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Thanksgiving To-Go Takeout in Metro Vancouver 2021

Posted in Delivery, Dinner, Downtown Vancouver, Holiday, Home Cooking, Joyce, News, Restaurants, Roundup, Special Occasion, Surrey, Take-Out, Vancouver, tagged #TakeOutDay, Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar, Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, H Tasting Lounge, Meal Kits, Notch8 Restaurant & Bar, Railtown Catering, Takeout, Tap Restaurant, Thanksgiving, The Boathouse Restaurant, Truffles Fine Foods, Turkey Dinner, Turkey To Go, Westin Bayshore on September 15, 2021| Leave a Comment »

While we are working towards establishing some new normalcy, it is still important to remain vigilant and stay safe. Most restaurants are open for dine-in again now, but some of us may still prefer to eat in the comfort of their own home. Therefore, this Thanksgiving, some local restaurants continue to offer a to-go option so we can celebrate with friends and family safely at home. Here is my round-up. I will continue to update this list as restaurants continue to promote their offering.

And make sure to check the order details for each one to not miss out!

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Railtown Catering Launch Party [Photos]

Posted in By Invitations, Cafe, Catering, Dinner, Joyce, Media Events, News, Parties, Restaurants, Seafood, Vancouver, tagged asparagus, Cabaret Torlage, catering, Crab Legs, Dan Olson, event planning, Foie Gras, kusshi, Lobster, luxury catering, mushrooms, oysters, Patrick Lanteigne, Railtown Cafe, Railtown Catering, Tyler Day on April 19, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Last week, we were invited to the launch party of Railtown Catering, a sister company of Railtown Cafe. The catering division taps into a niche market — luxury catering.

Railtown Catering Launch event at Vancouver Urban Winery

Given its target audience and staying true to its offering, there was no shortage of luxurious canapes and bites at the launch event at Vancouver Urban Winery. Frankly I had my doubts before I got there; I’ve been to a few big launch parties and often restaurants would fail on at least one component, such as food quality or quantity, staffing, service, and space planning. Not in this case. Everything was so well prepared: a wide variety of dishes, nice presentation, delicious food, quick refills, friendly staff — if this were meant to demonstrate how they’d perform when catering an event, I would not hesitate to book them for my next fancy party (lol!).

The canapes were well executed with great flavours; I saw an army of cooks and chefs working very hard in the back! My favourite would be the Fresh Oysters (thanks to the Asian-inspired dressing), Green Asparagus Flan, Beet Cured Hamachi, Sauteed Forest Mushrooms, and Beer Battered Halibut. I’ll let the pictures do the talking… (more…)