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Taste of Yaletown 2017 – La Pentola $45 Menu

Posted in Culinary Events, Dinner, Italian, Joyce, Pasta, Restaurants, Taste of Yaletown, Vancouver, Yaletown, tagged La Pentola, ling cod, Linguine Vongole, Media Event, Opus Hotel, Pasta, Prix Fixe, Risotto, Steak, Tagliatelle Bolognese, Talk Shop Media, Taste of Yaletown, Yaletown on October 25, 2017| 3 Comments »

The other restaurant that I visited during the Taste of Yaletown media event was La Pentola at the Opus Hotel. La Pentola also offers a 4-course menu for $45.

Food

It’s a big menu, with two salad options for first course:

Beets, Frisee, Pickled Onion, Hazelnuts, Whipped Ricotta

Duck and Radicchio, Frisee, Grapes, Pecans, Balsamic, Parmesan

Both salads were tasty. Frankly I was so focused on the hot dishes I only had a small bite of each salad. They looked good, with just the right amount of dressing. I probably would’ve chosen the beet salad because I like beets, but the duck salad sounded more interesting.

Second course is pasta. The Linguine Vongole was quite good. Pasta was al dente, clams tasted fresh. (more…)