Chef  Kim Thai

 

Restaurant:  Coast Plaza Hotel on Denman

1767 Comox Street, Vancouver. BC.

604-688-7711

 

Years in BC’s restaurant industry: 28

 

Years cooking as a chef: 25

 

Business philosophy: 

Value and quality is the key to any successful restaurants. Know your neighbours, get in touch with local communities, be a part of them. Contribute to worthy charity events whenever possible.

 

Cooking tips: 

Understand the difference between quality, quantity and price. An expensive price tag does not always equal to good and fresh ingredients. Cooking is about inspiration - sight, taste, smell; and most importantly, be passionate about the whole process; from preparing the menu, grocery shopping, cooking to presenting the food.

 

Best thing as a chef in Vancouver: 

Able to be part of a vibrant multi-cultural food city and the opportunity to create and enhance unique French-rooted, westcoast-influenced and Asia-inspired cuisine.

 

For more about Vancouver’s thriving Asian food scene pick up East Meets West: Traditional and Contemporary Asian Dishes from Acclaimed Vancouver Restaurants by Stephanie Yuen. Yuen was born in Hong Kong and has lived in Vancouver for more than thirty years. She speaks Mandarin, Cantonese and English and worked as a journalist for Sing Tao, and CBC Radio. She now writes for Edible Canada and What’s On magazine, contributes to the Vancouver Sun and appears frequently on radio and TV. You can also follow her blog about Asian food, www.

beyondchopsticks.com.