Thoughts From My Belly

Taste of Kelowna is always a great event and this year was no different. For those who haven’t been before, the idea is that various restaurants from around Kelowna all get together at the Kelowna Curling Club and set up booths where they sell sample size servings of various dishes to the public. Tasting tickets [...]

I went to Rusty’s (corner of Dilworth and Leckie ) for lunch with a friend today. Rusty’s was formerly Breaker’s Lounge, a fairly dingy pool hall. The owners (not sure if they’re new owners or the same owners as before) shut it down for a few months and gave it a total overhaul, complete with [...]

Leading up to the opening of Sal’s Prime there was a lot of positive buzz from the community. Many people were really looking forward to have a new steakhouse in town. Unfortunately, once the doors opened that buzz quickly turned bad. I personally heard a lot of complaints, most of which related to price/value. Sal’s [...]

Just two nights after a spectacular meal at Cabana I took my wife out to celebrate six months of marriage at Vernon’s newest restaurant, Ora. Located in the Prestige Hotel, Ora opened on Monday March 2nd, just four days prior to our visit. The décor at Ora is very well done. It would remind many [...]

I want to start off by apologizing for not doing an update for a while. There has been a lot going on, not only in my life, but in the Kelowna food scene as well. I attended “Duelling Chefs” at Cabana Grille last Wednesday, reviewed a new restaurant in Vernon on Friday (stay tuned for [...]

This past Monday, I met three friends for lunch at Ozeki (Spall and Enterprise) for some Japanese food. Normally none of us would have chosen Ozeki and we had originally intended to try Yamato (97 and 33, beside the Asian Market), but discovered that it is closed Mondays. By the time we found out, we [...]