VanEats

"It's all about the food, folks!" (amen!) is the tagline of the Horsefeathers blog in New Hampshire. According to Bill Ives, it's #5 in Google and it is one of the few restaurants that blogs! Blogging is a great opportunity for Vancouver restaurants to establish their reputation in the online space! Again, as I said before, if any restaurant wants to blog, please contact me.

We had a fabulous meal (check out the blurry camerphone photo of the yummy Mumtaz Salad above) at the Tamarind Bistro (warning, they have done something strange with their website and it now longer works on Macs, please fix!) tonight. Check out our Mini-Review: Tamarind Bistro

I am thinking of doing a semi-regular podcast (audio (mostly but sometimes video) recording that is automatically uploaded to your MP3 player or iPod overnight while you sleep) about Vancouver food and cooking. Wouldn't it be great to hear Barb talking about cooking? OK, at least I think it would be great :-) ! What do you think about that?

I am also thinking about doing some video blogging in 2005.

How about it Vancouver chefs? Check out Chef Hans' blog. If you like it and are a Vancouver chef and want such a blog, please email roland AT bryght.com or leave a comment and I'll help you set up the exact same thing for free, all you have to do is buy a cellphone and a blog, and I will do setup and training for free! Please note that this is separate from my day job and is a labour of love that reflects my passion for food and for chefs sharing their knowledge and love of food.

Famous blogger Dave Winer and his associates like André Radké have been singing the praises for years of Spicy Noodles (Dan Dan noodles) at Jing Jing in Palo Alto (in Silicon Valley which is close to San Francisco).

Bali Thai (555 West Hastings Street in the Harbour Centre Food Court) is the new Indonesian restaurant by the former owners of the Indonesian restaurant on Fraser (which I believe was called Tak Sangka). Excellent, fast Indonesian and Thai food.

In response to Porco's recent request, Barb pointed to The Fraser Valley Direct Marketing Association's produce availablity chart and Theresa pointed (thanks!) to Slow Food Vancouver's in SEASON now list.