Chinatowngirl

10/29/2025

My first dining experience at Bodega On Main was great. The food, décor, and staff were wonderful. Perfect for a date night, but arrive early. It got busy even on a rainy night.

Bodega on Main Mount Pleasant BIA

10/21/2025

The food is delicious at Anh and Chi on Main Street in Vancouver BC. If you haven't been, I highly recommend. It's on my list of favorite Vancouver restaurants that I give to visitors who book one of my Chinatown experiences.

10/21/2025

I recently met up with some out of town friends for dinner. Both have authored food books, so I was careful with my restaurant selection. We chose New Fuji – everyone was impressed! What do you think?

10/21/2025

I really enjoyed the talk with chef and author, Samin Nosrat at the UBC Chan Centre. It was a great learning experience facilitated by writer Helen Zaltzman in a fabulous setting. I can’t wait to try some of Samin's new recipes.

05/16/2024

I am grateful to be this week’s featured community member …

07/31/2021

08/08/2017

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/chinatown-photos-history-1.4186655

A photography project that started as a way to cover boarded up storefronts in Vancouver's Chinatown shares the vibrant, sometimes playful, history of the neighbourhood through archival photos.

06/01/2017

http://www.vancourier.com/opinion/chinatown-fight-over-12-storey-condo-has-deep-roots-1.20310287

One of the first stories I wrote when I joined the Courier some 15 years ago was about how merchants and business organizations wanted to revitalize Chinatown. It was dying, they said. The . . .

03/24/2017

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/pediatrician-transformed-chinatown-416997004.html?platform=hootsuite

The man who was instrumental in modernizing Winnipeg’s Chinatown and was pediatrician to generations of children has died.Dr. Joseph Du died March 19 in Winnipeg of complications from diabetes.

03/20/2017

http://www.straight.com/news/883416/why-do-bc-liberals-and-bc-ndp-run-candidates-where-they-have-no-chance-winning

Maybe it's because it's more important for them to preserve a political duopoly than to act in the public interest.

02/27/2017

https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/07/28/san-franciscos-chinatown-fears-evictions-and-gentrification/

Though surrounded by pricey neighborhoods, it remains home to thousands of low-income residents.

02/17/2017

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/02/02/magazine/the-stir-fried-tomatoes-and-eggs-my-chinese-mother-made.html?_r=0&referer=http://m.facebook.com

This dish of savory, sweet-tart tomato sauce folded around soft-scrambled eggs is a taste of home.