is right now! I wanted to talk about it before, and then I forgot. There are still a few nights until Sunday, so it's worth it to drag a word to those who pass through there and would like to try a restaurant. Or else we will think about for next year.
Dine Out Vancouver For those unfamiliar with the concept, it's a really cool initiative that allows to "test" of restaurants where you would not necessarily have dared to get his credit card under normal circumstances. For two weeks, participating restaurants offer a special menu of three courses (starter, main course and dessert) for 18, 28 or $ 38, depending on the restaurant. More and more restaurants are participating in this program is really a great opportunity to make discoveries.
While living in Vancouver for several years, it was only last year that I did Dine Out for the first time with Anthony and Joel . And it is with them that I went back Sunday night and Francis, Alex and Carol, the happy team Tofino. One last meal before the big departure from Vancouver to Anthony, who was heading east on the next morning.
I wanted to try a new restaurant, for that matter, and as we all live in Kitsilano is a neighborhood restaurant that has brought our choice. Refuel on 4th Avenue, formerly known as Fuel, when he was a little (lot) more chic. The recession has taken its toll, Fuel closed its doors in 2009 and has reopened a notch below, to make themselves more accessible Portfolio of Kitsilanois (or Kitsilanien) as the average Refuel. As part of Dine Out, this restaurant is in the category menu at $ 28. We had a round table in the center of the restaurant, very pleasant to talk, light and frame are comfortable, not too cold. By cons, it makes pictures darker then it will take my word, sorry.
For starters, we had a choice between high-parsnip soup I must find a recipe to make rillettes, pork or a salad of beets.
For the main course we were almost all agreed to catch tuna barely cooked in a little broth clam and fennel, with (unfortunately only one) small croquette potatoes. Not bad, but not enough to hang curtains. Finally, when the dessert came, a beautiful chocolate cream topped with some roasted peanuts, we realized that it was not worse than the main course was not too rich. I've still not managed to finish the dessert, a little disgusted with chocolate, but others were more greedy than me and had no trouble scraping the walls of glass in which the cream was served.
I think I will return to this restaurant, but I can not say it was an unforgettable experience. It must also be said with Dine Out, the service is pretty speedy because restaurants want to offer two services each evening. It falls badly for me, I'm talkative, I eat slowly, I do not like being pressed when I eat with friends, and especially I do not like that everyone is already coming out his credit card while I enjoy my dessert yet.
It remains that a few nights to try other restaurants, we plan to go back tonight with another district, but I already know I have not visited for a while, the Tomato Fresh Food Café .
Au menu:
Coconut Curry Prawns with Raita
ou Warm Spinach Salad with Cherrywood Smoked Bacon, Goat Cheese and Walnuts with Sherry Shallot Vinaigrette
ou Wood Fired Oven Roasted Tomato Soup with chive oil and croutons
En plat principal: Pan Seared Fresh Arctic Char, Crispy Brown Rice Cake with almond brown butter wilted spinach
ou Braised Lamb Shank, buttermilk mashed potato, root vegetable, gremolata
ou Cannelloni stuffed ruby chard, spinach, ricotta, mozzeralla and Parmesan baked in a smoky tomato sauce
Et en dessert:
Warm Apple Toffee Cake vanilla ice cream, salted caramel Sauce or Dark Chocolate Tart
, Earl Grey ice cream or
Coconut Carrot Cake, raspberry sauce
Yum yum!
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