UNA PIZZA! From their website: “A neighbourhood restaurant serving Mediterranean influenced cusines with an emphasis on thin-crust, fresh topped pizzas & wine.” Usually there is about a 30-60 minute wait to sit and eat at UNA. Let that tell you how great the food is! Una had a feature pizza on Saturday night – the…
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The Boxwood Café was a great choice for tasty local seasonal and sustainable food dishes. I had the pleasure of dining with my parents, a rare occasion when you get older, it seems. I decided to try the Ocean Wise Steelhead Trout, priced at $19.00, a delicious dinner. Importantly, this café sources their Trout from Vancouver Island,…
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Have you been to Bluestar Diner, it’s a must! I decided to order the BSD Veggie Burger for $15, and upgraded my side of fries to a house salad for an extra$1, well worth it. I would recommend this veggie burger! Alot of veggie burgers do not have a lot of flavour, but this one did!…
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For my lunch, I picked the Lamb Kibbeh: grilled grain-fed halal lamb patties made with vegetables, pine nuts, burghul and aromatic spices. It was also served with hummus, salad, pickled cabbage, olives, pita and organic brown rice (other option: roasted potatoes). The green hot sauce was optional, but it should be mandatory. It was wicked awesome!…
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Have you been to National on 17th? While out at this busy Eatery, or National Beer Hall, I had a delightful salad, and thought I’d share it with you! I opted for the Roasted Beet and Arugula Salad $14, that had big slices of ripe oranges throughout it, a healthy amount of feta cheese on…
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Shifting toward bigger and bolder flavours, we had the Zuni! If you boil down the culinary jargon on the menu, it’s essentially a bean stew with apple, fennel and carrots. This was definitely my favourite dish since it was the heartiest! I really liked the soft carrots, which were sticks of dynamite flavour.
Only 3 months young, Krokodile Pear is a new cold-pressed organic juice bar in Kitsilano. For those who are unfamiliar with the cold-pressed method, it’s where produce is shredded into little bits and pieces and then… cold-pressed (duh!). To elaborate, the shredded produce is squished by a hydraulic press that unloads a ton of pressure onto the…
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The Porcini definitely had its Asian influences, because it looked like it belonged in a Japanese restaurant. It had braised porcini mushrooms, daikon, edamame, buckwheat noodles, sesame and kombu dash. I found the broth to be a little unbalanced in seasoning, though I can’t really figure out which direction it should teeter more toward. But, I did…
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One of the benefits of working at Krokodile Pear is that I get the inside scoop on upcoming menu items. The one that I’m most excited about is the Raw-Cacao-Brazil-Nut-Smoothie… sorry, haven’t worked out the official name yet. It’s also blended with banana and Sunwarrior protein powder, which is vegan yet has a complete amino acid profile. This is the healthiest and…
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I was lucky enough to be in the great company of the very creator of Healthy Dine Out as we decided to go to a new restaurant neither of us had been to. So we checked out the menu from The Yellow Door and decided that we should check it out for the full experience!…
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Love this new restaurant, and how they practice ethical stewardship! To the menu item I found healthy, I ordered the Kale Salad and was blown away by how good it tasted. I’ve never had a kale salad when dining-out before, and I can tell you, this may have been the first time ordering it, but…
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It is a bit out of the norm., these days to find a coffee house offering wholesome meals that don’t have a lot of sugar added to the food options. Good Earth Coffeehouse and bakery does offer wholesome food options, and still has that nice small coffee house feel that gives a visitor an intimate…
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