Grandpa's Recipes

Have you ever tried making Taiwanese cuisine food at home? Ever felt like it was too difficult or you didn’t have the right ingredients?

Well, today we’re going to teach you how! We’re at the home of Memory Corner owner Raymond Wu, who is making a traditional Taiwanese recipe with two executives of the University of British Columbia’s Taiwanese Association, Olive Huang and Steven Tsai. While making Sesame Oil Chicken, they chat about what food they grew up eating, the food they make at university and how to make the best traditional Taiwanese recipes in your home kitchen.

You can catch up on all episodes from Grandpa’s Recipes by following Memory Corner on Instagram and Facebook.

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你有沒有試過在家做台式料理？有沒有覺得太難了？或者你沒有合適的食材？

Today, my guest is Ian Lin who is the President of the Vancouver Taiwanese Film Festival (TWFF). The festival is an annual non-profit arts and cultures initiative that started in 2007. It has been well-received by Vancouverites, and over the years, has become the largest film festival focusing on Taiwanese cinema in North America.

On the show today, Ian talks about the origins of the festival, explains the importance of film in Taiwanese culture and shares who he thinks are the rising stars in Vancouver’s Taiwanese film community.

To learn more about TWFF by going to their website – https://www.twff.ca/2021/.

You can catch up on all episodes from Grandpa’s Recipes by following Memory Corner on Instagram and Facebook.

Are you a fan of Bubble Tea? Well, today on Grandpa’s Recipes, we sat down with one of the most influential figures in Vancouver’s Taiwanese community and founder of Vancouver’s Bubble Tea Festival, Eric Yang.

While we sipped Bubble Tea, we spoke to Eric about what inspired him to start the festival, the global evolution of Bubble Tea and what fans can expect from the festival once the pandemic is over. We also chatted about Eric’s other initiatives in the Taiwanese community, including his role as President of the Canadian Community Action & Restorative Empowerment Society and Chairman of The Taiwanese Canadian Scholarship.

For more information about Vancouver’s Bubble Tea festival, visit their Facebook page or follow them on Instagram.

Make sure you are caught up on all episodes from Grandpa’s Recipes by also following Memory Corner on Instagram and Facebook.

For the third instalment of Grandpa’s Recipes, we are delighted that acclaimed Vancouver food critic Lee Man joins us on the show.

Lee is a long-time foodie and founding judge of Vancouver’s Chinese Restaurant Awards, which has recognised the best Chinese cuisine in the Lower Mainland for more than 10 years. We spoke to him about his career, the history and growth of Asian food in British Columbia and what he looks for when he’s judging the diverse variety of Chinese food in the city.

Try some of Canada’s best Chinese food by visiting Vancouver’s Chinese Restaurant Awards website – http://chineserestaurantawards.com/. Make sure you are caught up on all episodes from Grandpa’s Recipes by following Memory Corner on Instagram and Facebook.

In episode 2 of Grandpa’s Recipes we talk to the person behind Memory Corner Restaurant – Raymond Wu. Raymond was inspired to start a restaurant in Canada by his grandparents, who ran a small restaurant in their home city of Kaohsiung in Taiwan.

Raymond tells us that story – from humble beginning in Taiwan, to running one of Canada’s most successful Taiwanese restaurants. We speak to him about his secret ‘Grandpa’s Recipes’, his brief career in architecture and the growth of Taiwanese food in Vancouver.

Check out Memory Corner Restaurant by following them on Instagram and Facebook. There you can also catch up on all available episodes from Grandpa’s Recipes.

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In the inaugural episode of Grandpa’s Recipes we welcome Charlie Wu to the show. Charlie is a prominent member of Vancouver’s Taiwanese community and holds the position of managing director of Vancouver’s TAIWANfest.

TAIWANfest is a festival that takes place every year in Vancouver on the Labour Day weekend and celebrates Taiwanese culture, tradition and food through concerts, culinary shows, art exhibits and street parties. In a wide-ranging interview, Oscar and Charlie discuss this year’s festival, the Taiwanese diaspora in Vancouver and his favourite Taiwanese dishes.

If you are interested in attending TAIWANfest this coming Labour Day weekend, please check out their website https://taiwaneseincanada.ca/ for more information. 

Finally, make sure you are caught up on all episodes from Grandpa’s Recipes by following Memory Corner on Instagram and Facebook.

Grandpa’s Recipes is an original podcast brought to you by Memory Corner Restaurant, a traditional Taiwanese restaurant based in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada.

This show is all about Taiwanese food so we’ll be talking to foodies, chefs and restaurant owners about Taiwanese specials like lamb hot pot, bubble tea and crispy fried chicken. We'll discover the stories behind the food and what makes Taiwanese cuisine so unique.

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