One Very Sexy Salad

                Over the years working as a chef for high profile socialites you get a lot of requests to be inventive and perform outside the box when it comes to pleasing clients who have tried it all. Back in 1984 I was working for a hospitality agency that found small projects for maverick chefs that were between jobs. A lot of projects that I was involved in were being designed and built to specs and would fall behind schedule for whatever reason. This gave me lots of slack time to take on other short term cooking positions. I...

Double Delicious Shrimp Frittata

Double Delicious Shrimp Frittata I was at the top of my game and Restaurant Mogul K Chung hired me on to head his new restaurant called “Charade”! This was one of the most stunning contemporary dining rooms during the day and at night turn social bar. The table tops were all marble and the bar was made from mahogany, marble, jade and gold leaf. The flatware was custom embroidered and sided with fine porcelain bone china. A thousand gallon marine aquarium was surrounded by lush tropical landscape. Craftsmen came from all over to paint murals, lay decorative tile work,...

A Good Retro Burger

              Vancouver sure has a great amount of good  Retro Burger restaurants. The dinning_detective likes a good burger and this time at the found a great burger is still found at White Spot who continue to  serve a almost perfect banquet burger with crispy fries. From the toasted bun right down to the fresh pressed ground chuck patty the freshness comes through in great taste. The Legendary has pretty well remained the same for many years. My favourite was a Henning Burger, Carl Henning did the best banquet burger and fries. It so...

Hell-uva Halibut Taco

 I am always on the look out for good tasting food. Many chefs have taken their trade to the open roads and the dinning detective likes to find out a little history about the operator. Last trip to Long Beach near Tofino BC for some R&R  checking out the many inlets for sail bording and kayaking. Lots of nice low tide beach serving up lots of large surf wave action. The miles of beaches and tidal pools are a treasure trove of shells and ocean polished artifacts. After a full morning of activity and the old belly button was calling out for some fuel we found this oasis...

The Jade Seafood Restaurant is a new fou...

The kitchenman and his dinning partners were just blown away with the Jade Seafood Restaurant in Richmond B.C. It sometimes becomes difficult to experience dinning on traditional hand made Dim Sum in an untried all Asian restaurant. You sometimes get intimidated by the language barrier or the service with attitude approach. The Jade Seafood Restaurant is a new found gem to a lover of good and small portions of exotic and simple complex Chinese dim sum. The waiter helped us discover the menu and took the time to give us first time diners a good description of a selection...