Chefs recall Expo 86 being before the Vancouver restaurant boom
“Expo 86 exposure showed the world how beautiful the city was, how clean and how safe it was to settle down and raise a family and to build a new life,” Potvin says. “Many finer-dining chefs and/or cooks brought their specialties and unique food knowledge over from Hong Kong, and later from Japan, Mainland China, Korea, Vietnam, Singapore, Thailand and Taiwan, bringing with them a level of Asian cuisine that didn’t previously exist,” Potvin adds of the influx of culinary talent who immigrated to Vancouver after Expo 86.
Source: vancouversun.com