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A Big Night Out In Vancouver

written by John Chow on February 9th, 2008

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Big Night is a yearly event put on by Vancouver Magazine that celebrates the top winning wines from their 4th annual Wine Awards paired with the best restaurants from their 18th annual Restaurant Awards. This is the third year of the event and it brings out the who’s who of Vancouver to the very prestigious Vancouver Club for a night of wining, dining and rubbing elbows with the city’s movers and shakers.

Big Night answers the aged old question of what happens when new age Dot Com meets old age Vancouver money. The answer is: not a hell of lot. This maybe because we decided to dress like old money instead of the Dot Com stereotype. The Vancouver Club is a very old club (founded in 1889) with old traditions and a very strict dress code. While we dressed like old money, we acted like it was Dot Com Pho. We did get some strange looks when we grab some giant champagne glasses to make a toast.

Joining Sarah and me for Big Night were Greg Morgan and his girlfriend Linda, Stephen Fung and his girlfriend Kelly, and Ed Lau, who is single and was hoping to find a Vancouver Club sugar momma. He had a few bites but they were all too old.

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  1. The first photo looks like something you’d see from the “red carpet”. My fav. parts of the video: Campbells chunky beef soup and those HUGE glasses of wine – no wonder you were drunk!

  2. Desiree Ha

    Check out the wine glasses, dude. And haha, you can just spot John from a mile away coz his head is like right above everyone else’s.

    Was this a free invite party? Coz all the food looks very inviting. :grin:

  3. John Chow, that is life I guess, I wish to see you with hot girls around
    Let us show that too.. I’ve seen you poking girls, Las vegas and now Vancouver, lets have something dancing :)

    and this Reverse funnel system AD , right now above , ooops..

  4. Seems Like a nice night out John.

    I was watching a live show, Phantom of the Opera last night (for a bit of a change) also was a very good night out

  5. Way to put the Dot Com Mogul spin on the old money scene. Love the giant wine glasses.

  6. Looks like you would of had a good night.

  7. Nice one John!Hope your single friend finds someone real soon. :grin:
    Nice first picture by the way.Agree with whoever said it looks more like a red carpet evening!!!

  8. Looks like allot of fun. John what was your favorite wine? The video was wonderful. Thanks for sharing it. Looked like you enjoyed yourself very much :) The place looks really nice :)

    ~Katie

  9. Ed what was your favorite wine there? What one did you drink the most of? Sorry you didn’t feel well later. At least it was fun at the time right? :) What foods did you like the most? :wink:

    ~Katie

  10. Chow look like CEO…
    Handsome and rich guy….
    I’m jealous …

  11. This post make me hungry.. Nice big cup of wine :cool:

  12. That’s a huge champagne glass!

  13. How much was the suit John?

  14. looks like fun!
    what’s the stuff on top of the ravioli?

  15. Sorry John, but I have to say this in my language… “Que camión la de gris!”

    Thanks!

  16. That`s a pretty small glass of champagne :D
    Glamorous life you have John..

  17. Shooting Vodka and oysters what could be better! Thanks for sharing your video.

  18. Are you a big wine fan? What is a good fruity tasting, more sweet wine? I have to admit I’m not very educated in wine.

    • Fruity Tasting and sweet aren’t usually good signs for a regular wine, but if that is what you are looking for, try a dessert wine. They are sweeter and go great with a dessert, like Creme Brulee.
      Something like a nice glass of Warre’s 10 -year Tawny Port

  19. wow! the food looks delicious

  20. looks yummy even a bum would love it!

  21. Looks liek a fun event. I should move there.

  22. The oyster bar looks cool… was it made of ice?

  23. Looks like great fun! I like how they call it “big night”. I remember that being a theme of a high school prom I attended. :cool:

  24. Love those sort of events where you get a chance to try samplings from a bunch of different restaurants, with wine pairings. For those of us not going to the best restaurants for free :) It is a good way to get a feel for what they have to offer.

  25. Heidi

    Oh yeah totally crazy! Anyone could attend, !$120…

    Not exactly special or anything.. I dont get it.

  26. Looking quite snazzy John ;)

    -Mike

  27. JOHN CHOW!!!! This video makes me miss you & parties & vegas & fine dining & drinking! It’s nice to see you dressed up! You looked really nice. :) The huge glasses at the end were awesome! You made me laugh. They reminded me of the huge Absolut bottles we took pictures with. Looks like you had an awesome time. Wish I could have been there with you all!

  28. It looks like you had a blast! Did you make any new connections? ;)

  29. You mentioned that you were the odd guy there- old money vs. dot com guys. How did you get the invite? Sounds like a great party.

    • He didn’t get invited at all. He paid like all the regular people. What made him most upset was when he walked by the “Media Registration” desk…and he wasn’t in it :lol:

  30. Hi John,

    I have finally revealed the secrets you keep emailing me about.

    See the article my name links too, it is entitled “A big fight out”.

    Thanks,
    John Pow.

  31. Looking quite dapper there, John. Easy on those vodka and oyster shots! LOL. Oh yeah, and those huge-ass glasses. Cheers! :P

    Shine on,
    Aaron

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