having lived in vancouver all my life, i was surprised that i've never been thought of going on a foodtourhere before. curtis ( foodobyte ) recently started bringing me along to tasting plates yvr which is a foodtourput on my vanfoodste r and it literally is like a pub crawl, but for food! the tasting plate adventure this time around was in the gastown area. yay! our registration check-in was at catch 122 . i previously visited this place before (post here ) and had a subpar experience. however, these three tasting bites were impressive. in the front is this delicious and juicy p ressed confit pork shoulder with smoked potato and pork crackling. another outstanding item is the house-made tortellini with quebec cheese curd, house-smoked bacon, and soubise sauce. to say it was smokey is an understatement. this tortellini bursted with flavour inside my mouth and i would gladly eat a whole plate of this. next up was the hastings urban farm which promoted hives for humanity's raw honey