Posted in Culinary Events, Dine Out Vancouver, Dinner, Joyce, News, Vancouver, tagged Announcement, Cardero's, Dine Out Vancouver, Dine Out Vancouver 2019, Glowbal, Provence Marinaside, Seasons in the Park, The Sandbar Restaurant, The Teahouse, Trattoria on February 4, 2019| 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.
7 oz Prime New York Striploin at Sandbar Restaurant
Here are their respective extended end date and menu. The list is very short this year. I will keep updating the list if I hear more.
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.
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.
Beet & Arugula Salad – A classic combination of beet, arugula and goat cheese, with a fig balsamic vinaigrette. You can’t go wrong with that.
Clam Chowder – My favourite appetizer here. It was creamy, it was rich, and it was hearty.
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 Burnaby, By Invitations, Culinary Events, Joyce, News, Vancouver, tagged Alex Chen, BC Place, Bocuse d'Or, Bocuse d'Or Canada, Chinese Chef's Association, CinCin, Cotto Enoteca Pizzeria, Damso Modern Korean, Delta Burnaby, Delta Okanagan Grand Resort, Delta Vancouver Airport, Diva at the Met, Fairmont Chateau Whistler, Joey Restaurants, Mission Hill Estate Winery, Moxie's, Oyama Sausage Company, Peartree, The Sandbar Restaurant on October 17, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Last Friday we were invited to the Hot Chefs Cool Jazz event. If you have been following our blog for awhile, you would remember two years ago we attended the same event. This takes place every two years in support of Bocuse d’Or Canada. In January 2013, Chef Alex Chen will represent Canada to compete in Bocuse d’Or in Lyon, France, where chefs from 24 countries will convene for the most demanding culinary competition in the world.
Chef Alex Chen to represent Canada at Bocuse d’Or 2013
Hot Chefs Cool Jazz was a fun event, with 16 savoury and sweet food stations, wine & beer, as well as live jazz performance. It was very nice to see the support Chef Alex received from his peers in the culinary industry in BC.
All chefs pose for a photo
Of everything we tried, here are a few of our favourites: (more…)
Posted in Dine Out Vancouver, Dinner, Great Views, Joyce, Seafood, Vancouver, West Coast, tagged Dine Out Vancouver 2011, Granville Island, Sequoia Company of Restaurants, The Sandbar Restaurant on January 31, 2011| 2 Comments »
The Sandbar at Granville Island, many people told me it’s good but for some reason I still haven’t eaten there. Finally, on a girls’ night out, my best friend and I went to the Sandbar for Dine Out 2011.
Sandbar's Dine Out Menu
I have to agree with those who complimented on its food, the flavour was quite good. As you may know already, I rarely order Asian(-inspired) dishes at Western restaurants, but this time I picked the Spicy Tuna Maki for my appetizer. The restaurant has an in-house Japanese sushi chef, so it can’t be that bad. Certainly, the restaurant delivered. The flavour was quite good and I liked the sauce that comes with it. It looked like soy sauce but it’s slightly sweetened and thickened and it worked well with the sushi.
Applewood Roasted Black Cod
For entree, I ordered the Applewood Roasted Black Cod, partly because I saw that black cod was featured on the daily fresh sheet. (more…)
