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The East Van Farmers Market at Trout Lake is open again! As the season progresses there will be more and more fabulous local produce to be purchased but in the meantime, check out the artisans, prepared food vendors and plants for your own garden.


Trout Lake market hours are Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The markets at Riley Park (Wednesday afternoons) and Nelson Park (Saturdays) open in June.

The Chow Times (RSS feed is here if you wish to subscribe) is another great Vancouver food blog. It covers a lot of the suburbs which is fab since Barb and I don't have the time to go to Burnaby, Richmond, etc. to cover their burgeoning food scene.

[UPDATE] Mark Busse of Industrial Brand Creative pointed out in an email that the actual name of the blog is actually In the Kitchen, not "Industrial Brand's Food Blog"! Apologies for the inaccurate naming!

Barb and the other members of Slow Food Vancouver had an amazing tour of the Oyama Sausage (Granville Island, 604 327 7407) factory tonight.

Barb will blog more later, but here are some photos to whet your appetite.

A few weeks ago, for an off site company gathering we tried Lan's Vietnamese restaurant (1481 West Broadway, 604) 738-2338) for a very late lunch. Wow! We were too tired to think and just ordered the dinner for four for $38 and it was fabulous.  Lots of spicy and flavourful food (lemon grass pork, spicy soup, chicken and more!). More than enough for four. Definitely will be back.

Sad to report that indeed the Kiwi Pie Company on Robson is closed (and Kingsway location as well). The Robson location will be replaced with a Japanese restaurant.

Barb and I really enjoyed the Black Sesame Swiss Roll ($5.50) that we picked up today at the Cantonese bakery, Janice Cake Shop (1106-8328 Capstan Way, Richmond, 60

I haven't been to Nuba (322 West Hastings, 604 688-1655) too often lately for some strange reason. Probably due to my obsession with Korean food and the fact that I no longer work in Gastown. Anyways, I am chuffed to see that 2 years after opening, Nuba is alive and well and now open until 8p.m. and 12 to 5p.m. on Saturdays. Excellent, I hope to do a full mini-review soon as well as a videoblog with them. Highly recommended in 2006!