Posted in All You Can Eat, Brunch, Hang-Out with Friends, Joyce, Langley, Outdoor Dining, Patio, Restaurants, Special Occasion, Tasting Room, Wine, Wine Series, Winery Dining, tagged All You Can Eat, BC wines, Best Winery Dining, Buffet, Buffet Brunch, Glass House Estate Winery, High Vin, Langley, Sunday Brunch, Wine Flight, Wine Tasting on March 12, 2024| Leave a Comment »
My girlfriends and I went to Glass House Estate Winery for their High Vin Sunday Brunch simply because it sounds like a lot of fun. For $65 per person, you are treated to a buffet brunch, a glass of bubbly and a flight of five 1oz wine. We stumbled upon it, and really, we couldn’t resist. The four of us usually go out for afternoon tea, and we all like wine, so this naturally fits our MO to give it a try.
Posted in Bar, Downtown Vancouver, Drinks, Hang-Out with Friends, Hotel Dining, Joyce, Lounge, News, Pop-up, Restaurants, Valentine's Day, Vancouver, tagged Announcement, Downtown Vancouver, Events, Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, News, Pop-up, Pop-up Bar, Saintly Wines, Speakeasy, Valentine's Day on February 19, 2024| Leave a Comment »
This year’s Valetine’s and Galetine’s Day may be behind us, but we don’t stop celebrating love. Bring your gals, pals and valentine to this pop-up bar at Fairmont Hotel Vancouver. It’s called “Blush” and it’s only open Tuesdays to Saturdays until February 29. It’s a collaboration between Fairmont Hotel Vancouver and Saintly Wine. It’s pink and so cute, and you can order fun, romance-themed cocktails like Passion Potion and Love Letter, or mini bottles of Saintly sparkling brut and rosé. They also have nibbles and desserts like Gochujang Chicken Tenders, Fresh Oysters, Tuna Tataki, Charcuterie and Cheesecakes.
I’m quite in awe of how Fairmont Vancouver is transforming this space on the lower level for different pop-ups. First, it was Kringle’s for Christmas, and now Blush for Valetine’s Day. Make sure to look for the pink photo booth at the entrance. Will you check it out?
Disclosure: I was invited to a media preview event.
Posted in Joyce, London, Lunch, Meat, Restaurants, Steak, Steakhouse, Travel, United Kingdom, tagged Bone Marrow, England, Hawksmoor Steakhouse, London, Roast Beef, Spitalfields, Steakhouse, Sunday Roast, United Kingdom, Yorkshire Pudding on November 28, 2023| Leave a Comment »
When we were in London, Mr. really wanted a Sunday Roast, so a friend living in the UK suggested that we check out Hawksmoor, a steakhouse with multiple locations in the UK as well in the US. Since our hotel was close to the Spitalfields location, that’s where we ended up.
For £27 per person, we got this beautiful plate of slow roast rump cooked to a perfect medium pink (you have a choice of pink or well done), and it comes with crispy beef dripping roast potatoes, the biggest Yorkshire pudding I’ve ever seen, carrots, greens, roasted garlic and a luscious bone marrow and onion gravy.
(more…)Posted in Downtown Vancouver, Gastown, Joyce, Michelin Guide, News, Restaurants, Roundup, Vancouver, Yaletown, tagged Announcement, Bib Gourmand, Michelin, Michelin Guide, Michelin Star, Restaurant Recommendations, Vancouver on October 6, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Announced last night at an invitation-only ceremony, a total of nine Vancouver restaurants are now one-MICHELIN-Starred, plus 17 with the Bib Gourmand designations, and 51 Recommended eateries. This is the second year of Vancouver being in the MICHELIN Guide.
“The famously anonymous MICHELIN Guide inspectors once again were impressed with the culinary community here,” said Gwendal Poullennec, the International Director of the MICHELIN Guides. “This sort of steady growth is what we often see in second-year selections, and it is definitely a harbinger of great things to come. We are very proud of the passionate chefs and restaurant teams here in Vancouver, and they make their city very proud.”
The nine one-MICHELIN-Star Vancouver restaurants are:
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