Culture
Travel the world through these local restaurants
January 13, 2025By: Phone Min Thant, Staff Writer Amay’s House (Burmese) 3293 Kingsway, Vancouver Wednesday–Monday 11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m. [caption id="attachment_130391" align="alignnone" width="696"] PHOTO: Emily Le / The Peak[/caption] Amay’s House is one of the only restaurants in the Vancouver area that serves Burmese food, a cuisine best described as a melting pot of Indian and Chinese flavors. The menu is huge and the food is authentic (this is coming from a Burmese). The smell of the charred wok and fish sauce will transport you to the bustling streets of Yangon. My favorite dish is the nan gyi thoke, a…
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SFU’s The Lyre makes ripples across campus
January 9, 2025By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer The Lyre is SFU’s literary magazine produced through the university’s world languages and literatures program, publishing works from undergraduate students, artists, and SFU graduates, as well as students from other universities. The magazine includes poetry,…
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Still Living With My Parents? Why, yes, I am!
January 9, 2025By: Yasmin Hassan, Staff Writer Youth seems to keep slipping through my fingers the older I get, which is how I assume it works. Becoming a person of your own is no easy feat, and artist NIA NADURATA is no…
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Creative Corner: DIY holiday gifts
December 9, 2024By: Cindy Wang, Peak Associate Get ready, because it’s the winter season and the holidays are almost upon us. What better way to spend the holidays than by giving your friends and family gifts under a Christmas tree? Buying gifts…
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The Peak’s staff picks for album of the year
December 3, 2024Never Better and Better Now by Wild Rivers Hailey Miller, Staff Writer Toronto indie-rock trio Wild Rivers — comprised of Khalid Yassein, Devan Glover, and Andrew Oliver — released two back-to-back sister albums this year, followed by a world…
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The everlasting power of community in It Takes A Village
December 3, 2024By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer The Vancouver Asian Film Festival was memorable, bringing community members together through a collective love of storytelling. The power of community is sometimes overlooked for stigmatized communities like East Hastings. It Takes A Village: An…
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Need to Know, Need to Go: Holiday markets
December 2, 2024By: Abigail Streifel, Peak Associate The weather may be getting colder, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t plenty to do. Visiting a holiday market or festival is a great way to spend a cold day — you can shop for…
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Food for thought: Momos
November 27, 2024By: Zamling Sherpa, Peak Associate Dumplings, potstickers, perogies, gyozas, mandu . . . there are many variations of a filling stuffed in a dough wrapper. Each culture has its own spin on this type of dish, and the Nepali dish,…
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The West Coast rules with Triton
November 27, 2024By: Yasmin Hassan, Staff Writer While Vancouver is home to many amazing artists, I never thought that I’d find one right in my classroom! As a former classmate of independent alternative artist Triton Smith, it has always been fascinating hearing…
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Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement — establishing a cultural voice
November 26, 2024By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer Content warning: mentions of internment camps. The Vancouver Asian Film Festival premiered brilliant films and documentaries this year. One that stood out was Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement, which tracks the life of third-generation…
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