For Papa Lam's birthday, I took a break from Chinese restaurants and went for French food instead. And we went to Bistro Pastis for a traditional take on this cuisine. Excellent execution on a classic menu. It's a fine dining restaurant with some comfort food characteristics.
Stake at Hard Rock Casino Vancouver – Fine Dining in Tri-Cities
In Vancouver, there is no shortage of fine dining options to celebrate your special occasions. The suburb, is a different story. Last year, Hard Rock Casino in Coquitlam revamped its restaurants and introduced Stake, a fine dining establishment. So to celebrate CC's birthday, a few of us girls went there for dinner.
Twisted Fork Bistro – The #DOVF dinner that social media didn’t talk about [Dine Out Vancouver 2015]
Lucky me, working downtown and getting off work at 5, I was able to get to Twisted Fork right at 5:30pm, as the door opened, and checked out their Dine Out menu. When I was trying to look up the dishes in advance of the dinner, what they looked like and what other people thought about them, I couldn't find anything online. No Twitter, no Instagram; that actually piqued my interest even more.
Salmon House on the Hill – Classics Done Right [Dine Out Vancouver 2015]
I usually use Dine Out Vancouver as the opportunity to try restaurants that I've never been before. Even some of the institutions that have been around for a long time. One of which was Salmon House in West Vancouver. This year, they had a pretty appealing menu for DOV, and so Mr. and I invited Mama and Papa Lam to join us for dinner.
Chicha Restaurant – Peruvian-Inspired Comfort Food [Dine Out Vancouver 2015]
For a triple-date night, we went for Dine Out at Chicha, a Peruvian-inspired eatery in the Mount Pleasant area. There were lots of options on the $28 menu, with some interesting combination of ingredients. I was intrigued.
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