You can try to win a pair of Canucks tickets and support the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»food bank at the May 3 fundraising barbeque sponsored by Lays. Youll get a free hamburger lunch in exchange for a monetary donation or contributing a non-perishable food item. Its from 11 am to 1 pm outside the Pacific Centre rotunda, 701 W. Georgia. Councillor Adrienne Carr will be in attendance when Lays makes a donation as part of its $40,000 commitment to food banks across the western provinces, including Food Banks BC, which supports one million people a year.
A tip of the chefs hat to the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»restaurants who made s top 50 list of best restaurants in Canada: Vijs, #1; LAbbatoir, #7; Bao Bei, #16; West, #17; Hawksworth, #21; Yew, #22; Ensemble, #23; Salmon n Bannock, #24; Chambar, #33; Blue Water Café, #42; and Herons West Coast Kitchen at the Fairmont Waterfront, #47.
To celebrate Cinco de Mayo, Mucho Burrito is offering $5 burritos at its 988 Davie and W. Broadway locations all day Saturday (May 5.) You can also enter a chance to win a trip to Mexico or a $25 gift card. ()
Vikram Vij, Tojo, Ned Bell and Scott Jaeger are among Vancouvers top chefs who will be preparing a spot prawn boil at False Creeks Fishermens Wharf as part of the Spot Prawn Festival on May 5.
There will also be entertainment, a kids zone with the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Aquarium and autographed copies of the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Chefs 2 cookbook for sale, benefiting The Chefs Table Society.
Although the festival runs from 11am to 3pm, its best to get your tickets for the Prawn Boil early because they tend to sell out. Tickets are $12 and include a BC wine sampling tasting and samples of Mogiana coffee.
Spot prawns fresh off the boat will be available for $12 a pound.
Spot prawn season continues for six to eight weeks, allowing the public an opportunity to buy live, locally sourced and sustainable prawns directly off the dock daily from 1pm at Fishermans Wharf (just west of Granville Island).
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Meanwhile, last week we featured Tina Finezas Sambal Drunken Prawn recipe from Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Chefs 2. It should be noted that she is no longer with the Flying Tiger. Her company, Service Excellence, is consulting currently for The Roaming Dragon, Terra Bread and Harvest.
