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[Dine Out Vancouver 2019] Sandbar Seafood Restaurant Menu Preview #DOVF

Posted in Dine Out Vancouver, Dinner, Great Views, Joyce, Meat, Media Events, Restaurants, Seafood, Steak, Vancouver, West Coast, tagged Chocolate Cake, Cioppino, clam chowder, Croquette, Dine Out Vancouver, Dine Out Vancouver 2019, Granville Island, Lingcod, panna cotta, Steak, The Sandbar Restaurant on January 14, 2019| 1 Comment »

Last week, prix fixe menus of Dine Out Vancouver 2019 were revealed. With that, I was invited to a menu preview at a few restaurants on Granville Island. One of which was The Sandbar Seafood Restaurant.

Sandbar offers a $35 Dine Out menu, with a couple of entree options that you can upgrade with $10 extra. For the menu preview tasting, we were shown a full-size portion for photos, and then canape-size for tasting. Therefore, what you see below is what you will get, but what I tasted may not be the best representation of the dish as I only had a small portion of it.

Food

There are three appetizers to choose from:
Sablefish Croquette – The croquette was mostly potato with some flakes of sablefish. The miso ailoi had a hint of lemon. The pickled fennel on top brought a good amount of acidity.

Sandbar DOVF 2019 Sablefish Croquette
Beet & Arugula Salad – A classic combination of beet, arugula and goat cheese, with a fig balsamic vinaigrette. You can’t go wrong with that.

Sandbar DOVF 2019 Beet & Arugula Salad
Clam Chowder – My favourite appetizer here. It was creamy, it was rich, and it was hearty.

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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…)

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The Keg Steakhouse – Lobster Summer Menu 2016

Posted in Chain, Dessert, Dinner, Joyce, Meat, Media Events, Restaurants, Seafood, Steakhouse, Taco, Vancouver, West Coast, Yaletown, tagged Baked Potato, Billy Miner Pie, Gewurztraminer, Ice Cream Pie, Lobster, Lobster Summer Menu, Lobster Tacos, Mango Mojito, Meiomi Wines, Pinot Noir, See Ya Later Ranch, Steak, Steak & Lobster, Tacos, The Keg, The Keg Steakhouse on August 2, 2016| 5 Comments »

The much anticipated Lobster Summer Menu has returned to the Keg. From now till August 28, you can indulge in a number of dishes made from lobsters flown in from Nova Scotia. Mr. and I were invited to sample some dishes from this year’s menu.

Food

For starter we had the Crispy Lobster Tacos. There were two pieces of lobster in each taco (although the size of lobster pieces varied), all of which were nicely fried and cooked perfectly — crispy on the outside, moist and juicy inside. The sauce had some heat to it, it was creamy, and worked very well with the tacos.

The portion of the plate was quite big, actually. It’s more like a shared appy, than an appy to yourself. I would suggest getting this to share.

For entree, we had the Steak and Half Lobster, a 6oz steak. The sirloin steak was cooked to medium rare, tender, with beautiful grill marks. You would never be disappointed with steaks at The Keg. Our plates came with a baked potato, and it was nice and fluffy. I ordered extra bacon on the side, and yes, you should always order extra bacon if you can.

Check out the size of that lobster! (more…)

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Eat Your Heart Out Benefiting Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation: A Recap

Posted in Casual, Coquitlam, Culinary Events, Dinner, Food Bloggers, Joyce, Meat, Neighbourhood Gem, Port Moody, Pub, Restaurants, Steak, tagged Browns Socialhouse, Eagle Ridge Hospital, Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation, Eat Your Heart Out, fundraiser, Mr. Mike's Steakhouse Casual, ostrich, pork ribs, Restaurant Crawl, Saint St. Grill, salmon carpaccio, Steak on March 16, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Having lived in the Tri-Cities area ever since my family and I moved to Canada, there is always a special place in my heart to promote awareness of what’s in the area. When I was invited to the Eat Your Heart Out event, not only was I attracted to the idea of a restaurant crawl in Tri-Cities, but I was also drawn to the fact that this was a fundraiser for the Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation to ensure the Eagle Ridge Hospital is well-equipped and staff are well-trained to serve the community.

I was happy to see such a great turnout at the event. After a few speeches to kick off the evening, we all hopped on a trolley supplied by the Vancouver Trolley Company.

Now how often do you see a line-up of trolleys outside of the Port Moody City Hall, or on the road in Port Moody?! It’s quite fun to travel in style. (more…)

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Chef’s Table at Earls Port Coquitlam

Posted in American, Bread, By Invitations, Dessert, Drinks, Family-friendly, Group Dinner, Joyce, Port Coquitlam, Restaurants, Steak, tagged apprenticeship, Chef's Table, Earls Restaurant, kung pao, Mai Tai, port coquitlam, Pumpkin pie, Red Seal, Simon Zanotto, sourdough, Steak, Sticky toffee pudding, strawberry and rhubarb crumble, sushi, taco on December 16, 2013| 1 Comment »

We were invited by the Earls in Poco to one of its exclusive Chef’s Table evenings. The intention of the evening was to provide an opportunity to meet Head Chef Simon Zanotto, sample a number of their signature dishes, and gain a better understanding of the restaurant chain. I turned this into a triple-date and invited WK+MS and CC+DF to join Mr. and me for dinner.

At a young age of 25, Chef Simon Zanotto is currently the head chef of Earls Port Coquitlam. Since he’s a child, he has learned to love and appreciate food and through his families, he believes that food should be served fresh, simple and be bold in flavour. Simon went to the Pierre Dubrulle Culinary Art Institute, worked with the Glowbal Restaurant Group, completed his Red Seal certification, and has been with Earls for 7 years now. At the Chef’s Table, Chef Simon spent a lot of time with us and his passion for food was definitely shown through the food and our conversations.

Food

Here are the dishes we tried that evening. Chef Simon emphasized his belief in depth of flavours, and it’s clearly demonstrated in the layers of flavour that he developed in each dish.

Los Cabos Chicken Tacos – I liked how the cheese was melted on the tortilla (instead of sprinkled) and the tender chicken was met with the creamy avocado corn salsa and crunchy shredded lettuce. An excessive amount of valentina hot sauce could just kill your taste buds, but this was just the right amount to bring you some heat.

In House Sourdough with Confit Garlic Oil and Fresh Herbs – This was very good! You can taste the subtle sourness in the sourdough, and that herbs infused confit garlic oil added savouriness and a bit of spice, as well as introduced an Asian note to it. The grinding part was fun too! If we didn’t have that many dishes to go through, I think we could finish a few plates of this!