, to breads and cereals. Now Catelli went a step further and… Read More
2015-03-17 16:00
Pop rocks are nothing new. However, pop rocks in a chocolate bar is something completely new to me. So when I saw Trader Joe’s Fireworks Chocolate Bar ($1.99 USD), I had to… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I was told of Tealips cafe by Awkward Diner a while ago. I was so happy to find that there was a dessert waffle place so close to me. I quickly brought Hitman to try it out with me on &helli&hell…Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Sorry Fannypack, but the real reason why I asked you to go with me to Bestie (a German restaurant in Vancouver’s Chinatown) was so that I could name my post as such. I used you I… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Going way, way back to our Mid-Autumn Festival family celebration, Hitman and I had dinner with my parents and relatives at Suhang Restaurant. It was his first time for Shanghainese food. Th… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
On my recent trip to the States I visited the beloved Trader Joe’s again, as with all my trips down South. This time one of the products that caught my eye was the Trader Joe&rsq&hell…Read More
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