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[Hot Chocolate Festival 2023] Motoretta Gelato and its Unique Savoury & Sweet Combo

Posted in Beverage, Cafe, Cheese, Chocolate, Dessert, Downtown Vancouver, gelato, Hot Chocolate Festival, ice cream, Italian, Joyce, Lower Mainland, Restaurants, Vancouver, tagged Bel Paese, Castelvetrano Olive, gelato, hot chocolate, Hot Chocolate Festival, Il Re, Italian, Kitchen Table Restaurants, Motoretta Gelato, Parmigiano Reggiano, Passione Gelato, Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival, Zabaione on January 16, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Greater Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival is back and it’s going to be a month of delicious indulgence of chocolate goodness! This year, 66 vendors have put forth 145 flavours of hot chocolate creations. I have started going around to taste some, how about you?

First up, Motoretta Gelato, part of the Kitchen Table Restaurants, with Salvatore Boccarossa at the helm. You may know Sal from Passione Gelato so you know his flavours are always spot on. They offer two unique pairings of sweet and savory.

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Il Giardino Restaurant

Posted in Dine Out Vancouver, Dinner, Joyce, Vancouver, tagged Agnolotti, al dente, Antipasto, Dine Out Vancouver 2010, Il Giardino, Italian, Parmigiano, Umberto on April 28, 2010| 1 Comment »

My Dine Out Vancouver 2010 kicked off with a location that I’ve been wanting to go for a few years: Il Giardino, part of the Umberto Group. I couldn’t wait to try it such that I had to book it for the first day of the event! (OK, a little bit exaggerating but there’s some truth to it!)

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The advantage of doing DOV with 2 or more people is that you are more likely to try everything on the menu, as restaurants usually offer 3 options for each of the 3 courses. In this case, my parents and I did just that – we ordered one of everything, vegetarian dishes included.

Overall I was quite happy with the quality of the dishes. I personally had the Antipasto + Black Cod + White Chocolate Ganache Cake. The Antipasto Misto was of a generous portion and captured the essence of an antipasto plate you’d find in an Italian restaurant. I have to confess, though, I still haven’t learned to appreciate olives. Alaskan Black Cod was not bad; I liked that it had a crust that added texture to the soft, flaky meat. I also appreciated that they put a lot of vegetables on the side, a good balance to a heavy meal. Raspberry White Chocolate Ganache Cake was probably my favourite of the 3 desserts. Although it’s white chocolate, it’s not too sweet. And it’s very creamy. I wish the cake part was slightly thicker; now it’s so thin that it’s barely there.

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