About

Welcome to DineOutHere.com, a collection of restaurant reviews and food photos for Vancouver, BC, Canada, written by Geoff Peters.

Here are some other food blogs that have good photos in Vancouver:

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Know of a restaurant that you’d like to see on this site? Please email me at geoff@gpeters.com.

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How much should I tip at restaurants in Vancouver?

In Vancouver, like many North American cities, it is customary to add 10-20% on top of the bill when paying. I usually tip at 15% unless the service is exceptionally good or bad.

How can I easily calculate the tip at the restaurant?

If you have a newer cell phone, try GeoTip, a free cell-phone tip calculator. In my spare time I wrote this program, and it will work on most phones to calculate the tip. (I used to work at Nokia so it was pretty easy for me to write this program.)

How Does this Site Work?

This site is powered by Open Source technology. It is based on the free Wordpress weblog publishing software, and runs on PHP and Linux.

I would encourage anyone who has an interest or passion in some area such as food, music, or photography to create a weblog such as this one. You don’t need to be a computer programmer to create a weblog. Simply by visiting a site such as Blogger or Wordpress you can register for a free blog account and start posting right away.

How do you make money with this site? Do restaurants provide the food for free?

For all of my reviews on this site, I have paid for the food just like every other customer. I bring my camera into the restaurant and take photos of the food that I have ordered. Usually I go with a friend, and I let my friend begin eating his or her food while I am taking the photos. It only takes about 5 minutes or less to take the photos. To avoid disrupting the restaurant ambiance, I do not ever use a flash, and I only rarely take pictures of anything other than the food. Sometimes I will take a picture of the restaurant’s decor if it is extra special.

I make money on this site through Google Adsense. There are a bunch of text advertisements that run throughout the site. When people click on the ads, I receive a small amount of money per click from the advertisers. Adsense is free to join for webmasters, and it is the reason behind Google’s success.

If you are a webmaster, please click below to join the Adsense program and start making money with your website:

What kind of camera do you use?

I use a Canon Digital Rebel XT with a Canon 50mm F1.4 lens. For some excellent resources on how to learn food photography, please check out Food Photography 101 by Nikas Culinaria or the Food Photography Blog by Michael Ray.

What are your other interests besides food and photography?

I am also an avid jazz pianist (see my band web site) as well as a full time software developer at Business Objects/SAP. If we have some interests in common, please feel free to add me as a friend on Facebook by clicking the image below:

Geoff Peters's Facebook profile

Thanks, and I hope you enjoy discovering the many fine restaurants in the Vancouver area.