Thoughts From My Belly

The wonderful people at Poppadoms Restaurant are hosting a fundraiser for the Heart and Stroke Foundation. This should be a great event and I strongly encourage everyone to attend. Not only do I expect the food to be great, but its for a great cause and one that is very close to my heart. Last [...]

My wife and I went to the Westjet Wine Tastings @ The Delta Grand last night and both really enjoyed ourselves. I have to admit up front that I’m positive my taste buds weren’t functioning properly last night when it came to the white wines. Nothing was tasting outstanding, despite me trying a few “benchmarks” [...]

The Rotten Grape has been hosting a series of events that they’re calling “Wino Wednesdays” in their restaurant on Bernard (near The Sails). Basically they invite a winemaker/winery owner to the restaurant from 5pm and 8pm. Anyone who drops in during that time gets a flight of three 1.5oz glasses of wine from that winery, [...]

Wow!!! That’s the best way I can describe my day in the Similkameen Valley tasting wine. I was blown away by the consistently high quality of the wines we experienced. If you didn’t follow my tweets throughout the day, I’ve made a brief summary below. Robin Ridge – Our first stop of the day was [...]

Upon walking in I was immediately impressed. Most Indian restaurants that I’ve ever been to (and I’ve been to a lot of them) either look tacky or like they haven’t seen a fresh coat of paint in twenty years. Poppadoms certainly doesn’t fit into either of those categories. The decor has an obvious western modernity, [...]

The Spring Wine Festival is fast approaching so I thought I would share a few tidbits from the local wine scene. 8th Generation Vineyards has a number of Wine Festival events coming up. I’m hoping to catch them at Vintages in the Park at The Father Pandosy Mission on May 1st or the following weekend [...]

There are lots of great food related events coming up in Kelowna. Here is a spotlight on a few of the highlights: 7th Annual International Wine Exhibition – March 12th 7pm – 10pm @ The Capri Hotel – I’ve never been able to attend this event in the past, but have heard nothing but positive [...]

With the opening ceremonies mere hours away, I thought it would be a good idea to share some Olympic Food and Wine ideas with you. Opening Ceremonies – Olympic Opening Ceremonies usually aren’t short and concise, so you’ll want to be prepared with a good supply of your favourite beverage and some food to snack [...]

I recently had the chance to not only visit Mission Hill, but to have a private tasting guided by sommelier and Mission Hill Wine Education Ambassador Jesse Harnden. They had just finished an internal tasting in order to decide which wines to enter into the various competitions that they’ll be competing in, so I was [...]

With 2009 in the books, it’s time for me to share with my readers my thoughts on the best places to eat over the last year. Without further ado here are my first annual Golden Belly Awards. If you know some restaurants you think should have won, please email me your picks or post them [...]