Marisol Delfin
Eating Vancouver from Richmond outward
Based in Richmond, BC.
Marisol grew up between Richmond's Golden Village food courts and her family's turo-turo kitchen, and now reviews the region's dumpling houses and Filipino bakeries. She tracks the summer night markets, Commercial Drive's Italian delis, and which Chinatown cafés still roast their own beans.
Latest stories
Vancouver Christmas Market 2026: Dates, Tickets and What's New at Jack Poole Plaza
Dates, prices and door rules for the 16th Vancouver Christmas Market at Jack Poole Plaza, plus the 16 other winter markets worth a trip across Metro Vancouver.
How Vancouver's Rain Built a Noodle and Dumpling City
Vancouver gets nine wet months a year. Here are fifteen steam-fogged rooms serving the hand-pulled noodles and hand-folded dumplings people eat once the rain sets in.
Rain Turned Vancouver Into an Indoor City
Vancouver never fought its 160 rainy days a year. It built a second city indoors, from covered markets to steam-filled cafés, and this is the map for 2026.
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