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They just won’t stop! More and more Vancouver restaurants want to help raise funds for Tsunami relief. This morning on Pacific Palate I spoke with Catherine Tanurahardja, owner of Pondok Indonesia Restaurant at 2781 Commercial Drive. She’s donating 20 percent of her sales from each Monday night in January to the Red Cross Tsunami Relief Fund. And today Tourism Vancouver will make this announcement:
Tourism Vancouver Partners with the Salvation Army and 125 Local Restaurants to Bring Relief to Those in Need:
Tourism Vancouver is using the wildly popular Dine Out Vancouver 2005 restaurant promotion as a vehicle to support the work of the Salvation Army in addressing both local needs, as well as international relief efforts for tsunami victims.
Dine Out Vancouver 2005 runs from January 21st to February 3rd. As a first step, Tourism Vancouver will be implementing links to the Salvation Army’s online donation forms for either local support or the South Asia Disaster Relief Fund, on our home page and the highly visited Dine Out Vancouver web section of tourismvancouver.com.
Each of the 125 Dine Out Vancouver restaurants who choose to participate in the relief effort will also be provided with donation cans to collect contributions from diners throughout the 14-day Dine Out Vancouver promotion.
In the spirit of charitable competition, the servers at Diva at the Met restaurant have upped the ante by offering to give 100% of gratuities received on January 21st, the launch of the promotion, to the Salvation Army and are challenging all other participating Dine Out Vancouver restaurants to do the same.
Future relief efforts for countries affected by the tsunami will be handled through Tourism Vancouver’s involvement with the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) where long-term support for the re-building of infrastructure will be of primary importance.
But wait, there’s more! Look for a big graze-fest to be organized for February, where you can pay between $50 and $100 a ticket to taste dishes from some of Vancouver’s top chefs, BC Wineries and BC draft beers. Keep watching this space for more details, and don’t forget all the other restaurants that are pitching in this week:
The Thai House Restaurant Group as well as other restaurants in its group, Urban Thai Bistro, Chili House Thai Bistro and Samba Brazilian Steakhouse announced today that 60% of all food revenues earned by its restaurants in the evenings of January 10 and 11, 2005 will go to charities that are assisting in relief efforts in parts of South East Asia affected by the Tsunamis and Earthquake. For more info visit our website at www.thaihouse.com
Joining in the efforts to raise money for the victims of the earthquake and tsunami victims in Asia, the following ten restaurants businesses are raising funds in various ways in the upcoming weeks. Brix Restaurant and Wine Bar, Gyu Japanese Teppanyaki, i-cafe, MIX The Bakery, Northern Delicacy, Northern Dynasty and Tropika Malaysian & Indonesian Restaurants.
The Tropika Canada Group of restaurants, which includes four Tropika restaurants specializing in Malaysian & Indonesian cuisine as well as Gyu Japanese Teppanyaki, i-cafe, Northern Delicacy and Northern Dynasty will be donating all profits and partial sales from their eight restaurants on Wednesday, January 12th to World Vision in support of the victims of the earthquake and tsunami disaster in Asia. They, along with Gyu Teppanyaki, Northern Delicacy, Northern Dynasty and i-cafe will be holding a joint-fundraiser at all locations at both lunch and dinner on January 12th. Staff are expected to donate most of their tips as well that night.
MIX The Bakery Owned by newcomer to the city, Rose Conception, Mix is a small bakery on West 10th. As a new business they don’t have a lot of resources themselves and a large donation is not feasible, but their young staff came up with a great idea. Come by and purchase a raffle ticket between now (January 6th) and January 17th and you could win complimentary (free!) homemade bread every week for a year or the dessert of the month every month for year! Every week, from January 24th 2005 to January 24th 2006 you could be dropping in to choose a fresh made loaf of your choice or each month a delectable dessert. Raffle tickets $5.00, available at MIX The Bakery 100% of proceeds from the raffle draw will go to The Canadian Red Cross.
And sweeter still…. Brix Restaurant and Wine Bar Brix invites you and your family to drop in for dessert, perhaps after a walk in Yaletown, a meal at home or even dinner at a local supporting restaurant. Two dollars from every dessert sold at Brix from Friday, January 10th to Friday, January 21st will be donated to The Canadian Red Cross.
Brix Restaurant and Wine Bar – 1138 Homer Street (604-915-9463) www.brixvancouver.com
MIX The Bakery – 4430 West 10th Avenue (604-221-4145)
Tropika Restaurants
1128 Robson Street (604-737-6002)
2975 Cambie Street (604-879-6002)
Aberdeen Centre, 4151 Hazelbridge Way, Richmond (604-233-7002)
Lansdowne Centre 8280 Lansdowne Rd, Richmond (604-278-6002)
www.tropika-canada.com
Gyu Japanese Teppanyaki – 219-755 Burrard Street (2nd floor, entrance of Alberni) (604-688-7050)
i-cafe – Hong Kong Style Café 560 West 8th Avenue (604-680-0238)
Northern Delicacy – Shanghai Cuisine Aberdeen Centre, 4151 Hazelbridge Way, Richmond (604-233-7050)
Northern Dynasty – Peking and Schezwan Cuisine 1180-8391 Alexandra Road, Richmond (604-303-1192)
Special Night at Memphis Blues to Help the Asian Tsunami Relief Fund:
On Tuesday, January 11, 2005 please join the owners of Memphis Blues Barbeque House to raise funds for the Red Cross’ Asian Tsunami Relief Fund. The restaurants will be donating 25% of all sales for this day to the fund. Employees of the two locations will be donating their tips to the fund. Memphis Blues Barbeque House are located at 1465 West Broadway, near Granville, and 1342 Commercial Drive, near Kitchener Street.
