Sunset Peruvian-Japanese Fusion at Ancora Ambleside

A dim, jazz-soaked 1960s Tokyo cafe in Chinatown, where tajarin with uni is just how dinner starts.

A Michelin Guide pick on the corner of Homer and Smithe that runs cafe by day, 800-degree pizzeria by night, and lounge after that.

A low-lit East Hastings room where Pacific Northwest cooking gets a Japanese edit and the natural wine list has its own devoted regulars.

An Austin Heights brunch room where a Humber-trained chef puts bulgogi beef on the eggs benedict and wraps kimchi into a breakfast burrito.

North America's biggest night market: a hundred-plus food stalls, carnival games and neon, Friday through Sunday nights beside Bridgeport station.

Chef Hector Laguna's plant-draped Coal Harbour room, where the world-ranked cocktails alone justify the good shirt.

A 1912 heritage room at the foot of Dundarave Pier, gutted so nothing stands between the table and Burrard Inlet.

A 38-seat binchotan counter where the chef hands the roll straight across, still warm, and the nori is still crackling.

Coal Harbour, Stanley Park and the North Shore mountains through floor-to-ceiling glass, with a Canadian Culinary Champion kitchen to match.

Climb the Robson staircase into a golden room where a six-foot wood grill has been perfuming everything since noon.

Flame-kissed aburi sushi by Burrard Inlet, where the salmon oshi arrives, gets photographed, and makes the table go silent.

Deep Cove's long-running waterfront bistro, where the patio leans over Burrard Inlet and the Ocean Wise seafood earns every candle.

Michelin-starred Kitsilano fine dining with vintage toys on the shelves, steps from the beach, and zero sense of its own importance.

A heritage Tudor mansion on Deer Lake's shore, five minutes from Metrotown, plating sustainable West Coast cooking with a Mediterranean accent.