Chopstick Fest
Presented by OpenRoad Auto Group
Oct 15-30, 2016
Vancouver’s First Chinese Cuisine Festival!
Chopstick Fest
Presented by OpenRoad Auto Group
Oct 15-30, 2016
Vancouver’s First Chinese Cuisine Festival!
A Taste of China
ChopstickFest explores the idea of a greater Vancouver “Chinatown” that stretches from its traditional and historic roots in Vancouver’s downtown eastside to the now Chinese cultural epicentres of Richmond and Burnaby. With a focus on food and food culture, we seek to embrace the diversity of the greater Vancouver region’s Chinese communities through cuisine.
A Taste of China
ChopstickFest explores the idea of a greater Vancouver “Chinatown” that stretches from its traditional and historic roots in Vancouver’s downtown eastside to the now Chinese cultural epicentres of Richmond and Burnaby. With a focus on food and food culture, we seek to embrace the diversity of the greater Vancouver region’s Chinese communities through cuisine.
15 Days of Feasting
30+ Participating Restaurants
9 Culinary Regions
Events
Embracing the diversity of the greater Vancouver region’s Chinese communities through cuisine.
Embracing the diversity of the greater Vancouver region’s Chinese communities through cuisine.
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Wok This Way
- HOW DID CHOPSTICK FEST COME TO BE?At the start of the year, in late January/early February, when the Dine Out Festival was on, Alex Wan, one of the co-founders of Chopstick Fest, was looking for authentic Chinese restaurant options in Richmond. When he didn’t find any, he and some friends started musing about the idea of creating their own festival — […]
- FIVE-SPICE POWDERFive-spice Powder is a staple of Chinese cuisine, an essential pantry item for anyone looking to explore Chinese culinary flavours. Five-spice powder is often used with fatty meats such as pork, duck or goose. Chinese cuisine often uses it as a spice rub for chicken, duck, pork and seafood, it is also added to the […]
- WHAT’S A TYPICAL BREAKFAST IN CHINA?In North America, we tend to start the day with a bowl of cereal, yogurt or a smoothie. In China, breakfast is a whole other affair. As with almost all other food traditions in China, what people eat tends to vary by region says Matt Reichel, one of the co-founders of Chopstick Fest. In Beijing, […]
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Chopstick Fest aims to give local and visiting patrons the opportunity to become connected to the Chinese community and bond over their love for food. Leading up and during the event there are a number of ways you can get involved.
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