What is Canadian food?
Well, a good long walk around Granville Island's market in Vancouver will give you a pretty good idea of what Canadian food is--a fresh melting pot of cuisines from everywhere made with what's local.
Vancouver is one of my favorite towns to eat in. For breakfast, I like Cafe Crepe:
Cafe Crepe (Robson & Burrard) | Vancouver At this location, watching the guy in the window making the crepes is great fun, while you wait for your crepe. Vancouver is the first place I ever ate at a creperie, and so I will always associate a good crepe with Vancouver.
My other favorite Vancouver food: sushi. Sushi is abundant here, delicious, and sometimes even reasonably priced. We found a hole-in-the-wall place some years ago that I could only find again were I in Vancouver. We each paid $30 Canadian for unlimited sushi. It wasn't the kind of place with the boats or a conveyor belt; it was nicer than that. Rather, we were given a menu, and we could order whatever we wanted. In addition to sushi, there was an excellent selection of authentic Japanese food. I want to find this place again and go back; it was worth the dough to just eat Japanese food all night. And while the food may be Japanese in style, but I can guarantee all the seafood came from the area, which is very Vancouver.
Beyond the high-falutin' cuisine mentioned in the article:
Fresh squeezed orange juice! This may sound strange, but the Westin Bayshore in Vancouver has the best damn orange juice ever.
Additionally, I think anyone visiting the area for the Games has to go here:
White Spot Their milkshakes are the best.
And finally, the article neglected to mention the classic Canadian cocktail:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_(cocktail)
Of course...my absolute favourite Canadian food:
