Shrimp dumplings at Floata Seafood Restaurant in Vancouver's Chinatown
Just in time for the 2010 Olympics, famous taste arbiter Condé Nast Traveler has given Vancouver the “Gold Medal” for the best Chinese food in North America–and maybe the world.
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Condé Nast Traveler Gives Vancouver “Gold Medal” for Chinese Food
The City of Vancouver has released a map and schedule for the final, climactic Olympic Torch Relay Route through the city.
Before reaching Vancouver and ending its 106-day journey across Canada, the Olympic Torch Relay will have traveled through all Canadian provinces and territories, covering more than 45,000 km, making it the longest domestic relay in Olympics history.
Download a large-scale PDF route map here.
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Vancouver Olympic Torch Relay Route for February 11 – 12, 2010
See you in Vancouver on February 12, 2010.
Vancouver, you have some pretty amazing people in your city but you probably already knew that. I have been the recipient of your kindness, generosity and Olympic spirit the last few weeks and am very touched and grateful.
If you have been following my posts for awhile, you will remember a few months ago I wrote about coming up with this crazy idea to fly into Vancouver for the weekend of the Opening Ceremony, maybe even getting a ticket for the Opening Ceremony. Our original trip is planned for the second week of the Olympics. This Opening weekend trip would be in addition to that. The deal I made with myself was I would do it but only if someone let me stay at their place. I shouldn’t even be spending money to fly out there again, much less pay for a place to stay. If I could stay with someone I knew in Vancouver then I would spend the money on airfare to get there for opening weekend.
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My Olympic Diary: The Kindness of Strangers
Catherine Barr and Todd Wong auction off a bottle of Johnny Walker Red Label at the 2008 Gung Haggis Fat Choy. Image from gunghaggisfatchoy.com
If you’re looking for something truly unique-to-Vancouver to do tomorrow night, why not spend the evening at one of Vancouver’s most famous cultural fusion events, the annual Gung Haggis Fat Choy Chinese New Year Dinner at Chinatown’s Floata Seafood Restaurant.
The annual dinner fuses two seemingly disparate events—Chinese New Year (which comes on February 14 in 2010) and the birth of Scotland’s “national poet” Robbie Burns (January 25).
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Gung Haggis Fat Choy Chinese New Year Dinner – January 31
With hundreds of thousands of people expected to converge on downtown Vancouver for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, plus road closures and very limited parking, the easiest, fastest and safest way to get around Vancouver during the Games will be public transportation.
But don’t worry: Vancouver’s public transportation is up to the task, with new lines and new routes, plus fast, effective rapid transit.
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