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Arbutus is a gum. And Wattle is also known as Broom Wattle - so I'm guessing Oz and Vancouver Island share a climate and flora. Another image required for sure. I don't think Arbutus is in the same family as Eucalyptus. I believe it is in the heather family while Eucalyptus is in the mytrle family.

OK, well I see wattle and eucalypus. Pam: you must post another image to clear this up.

Here's link to a map of the new locations and vendors for 2011: 2011 Food Cart Vendors and Locations

That doesn't look like British Columbia to me Kerry. I think lesliec has it: another Aussie.

I'm hearing a mid-May opening now.

My biggest lesson was the value of good ingredients. We had a garden, my dad was a forager, and both parents shopped carefully for ingredients - not always easy to find in those days. A long car ride to buy straight from the farm was part of the weekend entertainment. I learned that a platter of freshly picked asparagus served with homemade mayonnaise, or a platter of thinly sliced ham, some hardboiled eggs, sliced tomotaes and fresh bread, was a feast as good or better than a roast. My dad loved salads and grew many exotic lettuces at a time when iceberg and romaine were about as good as it got. I've never had green beans as good as those from our garden. Strawberries, raspberries, currants, rhubarb, apples, cherries, pears, peas, corn, potatoes, radishes, carrots, fresh herbs for salad, I really didn't know how lucky I was until I went into the greater world of our suburb and learned that most people didn't have gardens and ate out of boxes and jars (this was the 60's and 70's).

I see the ruours abuut Dale MacKay opening a restaurant in the former Corner Suite Bistro De Luxe space are true. It looks like he's taking a good portion of the Lumiere crew with him.

Day of Honey: A Memoir of Food, Love and War. In 2003 Anna Ceizaldo moves to Baghdad with her husband, the Middle East Bureau Chief for Newsday. Over the next 6 year she lives in Baghdad and Beeirut working as a freelance journalist, learning about food and culture and negotiating a relationship with her husband's parents. I really enjoyed this book. Here's the New York Times Review

You've got two weeks, they close March 13th.

The Vancouver Sun is reporting that Lumiere and db Bistro Moderne are closing in two weeks.

Beautiful tour, thank you. I have fond memories of my 4 days in NZ in 1995 - lots of friendly people and good food.

Braised beef and braised veal are two completely different things - both good, but different. I also agree that 350 is too high. I don't know anything about smoking, so I can't comment on that aspect.

Thanks Erin. This was an edifying and fun week.

I think dense and moist chocolate cakes benefit from a day or so of aging.

Vancouver street food is getting healthy (from the Sun, link below): Hmmmm. I'd rather make my own choices but so far I can't say that the food "carts" are a big draw for me. They are pretty expensive and, unless you take the food back to the office, there's usually not a comfortable place to eat it. I'd just as soon go to a restaurant.

Signs for "Pink Elephant Thai" up on Alberni across from Urban Fare. Does anyone know what is happening with Thierry? I walk by that location fairly often and there's not a whole lot of signs that anything much is happening there.

Good question. I took a peek at their website and no one is listed.

My socks have already been knocked off a few times this week. But they are back on and I'm ready for more.

A Hapa is going into the old Metro place. Here's the news release:

Got it thanks. And yes Barefoot Kitchen is closed. I walked by on the way home tonight.

Got it thanks.

Like nearly all the places downtown too. But I must say I had an excellent lunch at la Brasserie over the Christmas break.

Thanks, yes fmed is right, two shops north of Kintaro. Too bad about Corner Suite Bistro de Luxe. We brought a few students there for tasting we thought the place was pretty busy. Thanks. I never got to the Corner Suite but it seemed like one of those places that had good reviews but couldn't overcome its early problems - opened about 6 months late I think.

Whew, lots of changes - just heard that Corner Suite Bistro De Luxe is closing over at the Urban Diner forum.

This is a fascinating blog. Thank you!