Posted in Culinary Events, Dine Out Vancouver, Dinner, Joyce, News, Vancouver, tagged Announcement, Banana Leaf, Bishop's, Boathouse Restaurant, Cardero's, Dine Out Vancouver, Dine Out Vancouver 2018, Provence Marinaside, Seasons in the Park, The Sandbar Restaurant, The Teahouse on February 5, 2018| Leave a Comment »
The official Dine Out Vancouver may have ended on Sunday, but some restaurants have decided to offer the Dine Out menus just for a few more days.
Dine Out at Smoke and Bones
Here are their respective extended end date and menu. The list is much shorter than previous years. I will keep updating the list if I hear more.
Posted in Bar, Casual, Culinary Events, Dine Out Vancouver, Dinner, Joyce, Meat, Pub, Restaurants, Scotch/Whisky, Vancouver, Wine Pairing, tagged Chocolate Praline Bar, Crispy Pork Belly, Dine Out Vancouver, Dine Out Vancouver 2018, Donnelly Group, Empanadas, Glenlivet, Grilled Cheese, meatloaf, Menu Tasting, Monkey Shoulder, panna cotta, prawns, The Granville Room, whisky, Wine Pairing on January 26, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Having done Dine Out Vancouver for so many years now, frankly I’m feeling burnout. To me, a lot of the menus are not very inspiring; or I question the value for the money. So this year, I set out to try to discover gems that don’t require you to pay $40 yet still feel hungry afterwards.
I was invited to bring a guest (guess whom I brought?) to sample the Dine Out menu of a Donnelly Group restaurant of my choice, including wine pairings. They are all $20 menus. After perusing them, I decided on the Granville Room. Why? I will get to that in a moment.
There are two choices for appetizer. Naturally, we ordered one of each. The Coconut Fried Prawns were nice and crunchy. Mr. (ding-ding!) thought the coating was too thick to taste the prawns but I thought it’s okay. The prawns had good texture, a bit bouncy and not mushy. What’s intriguing is the dipping sauce. It’s a coconut hoisin sauce. When it said hoisin I expected the sauce to be darker in colour, but it’s just a tinted creamy white colour. It had a lot of coconut flavour but it’s not too sweet thanks to the subtle use of hoisin sauce. The prawns themselves did not have any coconut; it’s all in the sauce.
Wine pairing: Desert Hills Viognier – The fried prawns actually mellowed out the acidity in the viognier.
Beef Rib Empanada was also a hand-held appy. There were two pieces on the plate, served with a mole sauce. The sauce was rich, thick, and had some smokey flavour that didn’t overpower everything. (more…)
Posted in Burnaby, Culinary Events, Dine Out Vancouver, Dinner, Gastown, Joyce, Lower Mainland, Lunch, New Westminster, News, North Vancouver, Port Moody, Richmond, Vancouver, West Vancouver, Yaletown, tagged Announcement, Dine Out Vancouver, Dine Out Vancouver 2018, News, Tourism Vancouver on January 11, 2018| 2 Comments »
Dine Out Vancouver is back! Running from January 19 to February 4, more than 300 restaurants are offering prix fixe menus and more than 35 special events are planned over this 2-week period.
Vancouver Aquarium Pop-up Restaurant 2017 Dine Out
The 3-course dinner are priced at $20, $30 or $40. Some restaurants may charge extra for special menu items. Some restaurants are also offering a lunch menu, which could be at a cheaper price point. The menus are now live and reservations are open. Pretty excited about some of the participating restaurants this year. After perusing the menus, here are our suggestions, based on past experience (Dine Out or not) as well as menu attractiveness. I’ve included links to the menu to make it easier for you:
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