Name: Chinese New Year Feast at Fortune House
Start: 2016-02-24T18:00:00-08:00
End: 2016-02-24T21:00:00-08:00
Location: Fortune House Seafood Restaurant

Hey YVR Foodies (https://www.facebook.com/groups/YVRFoodies/)!

Interested in coming out to more of these complimentary gourmet feasts exclusively reserved for YVR Foodies (https://www.facebook.com/YVRFoodies/), Food bloggers and social media influencers?

The next one is a Chinese New Year party hosted by Food Connections (https://www.facebook.com/foodcxn/). It'll be held at Fortune House Seafood Restaurant (Metrotown) LTD 福聯海鮮酒家 (https://www.facebook.com/fortunehouserestaurant/). We have a VIP private room booked for just our group and we'll be served a beautifully crafted multi-course menu (including dim sum!) with artisanal tea pairings, along with activities and engaging speakers.

Date: February 24th, 2016
Wednesday evening 6-9 pm

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In return for the meal, we ask for a blog review of your experience (or Yelp/Facebook/TripAdvisor review) and social media coverage while you are at the restaurant. The entire meal and any non-alcoholic beverages will be complimentary!

If you would rather just enjoy the evening without doing the work, we appreciate the small fee of $20 at the door when you check-in. Please bring cash.

Tags: @fortunehousebc, @foodcxn

#YVRFoodies

Guests are capped at 30 for this event and chosen through selection process. Please sign up below by liking the page Food Connections (https://www.facebook.com/foodcxn/) AND reply below. Selected attendees will be notified by private message on further event details.

Restaurant website: http://www.fortunehouserestaurant.com (http://www.fortunehouserestaurant.com/)

Private event page: #YVRFoodies @ Fortune House Chinese New Year party (https://www.facebook.com/events/1691773851060522/?ref=4&action_history=null&source=4)

Looking forward to seeing you at our next ‪#‎YVRFoodies‬ (https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/yvrfoodies?source=feed_text&story_id=498049243707610) event!

Food Connections hosts creative pop-up dinners and city-wide engagement events such as these. Sign up at www.food-connections.com (http://www.food-connections.com/) to be the first to hear of upcoming events win contest prizes.

***UPDATE***

We have have a lineup of exciting speakers for the evening!

Speakers include:

Hua Foundation (http://www.huafoundation.org/) - Kevin Huang will be taking us behind-the-scenes to have a look at Chinese cultural influences in Vancouver's Chinatown and the story behind Chinese New Year, and how to shop and grow Asian produce!

Zomato (http://www.zomato.com/) (formerly Urban Spoon) - Sophia Rizos will be sharing about Zomato, the world's largest restaurant discovery platform and social network for foodies. Sophia is Zomato Vancouver's Director of Marketing and Partnerships.

Return to Food Academy (http://www.returntofood.com/) - Sherry is an Author, Chef and Nutritionist. Among many more titles, she is the President of Slow Food, Co-Founder of the World Wellness Project, and a 2009 TEDxTokyo presenter. As founder of the Return to Food Academy, she trains people to become Food Coaches globally.

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