Japanese Canadian Heritage Tasting Event: Jewpanese Tapas 'n Soba Shokudou!

Sun Sep 28 2025 at 02:00 pm to 04:00 pm UTC-07:00

Tonari Gumi | Vancouver

GVJCCA, TG and VJLS-JH
Publisher/HostGVJCCA, TG and VJLS-JH
Japanese Canadian Heritage Tasting Event: Jewpanese Tapas 'n Soba Shokudou!
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High priestess of Jewpanese culture, Carmel Tanaka cooks up diasporic treats, feat. BinchoTango on brisket + Tokyo-to-Warsaw milk bar snacks
About this Event

***NOTE - This is a casual tasting event, cafeteria style (not a cooking class)

CARMEL'S MILK BAR* w/ BINCHO TANGO'S SMOKEHOUSE MENU:

  • Tejanese togarashi teriyaki brisket - 9 hr smoked brisket over cherrywood, carrots & daikon, Schwartz’ mustard, yuzu kosho mayo + half sour pickle on a mini brioche sesame bun, yum
  • Ruby donburi—zesty rice topped w/ ahi tuna, slivered chioga beets & pomegranate
  • Roasted Japanese eggplant w/ sake & harissa
  • Demitasse of soba, baby artichoke hearts in walnut miso, tomatoes, rakkyo, gr olive + shiso
  • Creamy toasty skewered potato, tororo & gobo kugel w/ wasabi slaw
  • DIY cheese blintz** milk bar bites w/ persimmons & DIY toppings
  • Onolicious butter mochi w/ coconut cream!
  • Fresh garden rhubarb compote fizzy beverage or iced green tea
  • …and Konbiniya sunakku-meets-KosherFoodWarehouse nosh trays

*JEWISH-JAPANESE MILK BAR INSPIRATION is a melding of common Polish-Jewish comfort food cafeterias, and Japanese dessert kiosks, both called milk bars.

**blintz: filled buckwheat crepe


Event Photos

All photos courtesy of Carmel Tanaka



Cook's Bio:

Carmel Tanaka (she/her) is a queer, neurodivergent, ‘Jewpanese’ (Jewish and Japanese Canadian) woman of colour living in Vancouver, BC. She is a community engagement professional, founding leadership initiatives: JQT Vancouver, Genocide Prevention BC, Cross Cultural Walking Tours, and the JEWPANESE Oral History Project. Follow her work www.carmeltanaka.ca, @jewpaneseproject, @jqtvan, @crossculturaltours. She is also a total foodie and looks forward to sharing her Jewpanese menu with participants!


FOR PROGRAM INFO PLEASE CONTACT MICHAEL THE CO-ORDINATOR:[email protected]
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Tonari Gumi, 42 West 8th Avenue, Vancouver, Canada

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CAD 0.00 to CAD 35.00

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