{"id":265,"date":"2008-02-21T01:37:05","date_gmt":"2008-02-21T08:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/archives\/265"},"modified":"2008-02-21T01:37:05","modified_gmt":"2008-02-21T08:37:05","slug":"dine-out-vancouver-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/archives\/265","title":{"rendered":"Dine Out Vancouver 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

Woooh… time to start catching up with some blog entries! I’ll start with the little bit of budget fine dining I was able to experience. I went to a few nice restaurants during Dine Out Vancouver 2008 with Shirley, John, Alex, and Ben. Thanks mostly to John for picking the restaurants! I just kinda tagged along. The pictures were taken by Shirley, the official Gifu Gang photographer.<\/em> The descriptions were taken verbatim from the menus. This is what I had:<\/p>\n

The Cannery<\/h3>\n

\"The<\/a>
\nBlack Bean Lemon Soup<\/strong>
\nwith habanero pepper, sour cream, chorizo and herb croutons<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
\nGrilled Wild Pacific Salmon<\/strong>
\nsauteed Portobello mushrooms, wilted arugula and chive, in a mussel jus nectar cream sauce<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
\nBitter Chocolate Tower<\/strong>
\nwith a concassee of caramelized Agassiz hazelnut<\/p>\n

Cru<\/h3>\n

\"Cru<\/a>
\nBeef tenderloin Carpaccio<\/strong>
\nwith caperberries, truffle aioli and shaved parmesan<\/p>\n

\"Cru<\/a>
\nRoasted Lamb Loin<\/strong>
\nwith blue cheese souffle, oven-dried tomatoes and haricots vert (green beans)<\/p>\n

\"Cru<\/a>
\nGrand Cru Chocolate Torte<\/strong>
\nwith raspberry mousse and coulis<\/p>\n

Bluewater Cafe<\/h3>\n

\"Bluewater<\/a>
\nSeafood Trio<\/strong>
\nprawn in filo with mango-chili puree, clam fritter with cumin-tomato sauce, scallop ceviche with blood orange<\/p>\n

\"Bluewater<\/a>
\nArctic Char a la Plancha<\/strong>
\nstir-fried rice with shiitake mushrooms and long beans, lobster sauce<\/p>\n

\"Bluewater<\/a>
\nChocolate Melody<\/strong>
\ndark chocolate mousse cake, madelaine, sorbet, lady finger<\/p>\n

All three were $35 set meals. That was the order that we went, and I’d say they increased in quality: The Cannery being the least impressive (but certainly not bad, and they have a very nice view), Cru being very good (but they’ll rape you for a glass of wine, their selection of which is something they’re known for), and Bluewater Cafe being excellent (but I think Bluewater will pretty much rape you for anything). Service was great at all three. Food was generally great, as well. That lobster sauce from the Bluewater dish was pretty much the best thing ever. Both the desserts from Cru and Bluewater were absolutely delicious<\/em>. Bluewater was was a little more formal and the only place which I felt I may have been under dressed – it’s also the most expensive normally, making the $35 dine-out more worthwhile.<\/p>\n

Head over to Shirley<\/a>‘s Flickr to see<\/a> more<\/a> pictures<\/a>. John<\/a> didn’t take as many, but the ones he got are also very<\/a> good<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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