Until March 1, you will find the Frost & Fable Pop-up on Fridays and Saturdays at Hotel Belmont in Downtown Vancouver. Inspired by an ice cave bar experience, this pop-up serves up unique, interesting cocktails that are paired with an elevated bar bite menu. I had the pleasure to preview this pop-up with Mr., so let me tell you more about it.
Since Alouette Bistro opened in 2021, I haven't had much opportunity to try them since Downtown Vancouver is no longer my stomping ground. Their Dine Out menu offers limited, but solid choices, and some of my favourite classic French dishes. So, I was actually quite excited to try their Dine Out menu and I had Papa Lam as my lunch date. Yes, the $49 Dine Out menu is available for both lunch and dinner here at Alouette.
When I found out that The Sequel Kitchen & Bar in Coal Harbour is the sister restaurant of The Story Cafe in Richmond, I was delighted about their choice of name. You know, the sequel to the story?! Clever! Truth be told, I've never been to The Story Cafe before but have heard good things about it. I figured The Sequel will have to live up to its sister's reputation, and we should have a wonderful meal there.
This is the classic French 75 cocktail but I changed it up with a sparkling rosé. I called it Blush 75 (and others may have named it similarly as well) because the sparkling rosé would give it a tint of pink. The colour is also perfect for Valentine's Day. And I love that I have all the ingredients at home so I don't have to buy a bunch of cocktail stuff that I don't use often.
So over the holidays Mr. got into cocktail making and we're looking up recipes online to try. The tricky thing is, we don't have a lot of ingredients readily available and we also don't want to stock up a lot of liqueurs, syrups or bitters and clog up the shelves. Then I was given this New York Sour recipe and with some modifications, it's just the perfect drink for us to make at home.
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