Current Contests – Luxury Weekend in Ucluelet
WEEKEND AWAY IN UCLUELET
EBC is proud to partner with Ucluelet’s Black Rock Oceanfront Resort for our newest contest. The winner will enjoy a two night stay in a suite at Ucluelet’s stunning luxury resort, plus a $100 credit for use in the Spa or Fetch Restaurant.
Enter in person at our Granville Island Retail Store. The deadline for entry is October 31, and the winner will be drawn on November 1 – just in time for Storm Watching Season!
Let EBC Elves Help this Holiday – Private Dinners & Gift Baskets
HOLIDAY PARTIES – It’s Better to Give than Receive
Even though September has just started, EBC is planning for our busy holiday season.
Show your staff how much you appreciate them, impress an important client, or welcome your friends and family with a Private Holiday Market Dinner at Granville Island. These multicourse, seasonally based menus, with premium wine pairings, start at only $94.95 per person, plus HST & gratuity.
We still have dates available.
GIFT BASKETS – Bursting with BC’s Best
Set a new standard for gifts by supporting your local artisans and farmers, and ensuring our local culinary scene is sustainable. Choose from our wide range of baskets, or customize your own based on your tastes & budget. We deliver locally and ship internationally.
Contact us for details about making your holidays merry and bright!
Sushi, Sake, Summer Recap
by Sheila Whittaker (aka Ruby Suitcase)
July 25. It was a magical night to be on the terrace of the Granville Island Public Market. The intoxicating stylings of the Emma Posti Quintet flowed over the candle-lit cocktail tables as the full moon slowly climbed above False Creek. It was hard to say whether it was the light breeze, the atmosphere, or the anticipation of celebrity sushi Chef Hidekazu Tojo’s meal bringing goose bumps to the bare arms of the attendees.
Global TV news anchor Sophie Lui was there to welcome 100 guests to the sold-out event, raising funds for the YWCA. Vancouver YWCA provides over 30,000 hot meals each year to the women and children of the downtown eastside through its Crabtree Corner facility. Funds from this event will help run a series of seminars and demonstrations for underprivileged women so that they can feed their kids in a healthy, nutritious, organic way.
Tojo and his team of chefs, Masayoshi Baba, Michi Ogawa, Akira Usui, and Tomoaki Kinoshita, served guests buffet-style, allowing them to interact and answer questions about the menu. GardenWorks collaborated with Chef Tojo by providing fresh, seasonal herbs and they attended the event to share information about herb gardening with guests.
In addition to six of Tojo’s original rolls (Tojo Roll, Golden Roll, Spicy Tuna Roll, Spicy Tropical Roll, Spider Roll and Northern Light Roll), the team also prepared Salmon Teriyaki, yakisoba, organic green salad with soba noodles, and shrimp and cucumber salad with vermicelli noodles.
All of this could be washed down with unfiltered and unpasteurized Granville Island Osake Junmai Nama, artisan sake made by Masa Shiroki. Although he makes half a dozen types of sake, he chose to pour only one so that guests could focus on Tojo’s food. The Osake Junmai Nama complimented Tojo’s seafood well, as it was light, crisp and dry with citrus and riper tree fruit notes.
Wine, beer and cocktails were also available to sip while strolling around the creek-side patio and admiring the cityscape. Granville Island Brewing offered Ginger Beer and Robson Street Hefeweizen, while Victoria Spirits showed off Canada’s first premium gin, fashioned into a delicious Shizo Martini. A selection of wine was generously poured by St. Hubertus Estate Winery.
Evaleen Jaager Roy, author of Four Chefs One Garden and YWCA board member, was on hand to sell and sign books, with $1 of each sale going towards feeding kids on the downtown eastside. She is an avid cook and gardener, and her book takes readers through the seasons with four of Vancouver’s great chefs: Michel Jabob (Le Crocodile), Umberto Menghi (Umberto’s & Il Giardino, in Whistler Trattoria & Il Caminetto), Hidekazu Tojo (Tojo’s) and Vikram Vij (Vij’s, Rangoli).
***** Editor’s note ***** Edible BC & Evaleen Jaager Roy would like to extend our sincerest gratitude to all of our generous suppliers & partners. Their contributions to this amazing event allowed us to raise much needed funds for the Vancouver YWCA.
After the final ticket counts were tallied, a grand total of $4000 was raised for the YWCA. Thank you Vancouver for all of your support of this fantastic fresh food initiative!
Please extend your thanks to these wonderful sponsors:
Musicians Emma Posti, David Blake, Wynston Minckler, Stefan Thordarson & Jens Christiansen
Amuse Bouche Highlights
Amuse Bouche Defn: to tickle your palate, whet your appetite, make your mouth happy
Just a few recent contributions include:
My Gourmet Kayaking Adventure – by Kimi Grass
What’s Cooking? Visit our Recipes page, and get inspiration from EBC and our ever-growing list of guest chefs.
What’s to Drink? Treve’s Winespeak will introduce you to BC’s best wines, beers and more.
What’s in Store? Catch Retail Manager Kimi’s weekly specials and new products
