In commemoration of Earth Hour™, Raincity Grill, C Restaurant and nu restaurant + lounge will shut off more than just the lights on Saturday, March 27th. The chefs at all three restaurants will be promoting raw food menus in order to take the event, one of the world’s biggest climate change initiatives, an environmental step further.
The menus created will consume far less energy than normal restaurant fare based on the cooking techniques. C’s Chef de Cuisine Quang Dang defines raw food as, “A diet based on unprocessed and uncooked plant foods, such as fresh fruit and vegetables, sprouts, seeds, nuts, grains, beans and for us seafood. By not heating food above 47 degrees Celsius the enzymes can better assist in digestion and absorption. Most cooking techniques diminish the nutritional value and of food as well as burn energy in the process.”
The Kambolis Group has pledged to run the menus from Saturday, March 20th through to Sunday, March 28th 2010 in order to promote climate change initiatives. Look forward to Items like C’s Keta Salmon Carpaccio – grapefruit, compressed cucumbers, tarragon paste and Portabello Mushroom Pave – Oyama Shinken Speck, Salt Spring Island Goat Cheese, Stoney paradise raisin vinaigrette, nu restaurant + lounge’s Beef Tartare – julienne of salad and gazpacho and Raincity Grill’s Hazelnut Mousse.
This marks The Kambolis Group Restaurants’ third consecutive year of participating in Earth Hour™. In 2008 Harry Kambolis’ three dining hotspots were the first independently owned group of restaurants in Vancouver to participate in Earth Hour, flipping the switch not only in the dining rooms but also in the kitchens, where his talented brigade prepared meals by candlelight.
Last year Toronto beat out Vancouver on the energy change scale, boasting a 15 per cent reduction versus Vancouver’s 1.2 percent. Kambolis Group owner, Harry Kambolis wants to see Vancouver break the barrier this year and is encouraging people, especially his chefs, to take part in whatever way they can.
For more information, or to make your Earth Hour reservation please contact:
C Restaurant 604-661-1164 | Raincity Grill 604-685-7337 | nu restaurant + lounge 604-646-4668
