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Food and Drink

Matthew Murtagh-Wu

Dumpling King.

Building an empire, one batch of dumplings at a time.

Vancouver Otter vs Koi

Essay

The Problem with #TeamOtter

Being koi.

An Asian-Canadian ponders the cultural significance, and cultural ignorance, of a viral Vancouver news story.

Food and Drink

Kokomo

By the sun.

Vancouver’s hottest plant-based eatery serves up deliciously healthy eats in Chinatown and Kitsilano.

Food and Drink

Torafuku

Sharing is caring.

One of Vancouver’s most playful restaurants fuses Pan Asian ingredients with Canadian and European influences.

Arts

Yoko Ono’s “Mend Piece” at the Rennie Museum

Questions of healing.

The piece was first conceptualized by Ono in 1966 when politics in the United States had begun to turn to the anti-Vietnam War movements. Today, it takes on a new layer of socio-economic criticism.

Community

Space Lab

Real engagement.

Like the neighbourhood it serves, Clint Moroz’s Chinatown storefront is an eclectic hodgepodge of curiosities and hidden treasures.

Community

Discovering Vancouver’s Chinatown

History in architecture.

Most of the structures here are preserved as heritage buildings, meaning that they are the gatekeepers of an often overlooked past.

Design

HMPL Design

Renew.

Meet Matt Churchill and Scott Schneider: two tattooed, bearded hipsters who like to sew.

Community

The History of the Brickhouse

Another brick in the wall.

Every item that adorns the walls of the Brickhouse has a story. Just ask Leo Chow.

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