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Tasting Plates Gastown – Quick Recap

Posted in By Invitations, Culinary Events, Dinner, Food Bloggers, Gastown, Joyce, News, Tasting Plates, Vancouver, tagged Bitter Tasting Room, Burgundy Restaurant, Catch 122 Cafe Bistro, food events, gastown, Irish Heather Gastropub, salt tasting room, Tasting Plates Gastown, Tasting Plates Vancouver, Tasting Plates YVR, Trees Organic on May 9, 2014| Leave a Comment »

A couple of weeks ago, we were invited to the Tasting Plates Gastown Edition. Gastown is a neighbourhood that intrigues me but I never spend enough time exploring. The event offered me an opportunity to re-visit some restaurants while discovering some new ones.

Instead of duplicating my Twitter coverage through the evening of the event, I have taken a different approach with this recap post. I’ve used Storify to build my story using pictures from the event along with additional comment at each stop. Click on the image or link below to check it out. Find out what I liked and what I didn’t like, and what I wished to have done differently on this tour:

Tasting Plates Gastown 2014 on Storify

Tasting Plates Gastown Recap on Storify

Tasting Plates is a good way to explore new and long-standing restaurants in the neighbourhoods. The next one is Tasting Plates Main Street and I hope to see you there!

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Catch 122 Cafe Bistro [Dine Out Vancouver 2014]

Posted in Bistro, Culinary Events, Dessert, Dine Out Vancouver, Dinner, Gastown, Joyce, Meat, Restaurants, Seafood, Vancouver, tagged Arctic Char, beef brisket, Catch 122 Cafe Bistro, Dine Out Vancouver 2014, gastown, panna cotta, pork belly, Smoked Salmon on January 27, 2014| 4 Comments »

I must confess, as soon as my body felt better and I got an OK from my home doctor (aka Mama Lam), I got out the door right away and went for my first Dine Out dinner this year. While I was sick I missed a few DOV dinners so I have to make up for it. First up, a girls’ date with CC and LW at Catch 122 on Hastings across from the Woodward Building.

Food

Because I can’t drink just yet, I ordered myself a mocktail, the Gastown Riot. It’s refreshing, with subtle flavours from raspberries and basil. I liked that it used actual raspberries puree, although it also means that you’d be chewing some raspberry seeds while drinking. For some reason it tasted gingery so I’m not sure if it’s mixed with a bit of LW’s ginger beer.

For appetizer, I chose the Cold Smoked Salmon and in my head I was picturing something similar to what I had at Mosaic. Not even close. In fact, it looked nothing like smoked salmon – it looked and tasted like seared salmon filet (it’s served warm). That being said, the salmon was well seasoned, nicely cooked to about medium so it’s moist and a little bit pink inside. It paired quite well with the dill sauce. (more…)