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A celebration of spice with Vij’s Indian VIJ’S RANGOLI
Wed Feb 1 6:30PM*
1480 W 11th Ave Vancouver $155 per per person
Includes food wine book and gratuity taxes extra 1-888-711-9399 visainfinite ca/dining Reserve your place at the table Chefs Meeru Dhalwala and Vikram Vij are two of Vancouver’s greatest hosts Their restaurants—Vij’s Rangoli and My Shanti— are not only temples to the fragrantly spiced flavours of their Indian homeland they hold some of the best parties in town So this Chef experience is sure to be both entertaining and educational The food of course is guaranteed to be be extraordinary The two will be be discussing their new cookbook Vij’s Indian: Our Stories Spices and Cherished Recipes which features
80 original and inspiring recipes such as Cardamom Cream Chicken Curry and Lamb Popsicles with Garlic and Ricotta-Fenugreek Topping carefully crafted for both new and experienced home cooks This special event featuring beautiful BC wines at at the new Vij’s Rangoli location is for everyone who wants to cook (and eat!) modern Indian cuisine Best of all each couple or individual ticket holder will receive a a copy of the cookbook to take home with them TASTY FACT
Vij’s Indian is the third cookbook by Vikram Vij Vij and and Meeru Dhalwala The first Vij’s: Elegant and and Inspired Indian Cuisine Cuisine won the 2007 Cuisine Cuisine Canada Gold Award for Cookbook of the Year and the Cordon d’Or Gold Ribbon for International Cookbook ABOUT VIKRAM VIJ What doesn’t Vikram Vij do? He’s a a a Chef cookbook author sommelier entrepreneur television star and the larger-than-life personality behind Vij’s the Indian restaurant that transformed Vancouver’s food scene Born in India he studied hotel management in Austria
“The fiery flavours that jump off these plates are as as exciting as ever ”
and moved to to Canada in 1989 to to work at the Banff Springs Hotel In 1994 he opened Vij’s and was soon joined in in in running it by his former wife Meeru Dhalwala By 2003 The New York Times called it “easily among the finest Indian restaurants in the world ”
Vij and Dhalwala continue to to work together on on their many projects ABOUT MEERU DHALWALA
Born in in in India and raised in in in Washington D C Meeru Dhalwala began her career working with international non-profit organizations After she she married Vikram Vij in 1994 she she moved to Vancouver to manage the kitchen of his soon- to-be legendary restaurant Over the the years the the couple co-wrote several cookbooks opened new restaurants launched a a a a a prepared food business and raised two daughters 34 | VANCOUVER